Haste Hill Golf Club

We booked Haste Hill on a Hot Deal so it was excellent value.
The weather was good - the rough had grown long and what with the areas of woods led to losing more balls (and finding(!)) than usual.
The off-course facilities have improved immensely since the last visit in 2020 with the car park now open beyond 5 pm- which is a big plus.

Overall good experience - though the rough was tougher than necessary!

To start - yes weather conditions so far this year have been terrible for golf courses and yes this is a low value public course so you shouldn't expect too much.

HOWEVER - you should never have a hard time finding a ball that is in the middle of a fairway. The group behind us gave up after 3 holes as the condition was so bad.

The most annoying part is, all they need to do is cut the grass and the course could actually be quite nice and that is the only reason that has kept this from being a flat out 1 star.

Extremely long grass for a fairway. The course is beautiful, but you shouldn't pay to play in a golf course on those conditions. Not really worth it.

Due to weather conditions the course was in a very poor state with standing water and very marsh like on most holes
Ideally the course should have been closed and they should not have taken any bookings
Pace of play was good as we were the only players on there

Fairways uncut. Greens in bad condition due to rains

Golf Now should make aware that the course is really not playable the ball kept plugging on the fair ways left after 3 holes

Unfortunately due to the amount of rain they were unable to cut the grass which made play very difficult! Great if you like a challenge! Ball was plugged on landing so lost quite a few balls but also found a few! Greens were rather dimpled. Also no 9 hole option, not sure why

I paid £8.99 on a hot deal which I thought was ok for a quick round, the fairways and rough are cut ok , it was very very boggy , waterlogged in places , they don't enjoy the luxury of underground drainage.
The greens were very disappointing. Very hard to 1 putt as it bobbles off line , I hope improvement has been earmarked for the summer.

Played here several times. Condition not at its best. Very muddy and pace of play on the slow side. Greens a bit of a lottery due to very bobbly and others not repairing pitch marks. Hey ho... Will try again when weather better.

The Fairways grass has always been left to overgrown needs a regular moving with exception of winter months.
Very difficult to pull trolly .
Also Trolleys wheels contaminated with mud no cleaning in between usage.
Generally a good public course requires regular fairway maintenance.

I’ve always loved haste hill, and will always return, but the greens were in a shocking state to other courses I’ve played recently, yes it’s February but please, give us a chance

£10, council course . Just needs some tlc. Greens are terrible, but it's a lovely place to play. Wish someone would buy it and give it the love it deserves