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Newlands is a wonderfully designed course, that offers a lot of variety in the manner that you approach the various holes. The staff is friendly and welcoming. The problem with our round in October, was that they had just punched the greens... and while I get that course maintenance is necessary, boy did this ever make them inconsistent and slow. The ball regularly would jump all over the place as it's rolling along the green. Also... for whatever reason, the pace was so slow, with no marshalling on the course to keep things moving. We picked up an extra player along the way and went around with 5 golfers, and were still waiting on every hole for the group of two, who by the 3rd or 4th hole joined another group of 2, for a foursome, that were in front of us. I don't know what (or if) was happening in front of the, but the round took 5 hours, when it usually takes 4... and this is with power carts all around.
For the price, it was worth it... just don't go mid day (when the sun is out) and expect to be done in 4 hours.

The course is under new management so we thought we'd give it a try. Staff are friendly. As for the course, they are trying to improve things but it is still in much need of repair. The ground was so hard at most t-boxes that you couldn't push your tee in. The greens were rough... with some dry ones looking like the lunar surface, while a couple along the west side of the course being so soft your tee shot literally sinks into the green, with no bounce... looks like someone stepped on you ball. A shallow shot ball will bounce out of a bunker. Its called an exec par 3, but it's a really short course... and with a few nicer par 3's in the area it will have a hard time competing. Makes me wonder if it would be more successful, redesigned as a long-hole 9 hole course? I wouldn't recommend it, unfortunately.