ThisDadGolfs

Originally written and reviewed for the first time in September 2018, updated and remastered April 2020 Delapre Golf Course Played and Reviewed – Saturday 1st September 2018 Address – Delapre Golf Centre, Eagle Drive, Northampton, NN4 7DU Website -  http://delapregolfcentre.co.uk/ Course Information and Stats Delapre Golf Club is situated on a huge 260 acre site just off the A45 in Northampton and in close proximity to the Abbey grounds. The main course itself (the Oaks course) is a classic public parkland golf course, they also boast two 9 hole par 3 courses. Previously owned and run by the council now it is owned by new ownership and they are making their mark on the course making changes from the first time I played here in April 2013.   Upon arrival Having played this course consistently from April 2013 until November 2015, I was very eager and keen to see what developments, if any, had taken place. As I arrived and drove through the main ga...

Golf Course Reviewing  I have always been someone who ranks things and have done this. I will often be the person who will ask and answer questions around ‘Top 10’s’. Whether it be asking and answering questions about Top 10 all time footballer with mates in general conversation at the pub over a beer or now to questions around subjects around golf after or during a round. Since I started golfing I have taken an interest in reading articles around the best courses in the world. The Top 100 lists that list the best courses in the UK for example. With Northamptonshire not offering up many courses at this level it led me to finding articles published about my home county of Northamptonshire and the Top 10 courses in Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire is somewhere I have called home all of my life and I have played twelve out of the twenty five courses the county has to offer and I am familiar with the viewpoints golf in the county so feel I have a good understanding of...

Originally written in August 2018, updated and remastered April 2020 There is no harm in repeating a good thing – the journey starts again (Remastered) Greek philosopher Plato once wrote that ‘There is no harm repeating a good thing’ and that is an apt quote to start my reintroduction to golf, but more on that later. First let me introduce myself and give a brief story about my golfing background- my name is Allan, I have social media platforms in the shape of Twitter, Instagram and a Facebook Page all titled ‘ThisDadGolfs’. My first experiences of golf came in August 2012 when I turned up hungover from a 21st birthday party the night before saying to three of my mates that we should play golf (this was arranged at the party, drunk, thinking this would never materialise). We ended up playing a nine hole course at Delapre Golf Course in Northampton called the Hardingstone course. This course is no longer at Delapre but it was a challenging, tight and unforgivin...