Lyle1987

Probably not the best time of the year to review any course. No course looks and plays well during winter. Had previously played here about 3 years ago.

The course is parkland, with wide fairways and holes are parallel in some cases and always close together.
It is good course for high or intermediate handicap players as hitting your ball off line usually results in little real trouble. Often your ball lands on another fairway anyway!

I like the fact that hole 1 is a par 3 and relatively easy.
You don't want to start with a difficult hole and run up a stupid score.

The fairways are OK rather than good and the greens are very flat but were in good condition.

My only real issue would be if the course was busy then there is a possibility of being hit by stray shots as the holes are close together.

Overall I would suggest you play here once and then decide if it is a course you want to revisit.

I booked a game via Teeofftimes website.
You are given a precise tee off time which is initially booked and then you are advised that the tee off time has been confirmed by the golf club to Teeofftimes.

Armed with my booked and paid for tee off time I arrived at the club 30 minutes before my allotted tee time.

Was advised the golf club operates a ' ball in the chute policy' I.e. When you and your playing partners arrive, then go to the 1st tee and put your ball in the chute provided. If there are other balls in the chute then you can tee off when your ball becomes at the head of the queue.

When I arrived 30 minutes before tee off, I looked at the chute and there were no balls in there. According to the rules you can only put a ball in the chute when your playing partner(s) have arrived.

My golf partner arrived 15 minutes before our alloted tee off time. I went to put a ball in the chute and there were THREE balls now in there!

The result of this was that we eventually teed off 30 minutes after our pre booked and paid for allocated tee time. Since we are now in winter, this meant we played the last 2 holes in darkness, which clearly would never have happened if we had started at the pre booked time.

So why are Teeofftimes allowing pre bookings with a golf club operating the ' ball in the chute' method?

I think Teeofftimes need to look into this as more people will become frustrated and angry. I cannot blame the Golf Club for operating this system but I feel this should be pointed out by Teeofftimes when making the booking.