Thorpe Wood Golf Club
Nene Parkway,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE3 6SE
Tel : +44 (0)1733 267701 Fax : +44 (0)1733 332774

J Green wrote on: Aug 24, 2006

great course

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M.Phillimore wrote on: Jul 1, 2001

Thorpe Wood was the first course I ever played, after returning a 130 when I
was 12 it really sparked me into playing golf. Little did I know what I gem
of a course TW was! Opening with a gentle par 3, and then an even gentler par
4 before WHAM! the monster par 4's start hitting you. Hole 3, a 410+ yard par
4 with the river nene to the right and serious rough to the left needs on
helluva drive - as do most of the holes, the fairways are generous - they
need to be, and the greens are never easy.
The par 5's if truth be told are not as hard as the par 4's providing you
play strategically - although the 540 yard 6th with the green a size of a
stamp and about 6 pot bunkers round it needs supreme accuracy - even though
this fairways about 50 yards wide in places!
It is a really enjoyable test of golf. There are plenty of hazards, and to
return without running up a cricket score is always a boon.
For it to cost £13.75 at weekends and £10.50 weekdays is a snip, you will
find few better members only courses - and I now play on one!

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