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I have played Little Hay many times and it is like an old friend.
The layout is good - but to protect the tees (presumably - or speed up play) we were off mats which made the course quite a bit shorter.
One observation (for many years now) the greens are very slow and bumpy (easy to blame when you miss that putt!)
It was still enjoyable and with a "Hot Deal" - fabulous value at £13.

Panshanger has a friendly low key vibe in the club shop.
The course was testing with lots of mature trees. The greens were in decent condition especially when you factor in the poor weather lately. There was some water in some bunkers and one or two fairways were soft and heavy but overall very good.
Nice feature on the 18th there is a camera which shows on a20 minute delay in the bar giving you time to change before being horrified or elated by watching your closing shots.

It was a bit wet and windy when we teed off. The course was a mix of several holes with mature trees (like the 18th) and several holes which were open with long wispy rough.
The wind made things more difficult but with several shortish par 4s, it felt like we should score well, especially as the greens were in good nick.
Overall a good experience with a nice clubhouse with a good selection of beers.

The course is easy on the eye with some birdieable opportunities though it is VERY hilly!
We booked a hot deal which was good value but it didn't take us long to catch up with a club match so rather than play the back 9 we played the front again to prevent it becoming a 5 hour round.

We booked Haste Hill on a Hot Deal so it was excellent value.
The weather was good - the rough had grown long and what with the areas of woods led to losing more balls (and finding(!)) than usual.
The off-course facilities have improved immensely since the last visit in 2020 with the car park now open beyond 5 pm- which is a big plus.

Overall good experience - though the rough was tougher than necessary!

I have played Oakland Park before so knew what to expect. It is a relatively short compact course with opportunities to score well.
While the course was in good shape my game wasn’t great as the wind affected my accuracy.
Very enjoyable and excellent value on a hot deal.

Conditions were heavy (not surprising given the recent rain) with astroturf tees used to protect them. This meant the course was shorter than in the summer - impressively the scorecards provided were accurate - I assume they have winter and summer cards.

Good fun and a very good bar to relax in which stayed open beyond dark.

Haste Hill is an pleasant well laid out track but the weather has caught up with it. The fairways were long and very muddy. This made the 450 yard par 4 2nd (difficult in good conditions) virtually impossible to reach as there was next to no run.
Nevertheless it was enjoyable and the staff were trying their hardest.

WWE chose to play at Haste Hill based on the price- but were very impressed by the condition of the course.

Excellent greens, decent tees all very good

Difficult to give it a full review as we only played 12 of the 18 holes. Thankfully the 12th green is right by the car park so we called it a day to save a drenching.
The tee boxes were good, the fairways were heavy and the greens ok.

Colmworth is in a rural setting just outside Bedford. It is a relatively new course which allows you to swing hard off the tee without too much concern.
The ground was very hard so the ball ran and ran, the greens didn’t hold particularly well, so you had to adapt your game.
Overall a pleasant experience but not overly exciting!

Oakland Park is well kept, nice tee boxes, undulating tiered greens, while not long it is tricky with lots of dog-legs and tight fairways. Perhaps too many par 3s (7)

The course was in great condition, particularly the greens when you take into account the amount of rain that had fallen. We switched from playing alternative courses which were either closed or had temporary greens.

My only complaint was the speed of the people in front of us who lost two holes on the group of them but didn't ever invite us to play through and so we weren't able to complete 18.