Respected English golf course architect Fred Hawtree achieved what most golfers would regard as an ideal layout with two loops of nine holes, each starting and finishing at the clubhouse and each composed of two par fives, two par threes and five par fours.

The total length of the competition tees is 6, 647 yards with a par of 72. Off the yellow markers the course measures a more modest 6, 295 yards and relative to the competition tees is probably easier than the shot difference which the card indicates. David Feherty holds the course record of 64. Needless to say he won the Championship by 18 shots!