The Grove: Top 100 Golf Resorts in the World
Quick Facts
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Number of Rooms
215 -
Amenities
Tennis / croquet / spa / forest camps / swimming -
Number of courses
1 -
Course designers
Kyle Phillips
Resort Overview
Visiting The Grove is about exhaling. Sitting down. Letting time pass by. Everything at The Grove is made for relaxing, from climbing in the woods to, yes, kicking your feet up in box seats at an Arsenal football match. If that’s what you’d like, The Grove can make it happen. Somewhere in the middle of those activities is going up in a hot-air balloon tour over all of Hertfordshire. That’ll provide the best view of the championship golf course. The most avid golfers will be pleased to find a Trackman range setup on property to help dial in your game before recreating some of the same shots PGA Tour pros have played over the past two decades. Inside The Grove’s “Walled Garden,” you can find tranquility just a short drive from London.
Highlights
Just 18 miles northwest of central London
Course hosted 2006 World Golf Championship, won by Tiger Woods, and 2016 British Masters, won by Alex Noren
Enjoy the most scenic, exclusive movie experience at the summer series of films shown on an outdoor projector in The Grove’s walled-off garden
3 things to know
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Best time to go
September and October -
Best non-golf amenity
Follow a foraging tour through the surrounding area, followed by a seasonal feast cooked over the fire, by chef Vanessa Marx -
Insider Tip
Pass on the rental car. The Grove is just a 20-minute drive from Heathrow Airport, so don’t bother spending for your own car. Cab rides to and from London won’t set you back much
