New Zealand Golf Club

The New Zealand Golf Club is southwest of London, off the M-25 near Woking. It's a classic parkland style course, originally built in the 1890's by S Mure Fergusson with further design work by Tom Simpson.The course is routed over what's mostly flat land with tree lined corridors of trees, apparently cut out of the middle of a forest. Understated, but classic clubhouse, friendly welcome in the golf shop, and reasonably priced to play. The layout was challenging, especially the bunkering, which presented a number of actual and perceived challenges by the way they were shaped and positioned. Although it's relatively short on yardage, it starts out in stout fashion for a couple of holes, and then gets a little bland for a while, but the 12-18 is a special stretch, especially the closing holes. Don't be deceived about the par 68 and a breath under 6000 yards, it's a challenging layout by all accounts. .