Sheerwater Road,
West Byfleet, nr Woking, Surrey KT14 6AA
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Jon Field (PGA, Golf Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Wooded parkland Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland, residential and railway.
Designer:
Original layout (called Bleakdown GC) by Cuthbert Butchart (1906). Significant redesign by John Frederick "Aber" Abercromby (1922). Subsequent minor changes by Arthur Croome, James Braid and John Morrison. Recent renovation by Tom Mackenzie & Martin Ebert (2022).
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o.5 mi W of West Byfleet / 31 miles SW of central London.
West Byfleet Golf Club: just a few miles from Surrey's famed three W's (the golf clubs of Woking, Worplesdon and West Hill), you'll find a fourth "W". Here at West Byfleet you'll find a very enjoyable and relatively flat John Abercromby design. Located alongside the London-Portsmouth railway line, the course sits on a sandy-soil base, ensuring good drainage throughout the year.
This easy-walking course, with nearly all the tees close to the previous green, has recently been renovated by the team of Mackenzie & Ebert, ensuring the tree-lined fairways and stylish bunkering attractively steers you round the course.
The greens here are deftly shaped, giving fast-running surfaces with slopes and borrows that call for a variety of approach shots and skill with the "short stick". The course supports much wildlife, not least green woodpeckers, the emblem of the Club.
Pick of the holes: the signature hole is the slightly downhill, over water par-3 13th, a short but testing hole.
Visitors welcome on weekdays (Mon - Thur); not Fridays or weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire (if booked in advance).
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West Byfleet Golf Club was formed in 1922 by residents local to the area. The course they acquired had already been in existence since 1906, and was known as Bleakdown Golf Club. With the acquisition, the name was changed to West Byfleet Golf Club, and celebrated golf course architect John Abercromby was commissioned to redesign the layout.
The land on which the golf course was built was owned by Hugh Fortescue Locke King (1848-1926), whose other extensive holdings included the famous "Brooklands" race track ... the world's first banked motor racing circuit.
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Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
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Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
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