Golf course review of Dore & Totley Golf Club

(Round played: 20-Nov-2011 - Score: 95 Handicap: 21.4)


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Golf course review of Dore & Totley Golf Club

D&T embarked on a course restructure a few years ago which has turned a pleasant though tightly laid-out parkland course into something far more demanding. The incorporation of some adjoining farmland has extended the course to nearly 6800yds off the white tees and though the new holes (7 - 11) can get a bit boggy and cut up by the greenkeepers' vehicles at times in the winter, they are improving year by year. (By the way, they've kept the old course layout ready and available just in case the new land gets waterlogged - this can make for a more enjoyable round in winter, anyway).

Though the course runs parallel to a council estate for 3 holes and is unfortunately crossed by a few public footpaths from off the estate, you're soon off into a more pleasant and quieter area of the district. There are a few interesting character holes like the beautifully laid out 6th, the 10th with its elevated tee position (and resident badger population to try to avoid with your drive over a large hedgerow) and the tricky 16th par-3 with an elevated green which I've never managed to hit in one shot yet. The course ends fairly innocuously with a couple of standard par 4s and then it's back for a sandwich at the clubhouse.

One word of advice here for visitors - This is a "traditional" club in every sense of the word. Whilst the Pro and his team certainly make visitors welcome - even when they have a 2-4-1 voucher in their hands (except weekends) - they won't take kindly to:

- changing your shoes in the car park
- collarless shirts/denim/football shirts/non-regulation shorts/shirts not fully tucked in or training shoes in the clubhouse

And you can turn that mobile phone off, while you're at it.

If you can stick within the club's preferred stds. of ettiquette you'll have a very enjoyable round here.

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