Westerwood Hotel Golf Club
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 71 | 6307 yards | 70.2 | 118 |
White | 71 | 6144 yards | 68.7 | 118 |
Yellow | 71 | 5874 yards | 67.3 | 116 |
Yellow (W) | 74 | 5874 yards | 67.5 | 116 |
Red (W) | 74 | 5379 yards | 66.1 | 112 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 71.1/123 | 510 | 222 | 332 | 372 | 361 | 450 | 140 | 378 | 380 | 3145 | 365 | 431 | 288 | 161 | 495 | 162 | 404 | 397 | 547 | 3250 | 6395 |
White M: 70.4/122 | 499 | 214 | 332 | 366 | 355 | 441 | 137 | 378 | 380 | 3102 | 343 | 383 | 288 | 161 | 495 | 162 | 396 | 397 | 514 | 3139 | 6241 |
Yellow M: 69.1/120 | 486 | 197 | 312 | 342 | 331 | 432 | 107 | 368 | 357 | 2932 | 328 | 367 | 280 | 139 | 471 | 149 | 387 | 367 | 446 | 2934 | 5866 |
Red W: 71.9/129 | 451 | 170 | 286 | 320 | 299 | 403 | 97 | 350 | 331 | 2707 | 299 | 331 | 271 | 131 | 471 | 117 | 367 | 341 | 436 | 2764 | 5471 |
Handicap | 4 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
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Westwood Golf course should be renamed water World!
Sad to leave a poor review but I am struggling to give any positives. I guess the welcome at the starter box was polite and cheerful, best part of visit.
I live local and wanted a few holes on a Sunday morning, teed off at 10:05 ish and didn't step off the 18th until 2:15. Pace of play awful, it's not even a competition! Over 4 hours is totally c£&p, no excuses.
The course condition, dire. More moss on the fairway than grass. As I mentioned earlier I live local, and know the weather conditions. The heavy shower we had last night cannot explain how sodden the course was. When build / designed they must have used heavy clay, as I can't understand how on a hill that has natural drainage that it can hold so much water. Standing water on the greens, flooded out bunkers, tee boxes and fairways soaked to a rediculous level. They should be considering offering mats to play off to protect the fairway as it was playing like winter golf.
My suggestions to Waterworld, sorry Westerwood, get some gravel and patch up the HUGE pot holes on the pathways, get some investment in soak always to assist in drainage. The only way this course will get better if they manage to improve the drainage, just glad my shoes are waterproof as they were pushed to their limits today.
For a local course I am sorry to say I will not be back.
Course was very sodden and muddy, the play was very slow due to groups of 4 taking a while infront of me in the front 9(i was playing myself mind you). Other than that, my first time playing on the course, will be back, found it challenging and a good course!
Good value for money!
Great round, second time playing the course. Few winter greens albeit fair conditions but this didn’t upset the round. I enjoyed the variety this course offers - a few tee shots over water and some blind shots which makes a fun and challenging experience. I never used the off-course amenities besides the pro-shop but there is a nice practice area before the 1st tee. Recommended course from my experience, will be back.
Conditions are poor
Every fairway I hit I was still losing balls due to how wet the fairways are, worse course I’ve played condition wise in years.
Course layout is good with some lovely looking holes, however the conditions made it unenjoyable.
Terrible
Terrible golf course, terrible condition. No starter to regulate tee times, so there's just back log of folk waiting on tees. If you enjoy golf, don't come here.
First time playing here since covid pandemic. Front nine very poor condition greens needing attention and fairways needing work done. Back nine looks in better condition but greens are needing more work. Will play again at some point when things have improved. Very impressed with the pro shop
Poor Condition
Played this course twice in the last 9 months and I doubt I’ll be rushing to play it again.
The weather was really poor and the course probably should have been closed. A number of the greens were flooded. Weather is out with their control, but £24 to play a course you can’t putt on is poor.
General condition of the course is poor. The tee boxes are needing maintenance and the bunkers are in a terrible state. Greens in general are really poor and even removing the surface water issue, they were some of the poorest I’ve played on locally.
It’s on par or slightly below a municipal course so definitely not worth the £25-£35 for a round.
Design wise is actually good and with more TLC it could be a good challenge for any golfer.
Great layout and potential. Greens v poor and although potentially v good was alround tired
Course experience
Fairways and 1st cut, both needed cut.
Rough completely unplayable.
Greens - bare patches, need rolled, many with irritation holes, require watering.
Water features were just ponds of stagnant water.
Course has good potential, that’s why I have made these comments
Westerwood course
Was a cracking day for golf so booked a round here as had t played it before. One really good holes to be played here. Greens were pretty patchy on places but the pins were kept to the best parts of the green. Some holes had some distance to walk in between some, more so 12th-13th. However we really enjoyed the course & will boom again. Next time probably hire a buggy as the hills weren’t pleasant to us in the heat 😂
Course is a great test let down by a lack of investment.
Let’s get this right out the way first and foremost.. the greens are bad. Not just the first hole although that’s definitely the worst. All 18 need serious time and investment. The course itself though is a cracking test and has some proper golf holes. Views are great and whilst some additional signage would be helpful to navigate each hole I still enjoyed the layout.
We took a buggy which I think helps massively. There are some steep climbs and big walks between some holes.
One thing is the car park.. it’s FREE for golfers but the signs don’t say that.. it just says “Hotel Guests” so both myself and my brother paid for parking £6 each.. which is a total nonsense anyway.. just to be told in the shop that it was free for golfers. Very frustrating. Guy in the shop was very friendly and helpful and we enjoyed our day. If they would only put some investment in the course it would be the best in the area in my opinion. As it is there is better value for money nearby.
No two holes the same
A very fun and interesting layout, with some great risk/reward holes, particularly on the back 9. I’d always wanted to play this course because of the design influence of Seve and it didn’t disappoint. Very clever use of water and dog legs. Also some stunning views across to the Campsie Hills. Would love to come back and play again at the height of summer.
Given the time of year, a cold and wet spring and wet conditions on the day, we probably didn’t see it at its best. A couple of the greens in particular need some attention and overall could do with some TLC to match the design. The drainage held up reasonably well under the conditions. Given the economic climate and cost of doing business I think golfers need to manage their expectations for the next few years about conditions of venues, given how expensive modern courses are to maintain.
Not a bad course
A good and enjoyable course to play. The paths around the holes are in desperate need of an upgrade. Potholes and uneven paths everywhere! But on the whole the course was good to play, if not a little sandy on the green in places.
Unloved
Well designed course which has been saomewhat neglected.
Greens need attention as do the tee boxes.
Poor course condition
Greens were extremely poor, 1st green looks like the grass is dead. They were so bumpy that trying to read a putt was pointless. I appreciate that the weather hasn’t been great but neighbouring courses are in much better condition. The change of tee box for 13 is an improvement but the tee box is in poor condition.
Staff friendly, course was not.
The standard of the course was terrible. The greens were terrible, the 13th had sand to dry it out due to it being sodden. There were winter greens on the 1st and 15th. The greens were majorly on the moss side. I’ve played here previously and it’s never been as bad. It needs a lot of work. I would recommend visiting somewhere else until they fix it.
Worse than council courses, not fit for play.
As the title states, it's not fit for play at least not if they are taking money.
Course was dry, however it's more moss than grass on the fairways and greens.
Course signage was terrible for people who don't know the layout.
Staff in shop where friendly and that is the only redeeming factor.
Even though it's a local course to me , we won't be back.
Hi there. I appreciate you taking the time to write a review of our golf course. I'm going to try and answer your points as best as I can:
1. I think you may have been the fourball at 10.12 with 2 buggies? Our tee sheet was completely full on Sunday from 7am with people teeing off every 8 minutes right up until your tee time and thereafter until 1pm with only a couple of tee slots available. This may account for your round taking 4 hours and 3 minutes. I must say however that I would regard this as pretty reasonable for a course that busy and one that is as long as ours.
2. As you allude to, the weather has been particularly bad this 'Summer'. We have actually had over 100ml of rain here this month alone - the wettest August for as long as we can remember frankly. To have the course open and be getting the generally positive comments we receive about the course is testament to the hard work that our green-keepers pride themselves on. Granted, drainage could always be better in inland Scotland, but as an example of our course's ability to cope with the weather, we recently had a very large party come and use our course due to their course (local to us) being shut - they were delighted they could get a game.
3. The paths are an ongoing work. Again, the level of rainfall has a detrimental effect on our paths, much like potholes on our major road networks. We do however constantly strive to improve them.
In summary, I hope we've managed to answer some of your points with sensible commentary and I would happily sit down with you and discuss your concerns over a coffee if you liked. We're always keen to help and hope that we could convince you to return and see if your experience could be improved upon. Please email us direct on westerwoodgolf@qhotels.co.uk if you'd like to take us up on the offer of a chat and a coffee. Thanks again!