West Cornwall Golf Club
West Cornwall is a true Links course with fine turf and numerous natural qualities where hardly an unnatural feature offends. It has the unusual charm of being a test for both the low and higher handicap player alike.
Sited on the southern shore of St Ives Bay at Lelant, West Cornwall Golf Club enjoys an enviable reputation as a most testing 18 holes of golf, on a course which has many beautiful panoramas. Every round of golf is enhanced by the spectacular views.
Wherever golf is played, people speak of West Cornwall Golf Club as one of the most glorious 'natural' courses in the British Isles. They will remember that 'Long Jim' Barnes, one of the small band of players who have won an Open Championship on both sides of the Atlantic, learned the game as a caddie here.
Although not quite measuring 6000 yards the testing quality of West Cornwall lies in the fact that it has no mercy on a bad or timid shot. Invariably played in anything from a light breeze to a force 9 the course has many defences, but attack it and you should then be able to enjoy the 19th hole.
It is the oldest Club in Cornwall and facilities include a bar, a la carte restaurant, snooker table, pro-shop, putting green and practice ground. With memorabilia dedicated to 'Long' Jim Barnes and more recently Phillip Rowe you will enjoy your surrounds, encompassing all that is special about the history and traditions of the game of golf.
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COMPETITION
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| 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 |
73 |
| Marker |
No. |
Yards |
Par |
Yards |
S.I. |
A |
B |
C |
D |
Points |
Yards |
Par |
S.I. |
| |
1 |
229 |
3 |
216 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
210 |
4 |
16 |
| |
2 |
382 |
4 |
369 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
364 |
5 |
12 |
| |
3 |
342 |
4 |
339 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
331 |
4 |
6 |
| |
4 |
352 |
4 |
348 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
345 |
4 |
4 |
| |
5 |
179 |
3 |
175 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
171 |
3 |
14 |
| |
6 |
337 |
4 |
312 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
282 |
4 |
10 |
| |
7 |
191 |
3 |
182 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
138 |
3 |
18 |
| |
8 |
325 |
4 |
320 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
317 |
4 |
8 |
| |
9 |
406 |
4 |
396 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
390 |
5 |
2 |
| |
Out |
2743 |
33 |
2657 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2548 |
36 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
10 |
331 |
4 |
321 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
262 |
4 |
11 |
| |
11 |
362 |
4 |
354 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
332 |
4 |
1 |
| |
12 |
494 |
5 |
477 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
458 |
5 |
5 |
| |
13 |
264 |
4 |
255 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
242 |
4 |
13 |
| |
14 |
446 |
4 |
412 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
381 |
5 |
7 |
| |
15 |
135 |
3 |
132 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
129 |
3 |
17 |
| |
16 |
521 |
5 |
509 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
471 |
5 |
3 |
| |
17 |
194 |
3 |
186 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
181 |
3 |
15 |
| |
18 |
394 |
4 |
390 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
370 |
4 |
9 |
| |
In |
3141 |
36 |
3036 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2826 |
37 |
|
| |
Out |
2743 |
33 |
2657 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2548 |
36 |
|
| |
Total |
5884 |
69 |
5693 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5374 |
73 |
|
Course Description:
Hole 1 - Like Lytham St. Anne's we start with a Par 3. Beyond the green stands the picturesque old Church. Ask any local and they will advise you to take aim at the archway and allow the contours to deliver the ball to the green. That said, at 229 yards with the road to the right, out of bounds of course, it takes a mighty and accurate blow to reach your target.
Hole 2 - One of the harder holes which demands an accurate tee shot bearing in mind the punishing sand-hills on the right. Although the left side is favoured the strip of rough separating the 2nd and 14th fairways must be avoided to allow control of the approach shot, which is to an elevated green through a narrow entrance.
Hole 3 - Take a moment to admire the view from this tee but do not be distracted from the task in hand. Running parallel to the 2nd hole, again the sand-hills play a part on the right. The approach is played across a fully to a green guarded by a ridge to the right and a bunker capturing anything hit left.
Hole 4 - A tee shot to the test the best. Avoid the churchyard, again out of bounds, but drive too far to the left and you have totally the wrong angle to play to a green protected by a number of greenside bunkers. Walk away with a par here and applaud yourself, at stroke index 5 it is no push over.
Hole 5 - Cross the railway bridge to arrive at the 5th tee, the first of three holes known as the triangle. Bunkers protect the right hand side of this hole, with an under hit tee shot liable to find sand 20 yards short of the green and another bunker catching the right selection of club, but one hit just off line. Allow the tee shot to drift in off the left centre of the green, but avoid the railway line further to the left or you will be given the opportunity to try again!
Hole 6 - At 337 yards you could be forgiven for thinking the 6th is a pitch and putt par, but beware the many hazards lying in wait on this hole. Out of Bounds left, a road in front of the green and the shore-line of Hayle Estuary immediately beyond the green. The green itself measures 42 yards in length and possesses two tiers. Add to that a head-wind and be grateful for no worse than a 5 on this 'pitch and putt' hole.
Hole 7 - Straight uphill to a green sloping right to left. Take aim to the right centre of the target and allow the natural terrain to gather the ball. Take care not to over hit this tee shot as the railway line lies beyond the green.
Hole 8 - Back across the railway bridge to the 8th tee. Slightly uphill off the tee it is imperative to get this tee-shot away. Only then will you have sight of the green, which has a bunker guarding the left side. Do not however allow your approach to drift too far to the right as one bad kick off the contours could take you out of bounds!
Hole 9 - At stroke index 1 this is considered to be the hardest hole. Two long and accurate strikes are required to reach this long par 4. Negotiate the drive and you are left with an uphill approach to a green set on a plateau. If your approach spills away to the right you will be faced with a blind chip over a steep slope up to the green. Play your approach to the left, but beware the blind bunker on that side.
Hole 10 - Trust the marker pole on this blind tee shot and hit it well, as only the purest of strikes will clear the severe bank in front of the tee, thereafter enabling you a fairly straight forward approach to this two-tiered green.
Hole 11 - Decision time! You can hit a full blooded tee-shot here into a gully, which if you don't mind will leave you a shorter but blind approach shot. If you prefer to see your target you may hit an iron from the tee to leave yourself on top of the plateau fairway allowing you to see across the gully and sand-hills to the green, set in a punch-bowl. Allow the approach to arrive from the left as anything right of centre will fall off this green and any shot under hit will be severely punished within a deep bunker.
Hole 12 - No Information - Sorry!!
Hole 13 - For the longer hitters a sometimes driveable short par 4. Many times though they walk away with what they feel to be a disappointing par after their tee shot has been caught by the well placed greenside bunker or thick rough further right.
Hole 14 - Although stroke index 2 many feel this to be the hardest hole on the course. Played as a dog-leg it always plays longer than is desired as once again only the mighty hitters can attempt the short angle, but at their peril if not struck true. If you are fortunate enough to find the fairway a long iron will be left to your target, which has a clever rise to the putting surface, with anything not hit dead centre of the green falling off either side. A great golf hole.
Hole 15 - It is only fitting that a moderate par 3 is sandwiched between such a hard hole and the 16th, which is the longest hole on the course. Hitting back towards the club-house hole 15 plays a short to medium iron, but beware the many greenside bunkers ready to attract any shot not quite hit to your liking.
Hole 16 - As mentioned, hole 16 is the longest on the course. A steady climb all the way to the green added to the prevailing wind certainly makes this hole play as a true par 5. After a good drive bunkers lie in wait for the indecisive second shot. Avoid the bunkers and you are faced with a medium length approach to a generous green, with many subtle borrows.
Hole 17 - A fine and testing par 3. Slightly uphill from tee to green with the green set on a further rise. Heavy rough awaits the shot lost to the right with Out of Bounds awaiting the shot lost wildly to the right.
Hole 18 - The home hole is a gentle downhill par 4. Relax at your peril though as the entire length of the hole sees Out of Bounds to the right. Play too conservatively to the left and your angle of approach is all wrong, leaving you to play over a bunker to a two-tier green, which set on a rise falls away on both sides and at the rear.
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