Beaconsfield
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Beaconsfield is known for two things. Bunkers and big greens. While the Bucks course wouldn’t rival Royal Lytham for the frequency of sand, there’s still plenty of them on Harry Colt’s largely unaltered layout.
They used to run into three figures at one count, but now there’s 75 and that includes 10 on the 14th alone. Some of those that remain are still on the unusual side too, a collection on that 14th - and also on the 2nd - good examples of diagonal cross bunkering. Lay up short or try and carry the angle, the choice is yours.
Then there are the putting surfaces, described by the club themselves as “unusually large”, and meaning that even if you find the shortest grass there’s still plenty left to do to secure a score.
Beaconsfield’s a largely flat walk but with some notable exceptions, and the most visually stunning of those comes at the 6th – the hardest hole on the course according to the stroke indexes.
At 421 yards from the back tees, you take on a hollow to find a fairway that shapes from left to right, while the elevated tee at the next gives a cracking view of a well-guarded green.
Some of the best holes on the course are found in this stretch – the drive from the 8th running through the trees, while it’s hard to see anything except the trio of bunkers that streak right across your eye-line as you move from the 9th.
A fairway that shifts significantly from right to left will put any tee shot in trouble that doesn’t hug the outer edge of the 10th, and a huge drop off to the right of the short 11th puts an absolute premium on distance control.
Mounds and visual hazards, multi-tiered greens and, yes, more of those bunkers continue to fascinate on the run through to home.
Beaconsfield’s a lovely reminder of the delights of Golden Age golf and Colt’s teasing design will certainly appeal to all types of players.
They used to run into three figures at one count, but now there’s 75 and that includes 10 on the 14th alone. Some of those that remain are still on the unusual side too, a collection on that 14th - and also on the 2nd - good examples of diagonal cross bunkering. Lay up short or try and carry the angle, the choice is yours.
Then there are the putting surfaces, described by the club themselves as “unusually large”, and meaning that even if you find the shortest grass there’s still plenty left to do to secure a score.
Beaconsfield’s a largely flat walk but with some notable exceptions, and the most visually stunning of those comes at the 6th – the hardest hole on the course according to the stroke indexes.
At 421 yards from the back tees, you take on a hollow to find a fairway that shapes from left to right, while the elevated tee at the next gives a cracking view of a well-guarded green.
Some of the best holes on the course are found in this stretch – the drive from the 8th running through the trees, while it’s hard to see anything except the trio of bunkers that streak right across your eye-line as you move from the 9th.
A fairway that shifts significantly from right to left will put any tee shot in trouble that doesn’t hug the outer edge of the 10th, and a huge drop off to the right of the short 11th puts an absolute premium on distance control.
Mounds and visual hazards, multi-tiered greens and, yes, more of those bunkers continue to fascinate on the run through to home.
Beaconsfield’s a lovely reminder of the delights of Golden Age golf and Colt’s teasing design will certainly appeal to all types of players.