for play in 1998. The original course was then renamed ‘The Hotchkin’. The Hotchkin Course The course is set in heathland with sandy subsoil, extensive swathes of heather and mixed foliage including birch and pine. It is generally regarded as one of the finest inland golf courses in the British Isles. The Hotchkin is renowned for its well placed deep bunkers. The bunkers surrounding the greens at the fourth and twelfth holes are especially cavernous. Awards and Acclaim The Hotchkin course is often included in rankings of the best golf courses in the world. Golf Magazine and Golf Digest both rank the Hotchkin course as one of the top 100 courses in the world. Golf Magazine ranked the Hotchkin course as 61st best in the world in its rankings for 2021-22. Tony Jacklin's formative years were spent in Lincolnshire and although he often played the Hotchkin course, both as an amateur and professional golfer, he never managed to score better than 70. Jacklin once told his friend Tom Weiskopf that at the outset of his golfing career he had three specific ambitions: "To win the Open Championship, to win the US Open and to break 70 at Woodhall Spa". Jacklin then said "Two out of three ain't bad!" Weiskopf went on to become a highly regarded golf course designer and later admitted he always tried to incorporate aspects of the Hotchkin course into his own designs. "Tony Jacklin took me there once and I fell in love with the place. Now when I'm designing a course I try to remember something subtle from Woodhall, the fold of the land, the bunkering – even the fact that you can always see the top of the flagstick. There’s a bit of Woodhall Spa in every course I build". In 1972 the golfing correspondent David Davies reflected: "Give several golfers seven days to live and the opportunity to play, for the last time, seven difficult golf courses in that week, and it is fairly safe to say that Woodhall Spa would be on the list of ones who have played it. It is one of those courses that captivates instantly, and, better, improves with acquaintance. It is a course of great beauty and one of the finest tests of the game in the British Isles". It is a favourite course of Mark James, who won the English Amateur Championship when it was held