phallett

Tee boxes need looking after more, felt like I was playing from a dirt box. Not too tricky apart from the greens that were in the main tough to read. Course had long par 4s and short par 3s. Some pylons run through the course and the main line London Cardiff train so it can get noisy.

Overall it was good, quirky in parts. One par three saw me make a lovely shot only to find it had rolled 50 yards off the green into a ‘bowl’. 3 putting a grave danger here.

Played early in the morning, and behind some players who were quite quick. Nice parkland course, although part of it borders the London-Cardiff main train-line, so it can be a bit noisy down there, and also has electric pylons running through it. However, was fairly challenging, long par 4's and greens that were very tricky to judge, so whilst a hole may look straight forward (par 4, downhill, straight), once you got onto the greens, you had to take a lot of care reading them.

Tee boxes were pretty awful though, just mud mostly, so that let it down for me.

However, if they sorted that out, due tot he greens alone, it's a challenging course.

Incredible course, not many flat parts; you’re either playing uphill or downhill with the ball higher or lower than your feet. Challenging but thoroughly enjoyable. If you’re not fit, get a buggy. Very good condition when I played, but had started playing a bit wintery. In the valleys so there’s a lot of wind about to boot. I’d go back.

Set in the valleys, it was always going to be a bit of a challenge, but my was it an arduous course. Be fit, or get a buggy. I pushed a trolley around and was pretty spent afterwards.

As above, it's very up and down, and I can't recall there being many fairways that were flat, the the ball was often above, below, higher, or lower than you. Greens were often elevated, or well below you, so club choice was incredibly important. Some very nice holes on the course, 16th being very good. It plays long too, just didn't seem to get the yardage I do at my home club. They did state it was playing like winter, at the end of August, but I was still quite surprised.

Very challenging, but at the 18th, you can try and shoot for the green on a relatively short par 4 which made the end of the round feel less like a marathon, and a bit of fun.

Did I mention, be fit, or get a buggy....