Mill Hill Golf Club

Location and setting
Finchley Golf Club is an hour's drive from London, on the outskirts of the village of Finchley. Easily accessible from the town centre, the Finchley Golf Club course is renowned for having been designed by James Braid, five-time Open champion, and providing a solid challenge for seasoned golfers. The peaceful calm of the Finchley course hides superb undulating and fast greens which have delighted golfers since the opening of the club.
Career
The Finchley course is a full 18-hole par 72 course located on park-like grounds, richly planted and equipped with a clubhouse housed in an old Victorian residence. We owe the design of the course to James Braid, the prolific golf architect; the Finchley course is no exception to the quality found in his other creations (the King's Course at Gleneagles, in particular). We thus find fast sloping greens which will complicate the task of inattentive golfers, narrow fairways lined with trees to test the precision of the players, water obstacles... the whole results in a fun course for all levels of golfers.
History
The clubhouse was built between 1880 and 1883 by a wealthy Victorian businessman, Henry Thomas Tubbs, as a home called Nether Court, for himself and his family. All avid golfers, the family had a 9-hole course (some of which still exist today) on their land in 1893. However, the golf course ceased to be used from 1914, when the war broke out. After the war, the club's founders acquired the land and used the Nether Court mansion as their clubhouse. James Braid was called upon to draw the layout of the 18-hole course over 6300 yards. Since 1930, when the course was opened for play, it has seen little change.
Prices
Green Fees are £33 in winter on weekdays, £38 on weekends. Summer rates are £43 on weekdays and £60 on Saturdays and Sundays.
Duration:
The club opens its doors from 10 a.m. to 17:30 p.m. on weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 18 p.m. on weekends. However, visitors can only play in the afternoon, with the morning being for members only.