The London Golf Club, situated in the beautiful Kent Countryside boasts two different courses each with their unique character yet both of exceptional quality.

The Heritage Course
Stand on the blue tee of the 12th hole at the London Golf Clubs Heritage Course and suddenly you will know why Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer the world has ever seen. A sight no man with a pounding heart and jittery swing would relish but still one to savior. An incline cloaked in swaying grass rumbles away from you and the safety of the fairway that cambers right, like Ferrari's Modena test track, seems impossibly far away. You have to see it with your own eyes.

Tantalising and mesmerising - that is Jack's way. His eye for the land and strategic brain brought him legendary status, but also they shaped The Heritage at the London Golf Club into a purist's dream. Holes rest in natural valleys, cling to crowned slopes and are framed by cuts in the grass as precise as the creases in a guardsman's trousers. Cunning greens bask in all their silky glory, spellbinding in their wondrous texture and purity of roll. Surely, everything must drop.

He has taunted us with water, egged us on with risky carries over cradles of sand and set a subtle mental challenge that is stimulating as well as exacting. His lines are gentle and pleasing, but the bite is there too. Add in the glories of nature and you have an intoxicating test.

The International Course.
There is never talk of second best at The London Golf Club, and to that end The International is not just the talented understudy. Designed by Ron Kirby it stands alone and the London Golf Club to think of it as merely different and a complement to The Heritage. Its class is not in question nor is its ability to challenge even the best. But it is more demure than its neighbour and its strengths are in the respect it shows to all abilities of golfer and the sheer enjoyment of the rare mix of an inland links style blended with the innovative designs of today.

If you take on any of the precarious pin positions on the blistering par 3s, or the brave route at the signature 4th hole you will know this course has more teeth than a grinning alligator. Yet allied to a fine golfing test is the respite and relaxation you can find from swallowing some pride and choosing one of the four tees that suit your mood and game best.

The London Golf Club is privileged to have this Golden Bear legacy draped over the lurching North Kent Countryside, just as much as they are to have one of the finest greenkeeping teams in the land to keep both courses in a shape well beyond most other clubs' comprehension.

Very much in keeping with the philosophy of the London Golf Club, technology and tradition go hand in hand as well as the real desire for finesse and perfection. While at once being state of the art they are not afraid to wind back the years and get their hands dirty. Through aching fingers, uniquely the greens on The Heritage are hand-weeded.