Burwood Rd,
Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12 4BX
Office
+44 (0)1932 227 345Pro shop
+44 (0)1932 227 345Website
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Darren Wood (PGA, Head of Golf Operations).Academy
Burhill Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined and open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - no effort to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland, rural countryside and riverside (River Mole).
Designer:
Old Course designed by Willie Park Jr (1907).
New Course designed by Simon Gidman (2001).
Above distances are for the New course. Also at Burhill GC is the 18-hole par-72 Old course (par-72; 6,481 yds from back tees, rating 71.7).
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3 mi SE of Weybridge / 23 mi SW of central London.
Burhill Golf Club (New course): laid out in the grounds of a Georgian mansion house, Burhill's more recently established New course is kept company by its much older stablemate, the quintessentiallyl English parkland Old course. The Old is another of Willie Park Jr's top drawer designs.
The Simon Gidman-designed New course at Burhill occupies more open terrain than its older sibling. There's more water to contend with on this modern parkland layout, with small ponds and ditches in play on a few holes. There's also the River Mole winding around the perimeter at the short par-5 5th, par-3 12th and par-4 16th and 17th holes, and again at the signature closing hole.
Pick of the holes: few will forget the New course's elegant and testing par-3 18th. The River Mole needs to crossed from the tee, as you hit towards a large sloping green. The club's mansion clubhouse and a couple of large redwood trees beautifully frame the hole.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends, but more restricted at weekends.
Must book in advance. Proof of handicap may be requested.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].
Players generally walk this course.
Excellent
The clubhouse of Burhill Golf Club is a former Georgian mansion house, which is steeped in history and dates back to 1726. It was built as a private residence by Peter De La Porte, a wealthy London thread merchant.
The 50-mile-long River Mole flows through part of the Burhill estate on its journey from West Sussex to Hampton Court Palace, where it joins the River Thames.
The Golf Club was established in 1907 by the Guinness family. During World War Two, the Burhill estate was requisitioned by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, and it was whilst working here that Barnes Wallis (of "Dambusters" fame) developed the famous "Bouncing Bomb."
146 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9HB
+44 (0)1932 847 242
Visit websiteThe Oatlands Park Hotel offers 144 guest rooms in a once privately owned historic country house that became a hotel in 1856. Set amidst the manicured gardens, the hotel offers a quiet retreat as well as top-quality facilities. The hotel stands on the site of the grand Royal Palaces of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The great cedar tree at the front of the hotel was planted by Charles I to celebrate the birth of his son, Henry of Otelands.
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St George's Hill; Burhill.
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