Whittlebury Park
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Golfers not playing at this event: 10 Golfers - Dale Green, Martin Fooks, Antony Wale, Krys Jilks, Chris Shaw, Ian Hammond, Peter Randle, Paul Cameron, Dave Wiggett. Lee Underhill

Guests: Jack Davies (28) Martin Reed (17)
27 Golfers

Please be there for Full English Breakfast at 10:00am (Tea/Coffee from 09:30)
 
11:00 James Heathcote vs Peter Shaw, Mark Nicholson
11:08 Andy Whittaker vs Sean Anderson, Paul Newsome, Gez Newsome
11:16 Alan Thompson vs Steve Whiston, Martin Reed, Andy Gordon
11:24 Craig Whatsize vs Mark Beswick, Howard Forrester, Dave Thompson
11:32 Rob Ward, James Little, Jim Cunningham, John Howard
11:40 Anthony Harding, Paresh Patel, Rick Batchelor, Mark Cassels
11:48 Steve Abbott, Patrick Mahoney, Jack Davies, Graham Aulton
  We are Playing the RED (Royal Whittlewood) loop of 9 first, then the BLUE (Grand Prix) loop of 9 second. See here for the days Nearest the pins and captain combo competition holes.

 

Whittlebury Park Golf & Country Club has a rich history of ancient parkland, once forming part of the Royal Whittlewood Forest which stretched for miles. Many of the mighty oak trees within the park have stood proud for more than a thousand years, during which time the park has been a Royal Hunting Forest and home to red deer. Also within the grounds of the estate is the site of a Stone Age hill fort, a Roman road and dwellings mentioned in the Domesday Book.

 

For most of the 20th Century the estate was a working farm before being transformed in 1991 to become the 36 hole Championship Golf Course available today. With a little detective work, details of the course were uncovered at the library in St. Andrews.  The course was reconstructed, and is named the 1905 Course in memory of its original heyday. Play was by invitation only; a carriage was sent to Towcester railway station to collect guests, a local caddy was provided and a golden guinea was expected as contribution towards the upkeep of the course.