Golf at St Mellion

Golf at St Mellion

Nicklaus Signature Course - Voted No. 100 - Golf World Top 100 UK Golf Courses 2008

After a £20m transformation, St Mellion International Resort reopened in June 2009, confirming its status as South West England’s premier golf and leisure destination.

Designed by the man himself the dramatic landscape and immaculate condition of the now legendary Nicklaus Signature Course offers a unique and challenging golfing experience. Jack's signature is all over the course - high tees with good views of the fairways, water hazards and the requirement to place the ball in the right position in order to score well. Spectator banks line many holes to ensure good viewing and each hole sets its own unique test, with character and beauty, sand and lots of water! Not one of them is mediocre - each will test the best. The greens are magnificent and constructed to the American specification of a sand and peat mix and seeded with special grass imported from America to give a putting surface that probably defies description.

At just over 7,000 yards from the tournament tees and 6,000 yards from the medal tees, the Nicklaus Course provides a truly outstanding test of golf. By building a variation of tee positions, the club golfer can enjoy the course while also giving the professional golfer a more demanding test, and not only did Jack design eighteen great golf holes, he also designed the practice area and driving range situated just above the first tee.

The course celebrated its 21st birthday in 2009. With new championship tees and an upgrade to every bunker, this famously tough golf course will host The English Open when The European Tour returns to St Mellion International in 2011.

The Old Course, opened by brothers Martin and Hermon Bond in 1976, and which hosted St Mellion’s first professional golf tournament – the Benson & Hedges International Open in 1979 – has been re-named The Kernow Resort Course.

St Mellion is Cornwall's golf capital and its two courses are known to be amongst the finest in the county.

Nicklaus Course details

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