Top 100 nine-hole courses: West Midlands
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Royal Worlington and Newmarket – The Sacred Nine
Cadmore
This parkland course forms part of the extensive on-site sport and leisure facilities at Cadmore Lodge Hotel and Country Club. Undulating fairways, streams and lakes are ever present throughout a round, and the course offers wonderful views of Clee Hill. In addition to the course, the site also boasts hotel accommodation, a restaurant and both course and game fishing facilities. Residents and visitors can both access the course.
Marston Lakes
Built at the turn of the millennium, this is one of the newest nine-holers in the UK. It sits on undulating parkland and features many water hazards and bunkers. From tee to green, this course has all the qualities of a championship course and is maintained to a high standard. Marston Lakes was designed by local architect Mark Jones and features an on site hotel and spa.
Nailcote Hall
Former Open and US Open champion Tony Jacklin described Nailcote Hall has “a true test of short game ability” and “a gem of a course”. It hosts the British Par-3 Championship and contains nine of the best par 3s to be found anywhere in the country. The holes contain all the hazards expected on a full course, including water, ditches, elevated greens and 23 bunkers.
From tee to green, this course has all the qualities of a championship course and is maintained to a high standard.
Tom Irwin
Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.