Course Overview

Our New Head Greenkeeper, Craig Beet has been with the club for the past 5 years and he was appointed to this position on 1st January 2007. His Deputy, Ian Cureton was also appointed on the same date and with a further 4 Assistant Greenkeepers, they manage and manicure the 18 hole course with the most up-to-date, new machinery.

Our 'flagship' tournament is the 'Pro-Am' held in June each year. The event is organised by the club and the Midlands PGA who invite the top 45 'Midland Order of Merit' professionals who play alongside three amateurs in the hope of carding the lowest aggregate scores from two of the four players taking part.

It is testament to the club that the likes of John Bickerton, Paul Broadhurst, Robert Rock and a number of other local European Tour Professionals have all entered the 'Pro-Am' over the years. Indeed, Robert Rock was the joint winner of the 2005 Professional's Prize, carding his own personal score of a two under par round of 68.

The course itself has several interesting holes - the par 4, 2^nd hole sees you tee off from an elevated tee position and is a dog-leg left with two bunkers on the right of the fairway to catch any tee shot slightly off line. The tree line down the left hand side of the fairway is sufficient enough to stop most golfers cutting off the corner. Greenside bunkers left and right of the green catch anything slightly off line and a front bunker the whole width of the green will catch anything short. At 413 yards, it doesn't sound too difficult however walk from this green with a 5 on your card and you will always feel quite pleased.

Other interesting holes include the 4^th - another dog-leg left with a blind tee shot; the 8^th hole (index 1) needing a very accurate iron shot into the green to card a par; the 11^th hole with its tree lined tee shot with the fairway opening up a little more after you have hit one down the middle so to speak; the 13^th dog leg left (index 2) and an uphill second shot into the elevated green - another hole where carding a 5 would be considered acceptable.

All in all, Stourbridge Golf Course represents a tough 18 hole challenge to any golfer - scratch, low, middle or high handicapper.