Forest Pines
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| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Scunthorpe, United Kingdom |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | KSL Capital Partners |
| Operated by | QHotels Collection |
| Total holes | 27 |
| Website | Forest Pines website |
| Forest | |
| Designed by | John Morgan |
| Par | 37 |
| Length | 3353 |
| Pines | |
| Designed by | John Morgan |
| Par | 36 |
| Length | 3551 |
| Beeches | |
| Designed by | John Morgan |
| Par | 35 |
| Length | 3102 |
| Forest Pines | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Scunthorpe, United Kingdom |
| Opening | 1996 |
| Owner | KSL Capital Partners |
| Operator | QHotels Collection |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 188 |
| Number of restaurants | 3 |
| Website | |
| Forest Pines website | |
Forest Pines is a 27-hole British golf resort and hotel east of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. Lying close to the village of Broughton it occupies the former Briggate Lodge site.
Golf courses
The course was designed by the ex-European Tour player John Morgan and consists of three loops of nine holes: Forest, Pines, and Beeches.[4] The Forest-Pines combination is the most challenging, with a course rating of 73.5 and a slope rating of 149 when playing off the white championship tees.
- Forest - par 37
- Pines - par 36
- Beeches - par 35 (white tees), par 34 (yellow tees)
Forest Pines has hosted the R&A Boys Home Internationals, British Blind Open and PGA Championships between 2009 and 2013.[5]
Guinness World Record
In 2006, a British schoolgirl was the youngest female to record a hole in one. Kate Langley was credited with making a 1 on the 134-yard par 3 on the Beeches course on 9 August. She was 9 years, 166 days old and had been playing for less than a year.[6]