Adhurst Course
Liss, Hampshire, England
Petersfield Golf Club's Adhurst course sits in the gently rolling countryside of East Hampshire, near the village of Liss and the market town of Petersfield. The course was designed by Martin Hawtree, a member of Britain's most distinguished family of golf course architects, whose work spans traditional parkland and heathland designs across the United Kingdom. The Hawtree family's design philosophy typically emphasizes strategic variety and natural integration with the landscape, qualities that inform the character of courses bearing their name. The Hampshire setting provides a mix of mature woodland and open farmland terrain, creating a parkland environment with elevation changes that add visual interest and strategic dimension to the routing. The region's chalk downland geology and temperate climate support firm playing conditions during much seasons, while established trees frame holes and define playing corridors. Courses in this part of Hampshire often feature a blend of risk-reward opportunities and straightforward holes that reward accurate placement over distance. Petersfield Golf Club serves as a members' club with a traditional English golf club atmosphere, offering regular club competitions and social golf in a countryside setting. The course provides a test suitable for a range of abilities, with the design encouraging thoughtful course management rather than relying solely on length. The club maintains its facilities in keeping with the regional character of Hampshire golf, where community and accessibility balance with the challenge of well-conceived architecture.
Petersfield, my first true golf club. I have been a member for just short of 4 years now. I have played an absurd amount of golf here, it can’t be less than 500 rounds I reckon, bear In mind I was playing 5 days a week during covid and uni. This course is great, conditions have been up and down and you get a different course in each season. In spring you get a pure, well manicured golf course that plays to the yardage and becomes a strategic puzzle. Picking your placement over bombing one long. In summer if it’s hot like it has been of recent years the fairways struggle and dry out, this becomes so tough, you’re often playing of dead pan surfaces and your drives roll an extra 50-60 yards making it very hard to hit fairways. In winter it gets wet but not to the point you can’t play, just be prepared to lose some balls the mud. Everything plays longer and the conditions can become as serious threat. The course is a challenge but a fun one, you start with two par 5s both gettable with a good drive, this can give you a false sense of security. A few stand out holes, 6 is SI 1 narrow, water left, train tracks OB right, a good drive leaves you 160-120 in depending how big you hit it. 15, a bunker surrounded par 3, yardage can be deceptive but the tee box offers panoramic views of the surrounding tree lines. Finally 16, a dog leg left par 4, very narrow and very punishing if you miss the fairway on either side. My current home of golf.
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FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Adhurst was designed by Martin Hawtree.
Yes. Adhurst at Petersfield Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Adhurst is 72.
Adhurst plays 6,437 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Adhurst is 122.
Adhurst is a 18-hole course.
