John O’Gaunt Golf Club
Course Information
John O'Gaunt Golf Club has two 18 hole courses: the tree-lined parkland, par 71 (6481 yard) John O'Gaunt; and the heathland-style, par 69 (5771 yard) Carthagena.
36 holes | Par Carthagena 69; John O'Gaunt 71 | Carthagena 5771; John O'Gaunt 6481 yards | Private | Parkland
John O’Gaunt Golf Club Information
Address: Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2LY United Kingdom
Tel: 01767 260360
Golf Pro: Tom Simm | Tel: 01767 260360
Website: https://www.johnogauntgolfclub.co.uk
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Price Guide: £££££
Midweek Guide: £70/round; £90/day *
Weekend Guide: £50 after 1500 *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society Deals Available
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
| Course | Tee | Par | SSS | Yards | ||
| John O'Gaunt | White | 71 | 72 [130] | 6535 | ||
| John O'Gaunt | Yellow | 71 | 71 [127] | 6331 | ||
| John O'Gaunt | Red | 74 | 74 | 5767 | ||
| John O'Gaunt | White F9 | 36 | 72 [130] | 3367 | ||
| John O'Gaunt | Yellow F9 | 36 | 36 | 3257 | ||
| Carthagena | White | 69 | 69 [125] | 5833 | ||
| Carthagena | Yellow | 69 | 68 | 5635 | ||
| Carthagena | Red | 70 | 71 | 5297 | ||
| Carthagena | Yellow B9 | 36 | 0 | 3010 | ||
| Carthagena | White F9 | 33 | 33 | 2708 | ||
| Carthagena | Yellow F9 | 33 | 32 | 2625 | ||
John O’Gaunt Golf Club Reviews
GOLFSHAKE RATING
4.06
AVERAGE RATING 4.3
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What the club says: Compared with most other golf clubs of similar standing, we would be considered fairly young as we were only established in 1948. We have, however, an outstanding record of progress and development the match of any other private members golf club in England and have hosted many National and Regional Tournaments.
With two excellent courses we aim to offer both members, and visitors alike, a wonderful welcome and golfing experience that we hope will encourage them to return at their earliest opportunity.
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Anthony D rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed May 26 2025
Great Parkland layout
Course is very pleasing on the eye with every hole providing a different challenge to the last. This was my first visit so found myself out of position on a few holes which meant hitting the GIR was either a challenge or not possible.Greens were in great condition although the fairways were dry but not hard.
Food and drink was very well prepared and tasty. I didn't use all of the clubhouse facilities but everything was clean and tidy.
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Mike E rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 3 2024
challenging and technically good course. excellently maintained and nice clubhouse. good value.
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Adrian B rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 12 2024
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Kevin B rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 10 2024
Lovely course in super condition on a sunny day has some very challenging par 4 and par 3 holes for the amateur to play. Need to be straight here or you will lose shots unless you have a very sharp short game !
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Peter E rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 2 2024
Fantastic course
Very well looked after course made golf an enjoyment not a slog. Clubhouse very nice and new terrace well thought out.Reviewer Rating
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Terry G rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 6 2023
Great set-up and 2 courses
The old course is renowned as one of the best courses in Bedfordshire, and probably the first place Nick Faldo won an open competition (as a junior in 1973). The Carthagena course was built in the mid 70s, and has come along nicely, and has better drainage. Both are a good challenge in their own right.We played the Old Course, which is well laid out and a delight to play.
Bunkers: I only visited one greenside bunker during this visit and they played and looked immaculate, all being freshly raked by the greenkeepers and the players in front of us. This is hardly surprising, as this round was to celebrate Bedfordshire County?s Centenary, and John O?Gaunt's 75th Anniversary. As such, we played a shotgun start, and the teams represented every club in our county, and also the County Scratch mixed team, and England Golf (including the CEO), who ran out the eventual winners.
Fairways were perfect, and had some serious undulations to deal with, making for some tricky shots.
Just as in my last round here - in their Seniors Pairs Open, we also played from the back tees, where the WHS course rating is 133. The longer par 4s are hard to reach in 2 for us older guys, and that certainly showed, and explains why we were well down the pecking order (but not quite last) as we had 3 out of 4 of us being seniors.
Greens were quite quick, and very true, with the ball going exactly where you sent it, but without any recent rain, they were a little unreceptive, unless you hit the ball very hard.
The course has many very mature trees, and there was a concerted effort during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 to pollard a number of the older ones, and also remove the few dead ones that were still in place at the end of Summer 2020.
Food was included with this competition, so I can't comment on food or prices, but I have eaten here before, and remember it as always being of a very good standard. The bar is well organised, and they coped well with all 100 players turning up at a similar time after the shotgun start, and then finishing at the same time.
All in all an enjoyable day, and I would certainly recommend, and I will be back as soon as possible, as I always enjoy playing here.
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Mike E rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 10 2023
Beautiful challenging course
A fantastic well maintained course and a high challenge for all handicaps. Excellently maintained with fast greens. Lovely clubhouse with friendly helpful staff.Reviewer Rating
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Mike E rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 10 2023
Beautiful challenging course
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Mike E rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 10 2023
Excellent challenging course for all handicaps
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Gary W rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed May 18 2023
Testing course
The John O'Gaunt course is a testing par 71 for all handicap Golfers.The course was in a good condition & greens were true.
Fairways & tees were well kept & saw at least 3/4 greenskeepers keeping the course tip top.
Facilities are fine & staff friendly.
I paid ?40 as a guest of a member which was a fair price, but personally wouldn't pay more than ?50 to play there.
I would recommend playing at John O'Gaunt.
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Martin G rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 28 2023
Fantastic course, in amazing condition for the time of year.
A real test of all aspects of your game, including course management.
Looking forwadd to revisiting asap
A real test of all aspects of your game, including course management.
Looking forwadd to revisiting asap
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Paul W rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 27 2023
Stunningly good condition
Without doubt the best course I've played this year when it comes to condition.Running fairways and really quick greens. Nothing to complain about at all.
Clubhouse staff friendly and attentive too.
Some lovely looking holes, tree lined but always able to find your ball.
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David S rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 2 2022
A long established old course that is a good challenge for any standard of golfer. No whole is alike and every one of them is interesting and fun, with a few that are really very special, and all in good condition.
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Kevin B rated 3.5 out of 5
Reviewed May 7 2022
Lovely course with two great venues to play, in fine condition for us as a society. would play again if had the chance, not very often.
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Martin G rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 16 2022
Nice course, well maintained- I prefer to play the main course. Course very well maintained
Pace of the greens was very slow.
Pace of the greens was very slow.
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A Golfer rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 21 2021
Lovely condition
The course has fast greens and all round in lovely condition.Reviewer Rating
A Golfer rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 21 2021
Superb condition
Lovely setting, tree-lined, tight fairways and small greens. All in superb condition.Reviewer Rating
Kevin N rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 17 2021
Fantastic club
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Matt A rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 9 2021
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Peter H rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 5 2021
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Peter H rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 5 2021
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Terry G rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 4 2021
Great set-up and 2 courses
The old course is renowned as one of the best courses in Bedfordshire, and probably the first place Nick Faldo won an open competition (as a junior in 1973). The Carthagena course was built in the mid 70?s, and has come along nicely, and has better drainage. Both are a good challenge in their own right.We played the Old Course, which is well laid out and a delight to play now that everything is back in play following various limitations during the Covid19 problems of 2020 and early 2021.
Bunkers were also fully back in play. I only visited one, greenside and one fairway bunker during my round and they played and looked immaculate, all being freshly raked by the greenkeepers and the players in front of us.
This round was in their Seniors Pairs Open, and therefore played from the back tees, where the WHS course rating is 133. The longer par 4?s are hard to reach in 2 for us older guys, and that certainly showed.
Greens were quite quick (although probably not quite as quick as the putting green), and very true, with the ball going exactly where you sent it, and following some fairly heavy recent rain, they were particularly receptive.
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The course has many very mature trees, and there has been a concerted effort during the lockdowns to pollard a number of the older ones, and also remove the few dead ones that were still in place at the end of Summer 2020.
Food was included with this competition, so I can't comment on food or prices, but I have eaten here before, and remember it as always being of a very good standard. The bar is well organised, and whilst there is still an element of Covid19 controls in place, it was not cumbersome, and there was certainly no rigid enforcement of mask rules etc.
All in all an enjoyable day, and I would certainly recommend, and I will be back as soon as possible, as I always enjoy playing here.
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Geoff J rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 14 2021
JO'G's morning in sunshine
Very nice historical course. Not particularly challenging but very long for the average golfer, particularly so many long par 4s. GeoffReviewer Rating
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Peter M rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 25 2020
Very good..a challenge
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Gary P rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 17 2020
Great Course
Course is in excellent condition and a test for all golfing abilities.Greens are true and quick. Leaves have largely been cleared so not a chore to find your ball.
(Round played: Oct 2020 - Score: 103 Handicap: 21.4)
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Terry G rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 11 2020
Great set-up and 2 courses
Renowned as one of the best courses in Bedfordshire, and probably the first place Nick Faldo won an open competition (as a junior).We played the Old Course, which is well laid out and a delight to play, although because the fairways haven't recovered from the very dry summer of 2018, preferred lies are in place on all areas mown to fairway length.
Preferred lies is also in place in bunkers, because of Covid19, and the resultant removal of rakes. I only visited one, and whilst it looked immaculate, being freshly raked by the greenkeepers, the sand below the top level was quite firm, resulting in a flyer over the green!
This round was in the Bedfordshire County Senior Championships, and therefore played from the back tees, where CSS was 73 on the day against a par of 71, and this was on a very calm day ? very little wind to worry about, and a lovely sunny day. The longer par 4?s are hard to reach in 2 for us older guys, and that certainly showed.
Greens were quite quick, and very true, with the ball going exactly where you sent it, although they seemed a little firm, so difficult to get a full shot into the greens to stop quickly, unless you hit it very firmly.
The course has many very mature trees, although I did notice that they have plans to remove, or at least pollard a number of the older ones, and presumably they will also remove the few dead ones that are still in place.
When this Championship was re-organised, the restaurant hadn't re-opened, so I can't comment on food or prices, but I have eaten here before, and remember it as always being very good. The bar is well organised to avoid people congregating (Covid19 again), although that does give a rather strange one way system to enter and leave to clubhouse.
All in all and enjoyable day, and I would certainly recommend, and I will be back as soon as possible, as I always enjoy playing here.
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Alex L rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 27 2020
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Alex L rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 27 2020
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Jamie R rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 23 2020
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Tim B rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 8 2019
Just top quality
A lovely traditional golf course, with only criticism being too many par fours, Beautifully kept, excellent greens and very friendly.(Round played: Oct 2019 - Score: 99 Handicap: 18.5)
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John O’Gaunt Golf Club Frequently Asked Questions
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Is there a driving range at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes there is a driving range at John O’Gaunt Golf Club which will be accessible prior to visiting and open for use.
Is there a golf clubhouse at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes there is a golf clubhouse at John O’Gaunt Golf Club.
Is there a golf pro shop at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes there is a golf pro shop which you can access prior to your round of golf or visit to the golf club.
Are there changing facilities at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes you can access changing rooms and facilities at John O’Gaunt Golf Club.
Can you hire buggies at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Buggy hire is available and will be subject to availability. Call prior to your visit to confirm you requirements.
Can you hire golf clubs at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
No, we are unaware of being able to hire golf clubs here.
Is there a bar at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes there is bar.
Is there a restaurant at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes you can order food for dining at John O’Gaunt Golf Club
Is there accommodation at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
No, we are unaware of accommodation being available.
Are there functions rooms available to hire at John O’Gaunt Golf Club?
Yes there is the option to hire out function or conference rooms. Contact John O’Gaunt Golf Club for further details.
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