Moore Place Golf Club

Esher sits in the commuter belt of Surrey, close enough to London that you can be on the first tee within 40 minutes of the city center, yet the county itself is one of England's richest golfing counties — home to some of the most celebrated heathland layouts in the world. The sandy, free-draining soils that run through this part of Surrey support the kind of tight, fine-fescue turf that heathland golf is famous for, and the low-lying heather, birch, and pine that define the landscape give courses here a look and feel quite unlike parkland or links golf.

Moore Place Golf Club takes its name from Moore Place, the historic estate in Esher around which the course is set. As a parkland layout on the edge of a well-heeled Surrey town, it plays through mature trees and established grounds, offering a more sheltered, leafy character than the open heathland courses a few miles to the southwest.

For those visiting the area, Esher and the broader Elmbridge district carry a quiet, prosperous feel — good golf country, well maintained and unhurried, where a midweek round carries something of the old English golf club tradition.