The Branston Golf & Country Club - Academy Course
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Also known as The Branston Golf & Country Club - Eagle Course.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yellow (18-hole) | 62 | 3550 yards | 62.4 | 104 |
Red (18-hole) (W) | 64 | 3236 yards | 63.7 | 105 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yellow M: 62.4/104 | 155 | 225 | 251 | 362 | 148 | 114 | 181 | 104 | 240 | 1780 | 3550 |
Red W: 63.7/105 | 117 | 220 | 239 | 358 | 136 | 91 | 110 | 100 | 233 | 1604 | 3236 |
Handicap | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 10 | ||
Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 62 |
Handicap (W) | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 8 |
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Great short course for beginners
I learned to play on this course when l took up golf 2 years ago now, & upgraded to the Championship Course after about 16 months. There are no par 5's, only par 4's & 3's.
To do 18 holes, you have to go around the same 9 holes but with separate tee markers set forward or back to create varied lengths. In winter when they move tees forward, some become incredibly short. On the 2nd hole they've moved the tee all the way over a brook before by a distance of over 80yds that's easily a whole shot for some players, so it should technically be called a par 3 at those times. Still, when learning, it made some holes less daunting & l really enjoyed learning on that course & l still play it when l haven't time for 18 holes or haven't enough balls to risk the Championship which has 16 out of 18 holes with water hazards. 😬
The Eagle is great, but my only gripe is they don't maintain it half as well as the main course, so in winter fairways have often been overgrown & bunkers untrimmed. Greens have looked ratty, with bald patches, riddled with moss or fusarium, & you can easily lose balls in fairways with grass as long as the rough. When it's well trimmed & tended, it's a joy to play on & l love its layout. A lot of fun to learn on for sure.
A bad day at Branston
Start with the tee boxes you might has well play off concrete hardly any grass and so uneven. The fairways need cutting nobody seems to replace the divots and then the greens well I've played on better pitch and putt greens also didn't help having a five ball playing in front of us , and then having to walk a 1/4 of a mile or more to get from the 9th back to the first it feels has they have put all the effort into the 18 hole couse and this is just a back burner. A golf course on my door step which I would not go again
Branson golf course 2022
Course and staff brilliant enjoyed my round on my own
Ended up paying £39 think it’s worth around £25 - £30 to be honest ,
Would recommend this course and I’ll defo play it again
Paul Green
Short game practice
Course in good condition but the highlight was how great the greens were, very true and good pace and will definitely be playing it more.
why stop at 18?
Recently played the Eagle Course at Branston, which claimed to be 18 holes on the grounds that a few of the 9 greens had two tees. Why not build four tees and call it 36 holes? With the longest hole around 280 yards, it could barely be called a golf course! Signposting to the 1st hole is non-existant, and on the course itself there are several posts designed to indicate the next hole, simply lying on the ground. Neither of the last two holes had second tees, and it felt like the designer had truly lost heart and given up the pretense that it was anything but a semi-decent 9 hole pitch-and-put course. Branston's facilities are fine but just stick to the Championship Course if you want to play golf.
This is a nice course to play if you are local. However, it is not value for money at all. The 9 hole costs between 10 pounds and 18 pounds. There are 18 holes around the area that charge less than branston charge for 9 holes.
Different
Thought had booked onto the 18 hole championship course but apparently not! So played the 9 hole course which wasn’t bad if you’d played before because as a first timer we had no idea where we was going from hole to hole as not very clear at all where you have to go!
9 hole Eagle course
Course was in great condition and it had a nice challenging experience even though the 9 hole course is on the short side it was a great afternoon of golf.
Not an 18 hole
This course is advertised as an 18 hole golf course it’s not it’s two eight holes with different tees, and there are no par 5 and there are as many par 3 as there is par fours , apart from that the course is actually nice with great contoured greens , the staff was not helpful at all they assumed that we new the layout and they had us down for 1420 tee even though I had conformation for 1400 , the 18 hole is a separate course only available for members at the moment.
Didn't bother turning up
This course it actually 2 loops of 9 measuring a little over 3000yds.
This is not made clear on tee off times, and having found out after booking decided not to play.
Should be made clearer.
Very Pleasant Course
Not a difficult course, but great value for money and really enjoyable course to play. Only opened today after plenty of rain and was still in pretty good shape which is a testament to the staff. Will definitely be playing again, hopefully in good weather when I can play the course at it’s full potential
Good course
Course in good condition for time of year. Greens running true with a little bobble now and again. Some long par 4s making it tough to hit the greens with two good shots.
Fair Review
It's a good practise walk with very average greens and bunkers. You pay for what you get in this world. It's OK for a beginner and a walk around but don't expect much quสlity for this kind of price,