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Extremely unhappy with this course. Nothing on their website about major works taking place. There are temporary greens on many holes , well by that I mean a flag stuck in the middle of the fairway, not a green at all. On tops of that they are excavating new bunkers, lakes etc. The pace of play was SLOW. On one hole members rudely drove up in buggies and demanded to play through as they were in a competition and had to play extra holes. All this and the price was high compared to previous times i have played here. Appalling treatment of visitors. Avoid and do not pay full price to play a substandard course in this condition.

A message popped up saying the course was on temporary greens. I called to check - they said work had completed and all greens were operational. Technically true - but in reality they were unplayable - SO SLOW and bobbly. The rest of the course was in fine condition. But o would not return with greens in such poor condition it was more like mini golf than proper golf.

They seem to be taking an age to open the new course. In the meantime this remains half a golf course. Some holes are ok and feel like a proper course. Some holes are in awful condition and are akin to hitting on a field. See photo of hole on the front 9! Some greens were quite good, others were unplayable. It’s ok for a bit of practice for under £15 using golf now but don’t pay at the kiosk or they charge you £26.oh and the range is now closed AGAIN until august. Seriously who thought it was a good idea to redo the range field in peak season??

Enjoyed the round however hard to recommend to serious golfers until they sort out the greens. The greens were virtually unplayable, very very slow and cratered like the moon. I must have dropped at least 6 strokes due to major bobbles. Course is very scenic but oh so short. I shot by best round ever, it mostly due to how easy it was to reach the greens in regulation. One hole was 95 yards! Overall it’s a pleasant course to play but honestly the greens were so bad, they urgently need to sort this out or it can’t be recommended.

Considering the course has just opened its fair to say this is in very poor condition. The greens are terrible, bumpy and patchy grass. The fairways are in passable condition but nothing special. Some of the landscaping seems to have been cut back for no good reason I can see. Still a lot of GUR areas. Worst of all, the pace of play at this course is consistently abysmal. After 6 holes we ended up in a queue which continued all the way around. They either just offer too many tees here and or there is a major issue with the standard of players it attracts. Either way it’s a crying shame as the course has so much potential. Beautiful setting and you’d think being a de bere it would be in their interests to sort these things out. But you can’t blame covid as it was like this before. As it is, hard to recommend unless you set aside 5-6 hours and accept the greens will mean your putting is a lottery.

The course is undergoing a complete redevelopment so the 18 hole course is now comprised of a mish mash of holes from the old course where many have simply been halved in length to create new par 3s. The par 5s have gone. The fairways are in poor condition and the greens are slow and worn. The pace of play was very poor with many slow beginner 4 balls out on the course who do not understand etiquette and do not wave players through. I honestly would not bother playing this course until the redevelopment is complete .

Pace of play at this course was just terrible. Took almost 5 hours to get round what is a short course. Avoid weekends would be my advice or play late in the day. It’s not the first time this has happened either so seems to be a pattern at this course.