Blackmoor Golf Club
Whitehill, Hampshire. A Harry Colt heathland course of heather, pine and birch on the western edge of the sand belt, with sixteen of his original holes still in play after more than a century.
Blackmoor Golf Club sits at Whitehill near Bordon in Hampshire, at the western end of the great Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire sand belt, between the North and South Downs. Founded in 1913 and laid out by Harry Colt, it celebrated its centenary in 2013 and still retains sixteen of Colt’s original holes.
The course is a par 69 of about 6,170 yards, played as two nine-hole loops carved out of heathland, with fairways bordered by heather, pine, birch and oak. Colt believed the real test of a course was whether it would live, and at Blackmoor sixteen of his holes are still in play a century on. The club is included in the 2008 book Creating Classics: The Golf Courses of Harry Colt, among 43 courses featured.
Blackmoor has also been a serious competitive venue. Between 1998 and 2003 it served as a regional qualifying course for The Open Championship, attracting players from the UK, Europe, America and Africa. Top100GolfCourses ranks it 67th in England and third in Hampshire, behind Liphook and Hayling, and it pairs naturally with Liphook and Hindhead on a heathland tour of the area.
Visitors are welcome by arrangement, and the club has a clubhouse with catering and a golf academy.
Tee times at these private clubs need to be arranged in advance, and Golf Tours London can build them into a bespoke itinerary and organise transport between your hotel and the course.
