Sunningdale Golf Club New course

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Par/SSS: 70/73	Weekday Round: ££££
Yards: 6729	Day Ticket: ££££
Type: Parkland	Weekend Round: N/A
Holes: 18	Day Ticket: N/A

Hole	White Yards	Par	Yellow Yards	Stroke Index	Ladies Yards	Par	Stroke Index
1	465	4	-	8			-
2	171	3	-	11			-
3	409	4	-	4			-
4	475	4	-	10			-
5	183	3	-	12			-
6	510	5	-	2			-
7	378	4	-	18			-
8	399	4	-	14			-
9	461	4	-	6			-
	3451	35
10	217	3	-	9			-
11	446	4	-	1			-
12	396	4	-	15			-
13	562	5	-	5			-
14	191	3	-	11			-
15	431	4	-	3			-
16	395	4	-	13			-
17	171	3	-	17			-
18	469	5	-	7			-
	3278	35
	6729	70

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This is a superb driving course for it is more open than the Old; the trees do not encroach quite so much.  Having said this, the New demands long carries from its elevated tees over heathery terrain to narrow fairways. The club has been following a programme of regeneration that has involved the felling of a number of trees, thereby allowing the heather to return. In addition, this has cleared the way for long lost views to reappear across to Chobham Common in the south.

Many people will come to Sunningdale hell-bent on playing the Old course, but if it’s a real athletic challenge you are after, you will get severely tested on the rugged 6,700-yard par 70 New, a tougher, more rounded test of golf than the Old. For many years, Jack Nicklaus held the course record with a 67, which was a testament to the technical test of the New course. However, in June 2009, in Open Championship Final Qualifying, England’s Graeme Storm smashed the course record with an amazing eight-under 62 thereby securing his place in the 2009 Open at Turnberry. 

There are many excellent and memorable holes on the New, perhaps not as many as there are on the Old but certainly the 5th is worthy of mention, a charming par three. The views across the treetops to the common beyond are superb.

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