Gorse Corner
A short par four you are invited to drive and shouldn't. The gorse down the right has swallowed more Sunday medals than the rest of the course together.
318 ydsPar 4 · SI 14
Camborne · Cornwall
Heather, pine, and one hundred and four summers.
A members' club on the Cornish heathland since 1922. Visitors are welcome seven days a week, and the terrace above the eighteenth is worth the drive on its own.
- Founded
- 1922Trevaskis layout, revised 1958
- The course
- Par 716,412 yds from the whites
- Character
- HeathlandHeather, gorse and Scots pine
- Visitors
- Seven daysHandicap certificate not required
- Green fees
- From £58Twilight £34 after 4pm
The course
Heathland golf, laid out by a Cornish engineer who never built another course.
J. W. Trevaskis was a mining engineer from Redruth. In 1922 the members asked him to route eighteen holes across four hundred acres of common ground, and he did it in a single winter, moving almost no earth. What he left is a course that follows the land rather than argues with it.
Douglas Penhale revised the bunkering in 1958 and rebuilt four greens. Since then the club has changed very little, which is either a failure of ambition or the whole point, depending on who you ask in the bar.
It plays firm from April, and the heather is at its best in late August. There are no blind tee shots, no water, and nowhere to hide from a wind off the Atlantic.
The Chapel
Named for the Methodist chapel that stood here until 1911. A long two-shotter into the prevailing wind, played to a green that sits a club higher than it looks.
441 ydsPar 4 · SI 1
Long Acre
The one hole Trevaskis moved earth for. Downhill, reachable, and entirely surrounded by heather. Take the four iron and enjoy the walk.
492 ydsPar 5 · SI 11
The course record
63
R. J. Menadue, 4 July 1994. Eight under, in a westerly, off the back tees.
It has been equalled twice and never beaten. Both cards are in the case by the pro shop door, and Bob still plays on a Tuesday.
412
playing members, across all categories
14 months
current wait for full membership
104
seasons played since the first medal in 1922
Visiting golfers
Everything you need to know before you drive down.
We take visitors every day of the week. Book online, by telephone, or turn up and take your chances, someone usually has a gap.
| Round | When | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 18 holes | Monday to Friday | £58 |
| 18 holes | Saturday, Sunday & bank holidays | £72 |
| Day ticket | Any day, replay subject to the sheet | £86 |
| Twilight | After 4pm, April to September | £34 |
| Winter | 1 November to 28 February | £36 |
| Guest of a member | Any day, introduced and signed in | £29 |
Before you arrive
- Tee sheet opens fourteen days ahead. Society and corporate bookings are taken up to eighteen months in advance.
- No handicap certificate required, but we ask that you keep pace with the group in front.
- Golf shoes with soft spikes. Tailored shorts are fine; football shirts, denim and collarless tops are not.
- Buggies are available — four in the fleet, so ring ahead in the summer. Trolleys are free.
- Changing rooms, lockers and showers are open from 7am. Bag drop is by the pro shop.
- Dogs on leads are welcome on the course before 9am and after 5pm.
Book
The quickest route is the tee sheet. If you would rather speak to somebody, Angela in the office answers the telephone between 8am and 4pm.
Open the tee sheet 01209 555 018
Membership
We don't sell membership. We introduce it.
There is a waiting list for full membership, currently running at about fourteen months. Country, intermediate and junior categories are usually open. Every applicant is invited to play the course and have lunch with two members before anything is signed.
Full
Seven-day play, competition entry, full voting rights.
£1,245
per year · waiting list
Country
For members living more than forty miles away. Twelve rounds a year.
£680
per year · places available
Intermediate
Ages 24 to 30, rising in steps to full over seven years.
£520
per year · places available
Junior
Under 18, coaching included, supervised play from age eight.
£95
per year · places available
Subscriptions are for the 2026 season and may be paid by direct debit over ten months. There is no joining fee.
Register your interest
Put your name down.
Tell us a little about yourself and the Secretary will be in touch when a place in your category comes up. There is no obligation and no deposit, and we will not pass your details to anybody.
- Full membership — roughly fourteen months at present
- Country, intermediate and junior — places available now
- Every applicant plays the course and lunches with two members
Societies & company days
One point of contact, from the first email to the prize table.
Angela has organised society golf here for nineteen years. She will hold tees, print the cards, sort the format, brief the kitchen and have the results on the screen before the last group is in.
| Package | Includes | From |
|---|---|---|
| The Trevaskis | Coffee and bacon roll, 18 holes, two-course meal | £46 |
| The Penhale | Coffee, 27 holes, carvery, cards and prizes | £62 |
| Company day | Full day, halfway hut, three-course dinner, private room | £94 |
The year at Carnmoor
A heathland course is four different courses.
Spring
The course dries first on the higher holes. Captain's Drive-In is the second Saturday in April, and the Spring Meeting follows a fortnight later.
Summer
Firm, fast and running. Twilight golf from four o'clock, the Club Championship over the last weekend in July, and the terrace open until dusk.
Autumn
The heather turns and the light goes gold at four. Best golf of the year, fewest people on it. The Menadue Salver is played in October.
Winter
Greens stay open barring frost, temporaries only when we must. Winter fee, roaring fire, and the Stableford every Sunday morning.
The clubhouse
Lunch is served until half past two, and nobody has ever been hurried.
The Trevaskis Room takes sixty for dinner and looks down the eighteenth. The bar is open to visitors, their guests and anybody who has just walked the coast path and would like a pint.
Kitchen from eight in the morning. The pasty is made in Redruth by the same family who made it in 1971, and we are not going to change supplier.
Opening
- Pro shop — 7.30am to 6pm, April to September. 8am to 4pm in winter.
- Bar — 11am until close, seven days.
- Kitchen — 8am to 2.30pm, and evenings Thursday to Saturday.
- Office — 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Ask the club
A question at ten at night still gets an answer.
Green fees, dress code, buggy availability, whether the course is open in a frost. Most questions arrive outside office hours, and most of them have a straight answer.
Powered by Capture Concierge. Anything it cannot answer goes to Angela with the full conversation attached.
Good evening. You've reached Carnmoor Park — ask me anything about the course, the club or coming to play.
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