[Ally Mcintosh]

Anyone fancy listing out BUDA venues since time began?

I'm looking for some inspiration...

[Rich Goodale]

Anyone fancy listing out BUDA venues since time began?

I'm looking for some inspiration...

Happy to oblige!  Month listed first, then Primary venue, then secondary venue (if any).  If my memory fails me, anybody else feel free to chip in

2003--May, Dornoch, Brora
2004-Jun, Painswick
2005-May, Littlestone, Deal
2006-Oct, Hoylake, Wallasey
2007-Aug, Alwoodley, Moortown
2008-Jun, Lundin, Elie
2009-Jul, Deal, Sandwich
2010-Sep, Pennard, Porthcawl
2011-Sep, Liphook, Hankley
2012-Sep, Silloth
2013-Jul, Noordwijkse, (multiple)
2014-Sep, St. Enodoc, Perranporth

[David Davis]

Ahem....

2013 Noordwijkse, De Pan, Kennemer, Royal Hague, Eindhovensche, Swinkelsche, Hilversumsche, The International and for a few Hoge Kleij.

[Ally Mcintosh]

Thanks Rich... All of those trips sound great

Looking at the 2006 venue, does anyone know if there happens to be a nice seaside hotel to stay on The Wirral?.... I saw this place The Ship Hotel that took my fancy in Parkgate - within easy strike of Hoylake, Wallasey and Delamere Forest which was the trio I was thinking of...

Good golf, good quality hotel with nice bar (large or small), seaside preferably with beach for a game of beach cricket, nice small town / village... You know the score... I find booking the kind of weekend my group wants easy in Scotland... But harder in England... Dornoch, Nairn, North Berwick, St Andrews, Machrihanish all worked wonders but I never quite nail the English trip every other year...

[Bill_McBride]

Thanks Rich... All of those trips sound great

Looking at the 2006 venue, does anyone know if there happens to be a nice seaside hotel to stay on The Wirral?.... I saw this place The Ship Hotel that took my fancy in Parkgate - within easy strike of Hoylake, Wallasey and Delamere Forest which was the trio I was thinking of...

Good golf, good quality hotel with nice bar (large or small), seaside preferably with beach for a game of beach cricket, nice small town / village... You know the score... I find booking the kind of weekend my group wants easy in Scotland... But harder in England... Dornoch, Nairn, North Berwick, St Andrews, Machrihanish all worked wonders but I never quite nail the English trip every other year...

I don't remember the name of the hotel where some of us stayed near Hoylake, but it looked like the ruins of an old castle and was Fawlty Towers North.

[Adam Lawrence]

No idea how many in your group Ally, but the nicest place to stay near Hoylake is http://www.numberfifteen.co.uk/. Only three rooms though.

[Ally Mcintosh]

Sixteen in the group, Adam....

Not huge golfers - more about the social and setting... So proximity right next to the golf course not an absolute... It's just I try and grab three really good courses within a 30-40 minute drive...

Budget about £350 for 3 nights + 3 rounds... Anywhere in England with a good view and good pub...

Apologies - this thread is quickly veering away from BUDA in to my holiday requirements....

[Rich Goodale]

Thanks Rich... All of those trips sound great

Looking at the 2006 venue, does anyone know if there happens to be a nice seaside hotel to stay on The Wirral?.... I saw this place The Ship Hotel that took my fancy in Parkgate - within easy strike of Hoylake, Wallasey and Delamere Forest which was the trio I was thinking of...

Good golf, good quality hotel with nice bar (large or small), seaside preferably with beach for a game of beach cricket, nice small town / village... You know the score... I find booking the kind of weekend my group wants easy in Scotland... But harder in England... Dornoch, Nairn, North Berwick, St Andrews, Machrihanish all worked wonders but I never quite nail the English trip every other year...

I don't remember the name of the hotel where some of us stayed near Hoylake, but it looked like the ruins of an old castle and was Fawlty Towers North.

Ally

The hotel Bill was fondly remembering was the Leasowe Castle Hotel, between Hoylake and Wallasey, very near a beach, and with a very nice pub.  Cheap and cheerful with 60s-70s decor, but that was 8 years ago--maybe it has been gentrified since?  Hope not.  I'd recommend it.  Anybody from BUDA 206 remember differently?

Rich

[Bill_McBride]

Thanks Rich... All of those trips sound great

Looking at the 2006 venue, does anyone know if there happens to be a nice seaside hotel to stay on The Wirral?.... I saw this place The Ship Hotel that took my fancy in Parkgate - within easy strike of Hoylake, Wallasey and Delamere Forest which was the trio I was thinking of...

Good golf, good quality hotel with nice bar (large or small), seaside preferably with beach for a game of beach cricket, nice small town / village... You know the score... I find booking the kind of weekend my group wants easy in Scotland... But harder in England... Dornoch, Nairn, North Berwick, St Andrews, Machrihanish all worked wonders but I never quite nail the English trip every other year...

I don't remember the name of the hotel where some of us stayed near Hoylake, but it looked like the ruins of an old castle and was Fawlty Towers North.

Ally

The hotel Bill was fondly remembering was the Leasowe Castle Hotel, between Hoylake and Wallasey, very near a beach, and with a very nice pub.  Cheap and cheerful with 60s-70s decor, but that was 8 years ago--maybe it has been gentrified since?  Hope not.  I'd recommend it.  Anybody from BUDA 206 remember differently?

Rich

Be sure to request a room larger than a walk in closet, they have some of those.   The pub was good, but they usually are!

[Sean_A]

Sixteen in the group, Adam....

Not huge golfers - more about the social and setting... So proximity right next to the golf course not an absolute... It's just I try and grab three really good courses within a 30-40 minute drive...

Budget about £350 for 3 nights + 3 rounds... Anywhere in England with a good view and good pub...

Apologies - this thread is quickly veering away from BUDA in to my holiday requirements....

Ally

You do realize that one round on Hoylake is about half that buget? 

You could do a lot worse than a Cotswold trip of Painswick, Minch Old and Cleeve Cloud.  Stay on the common at The Old Lodge or in Stroud.  Your £350 would then cover airfare and car rental 

BTW - Rihc was more enamoured with the Castle joint than I was.  Not a terrible place by any means, but not one I would recommend unless it has been gentrified.

Ciao

[Craig Disher]

Leasowe Castle was fine for those of us who snagged a decent sized room. Mine had a nice view to the east. We also had a group dinner at the hotel which I can barely recall.

Rich - this year's venues are St. Enodoc and Perranporth, not Trevose.

[Mark Chaplin]

Anyone played every BUDA?

[Rich Goodale]

Anyone played every BUDA?

No, Mark.  I founded BUDA and played in the first 7, but have missed Pennard/Porthcawl and Noordwijkse/(et.al) since then.  Craig Disher and/or Ian Dickson might be close to me now.

Rich

[Tony_Muldoon]

Not worrying to much about budget but...

Fly in to Stanstead
Play Sacred 9 on way to
Hunstanton (ok base)
Brrancaster  (wont let you on July/August or weekends
and Sheringham


Stay in Formby Dormy house (they do deals but not sure if they can take 16).  It's a little way fomr restaurants but they leave you alone at the top of the house with two snooekr tables and widescreen TV's.  The rule is, if a bottle is opened you pay for it. Very cool place and they allow you weekends.
Play course twice (it's fantastic) and then their ladies course on day of departure.
Pick one more from that region to suit budget.


South east might pose a financial challenge.
See what deal Princes are offering They have very nice new accomodation.  Deal and Sandwich are just a short taxi away.
RCP is not to be missed and check out what  Littlestone and Rye are asking..oh if only there was another course nearer?

This years Buda looks most promising, with St Enedoc, Trevose, Perranporth and West Cornwall al worth it. If you can fly via Bristol Burnham and Berrow is not to far for the airport.

Bournemouth Where the big hitters are Broadstone and Parkstone with  Meyrick Park and Queens Park are excellnet muni's   Isle of Purbeck is a fantastic trip on a chain ferry and spectacular.  Much prefer Poole as a base.

I'll second Seans Cotswold trip as wonderful and unforgetable golf.


I'll stop now.

[Adrian_Stiff]

Ally I can do the COTSWOLD QUIRK PACKAGE FOR  £169 Midweek

1 round at Painswick (35 minutes from Canons Court Mews)
1 round at Cleeve Cloud (50)
1 round at Minchinhampton Old (25)

3 breakfasts, 3 nights lodge at Canons Court Mews.
(45-50) minutes from Bristol Airport

I can do any number from 2 to 24.
It is quite easy to do 36 in a day, so I could include Stinchcombe (10) and both Players Club courses (20) @ £209.

If you go on www.theplayersgolfclub.com  homepage and click on the mi360 you can see the lodgings. In a market town Wooton-under-edge, few pubs, resturants. The Lodge for 12 persons has Sky tv- wifi  barbecue and it is on a 9 hole course with a range and bar.

[Philip Gawith]

The 2006 Buda at Hoylake was played 8-10 weeks after the Open in the first week of October as i recall. Attendees will recall the course had recovered from the dusty/dry of July to a more regular green colour. The timing of the trip was affected by the travel schedule of GMBP travelling via Ireland with messrs Sturges and Peyronnin.

[Mark Chaplin]

Tony we stayed in Wimborne on our last Bournemouth trip, very nice little town with good pubs. Also enjoyed Ferndown which gets little mention here.

[Rich Goodale]

The 2006 Buda at Hoylake was played 8-10 weeks after the Open in the first week of October as i recall. Attendees will recall the course had recovered from the dusty/dry of July to a more regular green colour. The timing of the trip was affected by the travel schedule of GMBP travelling via Ireland with messrs Sturges and Peyronnin.

Thanks for the correction, Philip.  Also probably affected by the fact that they had an Open to play and probably didn't want to let opur mob out onto the course then.

Rich

[Ally Mcintosh]

Gentlefolks,

Thanks.

It is not really about the golf... You can be sure that all those areas mentioned have been investigated... For the other 15, it is about a nice small village, preferably by the seaside with good views and a high quality hotel or inn, probably refurbished and with a decent bar downstairs or pub down the road...

I then make sure I find somewhere within striking distance of the clusters of golf courses I want to see because that's my primary motivation...

I'm just less sure of the nice villages / hotels / pubs in England...

For instance, if I go to the coast in Norfolk, which is the coolest town to stay in? And is there a good small hotel that takes 16? Ditto Poole... Is it Swanage?.... I thought I had Harlech sorted before realising the inn was down on the main road, slightly removed from the town with the railway and no views or beach across from it...

Adrian - I must take that trip sometime for sure...

Thanks again anyway - Just hoping someone can turn up a little gem that I've overlooked...

[Tony_Muldoon]

Tenby is very pretty and I would love to spend some time there.  Club has Dormy accommodation a short walk from centre of town, but I didn’t see it.

Fly via Cardiff and on the way/way back, play from following list.

Porthcawl, P&K, Southerndown or Pennard.

Add Tenby and Ashburnham to give you 4.



Padstow/Rock is a superb base. Does Ryanair fly Dublin Newquay?


Saunton has a big hotel on a surfing beach 2 mins from Club, not much else local. 

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