Foxhills Golf Club

Foxhills is a golf, hotel and leisure resort on Stonehill Road in Ottershaw, Surrey, a few miles south of the M25 and the M3 between Chertsey and Woking. It has 45 holes: two 18-hole courses, the Longcross and the Bernard Hunt, both designed by Fred Hawtree and opened in 1975, and the Manor, a nine-hole par-3 course laid out in front of the Victorian manor house that is now the heart of the hotel. The resort calls itself Foxhills Club & Resort; Wikipedia and Wikidata list it as Foxhills Golf Club, and OpenStreetMap simply as Foxhills. Its website is foxhills.co.uk.

This page covers the club as a whole, but the figures in the summary box describe the Longcross, which the club presents as its championship course and which most outside sources treat as the stronger of the two full-length layouts. It is the course that hosted the PGA Cup in 2017 and 2022 and the Asian Tour’s International Series England in 2024, and it has been the subject of a renovation programme since 2023. The Bernard Hunt and the Manor are described further down.

Foxhills is a members’ club that also takes visitors through an online tee-booking system. Membership comes in seven-day, five-day and associate categories, according to the club’s website, and gives access to all three courses as well as competitions and social events.

From a Whig retreat to an airline’s golf club

The club’s own potted history, published on its website, says the land belonged to Chertsey Abbey in the Middle Ages and takes its name from Charles James Fox, the Whig politician, who came to live in the area in the 1780s. According to that history, Fox lived nearby on St Anne’s Hill and took to country life with the help of his neighbour Sir Joseph Mawbey of Botley Park; the estate was then known as Fox’s Hills, a name Top 100 Golf Courses also gives. Fox died in 1806.

After Mawbey’s death in 1817 the land was broken up. His daughter and son-in-law, John Ivatt Briscoe, a lawyer and local MP, bought the part now known as Fox’s Hill and France Farm, which became the core of the present estate, and commissioned the architect George Basevi to build the manor house. Wikidata records Ivatt Briscoe as the person who commissioned the property. The club’s history goes on to say that the estate passed in the 1870s to a relative, General Hutton, served as a convalescent home for wounded officers during the First World War, and was sold in the 1920s to the Borthwick family, who farmed it. During the Second World War the farm, which the club says is now the Bernard Hunt course, was turned over to the Dig for Victory campaign.

Golf arrived in the 1970s. The club’s history says that by the 1960s the estate was in decline and was sold to Aer Lingus, the Irish airline, which turned it into a golf club in 1975 as part of a diversification after the 1973 energy crisis, choosing a site within reach of Heathrow. Fred Hawtree designed both 18-hole courses, which opened for play in 1975, according to the club, Golf Business News and Where2Golf. Wikipedia also gives 1975 as the year the club was established.

In 1983 the club was bought by Ian Hayton, who had previously run Pennyhill Park Hotel at nearby Bagshot. The club’s history says that under his ownership the staff grew from 30 to more than 300, and that his son Marc became managing director in 2010; Top 100 Golf Courses says the Hayton family still runs the resort. Today the club describes an estate of 400 acres with 66 bedrooms, 11 tennis courts, five swimming pools, a spa, a gym and three restaurants. It also runs a junior scholarship scheme, the Foxhills Foundation, which it describes as the oldest golf scholarship programme; Wikipedia credits it with helping to launch the career of the Ryder Cup player Paul Casey.

The second course takes its name from Bernard Hunt, who was head professional at Foxhills for 25 years in the 1980s and 1990s, according to Wikipedia and Golf Course Architecture. Hunt played in eight Ryder Cups between 1953 and 1969 and captained Great Britain and Ireland in 1973 and 1975. The course was previously known as the Chertsey, according to Top 100 Golf Courses and Golf Monthly; we did not find when it was renamed. Under that name it staged the 1978 Women’s British Open, won by the English amateur Janet Melville, according to Wikipedia and Top 100 Golf Courses. The club’s website also credits Hunt with designing the Manor course.

Tournaments and recent changes

Beyond the 1978 Women’s British Open on the Chertsey course, Foxhills has hosted the PGA Cup, the match between club professionals from Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, twice on the Longcross. In September 2017 the home side won 16 to 10; in 2022 the United States won 15½ to 10½, according to Wikipedia’s PGA Cup article. Foxhills and The K Club in Ireland are the only venues in Great Britain and Ireland to have hosted the event more than once. Wikipedia’s article on the club speaks of the PGA Tour rather than the PGA Cup and gives 2021 as the second date; the 2022 edition is the one recorded in the event’s own results, and we have followed that.

In August 2024 the Longcross staged International Series England, a US$2 million event on the Asian Tour. Peter Uihlein won on 20 under par, seven shots clear of Andy Sullivan and Caleb Surratt, after a second-round 61 that the Asian Golf Industry Federation’s report describes as a course record. Going by that report, which calls Uihlein’s closing 63 eight under par, the course was set up as a par 71 for the event, one fewer than the club’s card.

The course work began in 2023. Golf Course Architecture reported in late 2023 that Gary Johnston of European Golf Design was leading a long-term programme on the Longcross, starting with holes 13 to 16: larger greens, new drainage and irrigation, and rebuilt bunkers with synthetic liners. The biggest change was at the 16th, a par 3 whose pond was extended to the edge of the green to make a downhill shot over water. Top 100 Golf Courses adds that the first phase included tree removal. Golf Business News reported in November 2023 that a second phase, worth £500,000, would cover seven more holes from November 2023 to March 2024, with more than 20 bunkers rebuilt, greens reshaped, tees moved and the 9th green rebuilt at almost twice its size, and that the club had invested more than £2 million in a five-year plan covering both full courses. The club’s own Longcross page now speaks of a £2 million project and the biggest structural change since the course opened. An earlier announcement, reported by Today’s Golfer and Golf Today, referred to a £1.5 million investment.

Away from the courses, Wikipedia notes that a practice area called the Practice Den, designed by James Edwards, opened in 2019. The club’s website describes it as a 3,500 square metre floodlit short-game area with two bunkers, synthetic hitting areas and a large undulating green.

What it asks of you

The Longcross is a par 72 on the club’s hole-by-hole listing and on every scorecard we found. Its length depends on the source and the tee. The club’s golf page gives 6,463 yards from the white tees; the club’s own hole-by-hole listing for the Longcross adds up to 6,745 yards but does not say from which tee. GolfPass gives 6,729 yards from the black championship tees, with a course rating of 73.1 and a slope of 135 to 137 depending on the tee, and 6,460 yards from the blue medal tees. The scorecard site Golfing Record gives 6,460 yards from the blue tees (rating 71.8, slope 135), 6,197 from the gold tees (rating 70.5, slope 141) and 5,460 from the red tees. GolfMagic’s review gives 6,742 yards from the blue tees. Most of these cards predate at least some of the 2023 and 2024 work, so treat the yardages as approximate and check the current card when you book.

The layout is two returning nines through woodland of Scots pine, beech and silver birch, according to the club and Top 100 Golf Courses. There are four par 3s (the 4th, 6th, 11th and 16th) and four par 5s (the 5th, 7th, 14th and 18th). Every description we read makes the same point: this is a course for straight hitters. Where2Golf says short and straight will serve you better than long and wayward, National Club Golfer calls it the narrower of the two Foxhills courses, and GolfMagic describes tight, tree-lined corridors and small greens. The ground was originally heathland, but Golf Course Architecture explains that the fairways were capped with topsoil when the courses were built in the 1970s, which is why heather does not grow there today; several reviewers describe the course as parkland rather than heathland.

A few holes recur in the descriptions:

• The 1st, a par 4 of around 380 to 400 yards depending on the tee, plays through a funnel of trees to a green guarded by two bunkers at the front, according to the club.
• The 3rd has a blind tee shot with bunkers at around 225 yards, says GolfMagic, and is stroke index 1 from the red tees on Golfing Record’s card.
• The 4th is a short par 3 over a stream, where GolfMagic says swirling wind makes club selection difficult.
• The 9th, a par 4 of 425 to 444 yards, is stroke index 1 from the men’s tees on Golfing Record’s card; GolfMagic describes it as leading to the smallest green on the course. Its green was rebuilt and enlarged in the second phase of work, which the club now labels a signature hole.
• The 11th is a par 3 of around 190 to 220 yards over a ravine, according to GolfMagic and the club’s listing.
• The 14th is a par 5 played from an elevated tee, with a stream short of the green; Top 100 Golf Courses and Where2Golf both call it the signature hole, and the club says it was voted by listeners to BBC Radio 5 Live as one of the greatest holes. Most players treat it as a three-shot hole, according to GolfMagic.
• The 16th, rebuilt in 2023, is a par 3 of 206 yards from the back tees on the club’s listing (GolfMagic gives 226), played downhill over a lake that sits to the front right of the green, with a bunker at the back left.
• The 18th is an uphill par 5 with a large tree narrowing the fairway for the second shot and a partly blind approach to a green shared with the 18th of the Bernard Hunt course.

The Bernard Hunt and the Manor

The Bernard Hunt is the longer of the two 18-hole courses. The club gives 6,744 yards from the white tees and a par of 73 or 74 depending on the tee; Where2Golf gives 6,892 yards and par 73 from the back tees, 6,368 yards from the club tees, and par 74 over 5,584 yards from the front tees. The club describes it as more forgiving off the tee than the Longcross, with a more open feel and several elevated tees, and says the tee of the 10th, a downhill-then-uphill par 4 of 445 yards, has views of the London skyline. Where2Golf describes tree-lined holes at the start and finish and more open parkland in the middle, with two par 5s where small ponds threaten the second shot. Golf Course Architecture notes that its trees are a more varied mix of broadleaves than the pines of the Longcross. National Club Golfer ranks the Bernard Hunt 22nd in England, one place behind the Longcross at 21st.

The Manor is a nine-hole par-3 course in front of the manor house. The club gives it 1,122 yards and par 27 and presents it as suitable for experienced golfers, beginners and families alike. The only scorecard we found online lists every hole at exactly 100 yards, which is clearly a placeholder, so we do not reproduce it.

What golfers say

The public reviews we read are on Top 100 Golf Courses, which lists 24 reader reviews of the Longcross (the ten visible to us date from 2022 to October 2026), on Golfshake, which shows a rating of 4.1 out of 5 from several hundred reviews covering the whole resort rather than a single course, and on National Club Golfer, which carries one reader review. We also read GolfMagic’s editorial review from 2023. The points below summarise what recurs. They are other people’s opinions, not ours; nobody from Panxis has played the course, and we name and quote no one.

What comes up in its favour

• Presentation and course condition are the most consistent theme, on both full-length courses, with greens frequently singled out as fast and well kept.
• Reviewers like the setting: pine-framed, secluded fairways that feel separate from one another.
• Many find the Longcross challenging but fair, rewarding accurate tee shots and course management rather than length.
• The rebuilt 16th is the hole reviewers name most often as a favourite, followed by the 12th and the run from the 7th to the 9th. One reviewer felt the recent work had made previously dull holes more interesting.
• Staff and hospitality are widely praised, as are the practice facilities, the clubhouse and the resort as a whole.
• Pace of play is described as good by GolfMagic and scores well on Golfshake.

What comes up against

• The trees and the number of penalty areas feel restrictive to some, and on an off day the need for accuracy makes the round a slog; losing balls in the woods is a recurring complaint.
• Some reviewers expected heathland and found a course that plays more like parkland.
• Value for money scores lower than any other heading on Golfshake, and one reviewer thought a round on the Longcross poor value for the price.
• A few reviews mention bare patches around greens or on fairways, and hard, bouncy fairways in hot weather.
• Small practical points come up in single reviews: tees without hole numbers, no ball washers or bins, and unclear routing from one hole to the next.

Facilities and how to play it

Visitors book tee times through the club’s online booking system, linked from its visitor page, or through the golf services team on 01932 704465 or golfservices@foxhills.co.uk. The club’s website does not set out conditions of play for visitors. Where2Golf, in a listing last updated in 2023, says visitors were welcome on weekdays and after midday at weekends, with advance booking and a handicap required; we could not confirm that this is still the policy, so check when you book.

The golf shop hires out GPS buggies, electric trolleys and clubs, according to the club, which also announced new buggies with GPS for 2025. There is a floodlit driving range with 16 covered bays, TrackMan technology and five synthetic target greens, open to members and to visitors with a tee time, as well as the Practice Den short-game area. Lessons are given by the club’s PGA professionals, and the shop offers custom fitting. Food is served at Nineteen, a brasserie beside the shared 18th green, and at halfway houses on both full courses. The hotel, spa, pools and other facilities are part of the same resort.

Getting there and when to go

The address is Foxhills Club & Resort, Stonehill Road, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0EL. The club’s website describes it as close to Woking and Guildford and to the M3 and M25 motorways; parts of its site place it in Chertsey, the neighbouring town, though the postal address is Ottershaw. The coordinates of the course in OpenStreetMap and Wikidata differ by a few hundred metres, which simply reflects the size of the estate.

The club publishes no seasonal information for the courses. It does publish a facility status page with the current state of the courses, which is worth checking in winter. The driving range is open until 8pm every day, with last balls at 7.30pm.

Green fees

The club publishes visitor prices through its booking system rather than on its website, and they vary with the course, the day and the time: check current prices and availability on the club’s visitor page.

How this page was made

This page was written in October 2026 from public sources, which we read online: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata for the location and the identifiers; the club’s website for its courses, hole-by-hole listing, yardages, signature holes, renovation, facilities, booking arrangements and address; the club’s potted history, published as a document on its website, for the history of the estate, Aer Lingus, Ian Hayton and the resort’s facilities; the English Wikipedia articles on the club, on Bernard Hunt, on the PGA Cup and on the Women’s British Open; Golf Monthly for the Chertsey name; Golf Course Architecture for the 2023 renovation and the soil cap; Golf Business News for the second phase of work and the investment figures; the Asian Golf Industry Federation for International Series England; Top 100 Golf Courses for its course description and reader reviews; National Club Golfer for its rankings; GolfMagic for its review and hole descriptions; Where2Golf, GolfPass and Golfing Record for scorecards and older visitor information; and Golfshake for its ratings and reviews.

Where sources disagree, we say so. Length varies widely: 6,463 yards from the white tees on the club’s golf page, 6,745 yards on the club’s hole-by-hole listing, 6,729 yards from the black tees on GolfPass, 6,750 yards from the back tees on Where2Golf and 6,742 yards from the blue tees on GolfMagic, against 6,460 blue-tee yards on GolfPass and Golfing Record. The club’s own Longcross page gives two different yardages for the 1st and the 14th. The 16th measures 206 yards on the club’s listing and 226 on GolfMagic. Par is 72 on every card, but the 2024 tournament was played as a par 71, and Where2Golf’s Bernard Hunt page also calls the Longcross a par 71. The Bernard Hunt is par 73 or 74 according to the club and par 73 from the back tees on Where2Golf. Bernard Hunt is called a ten-time Ryder Cup player on the club’s site, a figure that seems to count his two captaincies; Wikipedia and Golf Course Architecture give eight playing appearances. The club’s history does not date the sale to Aer Lingus precisely, linking it to a decline in the 1960s and to the 1973 energy crisis, while Top 100 Golf Courses says the airline acquired the property in the 1960s. Wikipedia refers to the PGA Tour and 2021 where the event records show the PGA Cup in 2022. Investment figures range from £1.5 million to more than £2 million depending on the date of the report. Golf Course Architecture cited the Longcross as 28th in Surrey on Top 100 Golf Courses in 2023; that site’s page now shows 25th. Top 100 Golf Courses gives the Bernard Hunt 6,883 yards from the back tees, close to but not the same as Where2Golf’s 6,892. Golfshake’s own page gives two different review counts. We found no history of the Manor course and no date for the renaming of the Chertsey course. The full text of some reader reviews was not visible to us, and we did not find the 1978 championship mentioned on the club’s golf pages.

The opinion section summarises reviews read in October 2026. We report recurring themes rather than individual voices, and we reproduce no quotations from reviewers. Nobody from Panxis has played or visited this course, and this page is no substitute for a round.

The club has not paid for this page, has not seen it before publication and has no say over its content. This page contains no commercial link and earns us no commission. If you know the course and something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.

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