Stoke Park Country Club, Hotel & Spa

Super nice experience very gentle and kind staff and very good conditions

Prachtig statig clubhuis met top restaurant. Diverse stijlvolle zalen. Prima bediening. Alles heel klassiek. Het is een heel goed onderhouden parkbaan. Niet extreem moeilijk maar wel prachtig. Mede gezien de historie en status van de baan zeker de moeite waard om een keer te spelen.

Until two years ago, I had been a member at Stoke Park since I was 7 years old.

How lucky I was, and still am as my family are members and my brother, the Pro-shop assistant.

The whole site is beautiful, from the Capability Brown gardens to the James Wyatt designed Clubhouse. It is said that Washing DC Whitehouse is modelled on this mansion. The estate was used as a private residence until 1908, when Nick Lane Jackson purchased the estate and turned it into the UK’s first Country Club. One of his initial objectives was to commission the famous amateur golfer and course architect Harry Colt to design the golf course.

The signature hole, the 7th, the inspiration for Augusta National’s 16th, is considered to be one of Colt’s finest holes. The 11th is also rumoured to have inspired number 12 at Augusta. In 2015, the club commenced work to remodel all three 9-hole loops. I can safely say that this has been utterly successful. The course now looks and feels like a championship course.

It would be easy for visitors to be overwhelmed by the history of the club. Most notably the modern silver-screen history. The club was used as the setting for James Bond’s Goldfinger and also the cult classic Layer Cake. Having played the course more times than I remember, I am in a position to pass judgement of the course itself.

I enjoy the course. There isn’t really a hole that bores me (minus maybe 12 and 13). I have played many good rounds around this track. However, not as good as the course record 62 shot by friend and member Conor Gough when he was 13. At 16, Conor has recently been picked to be a part of the Walker Cup side to face the USA in September at Hoylake. I wish him the best of luck and I look forward to him gracing our screens on the main tours over the next few years.

I recommend visiting this amazing facility, even for a few days. The golf is fantastic (David Leadbetter has recently set up shop here) and the hotel, with 3 AA Rosette restaurant and award-winning spa, gym and tennis courts (grass, clay and indoor) is magnificent.

UPDATE: Stoke Park closed in 2019 for a major redo. Hotel and all. There are whispers but it looks like a new composite 18 hole routing will transpire.

Excellent course, pro-shop. It was great to play here!

Imposant clubhuis waar men meer geïnteresseerd is in bruiloften en feesten, dan in golf. Naast golf liggen er prachtige tennisbanen(gras en gravel) en zijn er allerlei ontspanningsfaciliteiten. Niettemin een geweldige historische plaats waar je absoluut een keer gespeeld moet hebben. De 7e hole is de beste(wat een geweldige hole!) en heeft model gestaan voor de 12e van Augusta; Alison werkte op Stoke Park met Colt en legde met Bobby Jones Augusta aan.