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La Moye - Island of Jersey
The Moye Founded in 1902 because the Royal Jersey was becoming overcrowded, La Moye is a traditional private golf club , reserved for members, in the pure tradition of amateur golf. La Moye Golf Club is located on the island of Jersey on a promontory, approximately 250 feet above sea level overlooking St Ouen's Bay and the Corbierre Lighthouse . On a clear day the Channel Islands can be seen. The current course is mainly the work of James Braid, with further minor alterations made by Henry Cotten in the 1970s. La Moye, home to the Jersey Open (senior tour) for many years, is a 6,797 metre championship course . To play you must have a handicap (but no minimum level) and it is important to respect the dress code (details to be checked on the site but quite classic) The coordinates Address : La Moye, St Brelade, Jersey JE3 8GQ, Jersey (approx. 20 minutes from the ferry terminal) Website : https://www.lamoyegolfclub.co.uk Tel: 44 (1534) 743401 Email : secretary@lamoyegolfclub.co.uk How to get there We used Condor Ferries from St Malo departing at 06:30 in the morning (allow 90 minutes before if you are driving, 60 for pedestrians). The crossing takes 1 hour 30 minutes. You can make the round trip in the day, we had a return at 7:05 p.m. but that left us too little time, we advise you to plan a night on site or more and to take the opportunity to discover the other golf courses on the island. Price : Of course it depends on the season we paid 32.45€ / Crossing for the car 27.45€ / Passenger / Crossing That is a total round trip for 2 adults and a car of €174.70 Attention! Don't forget your passports! Also remember your adapters for UK plugs Finally, remember that the local time is – 1h / France On the ferry only credit cards are accepted as a means of payment (Amex is not accepted). Avoid meals on the ferry, the offer is very limited and quite poor value for money, on the other hand a small shop allows you to do some shopping at tax-free prices . Jersey also has an airport but being vigilant about our carbon footprint and the pleasure of the mini cruise we did not explore this option. If you don't want to take your car, you can easily find a taxi or a bus (the island is well served) Golf rates From April 1st to October 31st £125 From November 1st to March 31st £80 The 25 Balls 3£ Jump Please note that you will not be able to rent a golf cart unless you have a medical certificate. Club and cart rental is possible. We do not have any information on group packages. For this, the best thing to do is to ask the golf course The parking lot When you arrive on site, a first parking lot is near the practice area, you can also continue the road to park in the parking lot near the club house. Watch out for the balls, holes 8 and 9 cross the road! The pro shop A pro shop with, among other things, a very nice range of clothing and goodies with the image of golf. We even found CBD gummies… The 3 logo balls £6 The ball marker £9.95 The changing rooms Beautiful and spacious wooden changing rooms as we like them. An area is reserved for visitors. Lockers with keys are available to visitors to safely store your bags and street clothes. Towels are available in the showers as well as quality products and even a hair dryer. A drying area for shoes and clothes is also accessible. The practice The practice area is located at the entrance to the estate near the first parking lot . No practice area on grass, only on carpets but with high quality carpets with 2 different areas, one for driving and one for iron shots. Tees are available. Please note that these mats are designed for right and left-handed people. A few rugs outside and another part well sheltered. At the back a teaching and fitting area with trackman (not accessible for simple training) The ball bucket contains 25 good quality balls Please note that the driver is prohibited (limited to 220 yards) The chipping and putting areas are close to the clubhouse. The route Number of holes : 18 BY : 72 Distance : 5862 meters Year of construction : 1902 Architect : George Boomer (1902) James Braid (1930s) Henry Cotton (1970s) We did not find this golf course on flyovergreen and the club does not have a course book but if you want to get an idea of the layout we found this ( click on this link ). This is a links course with all the natural facets of a great links course... fast draining grass, firm and fast greens, humps, hollows, dunes and the occasional exciting blind shot. Rock outcrops are scattered on some fairways especially the 6th hole. One of the only courses, according to its members, where you can always see the sea. (We checked and it's true that you can enjoy magnificent views at each hole) We found it quite technical with long distances, narrow fairways that allow you to wander into the moor. Some bunkers are formidable and the greens are quite tortured but not very fast when we came. The course can undoubtedly be particularly difficult when the wind is up. We were lucky to have grey weather, very slightly rainy but little wind. The clubhouse A beautiful spacious place with different rooms. Very reasonable prices and the possibility to eat something at any time. We wanted to have lunch at 10:30 and we were offered the snack menu. Some price ideas: Coffee £1.95 A beer £4.54 Very complete English breakfast £10.50 Things to do nearby First of all, the other golf courses on the island, but also hiking and beautiful walks along the seaside. Once you arrive on the island, you really feel like you've been transported to another world. Our opinion A very beautiful golf course in the Anglo-Saxon tradition that we will not fail to do again. A special mention for the welcome from the members. We were even offered buckets of balls. We would have liked to have more time, which is why we advise you not to go back and forth in the day. Due to its sandy terrain, it should be possible to play there all year round. Quite technical, narrow golf course, you quickly get lost in the moor (if you are like us, take a stock of balls...) In short, we had a good day even if we played very badly and we plan to come back but this time over several days in order to take the time to do the other golf courses on the island and also do a bit of tourism. And we didn't forget the logo ball to add to our support!
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Understanding the score calculation
If, like me, calculating your score is a headache, this will interest you. Here we try to explain the calculation of your score card and the different terms SSS Its value corresponds to the difficulty of a course for a "scratch" player (fictitious "model" player making an average par on each hole, i.e. 0 above par) Slope It is a unit of measurement for courses (calculated based on many parameters) that allows us to quantify their difficulty . The higher the slope, the more difficult the course. The average value is 113. HCP Hole ranking by difficulty level : 1 = most difficult - 18 = easiest Playing Handicap: Strokes given = number of strokes, above PAR, that the player benefits from to “play at his level”. Calculating the hits given Your previous index x ( slope / 113 ) + ( sss – par ) In the example here: 11.4 (128/113) + (71.2 – 72) = 12.11 reduced to 12. The strokes returned are distributed in order of difficulty of the holes. In the example, 12 shots returned on the 12 most difficult holes Stableford brut PAR is the only reference . No consideration of the index and/or strokes given. The albatross = 5, the eagle = 4, birdie = 3, PAR = 2, bogey = 1, all the "rest" = 0. The higher the score, the better. The score of 36 = PAR of the course Stableford net If the hole score = PAR + strokes given => 2 pts, if 1 better => 3 pts, if 2 better => 4 pts, …, if 1 more => 1 pt, if 2 more or worse => 0 pt. The higher the score, the better. The score of 36 corresponds to the player's index. Above 36, the player has performed Below 36, the player has underperformed
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