User20205
Money List Winner
Played here in a society day on Friday 8th June. In the gale force winds & the rain !!
Our society plays a mix of courses all in the Kent/Sussex area, the cheap & cheerful, to some decent courses like Littlestone & Crowborough.
Wrotham Heath was priced at the lower end, and looked on the short side, so I really wasn't expecting much. How wrong I was.
It was a proper treat, despite the weather. The start/finish has a real parkland feel. With 1/9/10& 18 being on a flatish section of ground by the clubhouse. This really could be anywhere and is probably the weakest part of the course. It really gets going holes 2-7 and 11-16
This bit of the course is played through a couple of wooded valleys. It has a proper heathland feel, with heather, gorse and pine flanking the fairways. The standout holes for me were, 3, a tight downhill par 5 that reminds me a bit of the 3rd on the monty @ Celtic Manor. The 4th a really tight 350 si1 par 4. It looks easy on the card but the tee shot is tough, and the 12th, a 360 yard par 4 along a ridge.
The greens were cracking but my putting didn't do them justice. I blame the wind !
it maybe doesn't belong in the top course bracket, as some of the holes are a bit weak. But for a £30 visitor green fee it is proper value. We paid £55 for 36 holes/bacon roll/lunch.
Our society plays a mix of courses all in the Kent/Sussex area, the cheap & cheerful, to some decent courses like Littlestone & Crowborough.
Wrotham Heath was priced at the lower end, and looked on the short side, so I really wasn't expecting much. How wrong I was.
It was a proper treat, despite the weather. The start/finish has a real parkland feel. With 1/9/10& 18 being on a flatish section of ground by the clubhouse. This really could be anywhere and is probably the weakest part of the course. It really gets going holes 2-7 and 11-16
This bit of the course is played through a couple of wooded valleys. It has a proper heathland feel, with heather, gorse and pine flanking the fairways. The standout holes for me were, 3, a tight downhill par 5 that reminds me a bit of the 3rd on the monty @ Celtic Manor. The 4th a really tight 350 si1 par 4. It looks easy on the card but the tee shot is tough, and the 12th, a 360 yard par 4 along a ridge.
The greens were cracking but my putting didn't do them justice. I blame the wind !
it maybe doesn't belong in the top course bracket, as some of the holes are a bit weak. But for a £30 visitor green fee it is proper value. We paid £55 for 36 holes/bacon roll/lunch.
