Longhirst Hall Hotel & Golf - The Dawson Course

Fairways were absolutely sodden. Course should not have been open for play due to water logged fairways

Course was in decent condition except for the frozen greens but that’s to be expected playing in January and the chance you take. Would happily return anytime and play again.
No complaints at all about the whole set up, it’s a real quality golf venue.

Booked late due to my course being closed due to storm babet. Course was in very good condition. Long walks inbetween tee boxes, walked 8700yds in total.
Highly recommend

I will be looking at a membership, thoroughly enjoyed myself! Managed to go round with one of the members called Dave, top bloke and he ended up helping me to score my best round for a year! Looking forward to coming back

Played the Dawson for the first time and it was fantastic. Condition, difficulty and facilities are top notch. Definitely be playing again.

Played off the reds and they was perfect, really well payed out course

The Dawson course is in great condition other than lots of swan and goose ‘waste’ but that is unavoidable unless the birds are chased off the course which should never happen.

Pace of play was not the greatest as groups were slowed by a two ball not interested in letting a quicker group play through (a four ball was moving faster than the two ball). Sad but true!

Great value for money though and the clubhouse bar is well equipped!

The course looked and played well however there were a lot of burn off near the greens. I wouldn't of expected it so early in the summer. The greens themselves were in good nick and rolled ok.

On a negative note we hired a buggy which was £25, this broke down halfway around the course. We called the clubhouse who said they'd find a green keeper and call back. That call never so I called back to be told we just had to abandon the buggy and no one was available to bring us a replacement! Not the best with heavy trolley bags and an imminent hip replacement.

I've since emailed and rang for a refund which was refused by the bookings office. I complained again and was told management woukd be in touch, guess what? Radio Silence :-(

Great course set in some lovely surroundings, a few of the tee boxes could do with some work but other than that it was spot on. Club house and beer garden is perfect with a good pint selection on offer, will be back to play again!

Great course, second time playing here. Great layout with some challenging holes with well placed hazards and long par 3. It was a quiet day when I played so no slow play and I got round in 3 hours. It was such a shame that they were sanding the greens so all the greens had a thick layer of sand making putting incredibly difficult. Other than that the course was in good condition

One of the few courses in the area that had full greens open due to recent bad weather but they were in great condition for the time of year.

Great course. Playing off winter tee’s so a little shorter. Greens in great condition. The wind made it a challenging day but didn’t distract from the amazing course. Recommended.

I love Longhirst. It's home to two phenomenal golf courses. My personal favourite is The Lakes but The Dawson is also great. I travel a long way to play here but was disappointed when I arrived to find out that they didn't accept card payment in the clubhouse and I was unable to buy any drinks or food. By the end of the round I was absolutely shattered. I never thought in 2022 that I couldn't pay by card payment. I even asked if there was a cash machine and the answer was no. I'll know for next time though. Well worth it for the golf course.