mjs1951

I have always enjoyed playing this course for its' excellent turf conditions and nice variety of holes. Over the last two years , I have noticed a deterioration of the appearance and rollability of the putting surfaces. Presently, the greens are a mixture of a number of different strains of grass which made them slow and a true roll was the exception rather than the rule. Disappointing and I hope they put more time and attention into getting the greens back up to speed.

First visit and I was stunned by the quality of the putting surfaces. The greens were firm, rolled beautifully, and were in pristine condition=that was the blessing. The curse element was that you could not stop the ball on the green . Even lofty sand wedge shots rolled off into the rough. Don't know if conditions are always so severe-if so the USGA needs to rate the course again because it played much more difficult from the whites that the stated slope of 120.
Turf conditions on the rest of the course was also excellent but the greens are the star of the show at Royal Manchester. The course seemed to lack sufficient personnel to staff a busy course. The bag boy was helpful and server as the starter, There was no ranger all day and we fell behind a woman playing alone on a busy Friday. Fortunately she did not play 18 holes.

Haven't played here in twenty years and wasn't expecting much(was meeting some old friends who don't golf much)

Conditions were much better than expected and the greens were lush and rolling well. A par 68 course with a number of 300 yrd par 4s but an enjoyable course.

I have played WCC many times and have always been impressed with the course and its conditions. This Sunday was different in that a recent aeration of the fairways was poorly completed leaving the fairways a mess. The bunkers had not been tended to for some time.