Woking Golf Club: Course Review, Green Fees, Tee Times and Key Info

Woking Golf Club Key Information

Set just a few miles apart and playing over some of Surrey’s most glorious heathland terrain, Woking, West Hill and Worplesdon make up the county’s famous ‘Three Ws’. Woking, long regarded as significantly influential in golf course architecture circles, is the oldest of the trio dating back to 1893. All three sit comfortably inside Golf Monthly's Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland rankings.

The start at Woking is interesting, with a short, sometimes reachable par 4 sloping down to the green, then a long, demanding par 3 across a valley. It’s probably as easy to start three, four here as four, three! That par 3 has been significantly enhanced of late with the removal of a large oak and some bunker improvements.

There really is no let-up in the quality of the test after this, with the 3rd cambering awkwardly against the slope, the 4th set perilously close to the railway, and the elevated 6th tee providing a quite delightful vista – perhaps the most majestic on the course.

Back-to-back par 5s at 14 and 15 bring the best chances to score heading home. The green on the former butts right up to the terrace of the charming white and green clubhouse. 

The original course was the handiwork of Tom Dunn, whose extensive design CV includes Broadstone, Hayling, Sheringham and many more. Club members John Low and Stuart Paton then oversaw changes to the layout in the early 20th century, while architect Tim Lobb created a wonderful new 16th hole a few years ago playing across a pond to a mischievous, rollercoaster green framed by towering pines.

This visual gem of a hole features a common Woking design trait – a bunker a little way short of the green to foreshorten things visually and confuse you yet further over your club selection for the 150-yard shot in hand.

Woking is a case study in the art of strategic golf course design as well as a beautiful place to play.

What The Top 100 Panel Said

Tim Gorman

A classic heathland course in the style of The Berkshire, Swinley Forest, Sunningdale New/Old etc. Tee shots are played over heather onto fairways framed by more heather and tall pines. An old-world golf club from start to finish. I loved it and I’d be very pleased to be a member playing there until I no longer can.

Russ Groombridge

Woking is a traditional Surrey heathland layout and has some of the best, if not the best, green complexes in the area. Simply moving the pin from one spot to another can completely change the difficulty of the approach shots. I would say that Woking has the best green complexes out of the Three Ws.

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Best Courses Near Woking

WORPLESDON
Worplesdon is a classic heathland layout delivering a great strategic test and a real sense of seclusion when out on the springy fairways. A full bunker renovation project has been completed and is now established and further improvements to course and facilities, plus a clear plan for the future, have seen Worplesdon climbing in the Golf Monthly rankings. 

WEST HILL
A brilliant journey through the pines in Surrey’s prime heathland territory. Along with its two illustrious neighbours, West Hill is home to tip-top heathland golf. Dating back to 1907, it is largely unchanged in terms of design though greatly and consistently improved in presentation and conditioning. There are five short holes and just two par 5s, and despite the Hill in its name, the walking is easy.

Best Places To Stay Near Woking Golf Club

Gorse Hill Hotel, Woking - Book now direct
Gorse Hill is an elegant mansion enjoying a peaceful location surrounded by gardens in the beautiful Surrey countryside. Woking Golf Club is right on the doorstep. The stylish bedrooms each have a flat-screen TV, work desk, luxury modern bathrooms with complimentary toiletries and high-speed WiFi.

De Vere Horsley Estate, East Horsley - Book now at Booking.com
Amid quiet, extensive Surrey parkland, De Vere Horsley Estate offers guests free access to its leisure facilities, including croquet lawn, football pitch, gym and indoor swimming pool. It is made up of two venues - Horsley Place and Horsley Towers - and is about eight miles from Woking Golf Club

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WOKING Golf Club HISTORICAL TOP 100 RANKING UK&I

• 2023/24 - 83
• 2021/22 - 83
• 2019/20 - 80
• 2017/18 - 86
• 2015/16 - 95
• 2013/14 - 99
• 2011/12 - 93
• 2009/10 - 85

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