Exeter Golf And Country Club

Few golf clubs in the southwest of England carry the sense of settled permanence that Exeter Golf and Country Club does. Founded in the late 19th century, the club has long been one of the anchor institutions of Devon golf, drawing members from the city and the surrounding villages of the Exe Valley. It sits within a landscape shaped by gently rolling Devon countryside — the kind of terrain that rewards course designers and frustrates golfers in equal measure.

The par 69 layout is shorter than a championship test but don't mistake that for easy. Par 69 courses typically achieve their character through shorter par 4s that demand precision over power, and the country club setting suggests tree-lined corridors, subtle borrows on the greens, and the soft turf conditions Devon's Atlantic-influenced climate tends to produce through much of the year.

As a private members' club, Exeter carries the social texture that defines English golf at its most traditional — a place where the game is taken seriously but the bar afterwards is considered equally important.