Abridge Golf & Country Club

First time playing this course, and as a 20-handicapper it presented a fair few challenges. Some tricky tee boxes but wide fairways for the most part. Starting to get a little wet/slippy underfoot with the recent rain. Soft greens but still good pace on the putts. Easy course to navigate around and in as good condition as possible given the recent poor weather. Very good drainage system has kept the course playable so far. Definitely will be returning in the near future, thanks to all at the club for such a good experience!

Played here several times now . Course is in fantastic condition and greens are excellent. However today was to busy. Don’t know what was going on but 6 hours to do 18 holes is ridiculous. Pace of play was silly every hole 2x 4 balls and 1x 2 ball waiting. Needs to be sorted out quickly.

I'm part of a weekly fourball as such we enjoy playing different courses.
Through this website we got a good deal for a round at Abridge.
I checked the course own website and read that the greens had been hollow cored and heavily sanded.
When we arrived on course we checked in with the head pro who was very welcoming and he told us the course was quiet.
Having played on several extremely busy courses recently it was a delight to feel we almost have the course to ourselves. The course was in very good condition. Tees & Fairways perfect and the greens were a little trickier however after the work on them. But we still enjoyed ourselves - found it a tough fairly long course on the legs with lots of uphill holes but we enjoyed a welcome light refreshment on the clubhouse patio behind the 18th green!
Well worth a visit!

Good course but undergoing some works with many bunkers out of action. A lovely bar but needs to be open longer. We finished our round at around 7:30 pm and it was closed so all 10 of us went and spent our money at the local pub instead. Shame really as we’d prefer to have spent it there

Great course in amazing condition, not long but a great challenge for a mid-high handicapper like me.

First time playing this golf course. Booked a tee time for 0948 only to find out playing partner had thought we were playing another course 35 miles away. Once the confusion was sorted he headed over. This is were golf clubs can come into their own (I needed another tee time about 90 mins later on what was a fully booked day). With the massive help of the Course Marshall (who went out of his way to help me) we were on the course at 11am - and what a course. Fairways like carpet on the front 9, 10 and 18. the others need a little work but this does not detract from what was a fantastic days golf (in windy conditions!). Clubhouse is new as well and well laid out. A great first outing and will be back.

Amazing condition considering the dry summer we've had, greens hold a longer approach shot and are pretty much perfect on putts, fairways are like a lush thick carpet and tee boxes are better than some lesser course's greens!
Challenging layout but forgiving on wayward shots.
Highly recommend.

Exceptional Essex golf course, the best around. Great course layout with some difficult par 4s and reachable par 5s. The tees were so good from 1st tee which gave nice indication how course was going to play. Friendly staff and members.

No bunkers in play, some drainage ditches being added to front 9 but mostly fine. Greens were being sanded so they were fast and straight.
Covid-19: No masks on anyone (staff or golfers) anywhere around the course, lots of people around and lots of members around totally ignoring rules of distancing which is a shame. The starter on the course was over-friendly with advice around the course and kept edging nearer to us while he spoke, a bit weird.
The course is laid out well and its a good challenge, you can't get too wild with tee shots. The greens are difficult to read as there are lots at deceptive angles, take your time reading the whole green! The clubhouse has always done great food at good prices too, if available.

I booked to play through Golf Now the day before with my 14 year old daughter who is a 9 handicapper. We were paired up with 2 young men as we were told “that’s what happens sometimes”. I booked for 2 adults as there is no option to pay for a junior and asked when I got there if it should have been less for a junior and was just told “well you’ve paid haven’t you”. The starter had no record of my name and pretty much accused me of jumping on the course without paying, saying “who are you?”, luckily we had a yellow tag on our bags showing we had paid.

The course is really good and challenging once you get out there and away from the 1st !

We absolutely loved this course. Pace of play was an issue, largely because an elderly threesome caused delays. But we had a great time despite the slow round. The holes are creative and well crafted. This is a tough course. Conditions were excellent.