Teignmouth Golf Club, Teignmouth, Devon

Teignmouth Golf Club

Teignmouth Golf Club is a well established flat heathland course with probably the best views in the area available from the golf course featuring a 360 degree panorama of Lyme Bay, Teign Valley and towards Dartmoor.

The feature of the Teignmouth golf course which is bound to strike the golfing visitor before any other is the magnificence of its situation. It is laid out on the high tableland of Little Haldon, over 800 feet above sea level. From the fairways of the outgoing half you look down on Teignmouth itself, nestling into the foot of the slope, and over the estuary of the Teign to the Devon shore as far as Berry Head. From the inward holes you have a view of the estuary of the Exe, and on a clear day can follow the eastward coastline as far as Portland Bill. To the west is Dartmoor, rising in the far distance into the grey bastions of Hay Tor, Saddle Tor and Rippon Tor. To the north lies the hinterland of Devon and the Blackdown Hills.

The course designer, Dr C. A. MacKenzie (he of Augusta fame), was renowned for making natural undulations conform to the character of the ground without changing its natural beauty. Some of the holes at Teignmouth are regarded as the best he ever did. His idea of a golf course was that it should be pleasurable, that bunkers should be strategic not penal, and he was quoted as saying "make it look hard and play easy if the player uses his brains"! Teignmouth is maintained to the highest standard, while respecting the natural beauty of the surroundings and heather conservation.

The 18 hole course is certainly a great challenge to all golfers with many testing and borrowing greens, the trade mark of Mackenzie. Teignmouth also has some interesting features including several quarries to negotiate - the par 3, 11th is a particular challenge!

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COMPETITION
DATE				TIME				Entry No.	H'cap	R'cd	Indicate Tee Used
A												Par	SSS
B											White	69	69
C											Yellow	69	69
D											Red	73	72
Marker	No.	Yards	Par	Yards	S.I.	A	B	C	D	Points	Yards	Par	S.I.
	1	486	5	476	8						451	5	5
	2	144	3	129	18						119	3	17
	3	316	4	306	14						301	4	11
	4	384	4	370	6						347	4	1
	5	164	3	156	16						150	3	15
	6	467	4	482	2						449	5	7
	7	210	3	202	12						197	3	9
	8	367	4	355	10						282	4	13
	9	523	5	497	4						467	5	3
	Out	3061	35	2973							2763	36

	10	471	4	480	3						458	5	4
	11	194	3	182	13						166	3	10
	12	366	4	354	7						298	4	14
	13	499	5	485	11						475	5	6
	14	337	4	327	9						317	4	8
	15	447	4	436	1						424	5	2
	16	129	3	123	17						97	3	18
	17	339	4	291	15						276	4	16
	18	230	3	232	5						222	4	12
	In	3012	34	2910							2733	37
	Out	3061	35	2973							2763	36
	Total	6073	69	5883							5496	73

Course Description:

Hole 1 - BISHOP'S PALACE - The opening drive on this first hole is very demanding and should be aimed right of centre. The fairway, from tee to green, slopes considerably from right to left and the player must make allowance for this slope. This is a definite birdie chance for the better player.

Hole 2 - SANDY PARLOUR - The green is very well bunkered in front and requires accurate club selection. With the pin positioned at the front it becomes very difficult to get near to the hole with the tee shot.

Hole 3 - MAPPING STONE - The shortest par 4 on the course which may yield a birdie if the drive is positioned to the right. This allows a clear second shot approach avoiding the two bunkers on the left of the green.

Hole 4 - MACKENZIE - Named after the course designer, the hole is invariably played into the prevailing wind and often requires two well struck long shots to a well guarded green. Rough along both sides of the fairway demands much accuracy from the tee.

Hole 5 - GYPSY CORNER - A very accurate tee shot is necessary to find the green, which slopes from front to back. Choosing a line to the right of centre avoids the carry over the bunkers to the left half of the green.

Hole 6 - HUMBER DOWN - A slight dogleg to the right which even the low handicapper does well to reach in two. The safe route for the average player is to keep to the left of the bunker off the tee. The low handicapper can cut a little off the dogleg by aiming slightly right from the tee and carrying the right hand bunker.

Hole 7 - THREE TORS - With magnificent views of Dartmoor in the background, one can easily be distracted from this difficult tee shot which requires the ball to be played towards the left edge of the green, avoiding both the bunkers and the quarry to the right. The ground slopes from left to right and with the two-tier green the player must find the correct tier to make the putt easier.

Hole 8 - THE ROAD HOLE - Two strategically placed bunkers and a lone tree on the left side of the fairway steer the player over to the right side of the fairway. However, too far right requires a big carry over the right hand greenside bunker. The green is distinctly two-tiered and putting can be difficult if on the wrong level.

Hole 9 - DYMOND'S WAY - This is a genuine three shot hole where there is no shortage of bunkers. The cross bunkers 130 yds from the green require the average player to keep the ball to the left for safety for the second shot, but the low handicapper can generally carry these bunkers. The green is fairly long, again with two-tiers.

Hole 10 - PORTLAND - As the name suggests, on a clear day Portland, some forty miles away to the east in Dorset, can be seen from the fairway. This is another of the many wonderful distractions on this course. The hole is very straight but is best played keeping the ball left of centre to avoid the fairway bunkers. An accurate approach is needed to a narrow green.

Hole 11 - VARDON'S MOUNT - A very demanding tee shot as the player must take enough club to carry the quarry in front of the green. Playing to the right avoids this hazard but risks a most difficult pitch in over the bunker to the pin.

Hole 12 - HAROLD'S FOLLY - An intimidating tee shot back across the quarry to a left to right sloping fairway. Not a long hole but made difficult by two large bunkers guarding the front left side of the two-tiered green.

Hole 13 - SIBERIA - The last of the three par five holes. The drive should be kept slightly to the right and the second slightly to the left to allow for the approach to the very narrow well-bunkered green.

Hole 14 - LITTLE HALDON - The player now heads for home where sight of the pin position helps select the line off the tee. Another fairly narrow approach to a tightly bunkered green.

Hole 15 - HOLCOMBE TOP - Normally regarded as the hardest hole on which to make par. This hole is usually played into a right to left headwind, so finding the fairway is critical in allowing the player to reach the green in two shots. The approach shot must be played to the right side of the green allowing for the ground to gather the ball to the left towards the flag.

Hole 16 - HELL's MOUTH - An innocuous-looking hole which has destroyed many a card over the years. Club selection is all-important and positioning the ball on the low side of the flag from the tee makes putting a little less hazardous on this sloping green.

Hole 17 - DIP - The approach shot is invariably played from a side hill, downhill lie to a green that slopes away from the player. When the ground is firm the shot should be played as a pitch and run. In very dry conditions the low handicap player can drive the green.

Hole 18 - LAST QUARRY - A very typical MacKenzie design hole, with a carry over the quarry from the tee, out of bounds left and a hugely undulating two-tier green with several mounds surrounding it. An extremely tough finishing par 3 hole.

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