Yelverton Golf Club
Amateur Open Golf Competitions at Yelverton Golf Club
Below is a list of amateur open golf tournaments due to be held at the above golf club. Simply click on an event to be taken to the full details of the competition and instructions on how to enter.
Entering an open competition at Yelverton offers the chance to play moorland golf high on Dartmoor, with grazing ponies, granite tors and panoramic views creating a one-of-a-kind round.
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Golf Course Overview
Yelverton Golf Club sits on Roborough Down at roughly 600 feet above sea level, within Dartmoor National Park and around ten miles north of Plymouth. Golf was first played on the site in 1904, with Herbert Fowler invited to lay out a replacement course after the original holes fell into disrepair during the First World War; his 1920 design remains substantially intact today, with three later holes (16, 17 and 18) created by James Braid after the Second World War. More recent refinements have come from Donald Steel, Mackenzie and Ebert. The 18-hole moorland-heathland course measures 6,302 yards to a par of 71, with a demanding course rating of 77.5 and slope of 144 from the back tees. Fowler's routing incorporates old mine workings and the 18th-century Devonport Leat, built in 1793 to carry drinking water to Plymouth and still in play on holes 8, 9, 10 and 17.
Heather, gorse and the occasional grazing Dartmoor pony frame the fairways, and the course is compared favourably by Peter Alliss with Walton Heath. The par-3 downhill 12th, ringed with bunkers and mounding against a backdrop of Dartmoor tors, is regarded as a signature hole. The course has hosted the EGU Men's Senior Amateur Championship in 2006 and the Devon County Amateur Championships in 2023, and is currently ranked around 90th in England. Facilities include a clubhouse with bar, restaurant and terrace overlooking Cornwall, open to the public, with good practice facilities and a full events calendar. The club is on Golf Links Road on the A386 at Yelverton.
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Address & Contact Info:
Yelverton Golf Club
Golf Links Road
Yelverton
Devon
United Kingdom
PL20 6BN
Tel: 01822 852824
Email: info@yelvertongolf.co.uk
Golf Empire Verdict
Yelverton
"There’s a real feel-good factor about playing golf at Yelverton. It’s great for your soul and can also be a confidence booster for your golf; that is if you catch it on as benign a day as I did."
With a big blue sky overhead, record April temperatures, a mere zephyr in the air, all the colours of the rainbow on display across the textured property and with views across Devon and Cornwall, which are just about as good as any from a golf course, it’s no wonder I’m about to write nice things about this ye-olde-worlde golf club.
Reviewed by Ed Battye · NCG Top 100 Panellist · 650+ courses played
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