Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa - Championship Course

Full of cooperate 4 balls who don’t know anything about golf so will not let you through the course books up tee times to close together at one point on a short par 5 we had 5 groups on one hole

Had a great round, greens fast for the time of year. Conditions were great and the pace of play was good.

Sun was shining.made the day even better. Welcomed by friendly staff. Course was perfect greens fast Had a great day

Excellent course in pristine condition, fairways and greens in superb condition' considering how much rain we have had over the past couple of months, most courses I've played in February and March have been really heavy under foot, not here, it was Excellent

Lovely course , challenging holes , and considering how wet the winter has been the course plated really well . Great views

Weather started well, but after 5 holes rain hit hard and walked in as soaked but that’s golf.

Played here many times and even in winter the course is generally in good condition, However this time most of the greens were pretty poor and seemed to have some kind of disease.

We will be back but not until they have had chance to sort the greens out,

Far too many players on course. Over 4 & half hours for a round was far too slow. Course very good but need stewards to encourage faster play. When a 2 ball holds up a 4 ball on every tee, and 3 groups on every hole…. that should tell you enough

Great course in good condition considering recent weather. No fairway mats needed which was a real bonus.

Pace of play a real issue and did put a damper on the day, in the end the full round took 5 hours, 5 minutes; had to wait to hit pretty much every shot after the 2nd hole.

This should be a great course as the layout and the actual holes are really good but the condition of the greens and tees was poor. 2 of the greens were impossible to putt on since they had been spiked and had not been rolled afterwards to flatten the green. The other greens were far too soft and slow and also had alot of bare patches on. The tees need to be returfed as they were full of old divots. Ive played here multiple times before and enjoyed the course but there just doesn't seem to have been enough maintenance work done to the course over the last few months. Also when finishing the round I was unable to clean my shoes and trolley due to the compressor not being switched on. All in all I would say £39 was not a fair price. Ive previously payed £25 or less to play the course in much better condition.

Not been for while but course was in great nick. Had been heavy rain in the days leading up to round but had completely dried for our visit. Well worth the money

Really like the layout, but course in poor condition, greens poor, won’t hold a ball rock hard and don’t roll very well.

We always have a meal after the steaks have always been great, but think the restaurant has been taken over and steak was poor, won’t be back for a while

Played a wonderful 4 ball with friends walking the course that was very dry but lovely to play.

Positives:

Excellent course layout

Lovely fairways, even in the heat we have had

Undulating and tiered greens

Negatives:

Teed off at 852 but only option for a breakfast roll was with the hotel who charged us £34 for a bacon butty and coffee!

Halfway house only just opened as we were about to walk off the 10th tee circa 1100

Greens were patchy with dried out grass

No warning for aerated greens

We enjoyed the course. Greens were a little slow and some were suffering with some sort of fungus! It all kind of feels like it needs a bit of tlc and it could become a great track. However at £30 we didn’t expect it to be Augusta. Bar prices are ridiculous £20 for 2 pints and 2 packet of crisps.