Enjoy the charms of Salisbury & South Wilts
A golfer’s guide to...
Whilst some counties are packed with grand championship courses, Wiltshire enjoys a hidden-away gallery of golfing gems. Rob Smith visits five little beauties...
Wiltshire
Playable all year round: High Post’s 12th hole
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Rolling terrain defines West Wilts’ classic layout
n the UK & Ireland we are blessed with the most generous helping and variety of wonderful courses. Some are clustered together, offering obvious and frequently pricey touring itineraries, whilst others
remain a little further from the golfing spotlight. Wiltshire is a naturally handsome, rolling county with great swathes of unspoilt, undulating downland, but is home to relatively few of golf’s premier league clubs. Excellent newer courses, such as Manor House and Bowood, tend to grab the headlines, and whilst I have played and would heartily recommend both, I was keen this time to visit some of the county’s more traditional, established classics – those that look and feel as though they have been there forever and where
nature, scenery and the good-to-be-alive factor dominate.
HIGH POST par 70, 6,305 yards Opened in 1922 and extended to 18 holes in 1931, this attractive downland course was once the site of an old gallows on the southern outskirts of Salisbury Plain. Happily, it now makes for a far more cheerful day out and runs over free-draining turf that has led to its reputation for being in fine condition and playable throughout the year. Neighbouring Boscombe Down aerodrome is home to a variety of unusual aircraft, which make for an interesting but happily not distracting sideshow, and one of the
Don’t miss your target on Rushmore’s tricky 3rd hole
1 4 3 2 Southampton Bournemouth
1 West Wilts 2 Rushmore 3 Salisbury & South Wilts 4 High Post 5 Tidworth Garrison
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