BURHILL GOLF CLUB
🏴 Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Designed by Willie Park
The Old Course at Burhill Golf Club occupies parkland terrain in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, roughly twenty miles southwest of central London. Willie Park Jr., the two-time Open Championship winner who became one of Britain's most prolific early golf architects, designed the course in 1907. The layout sits on gently rolling ground with mature woodland framing many holes, typical of the Surrey heathland belt that runs through this part of southern England. The course measures around 6,500 yards from the championship tees and presents a traditional out-and-back routing through established trees and natural contours.
Park's design philosophy emphasized strategic bunkering and green complexes that reward thoughtful play rather than sheer length. The Old Course features several dogleg holes where positioning from the tee determines the quality of the approach, and the greens retain subtle undulations characteristic of the period. Burhill's setting includes views across the Thames Valley, and the property's mature landscaping has developed over more than a century of play.
Burhill operates as a members' club with two eighteenth-hole courses—the Old and the New—and maintains traditional clubhouse facilities. The club has hosted regional amateur competitions and serves as a venue for club golfers in the Surrey area. The Old Course represents an example of Willie Park Jr.'s work during the Edwardian era of British golf course architecture, when many of the Home Counties parkland courses were established to serve London's growing golfing population.
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Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Old was designed by Willie Park.
Yes. Old at Burhill Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Old is 70.
Old plays 6,481 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Old is 134.
Old is a 18-hole course.