Sherfield Oaks Golf Course

Played the Waterloo course, good variety of shots required to get round in a reasonable fashion. Being very dry the ball carried well, the rough was tough but playable , greens very true with just the right speed for a high handicap player like myself, good afternoon of golf with good company.

Nice course. Not to hilly, but plenty to keep you interested. We played the shorter course. A few greens were not up to scratch but overall good VFM. Would happily return

Enjoyable course with enough testing holes to ruin a card. Some of the holes are long and if the wind is in the wrong direction they could be hard. Course well maintained and greens ran true

Sherfield Oaks is part of the Crown Golf group. It comprises 2 courses, both set in mature parkland/woodland with water hazards.

A large and pleasant complex, well run & maintained to high standard with an attractive Clubhouse, barn style building which houses the bar, the Pro shop, Conference/meeting rooms. Staff very welcoming. Good food and great coffee. A terrace for the Summer days.

Ladies changing rooms are well organised with all the expected facilities.

Big open practice area (part of the Golf Academy, I think), some nets and a practice green.

Large Car Park to accommodate everyone as it seems a very popular venue, not far from Basingstoke, Hants, either accessed by the ring roads or pretty country lanes depending of how well you know the area, but not far from M4 & M3.

Today (31.10.2014) we played the Wellington, the longer of the 2 courses. A scenic round with its challenges along the way, some very long Par 5s and some short Par 4s, & variable lengths on Par 3s. a nice mixture, ditches across the fairways on most holes as well as lakes full of wild life/vegetation.

Wide fairways, well kept, well presented tee boxes with ball washer/towel, clear signage to next tee & well designed paths sometimes quite lengthy between holes but not hard to walk the course.

Greens are interesting, with subtle turns, sometimes a little spongy & could have done with a cut or a roll but I am not a Greenkeeper, so not sure when that gets done.

The rough is really vile and ball finding nearly impossible and today the bright Autumn sunlight did not help matters but how nice to play golf in shorts/or skirts and short sleeves on the last day of October.

Bunkers a little compacted but well positioned.

Very mature trees to negotiate specially on the dog legged holes, some spectacular ancient oak trees, so no wonder it forms part of the name "Sherfied Oaks".

I would certainly return to this venue and would love to play the other course which is shorter and has it own attraction/challenges.

I recommend a visit in this lovely peaceful part of Hampshire.




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I hadn't played at Sherfield Oaks for 6 years, but I really enjoyed returning here. There are two courses and this review is based on the shorter Waterloo course.

While the course is only around 5600 yards from the yellows, it's not entirely defenceless. The course tightens up on the back 9 so you need to be hitting it well from the tee. The 10th is an especially tricky fairway to hit. That said, the course is very fair.

The greens were all in really good condition and a pleasure to putt on. Despite the recent dry summer, the fairways and tees were all holding up really well too.

played the waterloo course in great shape for this time of year .. the harder of the 2 courses there .. well worth the drive .. will return

Two nice courses, the Waterloo and the Wellington.

Worth a visit.

Good challenging course off yellow tees.
Keep it on the fairways as I discovered the rough is not forgiving. It will punish you. Greens & tees in good condition. My only gripe was the bunkers were a little lacking in sand and those that I found the sand was compacted.