Away Day Golf

My son lives at Tower Bridge, London and I live at Ware, Hertfordshire. We decided to meet up today for a round of golf at a course in Essex. After much discussion we opted for Russell Middletons home course - Stapleford Abbotts, playing the Abbott course. What a pleasant surprise we had, its a lovely well kept tight course with plenty of water in play. I shot 92 (2 over my handicap of 18), mainly due to the fact that I decided that I couldnt putt today, taking 40 putts for the round. My son on the other hand shot 83 (3 under his handicap of 14), and that included 3 penalty shots where he put his ball into ponds that he couldnt see when playing his shots. All in all a really good day out - lovely course, pleasant friendly staff, and even the natives were nice and friendly! Has anyone else here had a really good away day at golf?

Ian

Glad you liked the course and I'll be sure to tell the staff how much you enjoyed your day.

Russ

Hi Matt - Im really envious, Ive always wanted to play at Villamoura, but I had to make do with Essex instead. Enjoy yourself there later this month. Where do you usually play - I play at Whitehills.

 Ian

Have played a couple of different courses recently and enjoyed the majority.

Royal Cromer was a really nice course with some nice holes.

The Hertfordshire in Broxbourne was really good. Really well maintained fairways and greens and very helpful members of staff.

Barnham Broom was a nice place to play as well, although the staff were a little blunt.

Really enjoying the golf anywhere I play at the moment though!!

Matthew, I played the Hertfordshire last month on our society day and to be honest found it a very boring golf course. The only highlight was picking up £23 for closest to pin. Back nine is a little more entertaining. I hear the course down the road from there (Brickendon) is a must play, ever played it?

Brickendon Grange is a very nice and well kept course.Well worth playing in my opinion. I had a friend who was a member so used to play there quite regularly when I lived in Cheshunt for a while.