{"id":250925,"date":"2025-11-08T08:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250925\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:53:11","slug":"i-played-a-wacky-and-totally-unique-shropshire-golf-course-with-stunning-views-and-had-an-unforgettable-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250925\/","title":{"rendered":"I played a wacky and totally unique Shropshire golf course with stunning views and had an unforgettable day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/south-shropshire\/church-stretton\/2025\/11\/08\/i-played-a-wacky-and-totally-unique-shropshire-golf-course-with-stunning-views-and-had-an-unforgettable-day\/.\/assets\/img\/exco-logo.svg\" class=\"fr-embedded gd-embedded fr-draggable\" alignment=\"center\" isinline=\"False\"\/>But my word, what a lot of fun it was. Great value for money, a genuine test of golf, and an unforgettable day out in the heart of the south Shropshire countryside.<\/p>\n<p>I visited <a href=\"https:\/\/churchstrettongolfclub.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Church Stretton Golf Club<\/a> on Sunday (November 2) as a paying guest. I left partly frustrated &#8211; mainly due to my own golfing ability &#8211; but mostly in awe of the stunning and unique course I had just played.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e14c2dfa-1542-4df7-b6ce-4fe2a46a40a1.jpg\"   alt=\"At over 1,200 feet above sea level, Church Stretton is one of the highest golf courses in the UK\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>At more than 1,200 feet above sea level, Church Stretton is one of the highest golf courses in the UK<\/p>\n<p>Late on Saturday evening the weather app promised sunshine and dry skies for the next day. So what better plan than 18 holes of golf, or what some might call &#8220;a spoiled walk&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Even better, it was the chance to tick off a true bucket-list course &#8211; all for just \u00a330 for two players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But my word, what a lot of fun it was. Great value for money, a genuine test of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[103276,5904,2652,50,34661,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-250925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-church-stretton","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-local-hubs","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-south-shropshire","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}