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The club is coming up to its 15th year and is fast gaining a reputation as one of the county's premier golfing venues hosting many major events including the prestigious PGA East Region Final Order of Merit where some one hundred top professionals from the seven counties compete.
The golf course consists of three loops of nine holes aptly named the Stock, Brook and the Manor. The main 6,950 yard championship layout features the two former nines, and designer Martin Gillett has created a fine test of golf that is a pleasure to play. |
Gillett, an Essex based architect whose work includes supervising the construction of Wentworth's acclaimed South Course, makes clever use of the natural rolling landscape, the water features and many of the courses mature trees. Set in breathtaking Essex countryside, the Stock Brook course presents a delightful challenge for both deft stroke player and long hitters alike. Several of the course's shorter holes appear innocuous, but can easily destroy a good card. From a pick of a number of memorable golf holes, the Par 3 4th is already established as Stock Brook's signature hole. The challenging Stock Brook layout is superbly complimented by excellent, undulating greens. |
The par 35 Manor Course is situated on either side of the Country Club's driveway, and water comes into play on at least four holes. The Manor 9 is seen as an alternative to the Stock-Brook 18, or as an addition to 27 and 36 hole golf days. The Manor Course offers a number of short, delightfully tempting risk / reward holes. The 338 yard 3rd hole is an example of a possible birdie or double-bogey hole.
Attempt to drive it at your peril!
Excellent drainage on the 27 holes ensures year-round golf, particularly during those
increasingly wet winter months. |
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