Taunton & Pickeridge

The par of 69 signals what kind of test awaits. This isn't a course built around length; it's built around the land, with shorter, tighter holes where position off the tee matters more than power, and where the surrounding views — across to Exmoor on clear days — can be as distracting as any water hazard.

Taunton itself is a county town with a long cricketing heritage and a relaxed, unhurried character that carries into its golf. Taunton & Pickeridge feels like a club that knows exactly what it is: a proper members' course shaped by terrain, tradition, and the particular pleasures of hill golf in the English southwest.