Alwoodley

Leeds, West Yorkshire

DESIGNER: MacKenzie, 1907
YARDAGE: 6,793
PAR: 71

GREEN FEES: Oct-Dec 31 ,£55 per round/day week days. Saturday-Sunday, £90.
CONTACT: 0113 268 1680, www.alwoodley.co.uk
CLUB COMMENT: Improved the bunkers on the 7th and 13th – part of a five-year improvement plan.

This is where Dr Alister MacKenzie started a career as a course designer which was to lead eventually to Augusta National. Similar in character to the great Surrey courses, it is subtle with some testing greens. In the summer, classy Alwoodley becomes fast-running like a links and strategy is the order of the day from the tee to avoid running through doglegs or finding sand, gorse or heather.