St Ives(Hunts) Golf Club
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St Ives (Hunts) Golf Club Needingworth Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Links golf, padel,
and a floodlit range

An inland links by Cameron Sinclair, opened in 2010 on 230 acres at Giffords Farm. Par 72, four tees on every hole, and visitors welcome every day.

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The St Ives difference

A club since 1923, on a links built in 2010

A golfer on the tee, driver on the shoulder, looking down the fairway

The club's history goes back to 1923. In 2007 it bought a 230-acre site off the Needingworth Road, and Cameron Sinclair's inland links opened there, at Giffords Farm, in 2010: eighteen holes, fully drained and irrigated, with greens built to USGA specification.

The coursePar 72, 6,758 yards from the 67 tees

Eighteen holes, three practice areas, padel, and a clubhouse bar and restaurant that looks out over the course and across Cambridgeshire.

  • Visitors every day

    Book a round online for any day of the week; the confirmation comes on screen and by email.

  • A range under lights

    A 370-yard range with four covered bays, six outside and a teaching bay, floodlit into the evening.

  • Membership over ten months

    Spread the cost of membership over ten months at 0% interest, from unlimited golf to pay-when-you-play.

Padel

Padel at the club

Doubles on an enclosed court: easy to pick up, very sociable, and open to mixed ages and abilities. Members can start with a racket package. Courts, prices and booking: ask the club.

Padel at St Ives

The course

How the course is built

A tee in golden rough at dusk, from the air A green and three revetted bunkers, straight down A fairway running to the clubhouse through golden rough A golfer chipping onto a green from beyond a path, the flagstick in the foreground

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Four tees on every hole

  • 676,758 yards
  • 656,566 yards
  • 616,147 yards
  • 565,626 yards

Each set of tees is named by its length, so you choose your course by the number. Par 72, 36 out and 36 in.

The scorecard

Greens to USGA specification

The greens are built to USGA specification and sown with velvet bent grass, with a putting green to the same specification beside the range.

Course overview

Drained, irrigated, sand-capped

Every fairway is fully drained and irrigated and capped with 40 mm of sand, for golf through the year.

Course overview

Paths from every tee

Paths run between every tee and fairway and from each green to the next tee, so trolleys and buggies go out almost all year. Electric buggies and trolleys are for hire for nine holes, eighteen or the day.

Visiting the club

Find your way in

Play, join, practise or celebrate

Come for a round, join a section, work on your game under lights, or bring your guests to the clubhouse.

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Club life

Sections, fixtures and a social calendar

Men's, Ladies, Juniors and Mixed sections run competitions, team fixtures, roll-ups and local leagues, and open competitions through the season welcome golfers of every ability.

“Definitely a challenge, great practice areas, good food and friendly staff!”

A review, quoted on the club's driving range page

St Ives Golf Club