St Enodoc's Church course is a James Braid design that enjoys a justified reputation as one of the West Country's finest links layouts. At 6547 yards it is not long by today's standards yet strangely the new course record is 65, only 4 under par so it is far from a push over. It is often said that many links courses are easy if there is no wind - even St. Andrews - but somehow that really does not apply to St Enodoc.

The Church Course has changed hardly at all since Bernard Darwin wrote his description shortly before the Second World War. In 2004 a review by Peter McEvoy of the course has resulted in the some new fairway bunkers being established and some additional tees and a new 13th green has been built and in 2007 the considerably lengthened Par 5 now 560 yards long was opened. Golfers today still play the course essentially as laid out by James Braid - a tremendous tribute to that great golfer's vision and skill as it has stood the test of time even with the enormous changes in clubs and balls in the last seventy years.

For visitors, men will be asked to produce a handicap certificate of 24 or less and ladies 28. Why do we insist upon it? We feel that with the type of terrain of the course a player needs to have reached a reasonable standard of play in order to relish the course to the full. Players who struggle will certainly go home disappointed and besides will probably have held up a lot of frustrated players behind them.