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Badgemore Park Golf Club - Est 1972

Info correct at last date played: 30th August 2002

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01491 572206
01491 576899
info@badgemorepark.com
www.badgemorepark.com
Robert Sandow
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Henley-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 4NR.

Club Facilities


Club Hire

Putting Green
Trolley Hire Driving Range
Golf Cart Hire Bar & Snacks
Changing Rooms Restaurant

AGN Review Score 7.6

Course Card

Hole White Yellow Par Stroke Red Par Stroke
- Yards Yards - Index Yards - Index
1 342 337 4 11 314 4 7
2 496 486 5 7 471 5 3
3 460 455 4 1 429 5 11
4 223 217 3 13 140 3 17
5 354 349 4 5 317 4 5
6 196 191 3 15 162 3 15
7 346 341 4 17 329 4 13
8 400 390 4 3 348 4 1
9 447 442 4 9 437 5 9
OUT 3264 3208 35 - 2947 37 -
10 337 332 4 12 310 4 6
11 444 434 4 2 411 5 14
12 297 292 4 18 283 4 18
13 192 187 3 8 159 3 12
14 356 339 4 6 333 4 4
15 308 303 4 14 286 4 8
16 431 421 4 4 402 4 2
17 176 171 3 16 135 3 16
18 324 319 4 10 303 4 10
IN 2865 2798 34 - 2622 35 -
OUT 3264 3208 35 - 2947 37 -
TOTAL 6129 6006 69 - 5569 72 -

Course Review

Badgemore is a well maintained scenic course, the tees, fairway's & greens were all in top condition. The course starts with 2 fairly easy holes, the 1st has lots of room on the left if you are wayward with your drive and if you hit it right you will be on the 10th fairway with the green still reachable but a blind shot over trees.

The 2nd is a par 5 that if the wind is right can easily be reached in 2, so you could be standing on the 3rd under Par! which is a good thing because you may just take 7 or 8 on the next hole.

The 3rd is a dogleg which curves at almost 90° to the left and at 460 yards is very difficult to reach in 2. You could hit quite a good tee shot to the middle of the fairway and still not be able to see the green.

The next few holes have bail out areas for the wayward golfer but there are long rough & wooded areas to stay clear of. The 10th, 12th, 15th & 16th will make you think about what club to hit off the tee as a driver/3wood is probably not the best club to take on these holes.

Our round was a little slow, but we think we had a society in front so maybe it was a one off, although we think the shared tees on the 2nd/11th and the two holes where the fairway's cross over each other do slow your round down a little.

Favourite Hole

Hole 3:  460 yard Par 4.
As mentioned above this hole bends right round to the left with large mounds all along the left side. If you play it safe and launch your ball straight down the middle of the fairway you will have a hell of a long second shot & the hole will feel more like a Par 5.
Being the first time we had played this hole we both hit our tee shots up the fairway on the left hand side, we could not believe how far we still had to go with our second shots, Rick still could not see the green from where his ball lay & he had a decent tee shot.
Now if you choose to try to cut the corner slightly you need to get it just right as ending up in those mounds is going to leave you with no shot to the green. The only danger up by the green is over the back & left, go there and you may not find your ball in the 2 foot high rough.



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