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Forest Pines, Lincolnshire

Played by NCG: Forest Pines Golf Club

Tom Irwin heads to Forest Pines, in his home county of Lincolnshire to give this 27-hole layout the #PlayedbyNCG treatment
 

Reason for a Forest Pines Golf Club review

We were there to hear about the Q Fairways scheme, an innovative, cost effective, points based membership that gives you access to all of Q’s golf facilities and much more besides

Where is Forest Pines?

I don’t really want to say where Forest Pines is, it will put you off. It is near Scunthorpe. I can say that I am from Lincolnshire.

It is actually very handily located next to the UK’s best & most pointless motorway the M180, you can get to it quickly from the A1 and the Q hotel on the same site as the golf course makes it an excellent stop off.
Forest Pines in shadows Forest Pines signpost

What to expect

A real surprise. Think Woburn or Remedy Oak – 27 holes of doglegging puzzles through towering pines. We played the 9-hole loops named, rather conveniently, Forest and Pines. They form the ‘championship’ course with the third nine, Beeches, offering more par 3s and therefore a speedier alternative.

My best bit

I have fairly simple tastes, If I am allowed to play golf, watch sport, and use my phone I am pretty happy. I am not a fan of rules or stuffiness. Forest Pines allowed me to play relentlessly good golf, wear my spikes in the bar, watch the T20 on the telly and – horror of horrors – send a text from my phone. The entire facility really is a window on what golf could and should be offering – a relaxing place for people to spend time.

What to look out for

Where the angle of the dogleg is. It matters at Forest Pines. I was caught out at least twice; too short on one occasion, too long on another. You need to decide on a strategy, know your yardages and hit to your chosen spot. It is a proper strategic layout.

When I go back

I will stay the night. With a hotel on site boasting gym and spa facilities there is much more to Forest Pines that just the golf.

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Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy

Dan loves links golf, which doesn't mean he is very good at it. He is a four-handicapper at Alwoodley. A qualified journalist and senior editor with 25 years’ experience, he was the long-time editor of NCG. His passion is golf courses and he is the founding editor of NCG Top 100s course rankings. He loves nothing more than discovering and highlighting courses that are worthy of greater recognition.

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