Gadley Lane,
Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6XD
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Lee Marshall (General Mgr & Club Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside.
Designer:
Dr Alister MacKenzie
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24 miles SE of Manchester
Cavendish
Cavendish Golf Club, located on the edge of the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire, is home to a well-regarded parkland golf course. The present day layout retains the routing and virtually all the features crafted into the original design by the legendary golf course architect Dr Alister MacKenzie.
Not long by modern standards at just over 5,700 yards from the back tees, the layout makes full use of the naturally undulating terrain. The out-and-back layout includes a few blind drives over marker posts, as at the back-to-back par-4 7th and 8th holes. There's also a few tight drives to keep you straight and honest, as well as plenty of MacKenzie's solid bunkering around the greens.
An abundance of wildlife such as buzzard, sparrow hawk, kestrel, deer and hares can prove to be a distraction for even the most focused player. But this all adds to the experience of playing in this quiet, natural corner of Buxton.
Pick of the holes: Cavendish's "Amen Corner" comes at the par-3 9th and par-4 10th and 11th holes, all of which require a carry, at some stage, over a meandering brook (the River Wye).
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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In 1923 the Duke of Devonshire (family name, Cavendish) commissioned Dr Alister MacKenzie to design a new 18-hole course on undulating and partially wooded farmland on the Duke’s estate outside Buxton. The course was to replace a nine-hole course, which the Duke wished to redevelop as a site for new housing. Cavendish Golf Club was opened in 1925, becoming very popular with visitors to Buxton, who came to take the hydropathic treatments at the town’s spa baths.
MacKenzie's later overseas designs included the likes of Augusta National, Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne. To convert a disused fruit farm in Augusta into one of the world's most revered courses, it is often said that MacKenzie deployed many of the same design solutions he'd used at Cavendish. Members at Cavendish would put it more strongly ... the layout here was the "Inspiration for Augusta".
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Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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