Aylesford’s Parkland Puzzle Demands Thoughtful Play
Steve took on the Aylesford Course, a true classic parkland track where precision trumps brute strength. The course’s tree-lined fairways and contoured greens insist on thoughtful club selection, making control the currency rather than just length. Playing to a par of 69 over its 5,579 yards, the season was calling for smart navigation rather than adventurous heroics.
The course’s signature finishing stretch, featuring the risk-and-reward 18th hole with its watery temptations and dense trees, posed a fitting challenge. The undulating greens and the parkland’s visual trickery make it one where mental discipline can earn strokes, or their loss.