Close House Golf Club: Colt

Close House Golf Club: Colt is an 18-hole, par-71 semi-private golf course in Newcastle, England. It is one of 2 courses at Close House Golf Club. It stretches to 6,979 yards from the Black tees (course rating 75.9, slope 147) and plays as short as 5,133 yards from the Red tees, with 4 sets of tees in all.

The layout has 4 par 3s, 11 par 4s and 3 par 5s. The longest hole is the 17th, a 526-yard par 5, and the shortest par 3 is the 14th, a 175-yard par 3. The 15th is rated the hardest hole on the card (stroke index 1) and the 7th the easiest.

Golfers on TheGrint rate it 91.7 out of 100, ranking it 15th of 1,508 well-reviewed courses in England and 1st of 9 well-reviewed courses in Newcastle. With a slope rating up to 147, it plays harder than 98% of rated courses on TheGrint. It is ranked #66 on TheGrint's Top 100 UK & Ireland Courses list (2026).