Woburn Golf Club
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Woburn Golf Club, Buckinghamshire is a 54 hole complex made up of 3 x 18 hole, par 72 courses; The Duke's Course 6,983 yards; The Duchess Course 6,651 yards and the Marquess Course 6,744 yards.
54 holes | Par Duke's 72; Duchess 72; Marquess 72 | Duke's 6983; Duchess 6651; Marquess 6744 yards | Private | Parkland
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Address: Bow Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 9LJ United Kingdom
Tel: 01908 370756
Golf Pro: Luther Blacklock | Tel: 01908 626600
Website: http://www.woburngolf.co.uk/
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GOLFSHAKE RATING
4.95
AVERAGE RATING 4.6
(based on 295 reviews)
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Reviewed Jan 10 2022
Fabulous conditioning
Fabulous conditioning, history, scenery and weather.Reviewer Rating
Reviewed Jan 10 2022
Beautiful holes
Beautiful holes, scenery, tree lined courses and manicured fairways.Reviewer Rating
Reviewed Jan 10 2022
Fairways were incredible
It was the best course I've played this year, the fairways were incredible.Reviewer Rating
Reviewed Oct 31 2021
Fantastic facility with 3 great courses
Starting with the clubhouse ? this is really good, and I've been here for various reasons, including on a training course organised by England Golf, so there is a lot more to the facility than most people are aware of. Conference rooms etc, and a few dining areas and little nooks where small societies can meet up for pre or after round get-togethers. The food is excellent, if a little expensive, but we were there to make a day of it, and had allowed for this extra cost. Changing rooms are large and clean, and well laid out. The pro-shop is very well stocked, but again a little on the expensive side; e.g. a plastic poker chip marker cost ?4.00, whereas most other courses I have got these for around ?2.00.Everywhere we went, we were greeted with a smile, and all the staff were very helpful if we had any questions.
Practice facilities at Woburn are first class, so if you're playing any of the courses - give yourself time to check out what is available. I bought the course guide at a previous visit, and it was expensive at ?6 per course, and not particularly well designed (yardages from the back tees only) Distances on sprinkler heads are all to front of greens, and there is no system to show how far on the green the pins are.
We were greeted at the first tee by the starter, who asked if we had played the course before ? 6 of our party of 8 had done so, so he did not inundate us with information we were already aware of. We were advised that because of recent rain, the normal distribution of pin placements (which is shown on score cards) was not being used, so the holes had been cut wherever the greens were driest. He also advised us there was a group of 40 about 3 holes in front of us, and we almost caught them up on the par three 17th, but the pace of play was totally acceptable. Our party did include a couple of 20+ handicappers, so we were probably slower than we could normally be, and indeed around the end of our round, a group caught up with us. However; we never felt as if we were being rushed at any time.
As expected, the tees are perfect, and of a large enough size to keep moving the daily tees to keep them that way. Fairways were a little wet following some heavy rains during the week before we played, and resulting in very little run on the longest of Woburn?s 3 course. We were also advised at a previous visit that the Marquess is the worst draining of all 3 courses. The recent rains made the greens very receptive, but did little to slow down the puts, with a number of 3 putts being the result. The greens have some quite wicked slopes on them, not all of which are obvious until you see your ball taking an unexpected turn. I had a bad day with numerous bunker visits, starting at the 1st hole, but all the bunkers were perfectly raked, with a good layer of loose sand to play a proper bunker shot from. Those shots which dug took deep hit harder sand, and were punished because of that. I find the overall layout of the course to be very interesting, although being in the middle of many pines, I can understand if some visitors find each hole very similar.
We saw quite a few greenkeeping staff around, but none interfering with pace of play, which helped us concentrate on our game.
Overall, I like this course and would recommend and play again, but having now played it 3 times in a row, I think I would like to revisit the Duchess and Dukes courses on future visits
I should add to my review that this round was played quite some time after trying to fit in a free round (for 2 of us, with guests to make the party up to 8 players) following Marshalling duties at the AIG Womens Open in august 2019. Our first attempt to play came amid Covid problems in October 2020, and was then interrupted by thunder and lightning, resulting in waiting another year to fit the round in. Paid slightly less than member?s guest rate, as a consolation for the delays in getting our round in.
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Reviewed Oct 28 2021
Brilliant course
Excellent(Round played: Oct 2021 - Score: 91 Handicap: 14.4)
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Reviewed Oct 26 2021
Woburn!
It's Woburn, the Marquess, what more can you say?Reviewer Rating
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Reviewed Jul 5 2021
(Round played: Jun 2021 - Score: 94 Handicap: 16.4)
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Reviewed Jul 2 2021
Brilliant course
Brilliant courseExcellent facilities
Greens were superb
Tee to green was tough, but fair
Wonderful atmosphere as always
(Round played: Jul 2021 - Score: 88 Handicap: 14.4)
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Reviewed Aug 4 2020
A must play course,
Had a brilliant day 36 holes, the marquess course long and wide not for the short hitters, the Greens ran true perfect, the duchess shorter and tight course suited me better tree lined fairways the average golfer can reach the greens in 2 , if you slice then don't bother to play the course you will lose lots of golf balls the Marquess would suit you better. Birds of prey in the trees nesting you can get really close, lovely bar and food you can sit outside along side the very large practice putting green that is absolutely perfect don't miss visiting this wonderful place.(Round played: Aug 2020 - Score: 87 Handicap: 12.5)
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Reviewed Jul 24 2020
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Reviewed Jul 17 2020
Denis's Invite Day
Invited to play the course with a Member and really enjoyed the day...the most open of the 3 courses at Woburn so I played okay on the day but the greens were very difficult(Round played: Jul 2020 - Score: 84 Handicap: 10.8)
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Reviewed Jun 18 2020
Top quality
Big reputation, doesn't disappointReviewer Rating
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Reviewed Sep 4 2019
Woburn Marquess
Very good course, longer than I remember. Fairways in great condition though lots of unrepaired pitchmarks on the greens(Round played: Sep 2019 - Score: 77 Handicap: )
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Reviewed Sep 1 2019
Fantastic Friday
Awesome afternoon plotting my way through the tree lined fairways, dappled greens and undulations. The course was in great nick ????Reviewer Rating
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Reviewed Aug 25 2019
Marquess Course
I had been to Woburn a few times to watch Pro Tournaments - most recently the Women’s British Open - and always thought it would be fantastic to play here, so was delighted to be asked to take part in a charity golf day on the same course, just 3 weeks later.Obviously it looks a lot different without the grandstands, but imagine the tall pines that line most holes as spectators and you could almost be playing on Tour.... until you reach the green and realise that your game is nowhere near that level!
Understanding those greens is key to playing well on this course. But the Pro’s have caddies who know this and they are able to send their ball to the right place. If you’re above the hole, 3 putts are always a danger as it’s hard to read the subtle breaks which can send your ball way off track, or off the green one time for me!
After the round I heard someone say they had 15 x 3-putts, which made us all feel better, but it does make you realise just how talented the Professionals are.... although on the way to winning the WBO, Hinako Shibuno did 4-putt the 3rd hole in her final round!
Woburn is everything I expected and more. Yes, it costs more to play here but this was a truly memorable day, superbly organised by a charitable trust that I’m very pleased to have been able to support.
(Round played: Aug 2019 - Score: 88 Handicap: 8.3)
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