It is a very short course 5,000 of yellows, 5,300 off whites.
But is far from easy, the rough is very thick and penal, if you go in it's quite easy to lose your ball, coupled with very narrow fairways.
Plus the design of the course, with lots of doglegs means it is harder to make the most out of the short distance.
You can cut corners but as the fairways are tight and penal rough it's a tough drive to make.
It was surprisingly high, I did not think there was any high ground there, around the 9th you are on the highest ground for quite a way and can see both Wembley Stadium and the Shard. As such it's very windy,or at least was yesterday which made the tight fairways even harder to hit.
The greens were not great, slow and woolly, but did run true. I am hoping this is just because it's 6 weeks old and needs time to bed in. Tee boxes were nice, very neat and mostly flat.
The clubhouse was as you'd imagine being brand new was nice, open and airy.
Now as per my original post, it was a parkland course, built on heathland and marketed as a links.
So how did it play, more like a links that the other two. The same whispy grass in the rough, yellowy green grass, and the mounds and dunes you find on links courses. Helped by an strong wind to really bed in the links feel
Obviously not a links first, wrong soil etc but did have a linkish feel.
As for noise, didn't notice the planes do all, don't know if that was just the flight plans for the day. One part of the course is quite loud from the M4 but for most of the course little noise altogether.
I wouldn't recommend people journeying a long way to pay, but if you're in the area and a few hours spare, you won't play anywhere cheaper.
And despite the issues it was enjoyable despite playing like an idiot.
