You play from another slightly elevated tee into a large, tilted green beautifully framed by trees and crossing over heather. New holes have been added at 8 and 9 in the portion of land where the old 14th used to be. Now a Par 5 Measuring 560 yards. Save Old Thorns Manor Hotel to your lists. A nice patch of heather is between the tee and fairway. Leaving a wedge? A snip at £500k. Created by intelligentgolf version 10.1.2. If you want to find things to do in the area, you might want to stop in and see Goodwood Motor Circuit and Farnham Castle. As it is, you have to stick to the script. It is difficult to imagine that this patch of land could be anything but a golf course. Before explaining the changes, I must make the point that I also had the good fortune to play Liphook earlier in the year when the changes were still taking shape. The par 3 eleventh is a real treat due to hitting over heather, trying to avoid the three bunkers surrounding three sides of this narrow, undulating green. Was this review helpful? It is a disappointing hole. 0 people found this review helpful I was very fortunate to play at Liphook in October of 2018 - a distant family member happens to be a member here and I was delighted to receive an invite to play, having passed the course on the train virtually every day for the preceding 6th months and thinking that one day I would love to have a knock. There is a sizeable spine roughly in the middle. Welcome to Liphook Golf Club You make some good points here. Liphook is a traditional golf club with one of the best courses in the country. Liphook is a traditional golf club with one of the best courses in the country. It is another nice hole. But it is a belter of a hole. That is the perfect line to leave a wedge shot into a generous green, that might yield a flattering birdie, if you have warmed up by then. I am sure there always things to do architecturally at every course? You cross a road on two occasions as the routing is laid out on two paddocks, but the beauty and challenge is very consistent throughout. The 16th hole is fantastic, known as 'the quarry'. Pedigree matched by performance. For average handicappers, this is a good, solid golf course. Similarly when he talks about the 5th, I think he is describing the current 13th.”, Liphook starts unusually with a par three. Whatever your score, you will enjoy the journey and the vistas. Liphook is home to Liphook Golf Club. Swales to the left of the green are well engineered, however I think the right-hand side of the green is a blank canvas that will not remain untouched for long. The greens certainly were interesting and quick, well-shaped and ran true, but obviously not as fast as they would from spring to late autumn. See other reviews from Ed Battye. Full course details for Liphook Golf Club, including scores leaderboard, map, printable scorecard, weather, reviews, and ratings. There is a well-placed spine running across the front half of the green. Liphook is a traditional golf club with one of the best courses in the country. Opened in 1923, the course was soon recognised by the R&A as an exemplary inland heathland course and is also an early example of Strategic Design for golf courses. I would suggest that the pin location board just in front of the tee was amended. There is a swale at the back of the green but most of it is somewhat flat. The heather continues down the right side of the fairway. I played it on the same day as nearby Blackmoor and contrary to popular opinion I found its near neighbour to be superior, albeit slightly, in most departments. Timeless and peerless. Liphook Golf Club is as pretty as a picture. Bit like there buggy prices at £40 a pop. Our MISSION is to meet the needs of current and future members by. Putting aside links courses near the sea, Liphook is one of the most beautiful golf courses one will play. The hole plays downhill and the fairway can easily be reached by an above-average length hitter. To leave a medium to long iron in? The mixture of excellent routing and perfect planting of heather makes this course a work of art. Was this review helpful? - 14th, an uphill par four with a blind second shot. There is a long area of heather and a bunker on the left side for the longer hitters to consider. The sandy ground is wonderfully undulating with natural depressions and elevations and, in some ways, the terrain is reminiscent (if a little less dramatic) to that at nearby Hindhead, where there is another charming and understated golf course. All possible. The green has subtle undulations but is flatter than many others. If you're looking for a convenient place to stay, you might search for properties close to public transportation so it's easy to get around. Well. Weakest holes probably feel 'weak' due to the standard of many others however being picky these would be the first, fifth, eleventh and sixteenth. I would like to play this course again in the spring, when the rhododendrons are blooming. Starting on a par 3 is sometimes disappointing but given the first hole at Liphook is slightly downhill, the 200 yards is not as intimidating as it sounds particularly as the large green has no bunkers. 16 in all honesty probably still needs some tinkering, as I think the route to the green could be shaped more naturally than it is at present, but 18 is thankfully left untouched. There are two longer bunkers on either side. It was always a 200 yard iron shot to a fairway leaving a short iron from elevation into the green. Liphook is as pretty as a picture and one of the earliest examples of strategic design. See other reviews from Mark White. They are among the best in southern England. Liphook and Ripsley Cricket Club play on a ground to the southwest of the village just over the border in West Sussex. Some holes are steep. 67 in the UK in the Golf Monthly Top 100. This delightful, classic heathland course spans Hampshire and Sussex’s county boundaries - it's a course for the connoisseur, not for the dilettante. Opened in 1923, the course was soon recognised by the R&A as an exemplary inland heathland course and is also an early example of strategic design for golf courses. Whilst the road crossing after the 4th hole hasn’t been removed, the much more treacherous walk after the 14th has now disappeared. If one is just off the greens trying for a chance at recovery, one must carefully judge where to land the ball. The green is slanted left to right and again is a large green. There are two golf courses near the village: Old Thorns, designed by Peter Alliss, is to the west of the village and Liphook Golf Club is to the south, straddling the Portsmouth Road that was formerly the A3. Respond to above review  The third short par 4 in a row follows except this goes to the left. Heather is on both sides but the fairway is generous. A testing drive between the out-of-bounds and scrub to the right and a catchment pond to the left need to be negotiated before the wonderful former par three 11th green complex which is now used for the new green. There’s no denying that Liphook is a very fine golf course, 18 holes played over beautiful undulating heathland with fairways that wander through mature woodland. I liked the second hole, a slightly longer par 4 with a slight bend to the right with a fairway tilted to the left and the green sitting lower and running away from you. Respond to above review  A short par 5 is next with a wide fairway going slightly to the left. Two bunkers on the left side of the fairway are perfectly placed. It’s a modest par five at just 462 yards and will allow many golfers to finish on a high note. The opening par 3 didn’t deter from the strength of the short holes, with the 3rd and 7th holes being personal favourites. Heather and trees border both sides of the fairway and four bunkers on the right lead the way into the two-tiered green. Personally, I love the 14th. It is a very large green for the hole and flattish. The fifth, too, is picturesque with its big golden bunker and its stream.”. See other reviews from Freddie. It is a beautiful heathland course with many great golf holes. Was this review helpful? If you have not dozed off by now, be rest assured that the new tenth is a top echelon par 4 with water Left and Bunker right. It's a great day out and great value and I strongly recommend. I had the pleasure of playing Liphook in 2019 prior to its re-design and the delight of playing recently with the new layout in play. Or so I was told. Ewan’s Bunkers can still grab you. “He did it wonderfully well,” wrote Bernard Darwin in Golf Between Two Wars, “all the better perhaps because he had not much money to do it with and must rely as far as possible on kindly Nature.”. Perhaps? Onto the course, and Liphook has charmed many a visitor over the years with its beautifully shaped greens, naturally shaped bunkers and its selection of attractive heather-lined holes, albeit it has lacked the contiguous nature that you find at most courses due to the road and railway that divides the course into different segments. It is likely the sharpest turn on the course, again going over a fair amount of heather. Middle for diddle. Last accounts made up to 30 June 2019. Was this review helpful? Griggs Green, Liphook, England. I’d sight one of the prime reasons for this sentiment to be the twisting lane that you drive down that meanders past parts of the course and alongside some beautiful houses before you arrive at the traditional timber-clad clubhouse. This longer par 4 is uphill. This ground is too good for golf. It’s personal opinion of course and a second playing of each venue may well change my perspective but for now I can only write about my initial experience. Liphook is a traditional golf club with one of the best courses in the country. This really helps build up the anticipation before you arrive for your round. Giving a player an option over the new bunker, to allow a longer shot, that if accurately struck, would allow a different angle and approach over the ladders of heather to the green below. But even without any further modifications, Liphook already compares well, and dare I say it, maybe even compares favourably with the likes of Surrey’s 3Ws. Liphook Golf Club: The English counties of Surrey and Hampshire have many fine heathland courses, and Liphook is up there with the best. Bunkers are audacious, characterised not only at the 5th, but also at the 6th and 11th. Officially opened in 1982 by Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Isao Aoki and Bill Rogers, the par-72 golf course is both forgiving for the … 4 people found this review helpful A charming course with friendly members – the perfect venue for golf. The prettiest holes and probably the best sequence of holes is the trio from the 12th to the 14th. According to the club's history, Tom Simpson joined Liphook Golf Club and became "Master of the Green" and he was later responsible for a number of course revisions. I would be delighted to play Liphook every week. This is a course that a better, longer hitter does not need to play except to work on their putting. Holes: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: In Slope Rating Pro Tee: 335: 158: 424: 487: 307: 318: 323: 155: 460: 2967 113 70 For the shorter hitters or those in trouble off the tee the small stream 100y or so short provides a real second shot conundrum. The 8th. I suspect the club will still be in observation mode over the next year or two as they’ll want to see how some of the changes play out, so they may develop some more contouring around the greens as time passes and as they react to how the new changes bed themselves in and are accepted by the members. There are several bunkers on the course where the front side of the bunker has heather for additional defense. Terrific course and club that makes the most of a pretty flat property. A short par 4 going to the right follows with another carry over heather and then heather on either side among the trees. Liphook is where you can find it. But Liphook is a five baller all day long. Gently undulating terrain, subtly sloping greens, and the Arthur Croome / Tom Simpson layout make for a challenging and most rewarding round of golf. See other reviews from James. Many of the greens are too large for the length of the hole and additional yardage would have fixed that. Sunningdale. Not the full Jack at Muirfield. It’s too easy to bail right and long over the bunker. By now, you will be absolutely in awe of the new layout, the routing, the conditioning and ambiance. The main area of change comes between holes 8 and 11. Also, four of the five par 3’s are of a similar length. The new dogleg 9th will probably take more time to bed-in than the 8th where this par four hole is shaped around a small pond, but the green here is wonderfully undulating in the tradition of Liphook’s many other excellent greens, and could easily catch many an accomplished golfer unawares when the green is running at full Summer speed. If on the green, these are some of the speediest greens one will find. Refreshing. Missing long left will likely mean you cannot stop your ball at a pin on the left. The par 4 second hole immediately gave the “wow” factor with a sloping fairway heading up to a slightly sunken green. 3 Images Write Review. English Women's Amateur, Pretty much as good as it gets. Respond to above review  The extended 11th, Forest Mere, is another excellent change. ‘The course is set on the rolling heath-land high on the border of Sussex and Hampshire south-west of Liphook. “For sheer beauty I think I like best the second hole,” wrote Darwin, “a short one with its knowing little bunkers waiting by the fringe of the green and its clump of dark trees keeping watch and ward behind. 67 in the UK in the Golf … This hole has no bunkers and does not need them. I really enjoyed my day there. Visitors from around the world flock to Ireland and Scotland in their millions (for understandable reasons), but arguably the best mix of golf (links, heathland, moorland) is in England. 67 in the UK in the Golf … It’s a dog leg to the right flanked by two lakes that are really more ornamental than in play. The Ninth is short enough at 340 yards on the turn to have the bigger hitters looking for a green in one route, sadly, the trees to the right of the fairway preclude this option. - the par 5 7th (previously the 13th) where two firm strikes will get you up to a large green with a good birdie chance. Sublime. Arguably the best-looking car ever manufactured? Respond to above review  The green, with two distinct levels rewards second club shot selection. I think the members should change this to a par 4 even if the par goes to 69 as it would change a weak hole into a very good finishing hole. Where 15 has now straightened, leaving the old 15th tee complex redundant, I think there is a new opportunity for 16 which has been overlooked thus far. Liphook is currently rated as No. The back nine starts with a short par 4 where the longer hitters will try to clear a road and heather on the blind tee shot. I thought this to be a weak hole. The short 8th that bisects the old fairway is now a genuinely top-drawer par three where the ground falls away to the right of a large, subtly sloped green. Was this review helpful? Walton Heath. Perhaps it just didn’t suit my eye. It is my humble personal opinion that golf in England is woefully under appreciated. The old 7th is now the 12th. Click HERE to download a PDF of the Liphook Golf Club brochure. I think this hole is harder for the better players who take the risk rather than the shorter players who merely have to find the fairway. A view of a well protected green at Liphook Golf Club Liphook GC. Tom Mackenzie of Mackenzie & Ebert has started the second phase of a rerouting project at Liphook Golf Club in Hampshire, England. The green is one of the more undulated. It is as flat as a fen, and incongruously under designed. I could only imagine how beautiful this hole must be in the summer. Be careful not to drive into the fairway bunker here. Company status Active Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 5 January 1922. Carved out of the established forest, it’s a triumph. building our reputation as a welcoming golf club run by members for its members. I’d make it tighter for those going at it with the chicken stick. By today’s standards, Liphook is relatively short, measuring less than 6,200 yards, but with a lowly par of 70. Was this review helpful? Pragmatism. Good course, but not a great one. Whilst I’ve focused on the changes so far, I imagine that several readers will probably not have played Liphook before, so I must add that the original parts of Liphook that remain the same are best to remain that way as they’ve always been most enjoyable. Aim slightly left of the marker post and anything short should funnel greenwards. Fronting the green again are two bunkers. Today’s “minimalist” golf architects would likely be very pleased with the size of the greens but I am not on the same page for this type of golf course. It is hard to pick a favourite among them and I love them all. Whether you're searching for hotels in Liphook Golf Club on business, or hunting for a family getaway, Liphook Golf Club hotel options are only a click away. But then you gave Castle Stuart in Scotland 3.5 balls! It starts off difficult with a long par 3 playing over 200 yards and then followed by a long par 4 with heather all the way down the right side but it looks stunning. maintaining the traditions and values of the club while embracing change to meet our future needs. St Georges Hill. It looks like a 60-year-old heritage piece, but it can turn your face into skydiver elastic in under five seconds. I know of many others who won’t agree with this sentiment and they sing Liphook’s praises to the hilt. The club was founded in 1922. Into the well defended and established green complex? The greenside bunkering is very good as well with a nice variety of size and depth. Playing to handicap is another matter. The first Six holes will be familiar to you if you have played here prior to the rerouting and newly constructed holes. Reserving a room nearby isn't too difficult, with 2 … Utilising the old 15th. As people have said its a tale of two courses with a tre... St. Davids Golf Club is a lovely Donald Ross designed course. After birdieing the tenth, you will have a pep in your step as you assail the formidable and equally picturesque new 11th, Formally the par 4 12th. Was this review helpful? Liphook Golf Club is a superb course to advance your skills and perhaps knock a few strokes off your scorecard. Opened in 1923, the course was soon recognised by the R&A as an exemplary inland heathland course and is also an early example of strategic design for golf courses. More is more here. Bunkers are at the front but perhaps the bigger danger is going over the green due to the steep fall-off. Outside of this, some of the holes have been re-sequenced but to the most part, they remain untouched. But given the restrictions of this relatively tight property, I’m very impressed with how this complicated jigsaw has been assembled. Now the 13th and it is familiar ground here. But then I would. Back at Liphook after a year to find that the club is to undergo a major course alteration, designed essentially to avoid the present hairy/scary road crossing after hole 14. enhancing the enjoyment of the course with a comfortable clubhouse, excellent facilities and superb quality and value catering. One hits again over heather with the heather continuing down the right side. A recent major course renovation was undertaken by Mackenzie & Ebert. Or are you going to rattle one straight down it’s throat? If we had to pick a favourite hole, we would plump for the 14th, a short par four doglegging to the right where a bold drive will leave a short pitch to the green, and a good birdie opportunity will be on offer following a well-positioned drive. See other reviews from Stuart H. Personally Stuart, I think that four balls is a little bit mean given the tone of the review. In the Philadelphia are... One of the best courses on Tenerife that does not play long but is demanding precision... Liphook Golf Club is as pretty as a picture. I played Liphook in the month of January a few years back after a couple of days of rain. It would also good to see the alterations made to the course. Admittedly, that’s never an easy nut to crack, but Liphook is now making a very strong case for its inclusion. This is a fine par 3. So you cross the road to play your new 7th. Excellent tricky pin positions and very up and down fast greens. Our VISION is to provide a golfing experience which goes beyond our members' expectations both on and off the course. Dare I say Signature hole? See other reviews from Will. a Swashbuckling par 5 that will require two fine and accurate blows to secure the chance of a birdie or better. Opened in 1923, the course was soon recognised by the R&A as an exemplary inland heathland course and is also an early example of strategic design for golf courses. Its main defence is the gorse. The peaceful isolation and brilliant playing conditions warrant huge congratulations to the green-keeping staff for top notch putting surfaces. History of Liphook Golf Club and information about the   For some reason I am not a great fan of the par 3 first or the stretch from 15 onwards although they're still enjoyable, just not quite the standard to my eye of the other holes but it is just an opinion and others may not agree. Set in the rolling hills of Hampshire, a round of golf at Old Thorns will see you walking in the footsteps of the game’s greatest players. See other reviews from Fergal O'Leary. Liphook is as pretty as a picture and one of the earliest examples of strategic design. I hope to return again soon to take in all of the new elements. Personal favourites would have to be the par 3 3rd hole, uphill and plays about 150 yards, do not go long because it will leave you with a downhill chip with the green sloping away from you! Maybe Liphook saves the best for last because the 18th is a real cracker with a blind drive and lovely looking approach. - New holes 8 and 9, par 3 and short dogleg par 4 fit in very well with the landscape in particular the par 3 eighth. Liphook Golf Club was laid out by 'golfing expert' A Croome in 1921 and was considered to be the architect. Or maybe it was my high expectations, of a course that features favourably in all the various rankings, that wasn’t quite met. 0 people found this review helpful It is also a course that requires quite a bit of local knowledge regarding the greens due to the many undulations. 0 people found this review helpful This delightful, classic heathland course spans Hampshire and Sussex’s county boundaries - it's a course for the connoisseur, not for the dilettante. Some of the most stunning settings for golf with awe-inspiring green locations. And with that, comes the primary reason for the major course changes that have taken place. Wouldn’t I? 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