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Few village names in English golf carry quite the same quiet confidence as Rowlands Castle — a small settlement on the Hampshire-Sussex border whose course has been part of the local sporting fabric since the early 20th century. The layout sits within the ancient woodland fringe of the South Downs, and the mature trees that define so many of its corridors give it the feel of a course that has grown into its land rather than been imposed upon it.
Hampshire has a rich and underappreciated golf heritage — Liphook, Petersfield, and the Test Valley clubs all sit within reasonable distance — and Rowlands Castle belongs to that tradition of quietly serious heathland and woodland courses that reward local knowledge and straight driving above all else. The tree-lined fairways demand placement off the tee, and the course tends to play firmer and faster in the dry summer months when the Hampshire chalk and sand beneath the turf begins to assert itself.
For visitors, this is a genuine members' course with a clubhouse atmosphere to match — the kind of place where the game is taken seriously without being taken too solemnly.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White · men | 6,627 | 72.3 | 134 | 72 |
| Yellow · men | 6,398 | 71.2 | 131 | 72 |
| Red - 2018 · women | 5,938 | 75.3 | 131 | 74 |
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