Stoke Park Club (Home of the Stoke Poges Golf Course)

I have played all 27 holes at Stoke Park and always have a great experience. The quality of the course throughout the year is top notch...especially the greens, which are fast and true (a rare thing throughout the winter in the UK). In the summer the course is exceptional and almost has a feel of Augusta about it on certain holes, specifically the 7th, which was supposedly the blueprint for the famous par 3 12th at Augusta National. The surroundings are amazing as well; with an extremely impressive clubhouse...unfortunately it's a tad on the pricey side but more than worth the money as an occasional treat.

Played orignal 18 holes on a sunny May afternoon. Course looks fantastic and greens were like velvet - large, fast and difficult. The tee off from the front of the hotel is pretty special with wide open fairways but plenty of bunkers. Plays longer than the par 71 might suggest with lots of water, bunkers, rough and trees. Conditions were excellent. Not impossible but a good test probably aided by good weather.
Practise facilities were also good as long as the weather is OK. Driving range between two fairways and aiming at a monument is a bit strange but no mats is nice - a real chance to play off grass. A series of other pitch and bunker areas are dotted between the trees - again you have to cross fairways. Putting green immediately outside of hotel.
The downside - the price. £140 for turn up punters, £100 for hotel guests - eye watering even with a free pencil! For a championship course perhaps but Stoke Park is no better than many local courses, and even with the price it was busy with club members. Nice to have ticked it off but not one to return to.

Played the final nine holes which are the newest part of the course. Not bad - the quality of the course was excellent for March and the greens were even and smooth. Not as difficult as i expected if you can get good drive away.
Price - even for a hotel resident as i was were eye watering - £42 or almost a fiver a hole. But you pay for the name and the location.

If you get a chance to play this course with a member or through some kind of deal don't miss it! It is like time has stood still and the beauty of the surroundings and the course will take your breath away. The fairways and greens are fantastic and the par 3's are very challenging. Not worth the full price perhaps but otherwise a treat!

It may be expensive, but who cares when you can play a round of golf like this. Ive been a member for 4 years and i've loved every moment. After playing 1 round here, your overall game improves, and i have represented the junior team for 3 years now. Course is always in great condition, and give every player of every skill challenging holes.

This place is wonderfull if a little pricey,everything is done to perfection,the pro shop is very very helpfull,the hotel an experience.More courses locally should aspire to be like this one,perhaps competition would lower the cost,play with a member if you can.
The car park has the best collection of members cars you are ever likely to see,better than the Motor Show

I have played the Old course many times but only recently played the latest nine holes. This is very well designed with some interesting and great looking holes. They have created areas of long rough right up to the edge of the green US open style, which is ok but doesn't always work on a heavily played course (which this is) as it can look untidy. The recent and continual improvements to the Old course are great, especially the bunkering. No question there are some fantastic holes to be found out here. Criticisms? Well sure it is overpriced but like the West at Wentworth, who can blame them when the demand is there. I would suggest they think about the possibility of cutting the rough way back to about an inch. I know it would mean less punishment for the wayward shot but they have plenty of other hazards and it would look more like a classic English parkland course and much neater.

I'm lucky to have played here, a friend of mine having been a member which means it was affordable at £45 a round. Not sure I would cough up £100+ for a single round here. Still, that aside, the course is beautiful (not so much the "19-27th" holes) and some of the holes really are special (7th, 11th, 12th). The Clubhouse is probably the most amazing golf clubhouse I will ever have the privilege to visit. Recommended (with a member!!)

Harry Colt CH Alison would be distressed at the redesign of his 15th and 16th; these modern style holes stick out like a sore thumb. And way too many new saplings have been planted adjacent to fairway bunkers. In twenty years many of the fairway bunkers will have lost any strategic merit.
Still there are some fine holes at Stoke Poges, the best being 4,5,7,8,10,12,17.

A good course with great greens but far too expensive and not value for money. If you get a freebie its well worth a visit but no value for £180 !! Try Woburn instead and play both courses for £150

Fantastic club house. The best greens I have played on, and the 350 acres of parkland scenery are breathtaking.

Greens are in superb condition although fail to hold a long iron approach...nice course but beware the cost !!! the cost quoted above must be for winter specials...summer prices almost double!

Excellent greens. The par three number 7 will remind you of number 12 at Augusta. Good Track.

FOR INFO\r\nYou are missing the last digit on the fax number it should read \r\n01753-717181.\r\nIn 1964 the famous golf scene from the Bond movie 'Goldfinger'\r\n(Sean Connery & Odd Job) was filmed at the Club,\r\nIn 1997 the Bond film 'Tomorrow Never Dies' was filmed here.\r\nWe were voted golf Club of the Year in 1996.\r\nWe will be opening an additional 9 holes to recreate the 1908, \r\n27 hole course designed by Harry Shapland Colt.\r\nThe Clubhouse is over 50,000 sq.ft. and was built in 1795, it \r\nis a Grade I listed building\r\n\r\nYours \r\n\r\nC M King\r\nManaging Director - SPGC