Dorset Golf Club

Dorset Golf and Country Club is not like your average golf club. As the name suggests, it is a large complex which offers outstanding accommodation and an indoor bowls centre, as well as 27 holes of challenging golf. Dorset is incredibly society friendly too, offering breakfast, golf and dinner offers, to stay-and-play bargains. The 27 holes were designed by Martin Hawtree and conform to full USGA specifications. They are extremely well maintained and each presents a different challenge of golf. The three separate loops of nine are blended perfectly into the natural surroundings and groups who go for a few days can play a different 18 each time they tee up. It also offers a great alternative for local golfers, who want a fresh challenge with every round. Probably the most popular choice of 18 holes is the Lakeland/Parkland combination, playing to a par of 72. This layout offers beautifully sculptured greens, surrounded by cleverly-placed bunkers, with some of the most picturesque lakes and waterways you could find on any course. This leaves for another day the Woodland Course, a par-33 track that offers a contrasting challenge, utilising tight tree lined fairways which have been carved through a forest of rhododendrons. The venue also hosts many regional events of championship standard, underlining it's status as a high quality course.

The 27 holes were designed by Martin Hawtree and conform to full USGA specifications. They are extremely well maintained and each presents a different challenge of golf.

Lakeland's star hole The 604-yard, par-5 6th can be a little daunting, with out of bounds along the right of the tee shot following the gently dog legging fairway to the right.  A good drive here and you can choose between laying-up or taking on the water hazard that crosses the fairway. If the latter is successfully accomplished it will leave a short iron to this very long green, one that can cause the occasional three putt. Parkland's star hole The 460-yard par-4 12th is the start of Dorset’s own 'Amen Corner'. It requires accuracy off the tee to avoid the water hazard on the left side of the fairway.  The second shot is also played over the water hazard; therefore, distance off the tee is an advantage by leaving the player with a shorter shot to a tricky undulating green. Woodland's star hole The 298 yard par-4 ‘25th’ hole requires accuracy and distance control from the tee shot. Finding this fairway has to be your main aim here.  The better player in the right wind conditions can reach this green from the tee, cutting off the corner of the dog-leg, but anything less than perfect and you will lose that ball in the forest of rhododendrons that lines this fairway.