Bicester Golf Club (formerly Chesterton) - Est 1973
Info correct at last date played: 28th May 1999
Review Rating - Silver
The course was once farmland and is quite open in most areas. But it is a well bunkered course and the water hazards increase the difficulty.
Favourite Hole
Hole 12: Sounds simple this hole, short par 4, should score well. But accuracy is the key to playing this hole. You could lay up and leave a nice short iron to the green but the landing area is littered with bunkers. Go for it with a big drive? Well there is trouble with trees on both sides of the fairway and the bunker short of the green covers the whole width of the fairway with a ditch either side of it.
| Hole | White | Yellow | Par | Stroke | Red | Par | Stroke |
| - | Yards | Yards | - | Index | Yards | - | Index |
| 1 | 366 | 356 | 4 | 13 | 346 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | 352 | 342 | 4 | 15 | 332 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | 226 | 216 | 3 | 5 | 174 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 452 | 442 | 4 | 1 | 355 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 421 | 411 | 4 | 3 | 355 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 519 | 509 | 5 | 7 | 465 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | 479 | 469 | 5 | 11 | 465 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | 128 | 128 | 3 | 17 | 118 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | 362 | 352 | 4 | 9 | 352 | 4 | 11 |
| OUT | 3305 | 3225 | 36 | - | 2962 | 36 | - |
| 10 | 357 | 342 | 4 | 10 | 305 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | 159 | 149 | 3 | 18 | 144 | 3 | 16 |
| 12 | 301 | 286 | 4 | 16 | 281 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 162 | 152 | 3 | 14 | 147 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 507 | 507 | 5 | 2 | 403 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 174 | 164 | 3 | 12 | 127 | 3 | 18 |
| 16 | 364 | 354 | 4 | 6 | 343 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 490 | 480 | 5 | 8 | 435 | 5 | 4 |
| 18 | 410 | 410 | 4 | 4 | 400 | 4 | 10 |
| IN | 2924 | 2844 | 35 | - | 2585 | 36 | - |
| OUT | 3305 | 3225 | 36 | - | 2962 | 36 | - |
| TOTAL | 6229 | 6069 | 71 | - | 5547 | 72 | - |
Address:Chesterton, Nr. Bicester, Oxon, OX26 1TE.
Telephone:01869 241204
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Submitted by Dave Shields on 27/04/2006.
New owner has redesigned and rebuilt greens but unfortunately ended up with greens that look nice but don't play well. The 18th in particular is difficult to hold, even with a short iron. A raised green (as many are) it slopes away from the clubhouse affording the spectator no view at all of approach shots onto the green or players putting out.
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