Northamptonshire County Golf Club

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Price Guide: £££££ | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Course Information

Northamptonshire County Golf Club, is a 21 hole club with an 18 hole Main Course & 6 hole Colt Course. A private, heathland golf course designed by H S Colt, James Braid and Cameron Sinclair in 1903.

Other holes | Par 70 | 6271 yards | Private | Heathland

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Address: Golf Lane, Church Brampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 8AZ United Kingdom

Tel: 01604 843025

Golf Pro: Tim Rouse | Tel: 01604 842226

Website: http://www.countygolfclub.co.uk

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* These are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking

Midweek Guide: From £75 per round Summer: £65 per round Winter* *

Weekend Guide: From £85 per round Summer: £75 per round Winter* *

Societies Accepted to Play
Society Deals Available

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Tee Time Information

Midweek Guide: From £75 per round Summer: £65 per round Winter* *

Weekend Guide: From £85 per round Summer: £75 per round Winter* *

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Review Information

GOLFSHAKE RATING

4.5

AVERAGE RATING 4.3
(based on 44 reviews)

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HIGHLY RATED

97%

would play again or recommend

Golfshake Review

4.6

The Course

4.4

Course Conditions

3.9

Value For Money

4.1

Pace of Play

4.4

Facilities & Service

Hospitality

4.2

Practice Facilities

4.2

Food & Drink

What the club says: The course is a traditional inland golf course with undulating woodland, gorse, heather and fine pine woods and featuring many heathland. The 'Colt Course'is a 6 hole, par 3 course featuring fully synthetic tees and greens.

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Jag P rated 4.5 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 2 2024

Great Course!

Played twice in two days, a very enjoyable experience in all aspects

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Terry G rated 4.5 out of 5

Reviewed Mar 22 2024

Open Qualifying course - very good

I usually only get to play this course in their Senior Open in June, which fills up very quickly because it is so popular, but my employers hold their Spring Meeting here again after trying other courses for a few years, when the prices went up here. As all prices have moved in the same direction, we are back again, with usually 30 to 40 golfers ranging from scratch up to about 25. Playing in March, we were off their green tees (winter yardages, but still playing long with no real run on the ball).

It is a real challenge, which is why it is usually an Open Qualifier. The course is well laid out, and the greens (holes 10 to 14) on the other side of the railway line at the start of the back 9 seem to have more wicked slopes than the other holes, and those greens/holes can easily ruin a good round. After all the rain we've had this Winter; there were a few areas roped off to stop too much damage to the ground, and this has worked perfectly, with the course looking in very good order. Greens were a little slower than they usually are, but for me this made them very playable, although the slopes did lead to at least 3 instances of 3 putts!

A few years ago; there was some work done to reduce trees and gorse, which has improved the look, but may have reduced the difficulty. Talking with a member I played with at their 2023?s Senior Open, they saw a marked improvement in usage of the clubhouse, and the staff are renowned for being friendly and helpful. The food on offer has always been good, fresh and plenty of it, and the clubhouse facilities are first class.

There are a number of public footpaths, and occasionally, the local neighbours don't look where they are going, and can wander in front of golfers.

Love playing here, and my hope to do it justice finally came to fruition this year when I was just one over my 13 handicap, and got in the prizes for the first time here, which I was hoping to do before I get too old to reach the long par 4's in regulation. Despite the age thing, I'm still looking forward to playing again in their 2024 Senior Open in June.

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Stuart F rated 4.5 out of 5

Reviewed Nov 24 2023

NEJ Stephenson Round

Lovely course in great condition and well tended. Rough was tough and fairways quite narrow but enjoyable course

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Terry G rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 15 2023

Open qualifier course - very good

Usually only get to play this course in their Senior Open in June, which fills up very quickly because it is so popular. It is a real challenge, which is why it is usually an Open Qualifier.

The course is well laid out, although the greens (holes 10 to 14) on the other side of the railway line at the start of the back 9 seem to have more wicked slopes than the other holes, and these greens/holes can easily ruin a good round.

A few years ago; there was some work done to reduce trees and gorse, which has improved the look, but may have reduced the difficulty.

Talking with a member I played with at this year?s Senior Open, they have seen a marked improvement in usage of the clubhouse, and the staff are renowned for being friendly and helpful. The food on offer has always been good, fresh and plenty of it, and the clubhouse facilities are first class.

There are a number of public footpaths, and occasionally, the local neighbours don't look where they are going, and can wander in front of golfers.

Overall, I love playing here, and hope to do it justice at some stage before I get too old to reach the long par 4's in regulation.

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Jon B rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 2 2022

Fantastic course must visit

I played the course just after Open Qualifying and was told the course has never been in better condition. They weren't wrong, it was quite honestly faultless - reminded me of Hollinwell in places and all the best courses in Surrey - In that condition, this course walks into the top 50 in England

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Mark R rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed May 5 2022

Fantastic course

So we played a comp on May 4th
From our arrival to our time home was brilliant
A long 6200 yard off yellow tees
Thoroughly enjoyable day with lovely views

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Terry G rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 24 2021

Open qualifier course - very good

I don't get to play this course nearly enough. It is a real challenge, which is why it is usually an Open Qualifier. Usually play in their Senior Open which fills up very quickly because it is so popular. The course is well laid out, although the greens on the other side of the railway line at the start of the back 9 holes seem to have some wicked slopes on the greens which can easily ruin a good round. There have been some work done to reduce trees and gorse, which has improved the look, but may have reduced the difficulty. The natives are friendly, although one or two of the neighbours who use the public footpaths don't seem to have any idea that they also need to look out for golfers, not just the other way round! The food on offer has always been good, fresh and plenty of it, and the clubhouse facilities are first class. Love playing here, and hope to do it justice at some stage before I get too old to reach the long par 4's in regulation.

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Gareth L rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 24 2021

Fantastic members only course

Course was in excellent condition
Tricky if you go off the fairway but greens were true - shame my putting wasn't up to the same standard as the course.

(Round played: Jun 2021 - Score: 92 Handicap: 15.2)

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Stuart B rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed May 29 2021

Over Rated for me.

Not all it's cracked up to be.

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Nigel M rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 11 2020

A wonderfull course which is over 100 years old and ranked 93 best course in the UK. Fantastic condition and great layout . A great test for all abilities. Well worth a visit

(Round played: Oct 2020 - Score: 80 Handicap: )

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Dale B rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 15 2020

First time at the county

Well it was a lovely course to play.having waited a long while to get out on the course. And it did not disappoint. Not that i played at my best, too many 3 putts.

(Round played: Jul 2020 - Score: 96 Handicap: 15.2)

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Kevin H rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 26 2020

Quality heathland course

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Philip, Northampton rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Nov 11 2019

Lovely lovely lovely

First time playing the main course. What a joy to behold. Even after endless rains no puddles or muddy fairways, even buggies on the course! This is a special place. Fantastic fairways, aprons better than most courses greens and a lot more undulating than I imagined. It is long this time of year with little run out off your drives. Lots of slopes both fairways and greens, but all in lovely condition. It makes you think which is good. Relatively wide for the most part but far from easy. It must be a brute in the summer with greens running quick but I will be back. Good pro shop staff. Yes some of the older members are a bit ‘old school’ and can give the club a bad elitist feel but ignore those and this is just a great course.

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Tim B rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 26 2019

Superb course, but disappointing greens

An excellent venue for golf, but spoiled slightly yesterday by very slow greens, which bordered on pay and play standard as well as attitude of members with two of our party asked to tuck shirts in, with one gentleman not even in the clubhouse, but stood in the golf shop.

A great place that was spoiled a little

(Round played: Sep 2019 - Score: 98 Handicap: 18.4)

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Steve S rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 28 2019

Really nice course, a mixture of wide fairways and tight risk and reward holes. The greens run quick and true and there are virtually no flat putts. Presentation of the course was spot on

(Round played: Jun 2019 - Score: 90 Handicap: 12.1)

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