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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.8
62.5%
Recommend this course
63 out of 85 reviews
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2.3
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Conditions
1.4
Value
1.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
1.1
StaffFriendliness
2.9
42.9%
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3.0
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2.5
Value
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Layout
4.4
Pace
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Amenities
2.2
StaffFriendliness
3.6
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 70
Length 6507 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Located west of Glasgow, Earl of Mar Golf Club overlooks the River Clyde with views that stretch beyond the Kilpatrick Hills. A scenic forest filled with more than 250 chestnut and beech trees shaped the design of the course, carving the doglegs and framing the greens. It has a traditional parkland layout that offers a fair amount of challenges balanced by generous fairways that are beginner-friendly. Many holes present interesting risk-reward opportunities where good strategy and some skill will get you far, but they are not too punishing if you are slightly errant. Weaving through the trees requires accuracy and numerous strategically placed bunkers emphasize its importance even further. There are only a few holes that play right alongside the river though golfers will enjoy scenic views on almost every hole.

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Course Details

Year Built 2010
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dave Thomas (2010) Gus Grantham (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - £40
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Caddies Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Spa, Showers, Locker Rooms

Reviews

3.4
85 Reviews (85)
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Handicap 5-9
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Walked

Nice course

This is a very pleasant course on the banks of the River Clyde. Received a friendly welcome and the facilities in Marhall are lovely. The course is of a good length and challenging enough given it is resort style. Fairways were soft and preferred lies in play but we have had a lot of rain and still very playable. It was very windy the day we played which made the into the wind holes very long.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Needs some tlc

Some Fairways were like walking in a swamp mud everywhere
Greens covered in moss and had been spiked so gave up on trying to putt
One fairway had a fallen tree on it
Practice putting green spiked covered in twigs and stones also no flags in the holes
The flags on the course were all ripped
A fair few divots not been repaired

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Disgraceful

Absolute disgrace of a course place has never seen a green keeper, green’s covered in moss fairways littered with debris and bunkers look like a land mine went off in them do not waste a penny going here.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Mar hall 6th january

Unfortunately a poor review but nothing to do with the course like everywhere else course was at mercy of mother nature and she wasnt nice on the day had a course inspection at 12.00 and opened course even though majority of corse was frozen over i have played this course once before in better weather and enjoyed my round that day and the scenery around the course is breathtaking will definitely be back in spring for another round and in better weather highly recommend giving it a go

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played

Winter greens and tees in play so wasn’t great. Course was looking ok for this time of year but definitely needs some love to get it back into shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

In a state

Absolute cheek charging premium rate for a course that has been allowed to degrade to this extent. Owners should be embarrassed.
While all greens were being cored, there was no pre warning of this.
Winter greens and there were 5/18 holes without a pin placement. Where there was a pin placement, this was on the actual fairway, which was not maintained.
A shocking state.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Neglected

Nice golf course found it quite long but Mar Hall in administration and consequently green staff cut to minimum which can be seen from the neglected tees in poor condition and bunkers with tufts of grass all over them and hard packed sand. Shame really as nice course

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Course condition let it down

Uncut greens , bare tee boxes , fairways were good but again uncut in places bunkers were green with weeds nice layout off course amenities were average at best , beutifull setting this place could be so much better if maintned to any sort of level

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Previously Played

Course in poor condition

Having played Mar Hall on a number of occasions we played again last night. Firstly the layout of the course and it's location are stunning. Unfortunately, the hotel and golf club have went into administration and it looks like the up keep of the course was one of the first things to be cut back. The tees are in very poor condition and the bunkers are a mess with grass pushing through the sand on a number and bunkers not racked. The fairways and greens were okay, fairways looked like they haven't been cut to their usual depth and the greens although smooth were very slow which i have never seen before. For the money we paid (£37.50 pp) I wouldn't be in a rush to return as there are other courses in the area in better condition and nowhere near as expensive. So sad to see such a great layout in such decline.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Marhall GC

Wasn’t expecting much on a Monday morning so wasn’t disappointed. 1 staff member on, though to be fair she was really friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. Course in not too bad condition considering we didn’t see any green staff. Greens very good, layout excellent, bunkers though were badly needing raked. They’re very big US style so I could see the problem, you’d need an army of green keepers to keep them in shape. Me and my playing partner decided to give ourselves a free drop out of them as most were unplayable. Fairways badly needing cut but overall not too bad. A little overpriced at £60 pp considering the conditions but would be nice to play before a competition when in tip top condition. Heard it was up for sale with membership dwindling badly so not surprised maintenance levels have dropped. No food served in clubhouse on a Monday so we didn’t have lunch. We had an added bonus of spotting the Waverley sailing doon the water.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Fabulous course.....in waiting.

Picked a simply perfect day to play Mar Hall. Course was quiet, just the tiniest of breezes and around 20C. Superb. Arrived just before tee off time maybe a few minutes later than I should have but the lady at reception was unbothered and told me to take my time. On the first tee met a club member (Mike) who played nine holes with me as I was on my own. Excellent company to add to my enjoyment.
The course itself has a wonderful setting by the River Clyde aside the Erskine bridge, The fairways were in great nick however some teeing areas were really quite poor to look at. Greens as well, though not terrible could be a lot better. So sad to see this because with the course layout it has the potential to be a cracking top notch course. It is quite lengthy so presents a challenge to shorter hitters like myself but is also fairly flat so is manageable for most to walk I would imagine.
Having paid £33.99 that wouldn't put me off playing the course again. So all in all it's a YES from me.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Don’t play this course for

Don’t know where to start. Don’t play this course. We paid £50 and I’ve seen the greens at Vikingar putting in Largs, in better condition. Tee boxes and bunkers were in an outrageous state with little to no grass, unraked sand and big stones all over the place. The course condition, overall was an utter disaster. It needs closed and given substantial TLC. An utter mess and to see Erskine GC next door with nice crisp greens and bunkers was heartbreaking. Play any other course but here.

Money grabbing and nothing else. What a disappointment.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Seen Better Days

Had great expectation from good things I'd heard about course. Every tee was in a deplorable condition, little grass. The greens were very poor. Fairways were well kept. Stuck behind a corporate day out - 2hr 45min to do 9 holes!!!! Nearly packed it in at that point - instead played the 1st nine again.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Poor greens were better in April 23

Had played in April 23
Very good Course conditions at that time
Greens currently bland and not true
Fairways not taken care off

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Good day out

Good course with good variety of challenging holes

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Good value on Golfnow.

Course is reasonably laid out however I found the lower half next to the Clyde very wet underfoot considering no rain for several days. The top half was in good condition however the tees need a lot of work and are very poor. A good value round though.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mar hall

Golf course was in good condition for time of year buy too many four balls on course play was very slow

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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