{"id":58,"date":"2017-06-01T10:29:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/?p=58"},"modified":"2017-08-13T11:12:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T11:12:40","slug":"course-review-redhill-and-reigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/2017\/06\/01\/course-review-redhill-and-reigate\/","title":{"rendered":"Redhill and Reigate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Redhill-and-Reigate-dog-golf-review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Redhill and Reigate - dog golf review\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Redhill-and-Reigate-dog-golf-review_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Redhill and Reigate - dog golf review\" width=\"315\" height=\"294\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rrgc.net\/\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Redhill and Reigate Golf Club<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> was our very first \u201csolo\u201d outing with Rusty and Grace.\u00a0 And it might be one of the best courses around for trying out doggie golf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">We had been golfing with friends who were accompanied by their well trained Labrador so we were acquainted with the dynamics of a tail-wagger tagging along.\u00a0 Our two Hungarian Vizslas (Rusty , above, and Grace, in the logo) are very well behaved and reasonably well trained.\u00a0 But you just never know how they will respond to a new environment.\u00a0 What is acceptable behavior in the dog park or rambling trails, might not conform as well to the courtesies of the golf course.\u00a0 In particular, Grace is quite a vocal dog who starts her whines when we hesitate too long on a walk or give attention to other people or, even worse, other dogs.\u00a0 One of the key conventions of golf is keeping quiet at the appropriate times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">We chose RRGC for a number of reasons\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><u>Proximity<\/u> &#8211; Within an hour\u2019s drive from our home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><u>Price<\/u> &#8211; Lower priced (so if it all went wrong, we could simply pack up and come home without too much of a financial loss).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><u>Personality<\/u> &#8211; More relaxed atmosphere which often seems to go hand-in-hand with value pricing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The big win was the dogginess of the whole grounds.\u00a0 The course shares public land.\u00a0 As a result, the public don\u2019t just have access to the area via walking paths, but they are also welcome to walk across the course wherever they like.\u00a0 The entire 18 holes were just swarming with canines and their accompanying dog walkers.\u00a0 They were all very courteous and deferential to not interfere with our play, but it made a huge difference in us not feeling out of place.\u00a0 We did appear to be the only golfers there with dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Welcome<\/em>: \u00a0The reception told me that they preferred if the dogs were kept on the lead, but there doesn\u2019t appear to be a hard rule on this matter.\u00a0 And most of the dog walkers were off lead anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Walk<\/em>: \u00a0The course had only a couple of moderate inclines to manage.\u00a0 It did require you to cross a fairly busy road a few times.\u00a0 The Clubhouse does not allow dogs, but it does have a fenced-off outdoor patio for eating where dogs can go if you fancy a post- or mid-game refreshment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Water<\/em>: \u00a0A few streams provided a sip of water around the course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><u>Dog amenities<\/u> &#8211; Poo bag containers (hole 1 and 6)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redhill and Reigate Golf Club was our very first \u201csolo\u201d outing with Rusty and Grace.\u00a0 And it might be one of the best courses around for trying out doggie golf. 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