Shaw Hill Golf Club

Founded in 1923 and opened as 18 holes in 1925, this parkland course was designed by Laurence Allamby, a pupil of Alister MacKenzie, and occupies 192 acres around the 18th-century Shaw Hill mansion, now a hotel and spa. European Tour pro Nick Dougherty grew up playing here, and the testing par-72 layout features a meandering brook, strategic ponds and heavily bunkered greens, notably at the demanding 8th, where the tee shot must carry a stream before the approach crosses a pond.