Loughton Golf Club

Nine-hole courses are often sneered upon by the more discerning golfer for whom it has to be an eighteen-hole round or nothing at all - how misguided they are. This attitude means that they will miss out on the superb course at Loughton Golf Club which is just as challenging as any eighteen-hole course in Essex. It as hazards aplenty that will have you reaching for every club in your bag at one time or another, impressive stuff for a course measuring no more than 4652 yards in length from the first tee to the last pin.

Its location, on the edge of the Epping Forest, also offers it some spectacular scenery, which, let's face it, makes the round for a lot of players nowadays.