Category: England

The Shanklin & Sandown Golf Course is where I had a Wee Wonders South West England qualifier event.

Wells Golf Club is a lovely park land course set just outside of Wells in Somerset which is the smallest city in England.  The course is a nice mix of holes featuring challenging, undulating tight and open fairways.   The back nine holes are flatter by comparison to the front nine.

This course is well worth a visit and I was pleased to score 16 over.  Don’t ask dad how much he got…

I also want to give a shout out to the Junior Club Captain who introduced himself and was friendly.

Farrington Park Golf Club located halfway between Wells & Bristol has 9 & 18 hole courses.  It is the location for the South West of England Wee Wonders regional final in 2017.

I had a practise round in June 2017 on the 9 hole.  We had a really windy morning on the course and therefore found it fairly challenging.  That said it’s really interesting designed and the greens are great quality, fast and true.

One thing to add…. don’t necessarily trust Google Maps to get you there.  We ended up a few miles away.

The Swingrite Golf Centre near Taunton in Somerset is built on a small parcel of land surrounded by fields.  It won’t measure up against some standards but it’s great to see this resource where there aren’t that many golf playing opportunities for kids.

The Mortehoe and Woolacombe Golf Club is a fun course when you want something to do at the seaside other than sit on the beach.  Dad and I had a few rounds in great weather and really enjoyed it..  This was where he started to get used to losing against me.

The Bovey Tracey Golf Centre is where I had my first Golf Pro lessons back in 2013.   My dad and I played on the nine hole mini par 3 course.   Makes me smile looking back at that time.  The course felt so big yet you could walk around it in minutes.

Seahouses is a links course in Northumberland.   We stopped here on the way back from Scotland.  Only had time for the first nine holes before heading home.   We stopped when a huge rain storm started.  Played the nine holes with an old American guy who plays in England & Scotland on an annual basis.  Said he was so old he was running out of playing partners…..

The Welcombe Golf Club is a stunning course with some amazing views of the surrounding countryside.  Highly recommended by my dad.

The Branston Golf & Country Club is the location of the Midlands regional Wee Wonders final.   I’ve had a warm up 9 holes here that didn’t go well.  Watch the water on the 1st hole of the 9 hole course.  Dad was ecstatic with his eight bogeys and a par.  I’ll be better next time.  Btw a very friendly pro shop !