3rd & 4th HOLES

THE THIRD is another longish par four allowing the longer hitters a chance to 'open-up'.

The water hazard traversing the front of the green is crossed by our new Millennium Bridge with a large sand bunker to the right.
Following on, the fourth is a par three of modest length, where strategically placed bunkers on the left and a large grass bunker on the right contribute to a tendency to come up short of the green.

5th & 6th HOLES

THE PAR four fifth relies on a constantly threatening stream and sloping fairway to trap the unwary. Also, a large grass bunker awaits to catch a faltering tee shot.
The par five sixth that follows has three cross bunkers to be negotiated from the elevated tee. An open  ditch meanders down and across the fairway, just before the green. Long hitters, when playing their second shot to the green, will have to get their thinking caps on.

7th  HOLE

THE GOLFER who leaves the sixth hole with anything more than a par can expect no immediate relief here. The par three seventh, as well as being the most picturesque on the course, is also one of the most daunting. There is the small matter of a lake to be cleared from the tee! 
Lest it be thought that the lake serves merely an aesthetic purpose, it should be noted that the esteemed Sir Henry Cotton once failed to clear the water during a News of the World Tournament!

8th & 9th HOLES

THE FIRST nine is completed by two, testing par fours. The eighth traversing a narrow tree line, dog legging to the left over a hill and down to the green and its waiting bunkers.

The ninth has blind fairway bunkers to catch a wayward tee shot as we cross the East Drive and up to Calcot Park's Mansion House.

It is to be hoped that the golfer has not found the outward half sufficiently penal to be tempted to abandon his game in favour of the nearby Clubhouse. To do so would be to miss an equally delightful inward half.

10th - 12th HOLES

THE TENTH offers a perfect birdie opportunity to golfers of even moderate ability, which is probably just as well, as the long eleventh following often requires an accurate drive between the adjacent fairway bunkers and then an accurate mid-iron into the green. 
The twelfth, our longest hole, is a par five worthy of note; two bunkers await either side of the fairway to catch a slightly wayward drive.

Your second shot sees you crossing the road and taking you past two more bunkers to the western perimeters of the course.

13th - 17th HOLES

THE CLOSING six holes are scarcely less taxing and certainly no less scenic, with relatively benign par fours such as the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth contrasting with two superb short holes – the thirteenth and seventeenth. Both of which are played over gullies to and willow trees to well-guarded greens, and both greens rarely obtainable with less than a long iron.

18th HOLE

THE FINAL hole provides a fitting and strenuous finish to the round and requires a well-drilled drive, crossing back over the West Drive, that traverses the fairway.

The 18th green offers a narrow run-in between two, large sand bunkers and affords a splendid view of the Calcot Park Mansion House, the Golf Club's former Clubhouse until 1960.