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First time playing here as I was in the area. Got an excellent rate of £16 on Golfnow, it was after 4pm but still managed to get full 18 holes in as the pace of play was good.
The course is visually stunning. Lush green fairways and greens, tree lined everywhere. It reminds me a lot of Woburn.
The greens were a decent pace with lots of subtle breaks in them.
I would say though that this course is very tight, there's no point thinking you're gonna smash driver everywhere unless you hit it really straight, as you'll be chipping out of the trees a lot.
All in all, this is a great course with some great designed holes and it's beautiful to look at from hole 1 right through to hole 18. Definitely give it a go.

Played here a few times before. Course conditions really let it down. It was £60 a round and the fairways were awful. Patchy at best, bare mud in lots of places.
Greens were in good condition though.

The course was in good condition, green's were rolling great and pretty fast.
Plenty of staff out there maintaining the area's.
However the course is a little uninspiring and there aren't too many holes that stick out in your mind. It's obvious to see why it held a Ryder Cup, because the way the course is set up, large crowds could easily line fairways and around greens etc, but take them crowds away and there's little to catch the eye.
There are a few really nice holes, but not enough to justify the price.
The pace of play is slow, took over 5 hours for a 4 ball. This is mainly due to people in buggies have to stick to cart paths. This often means they're 100 yds away from their ball and have to walk back and to for clubs, yardage etc.
There's a few nice touches like a photographer on the first,free bag tags etc, but at the price you pay you'd want something extra. Also it £6.50 a beer in the club house, shocking! And you can't pay cash or on card, you have to pay by some silly app. Slightly disappointed by whole experience, I won't be rushing back!

I've read the reviews on here and was not going to bother playing, but it was only place available.
I turned up and couldn't have been more surprised.
Apart from the tee boxes which were a bit dry and burnt out, the rest of the course was fantastic. Fairways were superb, cross cut looking awesome, greens were in great condition, albeit a bit fluffy, but seeing as we've just had 7 week lockdown, these will be awesome after maybe two more cuts.
Don't let the negative reviews put you off, as on my recent trip I loved it!

Played here today after what has been a terrible few months of weather.
The course was fantastic. Greens were running well, fairways were dry and firm, couldn't ask for any better.
The pace of play was great, there were only a couple of groups out in front of me, as a solo player, and they let me play through right away when I caught them.
The price is a little expensive at £35 for what is effectively twilight golf, but I did manage to get round the course in 3 hours so was finished well before it went dark.
But overall the price is decent if you get a full round in as the club and facilities are all excellent.

I didn't know what to expect on arrival but it looked OK. However on arriving on first tee, you're faced with a blind shot over a hill, on getting over the hill you find the course is littered with sheep and their droppings, as well as walkers everywhere as its set on a national park kind of affair.
The greens were small with lots of drops offs everywhere and as they were all rock hard it made it very difficult to hit a green.
It's often difficult to see where the next tee is as it's poorly sign posted and there are so many blind shots it's untrue. All the fairways have huge cambers on so again, hard to hold.
It's a fun little quirky course if you don't take it too seriously. If you want pristine greens and fairways, go somewhere else. If you want some good views of Cheltenham and surrounding area and don't mind hiking some hills, then give it a try

Played here a couple of times now. It's in good condition and the layout is good too.
Plus it's easily accessible as near to motorways and good road networks.
There's decent facilities here with the hotel, bar and driving range (into the mere which is cool).
Due to it being close to the affluent Knutsford area, members can be a bit snooty, which is really apparent if you play on a day when the ladies have a comp on. They're furious if they see any 4 balls out in front of them.
All in all, it's a good course, but I feel for the money they charge I want something a bit more special.
That being said I will play it again sometime if there's a good deal on Golfnow!

I played here on 29 November. The course was excellent. Completely dry fairways, not a single plugged ball, which after the recent rain we've had was quite an achievement.
The greens were cut well, still showing signs of recent hollatine marks, but still ran very well.
The course layout is not overly long or difficult, fairways are wide so you can get away with some fairly wild tee shots.
The few negatives I had was firstly 2 holes were closed completely which I didn't know until I arrived. Although the pro did say I could play 1 and 2 again to make 18.
But the biggest problem was the pace of play. It was pretty busy for winter golf, but every group in front was holding people up. I played as a solo player and it took me 3 1/2 hours for 16 holes. I'd normally do that in about 2 hours. So I was standing waiting on every shot on every hole.
Each group in front eventually let me play through, but there seemed a real reluctance.
But all in all, I really enjoyed this course and would play it again, but I really do wish people would work on their pace of play, or just play people through!

Played here few weeks back after long periods of bad weather, I thought the course was great considering the weather we'd had and was really looking forward to playing again after better weather.

I played again yesterday and was so disappointed. The course has had problems with their watering so greens are solid.
The greens are patchy and bare with loads of bobbles in. Also the greens had been top dressed but also had some fertiliser spread too. This meant every green stank of manure, the ball bounced everywhere on every putt making it almost impossible to hit a good putt.
Your ball also picked up the fertiliser as it rolled, ruining your putt.

There was a lot of cut grass left on sides of fairways making shots in the rough very hard to find.

I'm afraid I won't be returning here any time soon as the course is a long way from a condition I would be happy to pay for.

First time I've played here but i really enjoyed the layout of the course. The greens were immaculate if not a touch slow and the fairways were very well kept.
The putting area was very nice and the club house and pro shop were excellent.
The only criticisms i have are that the driving range is a bit of a walk to have a loosen up before playing and also the pace of play was very slow.
The course was so busy that we were waiting to hit our shots on every single shot with no chance of being played through.
That being said it took 4 1/2 hours for 2 of us to play a round, but this is about an hour longer than it'd usually take us.
However i would definitely like to play this course again and the rate which we played made it fantastic value for money