Royal New Kent Golf Club

Even as a high-handicap player, this course is a wonder to play! Having golfed at Royal County Down in Ireland, this course is very similar. I had the pleasure of meeting the Director of Instruction, Bobby, while practicing and the GM as we let them play through and they all made my round that much more enjoyable. Great Job on this wonderful course, I’ll be back soon.

The Tees, Fairways, and greens were great. The bunkers were unkept, we had to play them as ground under repair. The range was closed, the starter said they were having trouble getting range balls. Several blind tee and approach shots including a couple of the par 3's. If you have not played here before bring extra balls. A course layout on the scorecard would have helped tremendously.

The Tees, Fairways, and greens are in great shape. The bunkers are unkept and had to be played as ground under repair. Bring extra balls if you have not played here before, if you get out of position you will probably lose a ball. Many blind tee shots and 2 blind par 3's. It would be nice if there was a course layout on the scorecard. The range was closed on Sunday morning, the starter said they have not been able to purchase range balls.

I've played RNK many many times in its lifetime and have seen the good and bad. I'm really happy the course is back to its former glory. The greens were fast and nearly perfect. The bunkers were washed out, but that's because there has been so much rain in the area the last few weeks. It was CPO, but the course drains so well, they may have gotten away with letting carts on the course. The fairways were nice too, but again, they couldn't cut due to the rain. I'm looking forward to playing here at least once a month.

Excellent golf course. Beautifully scenic, high degree of difficulty. Fast greens with tortuous undulations. Loved the challenge, can't wait to bring my regulars.

Worst customer service I’ve ever had at a golf course! We had a 4:00 tee time and a guy named Bob was working in the golf shop. My buddy walked in the shop first and I followed behind. He greeted us with “shut the door behind you.” Then he said nothing else as we checked in and we talked more than he did. The next thing he said was “you swiped your card the wrong way.” Then I ran my card and asked if there were balls on the range which I figured there wasn’t and he just said no. So I put 2 buckets on my card along with the round. He then proceeds and says “pace of play out here is typically between 4 and 4 1/2 hours and says to have the cart in no later than 7:45. This rubbed me the wrong way because I knew that wasn’t possible as I’ve played here before and asked why since it’s August. He said it’ll be dark. I said well it gets dark at 9:00 and I walked out saying we’ll have it in when we can. This is out of character for me but he immediately made our encounter miserable, probably about as miserable as he is on a daily basis. Sorry Bob, but you were wrong and out of line on this one! I will say the girl taking care of the carts was overly friendly and did a great job!

Excellent course, challenging, diverse, fun!!

Will be back.

What a course. Every shot requires thought and strategy. Never an easy decision of what to do. If you want a mental and physical grind at the course, this is the place for you. Staff were happy to give us advice, course played fast (we barely saw other groups out there). Absolutely loved this course and cannot wait to come back and play again.

The course is extremely difficult if you do not hit the fairway. There are a lot of natural obstacles and not alot of rough; it is more like 2 foot tall grass or weeds. It is by far the most difficult course I have ever played and I lost a lot of golf balls. Not that losing balls is unusual for me but this course is on another level. A couple of the sand traps were pretty saturated.

The staff was very friendly though.

Wonderful work-golf mix today at Royal Kent. The course was in excellent condition and the conditions were hot, but normal for this time of play. One thing that this course needs - distances! It had the "normal" blue, white, and red stakes - but nothing else. There are too many blind shots to not have distances on the ground or on the cart. The price was a little steep for those kind of non-amenities. I'm glad the company was paying. If it were me, it would be a pass.

I had the pleasure to play Royal New Kent for the first time. The golf course was a gem in terms of scenery and Tim McArthur and staff were so friendly. You have to be on your game to manage your way around Royal New Kent, but for someone who wants to truly test their skills, this was a ton of fun! Greens were coming back from aerification, but that didn’t take away from the overall experience.

A few of the approaches were blind so I took a little extra time riding up ahead to find out what was required in terms of shot selection.

It is helpful if you have a range finder with slope as the elevation changes play an important role in club selection.

I loved the nature experience as there was hardly a house in sight. I hope to come back one day and test my skills again. Thank you Tim and staff!

Ulrika

Awesome course. Definitely one of the hardest courses in the state. Amazingly friendly staff. Will definitely return.