The High Legh Park GC Founders Course is a Parkland Golf Course at a length of 5785 it has 18 holes with a medal par of 70 Rating. Situated in the town of Knutsford it is one of the North West Golf Courses that you may want to play and add to our golf course ratings to see if it will become a RateYourCourse best golf course.
"I was appointed after planning permission had been obtained. One of my first tasks was to sit down with Mark James to discuss his design principles for High Legh. He expressed a preference for long greens and few bunkers.
The rationale behind the long greens was based upon the alteration of the green orientation to suit the length of the hole and approach. For example a green at the end of a short par three could be turned at 90 degrees to present a shallow target.
Conversely a long par four with a long iron approach would feature a long green, in line with the fairway but still with plenty of pin positions. This is what we set out to achieve, ‘a simple plan’ one might think."
Steve Marnoch was responsible for the provision of detailed drawings for all of the 27 greens and 3 practice putting greens. "New courses such as High Legh Park show the clear benefits of investing in greens built according to USGA Green Section recommendations. USGA greens offer the best of both worlds, a reservoir in dry periods and rapid drainage in periods of heavy rainfall."
