Swanston Golf Course News
News about the new 'Templar' 9 hole
short-course being built at Swanston
Latest news
12th June 2008: 'Templar' short-course opening in July 2008.
Please send suggestions for names of new holes on both
courses to
colin@swanston.co.uk
Design concept
The reason for building a new 9 hole short-course is to give
the novice golfer, whether old or young, male or female, a
chance to develop their golfing skills before stepping up to
the challenge of a full-size 18 hole layout.
The course will be prepared to a standard where it can be
used for competitions and medals. All fairways will
start immediately in front of each tee. There will be
different heights of cut grass to give the fairway
definition but no rough between the holes. The course
will have many features to challenge the golfer, but will
also be setup to encourage new players by not being too
punishing.
Junior members (10 to 17 years old) at Swanston get full
access to this course as part of their annual
membership. Upon reaching a handicap of say 28 they
will be permitted to play the full course unaccompanied.
Other members have the choice of either paying for the
use of the course as part of their annual membership or
simply paying each time they wish to play.
| 9 Hole Layout |
|
6
Hole Layout |
| 1 |
132 |
yds |
|
1/2 |
295 |
yds |
| 2 |
131 |
|
|
3 |
111 |
|
| 3 |
111 |
|
|
4/5 |
218 |
|
| 4 |
81 |
|
|
6 |
151 |
|
| 5 |
105 |
|
|
7/8 |
224 |
|
| 6 |
151 |
|
|
9 |
110 |
|
| 7 |
115 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 8 |
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 9 |
110 |
|
|
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The course can be setup to be played as either a 9 hole
layout or, by joining 3 pairs of holes, a 6 hole
layout. As you can see from the table above the 6 hole
layout introduces longer holes for a different golfing
challenge. For safety reasons the 6 hole layout would
only be played on specific days.
Layout plans
Click on the pictures below to see more details.
