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South of England's Remarkable Heath-land Links

Day One :

Depart US for Gatwick/Heathrow, London England (overnight flight)

Day Two:

Arrive Gatwick/Heathrow, London, drive to beautiful part of Hampshire to play North Hants Golf Club a

classical heath land course with heather and woods.

After golf t

ransfer to nearby Lythe Hill Hotel in Haslemere,

Day Three

Start the day with at Liphook Golf Club, a gem of a course where you need to play carefully to avoid he

heather. After golf perhaps visit the

Military Museum in Aldershot.

Day Four:

Today play one of Harry Colt's classics,

Blackmoor Golf Club

known for it's well placed bunkers. Jane

Austin's 17th Century red-brick home, where she wrote six of her great works, including

Pride and Prejudice

nearby and well worth a visit after golf.

Day Five:

This morning travel to across the county line to West Sussex to play one of England's best known heath

land links, the We

st Sussex Golf Club

and

plan for 36-holes

with foursome golf after lunch. Stay over at the club for

dinner.

Day Six:

After an early b

reakfast

check-out Lythe-Hill and head south to the Hampshire coast and the tip of Hayling

Island to play

the Hayling Golf Club's championship links. The course has hosted many English Ladies

Championships. After golf drive over the border to Poole in Dorset and ch

eck-in RNLI College

accommodations.

Day Seven:

Nearby

Broadstone Golf Club, one of Harry Colt's finest courses is scheduled today. It's a monumental

course with

hillsides of heather and

magnificent views. It's possible to freshen-up at the hotel for a late afternoon

visit

to Winchester

Cathedral

and have dinner Bugle Inn.

Day Eight:

The tour's final round is played high above the Solent on the Isle of Purbeck Golf Club situated beside a

natural reserve for plant and bird lovers and with views of Poole, Bournemouth and of the Isle of Wight.

Day Nine:

Prepare for an early morning start back to

Gatwick

Heathrow for flights back to the USA

This part of England is often overlooked by the golfing tourist. Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex

have been

outstanding heath-land courses built in the late 1800's by renowned architects of the

period; such as Harry Colt,

James Braid, Harold Hilton and Arthur Croome. We start off in a

beautiful part of the Hampshire with Braid's North

Hants Golf Club, Colts Blackmoor Club and

Croome's Liphook Club, all three are typical of the area with tree-line

fairways, gorse

, broom

and lots of

heather

. The

courses

are

not demanding in distance

, nevertheless, they need

care from the tee.

The renowned West Sussex Golf Club, just across the

Hampshire County line, is perhaps the

highlight of the tour and is worthy of a full day's play.

Bernard Darwin called it a little sandy jewel set in Sussex clay.

Then the tour moves west past Southhampton into Dorset, with a stop on the way to play Hayling

on the Hampshire

coast

delightful, testy links with the views across to the Is

e of Wight. From a base in the sea coast town of

Poole,

you

play Broadstone by Colt and Dunn

and finally

Colts, Isle of Purbeck, a broom covered links on the edge of a

lent nature

preserve.

Lodging is

two hotels, starting at the four-star Lythe Hill Hotel and Spa

Haslemere, close to the Hampshire trio

courses and West Sussex

links, is a luxurious country-house hotel set in a tranquil twenty-two acres of

Hampshire

countryside

with a double rosette restaurant on the premises. The RNLI College

9 The Royal Navy

LIfeboat Institute)

on Poole Harbor is an

interesting educational institution and comes highly recommended

RNLI

is a

life boat

training college with excellent accommodations, restaurant and bar. RNLI is ideally located

for the

latter part of our

tour.

The

estimated c

ost per person is $3459 and includes(single occupancy - add $659):

Four nights lodging, double occupancy at the Lythe Hill Hotel and Spa with full breakfast.
Three nights lodging double occupancy at the RNLI College with full breakfast daily.
Golf gree-fees at the scheduled courses, North hants, Liphook, Blackmoor, Liphook, Hayling,, Broad Stone
and the Isle of Purbeck.
Ground transfer by the self-drive mini-van, four passengers to each vehicle with CDW coverage.
VAT and other taxes associated with the above services.

Not included, round trip international air fare, caddy fees, buggies, pull carts and optional golf fees

meals and

beverages other than breakfast, service charges and any other personal expenses.

Price is subject to availability and exchange rates at the time of booking. This tour can be arranged on any date

for

two to

sixteen

individuals wishing to travel independently with friends.

             Deposit policy: A 20% deposit is required before booking with full payment 45 days before departure

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