Foxhills Golf Club
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Foxhills Club & Resort is located in Ottershaw, Surrey with very close links to London and near to London Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport. The club was officially founded in 1975.
Foxhills Club & Resort is part of the Foxhills Collection which also includes sister club, Farleigh Golf Club
History[]
Foxhills first took its name from the 18th Century politician Charles James Fox who came to live in the Surrey area in the 1780s after a troubled life involving heavy drinking and gambling. Forcibly, Charles James Fox resided in Surrey country estate with his wife Elizabeth Armistead. Some years after restoring his body and spirit with the help of his neighbour Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1st Baronet, Charles James Fox died in 1806.
Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1st Baronet did not long out-live Charles James Fox where he ultimately died in 1817. Sir Joseph bought the estate of Botleys in Chertsey in 1763, however upon his death, his Daughter and Son-In-Law, John Ivatt Briscoe[1] bought the estate which we know now as Foxhills.
In the 1870s the estate was passed to a relative of John Ivatt Briscoe, Edward Hutton who served as a veteran in the Anglo-Zulu and Boer wars. Lieutenant General Sir Edward Hutton, died in 1923 being buried in Lyne near Chertsey Surrey.[2] Before General Hutton's death he sold the estate to Borthwicks in the early 1920s who were successful merchants.
The estate and farm called today the Manor grew. This continued until the Second World War when the family converted the farm, now the Bernard Hunt golf course, over to the Dig for Victory Campaign.[3]
A consistent gradual decline in the 1960s saw the estate being sold once again where it turned into a golf club in 1975.
Facilities[]
Foxhills offers annual memberships, and also allows the use of its facilities by hotel guests. The club includes:
- Two championship golf courses; The Longcross and The Bernard Hunt
- One 9-hole par-3 golf course; The Manor
- A covered driving range and floodlit short game practice area
- Eleven tennis courts
- A health spa and gym
- A woodland inspired Yoga Cabin
- Five swimming pools (two outside, three inside)
- A family focused leisure club; The Pavilion
- A children’s soft play area
- A creche
- Conference rooms
- Three restaurants
Non-members are able to book events in the facilities.
Golf courses[]
The club consists of two 18-hole championship courses that have staged a number of significant tournaments, plus a par-3 9-hole academy course. A combination of parkland and heathland offers a mixed test of golf for people of all abilities.
The Bernard Hunt Course Named after Bernard Hunt, MBE, an English professional golfer was the first head professional at Foxhills and served for 25 years. Hunt won 30 times on the PGA European Tour Tour whilst also playing in the Ryder Cup 10 times.[4]
- Holes: 18
- Par: 73
- Length: 6,892 yards
The Longcross Course A slightly shorter championship course, testing the ability of both short, long, narrow and open holes typically tree-lined. April 2015 saw the longcross golf course added to the top 100 England golf courses [5] where by Foxhills Golf Club was also ranked in the top 50 UK & Ireland stay and play [6] stay and play golf club/courses.
- Holes: 18
- Par: 72
- Length: 6,743 yards
The Manor Course A 9-hole par-3 course with a championship-standard design, located close to the Foxhills Manor House.
- Holes: 9
- Par: 27
- Length: 1,143 yards
Tournaments[]
Foxhills has been a past venue for many prestigious tournaments and championships, including the European Tour's Tournament Players Championship and the Tour's Qualifying School.[7][8] The Senior PGA Professional Championship has also been held at Foxhills since 2014.[9]
Foxhills helped to start the careers of Ryder Cup player Paul Casey and Anthony Wall through the Foxhills Foundation junior golf programme.[10]
References[]
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons - Members Of Parliament
- ^ = British Empire - Lt-Gen Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton
- ^ -Dig for Victory
- ^ - Bernard Hunt Long Time Ryder Cup Figure
- ^ -top 100 England golf course
- ^ -top 50 UK & Ireland
- ^ "1984 Schedule - European Tour".
- ^ "Q School - European Tour".
- ^ "The PGA | National and International Tournaments".
- ^ "Sorry, we couldn't find this page".
External links[]
- Golf clubs and courses in Surrey
- Ottershaw
- 1975 establishments in England
- Sports venues completed in 1975