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LANGLEY PARK GOLF CLUB OFFICIAL BROCHURE 2017 - 2018 Langley Park Golf Club 05 Welcome 33 Golf Tuition 07 History 35 Custom Club Fitting 09 About the Course 37 Golf Societies 12 Course Guide 39 Open Competitions 17 Benefits of Membership 41 Visitors 19 Becoming a Member 43 Fine Dining 20 Playing Categories 44 Parties and Functions 25 The Clubhouse 47 A Haven for Wildlife 29 Social Activities 49 How to find us. 31 Our Pro Shop 50 Contact Us Langley Park Golf Club & Ludis Group wish to thank the advertisers who appear in this publication for their support and wish them every business success. The contents of this brochure are believed to be correct at the time of printing, nevertheless, we cannot endorse and readers should not rely solely upon the accuracy of any statements or claims www.ludis-publications.co.uk 01273 616477 contained herein without prior consultation with the service provider. [email protected] Designed and Printed by Ludis Group 2017. www.langleyparkgolf.co.uk 3 Welcome angley Park Golf Club, in The golf course, though, is just one of the We work hard at ensuring we provide Beckenham Kent, is a haven of many facilities that await you. Our clubhouse everyone with a fantastic service, whether peace and tranquillity which first offers the perfect place to relax with partners, it’s on or off the golf course, so come and see L friends and family before or after enjoying a what makes us special. We very much look opened for play in 1910. round of golf. forward to welcoming you to Langley Park. Steeped in history, Langley Park was The Pro Shop stocks a full range of originally designed by five-time Open equipment and also has clubs, trolleys and Champion, John Henry Taylor. buggies for hire; while you’re guaranteed a warm welcome from our club Professional, The course has been used as a Regional Paul Sherman and his team. Open qualifier on numerous occasions and is well known for its exceptional greens. The outstanding facilities lend themselves There is something to interest golfers at all easily as an ideal venue for a wide range of levels, with each hole offering its own unique functions including anniversary and birthday challenge. celebrations, wedding receptions and business meetings. www.langleyparkgolf.co.uk 5 History ome names now legendary in the designing and remodelling golf courses the 2012 US Senior PGA Championship and world of golf are forever linked around Britain. the 2012 US Senior Open Championship, with Langley Park golf course. and, most notably, Henry Cotton. S Langley Park was one of those courses. With his achievements forever preserved Taylor himself said “the ground lends itself No history of Langley Park would be in the World Golf Hall of Fame, what better very well to the game. I have no hesitation in complete without a mention of the name person to be charged with crafting a golfing saying that the course will afford an excellent Cotton, the professional golfer here from masterpiece than John Henry Taylor. test of golf”. Even today it still maintains 1926 to 1933. After seven years with the many of the original designs J.H.Taylor Club he won his first Open Championship A member of the fabled Great Triumvirate, implemented. the following year. He added two more to his J.H. Taylor was a five-time winner of the Open career tally before being inducted into the Championship, as well as adding The French Formerly part of the Goodhart Estate, it was World Golf Hall of Fame in 1980. and German Opens to his illustrious career originally built as a parkland site and still achievements. retains much of the original flat terrain and is The Club proudly celebrated its centenary in dominated by maturing oak trees. 2010 with a number of special events in the While Taylor was a driving force in the Clubhouse enjoyed by all. formation of the Professional Golfers’ With over 100 years of history, the Club has Association in Britain, he also spent many produced many fine golfers throughout the of the years following his playing career years including, Roger Chapman, winner of www.langleyparkgolf.co.uk 7 About the Course ur 18 hole parkland course is set The fairways thread through flat, wooded The constant ambition is to better ourselves in 120 acres and contains only parkland and the course is noted for its and to invest in our future with extensive one par 5 from the White Tees excellent greens and its long par fours, eight drainage and irrigation work being carried O of which are over 400 yards. The par-three out over the years. Water is supplied from with a tough par of 69. It is a true test 18th has a picturesque lake that stretches our own subterranean source, making our of golf. almost from tee to green. course playable all year round. Over the years the course has been Though the course appears to be flat, redesigned several times, often dictated by this is by no means true, as the ground is nature or technology. In between the major consistently rising and falling in just the alterations, minor adjustments are constantly gentle folds and undulations that a good being made. course needs, with all the greens containing “borrows” in some degree. www.langleyparkgolf.co.uk 9 About the Course Continued The hard work of our full-time green-keeping The par 4 seventh, for example, is stroke Our signature hole is the picturesque 18th, staff and substantial investment in acquiring index 1 from the White Tees for good with views over the lake where a par to finish the very best equipment to help them reason. At 446 yards it requires a long with is most welcome. perform their task, has reaped its rewards. accurate drive round a left-hand dog- leg before dealing with two treacherous Our course is also home to many plant and Whilst those enjoying a good day on the bunkers in front of the green. animal species, with mature trees stretching Greens are likely to prosper, there are a throughout. Small mammals, birds and number of testing holes that examine all Water comes into play on several holes via a exotic fish call our course home and offer parts of one’s game. number of strategically placed ditches and an enjoyable distraction during your round streams, while the bunkering makes the of golf. course a challenge for golfers of all abilities. www.langleyparkgolf.co.uk 11 Course Guide f you have never played at Langley Hole 1, 416 yards, par 4 Hole 3, 440 yards, par 4 Hole 5, 196 yards, par 3 Hole 7, 446 yards, par 4 Hole 9, 367 yards, par 4 Park Golf Club before you are in for a A tough opening hole, requiring a long A long tough par 4, which at 440 yards from The first of the four par 3’s and definitely the Stroke index 1 on the White/Yellow card, this One of the shorter par 4’s on the course but treat. Make the most of your trip by straight drive slightly left of centre to be able the Whites will need two good shots, even hardest! Measuring at just under 200yards is a dogleg from right to left, with several large also one of the narrowest. A slight dogleg I to see the green with your approach. The from the best of players. Watch out for the from the competition tees with a huge tier oak trees ready to catch anyone trying to from left to right, playing uphill to a long and learning about some of the pitfalls that second shot is ever so slightly up hill to a stream that lies 100 yards short of the green in the middle of the green, it makes club cut the corner. The long second shot playing undulating green. Club selection is vital for lie in wait and how to avoid them as you raised green, so take more club! which will catch a miss-hit second shot. An selection tricky. Take care to note the pin slightly uphill, needs plenty of club to avoid your approach if you are to make par. follow our hole-by-hole tour. undulating green awaits you with several position before hitting your tee shot for the the bunkers short of the green, but anything Hole 2, 364 yards, par 4 subtle breaks. Par is a great score! best chance of a par. past the pin means a 3 putt is likely. A narrow undulating fairway, with out of bounds lurking on the left and trees on Hole 6, 376 yards, par 4 Hole 8, 411 yards, par 4 the right, all ready to catch an errant drive. Hole 4, 448 yards, par 4 A slight dogleg from left to right and one of A straightforward looking par 4 but a miss-hit Accuracy is at a premium from the tee, with a A long par four fraught with danger. The right the shorter par 4’s - that’s not to say it’s an drive may fail to clear the grassy mounds, and green that falls away for your 2nd shot. Take a hand bunker off the tee will catch the big easy one! Several bunkers on both sides of the ditches flank both sides of the fairway leading par and move on. hitters, but several bunkers around the green fairway, and more around the green, means to a well bunkered green that slopes severely await even the slightest miss-hit second.