The Alwoodley Golf Club
Wigton Lane, Alwoodley,
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS17 8SA
Tel : +44 (0)113 268 1680 Fax : +44 (0)113 293 9458
The club was founded in 1907, with the course layout influenced by Mr HS Colt and Dr A Mackenzie, the Club's first Secretary and recognised as one of the leading Golf Course Architects of the times. His most famous course in collaborations with Bobby Jones was the Augusta National Home of the 'Masters. The course runs almost straight out and back - inward nine being tougher, as most of it is played into the fresh winds off the Yorkshire Moors. The North of the course is bordered by Wigton Moor Whin which is particularly magnificent in the Autumn when leaves are turning.
Directions
5 miles from the centre of the city and 10 miles from Harrogate, within easy reach of the M1, M62 and A1(M).
Further Information
Information herein provided by the club 5 Feb 1999.
Course Details
| Course Name: Alwoodley Holes: 18 Yardage: 6686 SSS: 73 |
| Alwoodley is a Championship course, currently 40th in the UK listing, an sit is suggested that all players should be regular Club golfer with bona fide handicap. The course forms part of the famous stretch of golfing territory on the northern fringe of Leeds. For an appreciation and independent view of this course please see golfer reviews. 
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Geoff Colmer wrote on: Sep 10, 2010
Played September 2010. This course is a challenge and very pretty with its vast areas of heather. Here you'll meet other golfers seeking their wayward drives. It is a good course with very friendly members and a well-run back room staff. Certain features on the course looked a little out of place - are these recent developments needing time to bed in? Not sure.
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Cal (9 H'Cap) wrote on: Oct 31, 2003
Ok Ok the course was in fab condition I wouldn't disagree with that, challenging holes yes, scenic yes. But, if you want a relaxing days golf it's not that. I arrived playing well was chewed up and spat out, thats at the start of winter when the grass was not at it's worst. Good Luck bring plenty of golf balls. Try to enjoy that scenery.
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Cal (9 H'Cap) wrote on: Oct 31, 2003
Ok Ok the course was in fab condition I wouldn't disagree with that, challenging holes yes, scenic yes. But, if you want a relaxing days golf it's not that. I arrived playing well was chewed up and spat out, thats at the start of winter when the grass was not at it's worst. Good Luck bring plenty of golf balls. Try to enjoy that scenery.
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Alister MacKenzie wrote on: Aug 31, 2001
Golf at its very finest. Strategy, variety, playability, shot values, scenery; Alwoodley has it all. It is master of all it surveys. I have played several top quality inland layouts throughout Britain and it is a compliment to Alwoodley when I say I have only played two finer. This course has 18 of the solidest holes you will ever play; there simply isn't a weak hole on this layout. Which brings me onto my only criticism of the course, because each hole is so architecturally sound there isn't one hole that stands out from the others, like you find on many other more average courses.
The course gets of to a gentle start which still requires good shots to make par, although there is a chance to pick shots up. What is so good about Alwoodley is that it just gets better hole after hole, which crescendos with the last four holes. The last four holes deserve a special mention. They are worthy of deciding a champion whether it is an amateur event of professional one. The 15th is a great hole, probably the best on the course, with a slight dogleg to the right to an awesome green, which requires an accurate approach to produce a good birdie chance. The 16th requires a good tee shot as this is quite a long hole with sand to the left and quite a sloping green where you do not want to go big. The 17th and 18th take you back to the clubhouse, which provides a great backdrop. The former is a long par four played to a depressed green, the highlight of this hole is the second fairway bunker on the right, find this and you won't get there in two, miss it and you have a chance. The last, 470 yards of class. From an elevated tee the hole opens up to a fairly wide fairway leaving an approach to a well-guarded green, especially to the right.
Once finished you can sit on the veranda of the clubhouse and watch fellow golfers complete their rounds. Everyone I saw had a smile on their face, whether they had played well or not. Who can blame them?
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Don McGowan Hdcp 17 wrote on: Apr 30, 2001
I've played the course 3 times and it is 'class'. Probably the best course I have had the pleasure to play in Yorkshire (although I have not visited Ganton...yet). The clubhouse oozes quality and the staff are very helpful. The Chairman of the Greens committee introduced himself to our party and explained some interesting facts about the clubs history and achievements. From 2000, Alwoodley will host the Open qualifiers until 2005, which speaks volumes for the course.
My description would not give the course the acclaim it deserves...just go and play it. Watch out for the 17th if facing the wind.
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Triggs Ian IP wrote on: Dec 31, 1998
Magnificant, heathland course, the clubhouse looks like a French chateau. If you play to your handicap around here, you will have playing well. Needs long acurate tee shots, and finesse around the greens. The only slight dissapointment is that the 4th, and 10th are par 5s off whites but par 4s off yellows. However this did not spoil an excellent
golfing day out, on a course that is an absolute must if you are in the Leeds area.
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