Mickleover Golf Club

The course at Mickleover Golf Club, although not long at a little over 5,750 yards, offers a fair challange to all players, whatever their handicaps. Accurate approach play and a good short game will be rewarded, but errant tee shots are suitably penalised. This is especially true on the front nine where the course is a little tighter from the tee. In order to help visitors to the course, there are green distance marker posts on the course at a distance of one hundred and fifty yards from the centre of the greens.

Mickleover is particularly renowned for it's tough par 3's. The 2nd requires an accurate tee shot across a small valley to an elevated green. The 6th, at 161 yards, is the shortest of the holes, but requires the most precise of tee shots, with a bunker and trees to the left and a ditch to the right of the green. The 13th is 202 yards uphill and the 17th is guarded by large, mature trees.

The course starts with a blind tee shot. Although the 1st is only short, the green is well bunkered and requires an accurate approach to provide a successful start to the round. The 5th plays every bit of it's 465 yards and is guarded by some cunningly-placed bunkers.

The 7th is generally considered the most attractive hole on the course, yet it too has a number of hazards to be overcome: in particular, a ditch lying diagonally across the fairway. The 9th has a tricky approach to the green, usually from a downhill lie. The 15th requires a very accurate drive between two large trees straddling the fairway and the 16th needs a good approach to a small elevated green which has some surpisingly severe slopes.

Tim Coxon has been the professional at Mickleover since July 1994. Tim runs the golf shop at Mickleover and teaches members and visitors alike. Tim utilises video & computerised swing analysis as part of his coaching services, giving all standards of golfer the highest possible opportunity to improve their game.