Whatever your playing level, you’ll find that Whitefield Golf Club is one of those courses that can stretch your skills to their limits. Famous for its Par 3 holes, the variety and appeal of this mature parkland course are endless.

Big greens with superb putting surfaces, subtly undulating and partly tree-lined fairways, spectacular views from all aspects . . . this is
truly a rare delight for golfers of all abilities.

Here’s how it plays

The first hole, a Par 4 is relatively straightforward. The second is a medium length Par 4 with an interesting two-tier green. On to the third hole, the first of the famous Par 3s – short but tricky
as it requires carry all the way due to the bunkers directly in front of the green.

From then on the course becomes more difficult as the holes lengthen and both natural and deliberately introduced hazards are encountered.

With the driving area located in a dip, the Par 4 fourth is long and challenging, while the fifth,
a lengthy Par 3, has a long, narrow green with a steep slope on the left and trees to the right.

The sixth is a long, dog-leg right Par 4 with trees down the right and a ridge across the fairway.
A short Par 4, the seventh also has a dog-leg right fairway.

At the eighth, a short Par 4, you need to drive uphill to a raised green with a bunker at the front and dip on the right. The ninth, a medium Par 3, can be rather intimidating as you drive over a ravine!

Coming back, the short Par 4 tenth offers risk-reward. You can either play for position with
a 3 wood or iron, or go for it with a driver and hopefully hit the green.

Hazards of the hole include a tree-lined ravine to the left and out-of-bounds on the right.

The eleventh, a long Par 3, is truly spectacular – and perfectly private being entirely situated in
a natural hollow. With a raised tee and raised green, from the tee you can’t see any other hole.

Praise for signature Hole

On to the twelfth, regarded as the club’s signature hole which was featured in Golf World magazine as one of the finest in Britain. You drive down from a highly elevated tee to the fairway of this renowned Par 5 which runs along a valley to a raised green.

The thirteenth is a long Par 4 with a tree-lined, dog-leg left fairway so you must position your drive
to go for the green, while the fourteenth, a Par 5 dog-leg right, trees are a hazard off the tee.

Water comes into play at the Par 4 fifteenth where you drive over a pond and an uphill dog-leg right fairway to a two-tiered MacKenzie green. The Par 4 sixteenth is a sweeping dog-leg left with a couple of fairway bunkers strategically placed to catch the unwary!

There’s a challenge waiting at the impressive seventeenth which boasts a very high raised tee down to another raised and an even higher green reached downhill across several intimidating bunkers. It has actually been described by Peter Allis as one of the best Par 3 holes in the country.

At the eighteenth you drive up over a ridge to a plateau on which is the raised green.

And then it’s home to the welcoming nineteenth!