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Played in November at 12:15 so expected we would get round if it took 4 hours or so. Course was empty for the first 3-4 holes so started quickly (we were 2 in a buggy) but then we hit the brick wall. There were 2 or 3 groups queueing on every tee, and the 2 four balls behind us caught up and were waiting for us in the end. One of the guys queueing in front said he called to pro to try and speed things up but he was nowhere to be seen.

We walked off after 8 holes, it was only 2 hours which is not bad to be fair, but that was 30 minutes for the first 4 and 1 1/2 hours for the next 4. Had we stayed on it would have been a 6 hour round and there's no way we would have finished. We tried to cut ahead and play the last couple of holes but it was jam packed all the way.

In the shop the woman told us that they tell people to allow 5 hours for a round on weekends, but she said she'd ask the pro to give us a call. He rang later that day and said it was perfectly normal, 2 hours for 8 holes was OK (which it is, but he ignored the fact we started quickly) and that he didn't think having a queue of 2-3 groups on each tee was unusual.

There's plenty of good courses in the area and Pedham is neither good enough or cheap enough to put up with a 6 hour round. Fair enough sometimes you have an off day with a big society or something but the pro seemed to think it was business as usual there so thought it would be worth warning others.

Really nice course, well laid out and good condition. We played in the afternoon and had the place to ourselves.