Blackwood Golf Centre - Hamilton

I visit the Blackwood golf centre regularly to use the driving range facilities but this was the first time playing the course. I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a testing course with a nice layout and loads of hidden hazards that make you think hard about your tee shots. I enjoyed the back 9 more as the closing 4, 5 holes are stunning.

My only gripe about the afternoon was the booking system with GolfNow. I booked as a single player and on arrival was told I was out with 2 other people who had booked together. I understand that in the T&C’s of GolfNow there is a chance you can be paired together with strangers but it’s a tad unfair being paired with a two ball who know each other. I could understand if two or three single bookings for same tee time are grouped together but not a single and a two ball.

I’ve just recently got back playing after a 5 year hiatus and tbh I’m just looking for rounds of golf by myself to get my on course confidence back. It filled me with anxiety being on a strange course being told I was out with two people I’d never met. The staff left a lot to be desired. I asked if I could hold back and tee off after them and was given a straight up no. It turned out ok though as I made my way to the first tee and the two ball who I was meant to be out with never turned up even though I was told they had checked in.

All in all I would think twice about booking through GolfNow again. Probably better just booking through course website.

Lovely course, really enjoyed it, greens a bit slow but only issue for our group and judging by the amount of trampled long grass, loads of others too, was the extremely long thick rough around all the trees, no need for it, just cut it back and this place would be 5 stars

Played some years ago and remember it being a very wet course. This time hot and sunny. Course itself is quite picturesque with tight driving holes mostly tree lined. A few issues though. Below the trees there is really thick overgrown rough. You could lose a bucket of balls if offline. Other issue is layout with long walks between holes (the 9th to 10th felt like 1/2 a mile). Poor signage directions all the way round. As it was hot and parkland there were millions of flies. Recommend walking round the course with a good guide and a fly spray!

As with most courses in early April still a lot of growth needed but the course is a good test and a nice walk .
An enjoyable place to play .

Good course just baldly signage to tell you were next tee is especially from 9th to 10th you have to walk 5mins across a road had to ask a member for help we spend 10 min looking. Also because of slopes and lack of signs it was hard to know which direction the fairways were so sometimes we were hitting in completely wrong line because tee box markers pointing the in wrong line. Course in good condition. Would like to gi bback and play again.

Great day for golf,just beat the weather course in good condition greens superb,my game improving

Blackwwod was fully open all greens playing at this time of year is a great credit to the greens staff. Although a bit slow the pace of them, we all had a very enjoyable afternoon.

Terrible sign posted to the back 9. Wasted 10-15 minutes trying to find it.

Would not recommend. Very difficult to know where the next whole is throughout the course.