Latest updates on the status of Carlyon Bay Golf Course

November 2025

General course information

  • Course open on 18 holes - Preferred Lies are in Place
  • Buggies are not currently permitted
  • Please carry if you can to protect the course
  • White discs & roped off areas have been placed on the fairways. Please ensure trollies do not pass this point

Advance notice on ongoing and upcoming projects 

For further updates and information, please call the pro shop directly on 01726 814228.

Preferred Lies

Preferred Lies, allows players to lift, clean, and replace their ball in the general area of the course (fairway, etc.) for free relief to ensure fair play in adverse weather and course conditions. Players must first mark their ball's position before lifting it, then place it within a specific distance (e.g., 6 inches or one club-length) of its original spot, but not nearer the hole. 

How to use Preferred Lies

  • Check the Local Rules: Before playing, check the local rules to see if Preferred Lies is in effect and to determine the specific distance for relief.
  • Mark Your Ball: Mark the exact spot where your ball lies before you lift it.
  • Lift and Clean: Lift your ball and clean it to remove any mud, grass, or dirt.
  • Place Your Ball: Place the ball on a spot that is not nearer the hole than the original spot. The distance for placement, such as 6 inches or one club length, will be specified by the club's local rules.
  • Resume Play: Play your next shot from the new position. 

A Golfer's Responsibility

In order to comply with the requirements of the Rules of Handicapping (Appendix A), a player is expected to:

  • Act with integrity by following the Rules of Handicapping and refraining from using, or circumventing, the Rules of  Handicapping for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage.
  • Have only one Handicap Index from a single scoring record, which is managed by the player's home club in accordance with the Rules of Handicapping.
    • Note: This Handicap Index will apply elsewhere, including at all other golf clubs of which the player is a member
  • Ensure each golf club of which they are a member knows the details of:
    • All other golf clubs that they are a member of, and
    • Which golf club that have they designated to be their home club.
  • Ensure that, prior to playing a round in an authorised format of play, they:
    • Know their current Handicap Index,
    • Inform the Handicap Committee or the Committee in charge of the competition of any discrepancies with their handicap Index and provide details of any outstanding scores yet to be submitted or posted to their scoring record.
    • Know the holes where handicap strokes are to be given or received, and
    • Record their correct handicap on the scorecard in a stroke-play competition.
  • Attempt to make the best score possible at each hole.
  • Where applicable, ensure all acceptable scores are submitted for handicap purposes, including scores from outside the player's home jurisdiction. Acceptable scores should be submitted:
    • Before midnight on the day of play, and
    • In the correct chronological order.
  • Submit acceptable scores to provide reasonable evidence of their demonstrated ability.
  • Provide any new golf club with the full details of their previous playing history, Handicap Index held, memberships and any other information relevant to their golfing ability.
  • Play by the Rules of Golf.
  • Certify the scores of fellow players.

Play Your Part & General Play

  • No group should take longer than 4 hours and 15 minutes
  • Pitch marks - All players, please repair at least one pitch mark on each green in addition to your own
  • Divots - All players to replace divots after their shots
  • Please refer to the local rules listed on the scorecard
  • Please keep all trolleys & buggies away from all aprons of the greens and behind the white discs
  • Please be at the tee 5 minutes before your allotted start time, and ensure you keep up with the group in front and avoid slow play
  • Please ensure all mobile phones are put on silent
  • Please use the rough to clean/spin your wheels if you are using an electric trolley and not the fairway

Useful Contact Numbers

In An Emergency

  • Call 999 and the postcode for the Golf Clubhouse is PL25 3SQ
  • The postcode for the hotel is Pl25 3RD
  • What3Words (Clubhouse Car Park): ///cafe.promising.detail
  • Call the Pro Shop, followed by the Golf Clubhouse and if there is no answer call the hotel
  • A defibrillator is available both in the Golf Clubhouse & the Hotel