The Addington

The great thing about peeling back the layers on a classic course are the things you uncover in the process. Endless shot types with the mounding and the short grass surrounds, you could spend all day chipping around the green!

The 7th has been restored. 1920s vs 2020s 👊

Ryan Noades and the guys at @cdpgolf1 have done something rarely seen in golf course architecture these days - they've created a totally unique, one-of-a-kind hole. The scale of the restored 7th at @TheAddingtonGC has to be seen to be believed - over 100 yards of green with pin positions that will have matchplay opponents rubbing their hands with glee. We can't wait to take it on at our Summer Meeting next month.

We've always loved this place, but it's been a lot easier on the eye these last few years.

The 230 yards 13th, from tee to green.

The 9th - a hole that can''t be overpowered, but instead rewards strategy and precision. A well-placed long iron, a mid-iron to the green, and a walk over two of our famous trestle bridges - then if you can navigate its tricky turtle shell green, you might walk away with par.

A view that never gets old.

A ten year throwback of our 10th hole.

Firm and fast golf with width and angles, just as Abercromby and Colt intended. We're glad to have winter behind us and look forward to seeing our fairways crisp up over summer.

The third and fifth greens sit side by side, unassumingly on first glance but upon each play both revealing deeper questions. The third is about the club and shot you're hitting into the green, while the fifth is about battling a sidehill lie which brings the traps into play.

Sunrise at the current fifth and future first, once the routing is restored to how it was designed to be played.

Perdu has kept busy all winter, but when the 7th re-opens in May, it will finally rest. After a winter on Perdu, members should be sharp with their wedges which will prove useful for a front pin on the new 7th green, but it could demand anything up to a driver to a back pin.

Spring has arrived at The Addington.

The view of London from our course is a constant reminder of our standing in the game a hundred years ago. At our peak, we were one of the three most favoured clubs in the environs of London. A status we're slowly reclaiming thanks to our ongoing restoration work.

One of the most versatile holes on the property, the tenth plays as a par 5 on the Colt routing and a par 4 on the Abercromby routing, as seen here. It's the same hole, but the questions it asks are drastically different.

This old photo of the 14th looks normal until you realise the fairway used to hug the trees on the left, which are hiding a steep cliff. Once complete, this hole will be one of the finest examples of strategic golf, where you must hug the danger for the best angle in.

Our suspension bridges do more than catch the eye. They're a testament to how Abercromby and Colt tackled the course's most severe terrain, proving the architects weren't shy about calling in engineers when the land demanded it.

Thought we'd hop on the Olivia Dean trend.... #OliviaDean

The 12th is looking just as it did over a century ago, though back then it was the eighth, with the course starting on what is now the fifth. When horse and cart access up the hill proved impractical, the clubhouse was built at the foot of the hill and the routing revised.

Perdu, 11, 13, and 17. The varying one-shotters of our back nine.

Our opener is unusual for two reasons - it’s a par 3, and it was originally meant to be the 15th. Even so, it does a fine job of setting the tone. Bunkers cut tight to the green and plenty of movement around the putting surface give players a proper introduction to what’s ahead.