Close to Stoke Poges is Beaconsfield. A parkland course of some appeal. It's a course of two halves: holes 1-5 and 14-18 on gently undulating terrain; the rest, over the railway tracks and on heavily undulating terrain. The course is reasonably close to Colt's design, the main differences being bunkers with more splashed up sand faces and larger greens.
Strong par 4 1st. Shame the clubhouse isn't visible, it's a beauty.
2nd: Is there any point in having Colt's furthest cross bunker in the trees beyond?
Super rolling par 5, 4th.
Huge pit on the left, but bunkers and green have shrunk.
Tee shot at rolling long par 4, 6th
Approach across valley. Bunkers were recently changed.
Plateau par 3 7th.
Bunkers at 8th
Tee at 9th, typical Colt arrangment of diagonal bunkers.
Approach at par 5 10th.
Looking back
mini "Calamity" par 3, 11th
Pitch at 13th
This huge one shotter was a fave of Bernard Darwin. But the bunker arrangement has be changed. The green is original.
Approach at par 5 17th.
Pit at 17th.