Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa - Premier Course
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
---|---|---|---|---|
White | 71 | 6517 yards | 72.7 | 131 |
Yellow | 71 | 6238 yards | 71.1 | 127 |
Red (W) | 74 | 5688 yards | 73.9 | 134 |
Red | 71 | 5688 yards | 68.4 | 119 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White M: 72.7/131 | 343 | 595 | 299 | 348 | 175 | 349 | 159 | 370 | 437 | 3075 | 430 | 454 | 342 | 411 | 417 | 200 | 526 | 172 | 490 | 3442 | 6517 |
Yellow M: 71.1/127 | 314 | 588 | 296 | 333 | 150 | 345 | 154 | 364 | 383 | 2927 | 424 | 413 | 337 | 408 | 413 | 153 | 523 | 156 | 484 | 3311 | 6238 |
Red M: 68.4/119 W: 73.9/134 | 298 | 466 | 278 | 317 | 142 | 333 | 139 | 343 | 377 | 2693 | 419 | 408 | 324 | 332 | 347 | 140 | 470 | 145 | 410 | 2995 | 5688 |
Handicap | 14 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
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Dependable
The weather conditions over the last few weeks have been horrendous and most courses unplayable, but this course stood up well. Well Done
Poor condition
Played a few McDonald courses and all of the courses have been nothing less than perfect. I don’t know how this course was open today ridiculously water logged and the greens were shocking. I imagine in the summer this would be a great course to play but I’ll avoid in the winter again.
Fairways dry greens decent
Go off fairways your wet but after weather over last month it good and £20 can't complain would love play it it summer 👍
Abysmal
Having not played this course for about 5 years i was alarmed to see it's decline.
Tees were muddy and long, farways extremely wet in parts. Greens painfully slow and bumpy.
Worst of all the rough was an absolute Joke, 1,yard off the fairway and into thick and wet rough, surely this is unnecessary and shows total neglect.
I won't be returning any time soon.
Day off
Booked a day off work and enjoyed a round of golf on the Premier course at Macdonald Portal, really nice place and the staff were very friendly, we booked a buggy (recommended) as the course is hilly.
The course its self was in excellent condition, challenging for a novice like me but a couple of my playing partners had birdy chances.
overall great value for money and next time we go we're venturing onto the championship course.
Portal premier
Course was well refined , greens was hard to land and stay on my ball ran on when landing. But enjoyed the game.
Extremely disappointing - we won’t be coming back
Very, very disappointed today.
The greens were in appalling condition, patchy, bobbily and generally just very poor indeed. Certainly wasn’t any chance to read the greens, even from short distance, the ball wouldn’t behave as it should.
Pace of play was incredibly slow, we had a three ball two parties in front of us that wouldn’t let anybody play through. The two ball behind them and in front of us gave up after the 10th, purely due to the frustration of the party in front. They were members though, and obviously they felt entitled to hold up the rest of the course.
Only plus point is that the round was only £25 on a Saturday afternoon, I can only assume that’s because the management knows how poorly the course is currently presented.
With the right care, this could be a lovely course, perhaps they should look at employing a new team of Greenkeepers?
We were a three ball, and all of us have said that we will never return, which is a shame as it is so local for us.
Tidy course
Very good course ignore the negative reviews, brought down by it being a hotel. Nice layout and well maintained.
the slowest round I've played
me and my friend played on Saturday 12th November tee time 10 10am and finished at 14 55 almost 5 hours there were 3 four ball's in front of us the group in front actually had the course greens chairman playing.at every hole we where stood waiting for almost 10 to 15 minutes too tee off no call through offered...
awful.........
Good. Very good!
The course was in Very good condition. Very hilly you need a buggy if you have mobility issue. Overall a very enjoyable afternoon playing golf!
Great course
One of my favourite courses to play. Not in its best condition but it’s only April. Buggies are now £40 which is the most I’ve ever had to pay anywhere in the country so it’s not a cheap knock if like me you have to have one.