Huntswood Golf Club
Taplow Common Road,
Burnham, Buckinghamshire SL1 8LS
Tel : +44 (0) 1628 667 144

C A Lewis Huntswood Member wrote on: Feb 1, 2002

Huntswood must be the friendliest Golf Club in the Thames Valley, not stuffy at all. The men's and ladies sections get on famously and the mixed competitions are the most fun. This is the face of how golf will be and must be in the future, open for everyone to play.
Although it is a pay and play course it has a thriving membership as well and the members are very willing to play with beginners and sign cards for them to get their handicaps. If you don't want to enter competitions this is the course for the casual player who just wants to go out and blow the cobwebs away.
The clubhouse is pretty and welcoming adding the staff very helpful so even for non-golfers it is well worth visiting. In the summer it is great just to sit out on the patio with a
cold drink and take in the beautiful view of the course and watch the players coming down the last hole.
The social side of the club is thriving too, not only do the members often have golfing holidays and weekends away but the clubhouse is a great venue for parties. Weddings, birthdays and christenings etc are often held there and with the hire of clubhouse free it makes having a function there economical.
So like me why don't you come along and start having a great social life too.

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Huntswood Golf wrote on: Dec 1, 2000

I had lessons last year from September till June this year and am totally hooked on the sport. The place where I learnt was very friendly but not as friendly and as encouraging as this one. The shop staff are very friendly, amusing and helpful and had a good launch when I asked where the other glove was!!!
The course is very well maintained and even though it is only 9 holes, to do 18 is just right for a first timer. It is an interesting course with some very demanding obstacles. Some of them have been 6 ducklings, one moor chick, growing up this summer the first example, they caused a huge disturbance as your ball crashes into the lake and they go scuttling off across the water. Then the fish within the lake which must be miniature sharks by the size of the splashes and the size of them when they were sunbathing on the edges. Lastly the rabbits are not at all concerned when the balls go careering around their warrens. The sound of golf balls crashing off the trees on the first tee is also very frustrating as well as amusing especially if it rolls you back onto the green and not past the green.
Highly recommended is the 10th and 19th hole! There is food served there till 4.00 p.m. and the bar is very pleasant with tables outside and they also cater for business functions, weddings and general social events. My handicap is 27.

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