STALEY HALL HOTEL
Jonny Mould, Slaley Hall’s head of golf,
added: “Everybody here at Slaley Hall
is really looking forward to hosting
the finals of the Daily Mail Foursomes.
Amateur club-golfer events do not come
any bigger or more prestigious than
this and we can promise two courses in
tip-top condition, traditional northern
hospitality and an award-winning resort.” It is set in 1,000 acres of
Northumberland moorland and forest.
It is a magnificent four-star hotel in an
elegant Edwardian mansion, with two
challenging championship courses - the
Hunting and the Priestman - which
have played host to no fewer than 18
European Tour and European Senior Tour
events.
Managed by Almarose, one of the UK’s
leading independent hotel management
companies, Slaley Hall was voted ‘best
golf hotel/resort in the north of England’
for the fifth successive year in the 2019
Today’s Golfer Travel Awards. The 7,000-yard, par-72 Hunting,
designed by Dave Thomas, has
lush sweeping fairways, streams,
lakes, towering trees and banks of
rhododendrons - but, aesthetics aside,
it will catch out the unwary. Well-placed
bunkers and tricky greens make this
USGA standard course a real challenge.
WEBSITE: www.slaleyhallhotel.com
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The quality of Slaley Hall’s elder layout is
illustrated by the fact the course is often
dubbed ‘The Augusta of the North’.
The Priestman course was designed
by Neil Coles and opened in 1999.
Beautifully maintained, the course has
matured magnificently. It sits on the
west side of the estate, with panoramic
views of the Tyne Valley and some
daunting water features, and wind can
be a factor on a course which hosts
regularly European seniors’ events.
Almarose - part of Aprirose - is one of
the UK’s leading independent hotel
management companies, managing a
diverse collection of 20 branded and
private-label hotel properties.