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Even before its construction, the Northcliffe course captured the imagination of golfing pundits and players from far and wide. In 1919, and in eager anticipation, the Daily Mirror newspaper hailed the arrival of a course containing greens ‘cunningly bunkered and with all sorts of trouble, seen and unseen’. And on its completion in 1920, the Daily Mail celebrated the arrival of a course where every hole has ‘a character of its own’.
Since those early auspicious days, the 54-par Northcliffe course has survived the test of time and gone from strength to strength, attracting new admirers while still able to frustrate the most able of golfers with its idiosyncratic charm.
But apart from providing excellent golf and honing the short game on holes that vary in distance from 50 to 140 yards, the Northcliffe course has become part of the wider community.
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North Foreland’s lease with Thanet Council requires the club to provide a golfing facility without players having to be a member of the club. This provision has enabled generations of players to ‘pay and play’ and be introduced to the magic of golf and gain confidence in the game. As these players learn to love golf and admirably cope with its occasional frustrations, many go on to become members of North Foreland Golf Club.
On a glorious summer day, there’s simply no better place to be. With commanding views to the North Sea and lush emerald fairways and greens, the Northcliffe course offers a combination of beauty and challenge.
Entrance to the Northcliffe course is through the thatched Lychgate, which was built in 2005 and largely paid for by the Daily Mail thanks to Vyvyan Harmsworth, a descendent of Lord Northcliffe and director of Associated Newspapers.
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