Fixtures booked for the 2021/2022 Season
The Ballesteros Bowl
Friday 4th March 2022
Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Leicestershire
Anticipated cost will be £45 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 9.00am)
18 hole
stableford (1st tee time 10.00am)
Two course meal followed by
prize giving (4.00pm approx)
Meal to be confirmed
The oldest course in Leicestershire is this picturesque nine-hole treat, only a few minutes drive from the M1 motorway. Beautifully maintained and treated, it belies it 114 years, and the traditional, prominent Leicester granite which decorates it, adds a magical touch to the course. The par four fourth is a potential banana-skin so choosing your club carefully is vital. With a water-trap between the tee and the fairway, and a sprawling bunker guarding the approach to the green, a scorecard's respectability can be seriously damaged over these 285 yards. Choose a low wood from the tee and a high iron from the fairway to steer clear of the obvious dangers on this hole.
https://www.charnwoodforestgolfclub.com/
https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/charnwood-forest
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/14265/Charnwood_Forest_Golf_Club.html
Click here for further information on this golf day
Enterprise Cup
Friday 1st April 2022
Worksop Golf Club
Anticipated cost will be £65 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 9.00am)
9 hole
practice/team competition (1st tee-time 10.00am - play first 8
holes, then hole 14A then walk in from there)
Soup and
sandwich lunch (from 12.15 - 1.15pm )
18 hole stableford (1st
tee time 1.15pm)
Two course meal followed by prize giving
(6.45 -
7.00pm approx)
Homemade pie, chips, peas and
gravy
Selection of sponges served with ice cream or custard
Worksop is very much a classic English woodland course and was made famous around the world by the exploits of its most famous ever member - Lee Westwood. The former European No.1, as far as reports go, still holds the course record on his home course and has been known to 'drop by' on occasion. There are a number of superb holes on this enjoyable but testing layout, most notably the 9th and 10th, two very long par fives that will test your long-iron play and shot making from inside 90-yards. The course then enjoys a good run of holes from the 12th onwards and finishes with the superb 18th - a par three right beside the clubhouse!
https://www.worksopgolfclub.com/
https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/worksop
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/16760/Worksop_Golf_Club.html
BUNGS Memorial Salver
Wednesday 27th April 2022
Redditch Golf Club, Worcestershire
Anticipated cost will be £60 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 9.00am)
9 hole
practice/team competition (1st tee-time 10.00am)
Soup and
sandwich lunch (from 12.00pm)
18 hole stableford (1st tee time
1.00pm)
Two course meal followed by prize giving (6.30 -
7.00pm approx)
Meal to be confirmed
Redditch Golf Club is home to a parkland course that uses natural hazards to maximum benefit. It is a well-wooded course protected by numerous ditches and large ponds. The greens are particularly impressive and were re-laid during 1995 and 1996 under the direction of the Sports Turf Research Institute. It is a favourite of European Tour player John Bickerton. He said: "Redditch is, without doubt, one of the finest golf courses in the Midlands, with testing, long tree-lined holes taking a very accurate game to come out unscathed. "If you succeed in doing this you will have a great score as the greens now match the standard we see on tour week in week out."
https://www.redditchgolfclub.com/
https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/redditch
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/15906/Redditch_Golf_Club.html
BUNGS Championship and
BUNGS Masters
Thursday 26th May 2022
Walsall Golf Club
Anticipated cost will be £60 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 9.00am)
9 hole
practice/team competition (holes to count for Masters
qualifiers) (1st tee-time 10.00am)
Soup and
sandwich lunch (from 12.00pm)
18 hole stableford (1st tee time
1.00pm)
Two course meal followed by prize giving (6.30 -
7.00pm approx)
Cumberland sausage ring with mash
potato & onion gravy
Lemon tart with fruit coulis & cream
Perhaps the leading golf course architect of all time, Dr. Alister Mackenzie was the man who lent his Midas touch to the outstanding design and layout of the course at Walsall Golf Club. Dr. Mackenzie was a truly brilliant golf course architect who lent his brilliant imagination and visions to the designs of some of the finest courses in the world, and the course here has all the typical characteristics of one of his designs. The club first opened its doors to golfers in 1907, so will shortly be celebrating its centenary year. At 6257 yards from the first tee to the eighteenth pin, it is also a nice distance for a course and covers some beautiful, springy, verdant parkland turf.
https://www.walsallgolfclub.co.uk/
https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/walsall
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/16547/Walsall_Golf_Club.html
BUNGS Tour to Anglesey
and Harlech
Saturday 23rd to Tuesday 26th July
Bull Bay, Holyhead and Royal St. David's Golf Clubs
Three days golf at wonderful courses along with three nights accommodation at the Celtic Royal Hotel in Caernarfon.
Click here for further information on this trip
Pairs Championship
Friday 26th August 2022
Cavendish Golf Club
Anticipated cost will be £60 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 9.00am)
11 hole
practice/team competition (1st tee-time 10.00am)
Soup and
sandwich lunch (from 12.30pm)
18 hole stableford (1st tee time
1.30pm)
Two course meal followed by prize giving (7.00 -
7.30pm approx)
Steak & Ale Pie, served with
fries, peas & gravy
Apple Crumble
In 1923, Dr. Alister MacKenzie, one of the finest landscape architects of the twentieth century, was commissioned by the Duke of Devonshire to design a new eighteen-hole golf course on his expansive estate. The result was the magnificent Cavendish course, which is as splendid today as it was in the 1920s. A par 65, it is designed upon undulating woodland and dense copses, making it a challenge for golfers of all abilities. Its feature hole is probably the par three fifth, from which you need to hit the green from your elevated tee shot or risk being caught in any of the green's many surrounding traps. Accuracy, concentration and awareness of the wind speed and direction are essential on this hole especially.
https://www.cavendishgolfclub.com/
https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/cavendish
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/14247/Cavendish_Golf_Club.html
Captain's Trophy
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Druids Heath Golf Club, Aldridge
Anticipated cost will be £60 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 8.45am)
9 hole
practice/team competition (1st tee-time 9.34am)
Soup and
sandwich lunch (from 12.00pm)
18 hole stableford (1st tee time
1.00pm)
Two course meal followed by prize giving (6.30 -
7.00pm approx)
Sausage and Mash
Lemon
Meringue
Located just outside of the town of Aldridge, near Walsall, is the Druid's Heath Golf Club, home to a spectacular and demanding course. It measures well in advance of 6600 yards and is therefore a good test of your long hitting, it is a course that you need to plot your way around, a feat made no easier by the tree lined undulating fairways. Similarly, there are plenty of well positioned bunkers along with some fast sloping greens that will have you scratching your head wondering the best way to create a good score. A word to the wise - the saying "sure and steady wins the race" is an appropriate motto for playing this course. In other words, take your time, keep your concentration and temper, and a low score could be yours.
https://www.druidsheathgc.co.uk/
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/14562/Druids_Heath_Golf_Club.html
Challenge Trophy
Friday 21st October 2022
Sandwell Park Golf Club
Anticipated cost will be £65 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 8.00am)
9 hole
stableford (all 27 holes are to count) (1st tee-time 9.00am)
Soup and
sandwich lunch (from 11.00am)
18 hole stableford (1st tee time
11.00pm)
Two course meal followed by prize giving (6.00 -
6.30pm approx)
Meal choice to be confirmed
At Sandwell Park you will find a part-wooded heathland course of truly immense quality, challenge and scenic surroundings. It spans a considerable 6468 yards in total from the first tee to the eighteenth pin, so you will need to have good stamina if you are to make your way round it successfully. Similarly, you will need to be firing accurately with each shot, as there are plenty of unforgiving hazards dotted around ready to gobble up any stray ones you hit.
https://www.sandwellparkgolfclub.co.uk/
https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/sandwell-park
https://www.golfshake.com/course/view/16063/Sandwell_Park_Golf_Club.html
Fixtures already booked for the 2022/2023 Season
The Cliff Thompson Salver
Sunday 20th and Monday 21st November 2022
Southport
Two days golf at Formby Ladies and Formby Golf Clubs with accommodation at The Bliss Hotel in Southport.
Click here for further information on this trip
Christmas Cup
Date to be confirmed
Maxstoke Park Golf Club, Coleshill
Anticipated cost will be £45 and includes:
Coffee and bacon sandwich on arrival (from 8.45)
18 hole
stableford (1st tee time 9.30)
Three course Christmas meal followed by
prize giving (3.30 - 4.00 approx)
Homemade vegetable soup
Roast
Turkey
Chef's choise of dessert
A brief Annual General Meeting will follow the prize giving.
