Golf Courses in Towcester, Northamptonshire

Golf is a sport in which a player, using many types of clubs including a driver and a putter, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf "courses", each one of which has a unique design and typically consists of either 9 or 18 holes. Golf is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing area, fairway, rough and other hazards, and the green with the pin and cup. Because a round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, most golf courses have this number of holes. Some however only have nine holes and the course is played twice per round, while others have 27 or 36 and choose two groups of nine holes at a time for novelty and maintenance reasons. Many older golf courses, often coastal, are golf links, of a different style to others. For other than municipal courses, there is usually a golf club based at each golf course.

An average golf course will consist of the following elements:

• Teeing Area
• Fairway
• Rough
• Hazards (including lakes and trees)
• Putting Green

Find A Golf Course At Whittlebury Park Golf Club in Towcester, Northamptonshire

Towcester is a small town in Northamptonshire, England. The name is derived from the Latin for Camp on the (river) Tove. The town has its own Town Council. with limited powers and is also the administrative headquarters of the South Northamptonshire district council. The town is in the Northampton County Council area.

Towcester is located upon the A5 road and is perhaps most famous for its Racecourse, originally part of the Easton Neston estate on the east side of the town. Many important national Horse racing events are held there. Nearby is the Silverstone motor racing circuit, currently home to the British F1 Grand Prix.

In fiction, the "Saracen's Head Inn" in Towcester features in Charles Dickens's novel The Pickwick Papers as one of Mr Pickwick's stopping places along what is now the A5 trunk road.

St. Lawrence' Church (CofE) stands in the middle of the town. It has a 12th century Norman Transitional ground plan and foundation, probably laid over a Saxon 10th century stone building.