Dorset Mixed Pairs

Day 1

Broadstone Golf Club was officially opened in 1898 with a foursome that included five-time Open champions JH Taylor and James Braid along with AJ Balfour, who would go on to become Prime Minister. 

Then, in 1914, Harry Colt redesigned the course in the heathland, with the present 5th to the 16th holes being added to cut out the parkland ones. This is as the course remains pretty much the same today other than a few alterations from Willie Park, Willie Park Junior, Herbert Fowler and Colt again. 

Broadstone Golf Club is a glorious unspoiled heathland course that sits within a 250 acre plot of rolling Dorset countryside. A visually stunning natural heathland landscape lined with gorse, pines and rhododendron make the setting for this course one of the finest and most enjoyable to play in the whole of South England.

After play, we will make our way to the seafront at Bournemouth and check-in to our home for the night, the Hilton Hotel. Just a 5 minute walk from the promenade, all of the guest rooms at this modern hotel are decorated in cool, calm tones and feature large windows, filling the room with natural light. Here we will enjoy our private group dinner together.

Day 2

After enjoy breakfast at The Hilton, we will make the short journey to Parkstone Golf Club.

Over the last few years the club has raced up the British rankings and now sits comfortably inside the top 40 courses in the country. Parkstone is a delightful course located on a beautiful sandy tract of undulating Heathland, many of the fairways are lined with old pines and heather which become even more beautiful in springtime when the rhododendrons bloom, and the greens are immaculately kept and tricky to read. The location of the course means that it enjoys all the characteristics of Heathland golf with links influences from its seaside location, and when these are combined it creates a unique golfing experience that you wont easily forget.

The golf at Parkstone is more than just the serene surroundings, it poses a varied challenge that uses all the natural contours, heather and pines to create a course that requires accurate shots and tactical approaches, as is the case with any course that has a James Braid influence. Although the course measures quite short at 6,300 yards it is sufficiently challenging for golfers of all levels and everyone that visits Parkstone walks away with incredible memories.