Goswick Golf Club

At the northern tip of England is Goswick Golf Club, just outside of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The course is beautiful and it’s in a lovely setting. The fields marram grass extend for miles along the coast. The most memorable holes for me were one, two, fourteen, and fifteen.Subscribe nowHole One: Copse CornerIt takes a 200-yard drive (highlighted in yellow) to get past the grove of trees.The opener is probably the most strategically interesting hole on the course. The hole is a sharp dogleg right. A grove of tall trees sits right at the corner, with a line of internal out-of-bounds running along the 18th up to that point.The approach from the corner plays to an elevated green. The angle worsens and the distance increases if the player tees off long-left of the grove. At the same time, a heroic drive over the grove is possible, though whether or not it’s prudent is a different question.I like a first tee that does not require a driver. I also like optionality. I think it’s a great hole.Hole…