Frilford Heath (Red)

The Club, located in tranquil Oxfordshire countryside, have three differing courses.

The Red course, generally regarded as the best of the trio, is of a similar mould to the Green, however, it’s a much sterner test.

The par for the course is 72 whilst SSS is 74 from the championship tees. Stretched to almost 7,000 yards you not only have to be straight off the tee to stay out of the many gorse-lined fairways but at times length is also essential. However, due to the fast running nature of the fairways, the course doesn’t play as long as other inland layouts of similar length and there are a handful of relatively short par fours thrown into the mix too.

Once again you have 18 solid and mostly very good holes but without any approaching the truly outstanding mark. After a slow start I particularly liked the stretch of holes from five to eight whilst the 10th and 15th are also superb holes. There is certainly more variety in the shots you will need to play on the Red course versus the Green.

The condition of both courses was of an exceptionally high standard with the ground playing firm and fast with slick greens. The sandy fairways were a delight to play from and whilst you won’t find any heather off the fairways there is plenty of wispy grass and gorse awaiting an errant shot.

There are few changes in elevation throughout both courses and this makes for an easy walk. 36 holes are easily achievable in a day for most whilst, for the fitter and/or keener, three rounds may even come into the equation at this excellent 54 hole complex.

Read the review of Frilford Heath (Blue) here.

Read the review of Frilford Heath (Green) here.