Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club

The state of the greens absolutely ruined the days play, brown, dry and with cracks throughout. This really spoiled an otherwise nice course.

We also found it difficult to navigate the course as it was our 1st time playing and there was a real lack of signage showing the way to the next tee.

Unfortunately the greens are in shocking condition now due to lack of water/maintenance. So sad to see how much it has deteriorated.

Advertisement makes the course looks lovely, however anyone who plays this course will be very dissatisfied. The greens were brown and cracking, and felt like putting on concrete. The fairways also looked like they hadn’t been watered ever. All in all a bad experience and waste of money. Only saving grace was the staff were nice. 3/10

Wow Wow wow , If I wanted to putt on concrete , I would of gone to a car park , just wow.

Fantastic course which was let down by the green conditions. Once the greens are back in good order this will be faultless.

Hadn't played Cardrona for a long time but for £15 on a Fri I headed out.

You need to avoid rough here at all costs, if you can't hit it straight, better hitting a five iron than a wood.

Fairways good; greens?....well I'll come back to those.

This is a huge course and as far as I know there are currently only two, possibly three greenkeepers employed. I've experience in this field and would say the guys must be maxxed out. Quite a challenge tending a course this size with so few staff.

However, will cut some slack as every pennies a prisoner for the Hotel industry at the moment. Maybe if MacDonald hotels hadn't let their club membership die a death by a thousand cuts over several years they would be reaping the rewards that most other clubs are during Pandemic Pandemonium currently.

Back to the greens. I coped as I'm a decent putter but oh my, they are in a sorry state. Scorched, cracked, patchy( I'm not talking about my scalp)

The irrigation system is either out of use or in disrepair it seems; funding issues no doubt and the course really does need some rain. And it did lash it down when I was out.

I hadn't played the course for about five years and I must say I did enjoy it but for the pace of play. I was on foot and really taking my time, Playing "two ball better ball" because the groups in front were just sooooo slooooow. Even with buggies.

Hopefully will get back out when the course is a bit greener again

Having read quite a few scathing reviews I was a bit hesitant but never the less we thought we’d give it a go, and for £15 I couldn’t really complain.

Nice welcome from the golf pro, which started the day off nicely.

The greens aren’t in great condition but I believe all the green staff had been either furloughed or paid off so it’s gonna take a bit of work to get them back up to standard, they were perfectly playable though.

Fairways excellent and some stunning views throughout the round.

Held up a couple times but nothing too bad, and had the pleasure of welcoming a lone golfer along with us for the back 9 to save on anymore hold ups.

Make no mistake though, this is a challenging course for shorter hitters but I still enjoyed the challenge of trying to get a decent round going.

All in all, a perfectly nice day out on a decent enough course, with stunning views, I predict in a years time the greens will be fantastic but as it is now, I’d still recommend giving it a go and making the most of it.

Course played great , weather was outstanding, played link a link course with firm fairways and greens

Greens were very patchy and need watered with all the dry weather but overall value was outstanding for £20 , definitely be back

Very nice course, great value, friendly staff. I would recommend a buggy because there is alot of ground to cover in-between holes. Greens could be better but all in all a nice course

The course was in much better condition today. There had been some effort put into controlling the moss on the greens and they had clearly been cut, rolled, moss killed, and sanded. This did create some bumps and the ball did still not run true but maybe over the next few weeks, this will improve. Much more irritating was slow play. We were following 2 groups of 3 who were not such experienced players but they would not let us through. An exasperating and frustrating afternoon. There requires an official on a buggy to ensure that players either keep up to their time or let faster players through. I appreciate we all had to learn and improve but we also learned about golf course etiquette.

Unless you are paying well over £100 plus for a round it doesn’t get much better than this.....There is no course in Glasgow/Lanarkshire better......

I have played this course a few times over the past few years and never been let down...

Select the correct days and times and you won’t be disappointed....

Only slight hiccup is the area also is used by dog walkers,cyclists .......

Course was in overall good condition but the greens still need some work as they don't run true with some bumps and imperfections. The bunkers have also not been fully restored from the ravages of lockdown. The pace of play was slow owing to some inexperienced players who had difficulty with direction and distance. Appreciate we all had to learn at some time but it was still a frustrating afternoon.

It is still a good test of golf and I would recommend.

My son and I enjoyed our round today on what is really nice course with some good holes.

At £35 for a buggy I thought this was a bit pricey and it could have been cleaner than it was !

However our overall experience was a good one and we will be back !

Lovely course along the banks of the tweed. Some challenging holes and tricky bunkers.

Staff very helpful.

Some excellent wildlife around the course too.

This course is ok but there is a lot of walking between holes, an extra circa 5000 steps ! The greens were far too mossy also.

When we first arrived it was absolutely pouring with rain and we all feared the worse but we lucked out with the weather and after 4/5 holes it went off and we got a little bit of drizzle towards the end of the round.

Just before we teed off there was a sign saying 'all bunkers GUR' which was disapointing not sure if this was due to covid or not but some of the bunkers could have been played from using the 12 inch rule since they had not been raked.

The layout of the course is absolutely tremendous and every hole is individual. Some holes require a fade others a draw and there was not many occasions where you were hitting the same clubs into greens. All 4 of us loved the course even tho some members may require a bank loan to replace the amount of balls they lost.

The only negative for us was the greens. The greens were covered in moss and basically no grass on them. This made them very very slow and the most common phrase of our day 'hit it'. Every hole there would be at least 1 of our group leaving a putt 8 foot short from ranges of around 15/20 foot. This is the only thing that let the course down slightly as the rest of the course was in great condition.

The potential this course has is fantastic if a bit of work could be done with the greens and all of our 4 ball at some point said 'imagine how good this place would be if they got the greens sorted.

We are looking to get a golfing weekend with over night stay with our work colleagues of around 20+ guys and all 4 that played today will be recommending this place with a 'but' about the greens which may become the deciding factor which unfortunitly means we will go elsewhere.

On a whole great value for money, great course, great views

First time playing here today and it was great. Staff were very friendly. The course is long and keeps you thinking. It was in very good condition despite the greenkeepers being short staffed which resulted in the bunkers being in a little need of TLC but that is totally understandable given the current climate. Great value for money and the surroundings are second to none. Will definitely be back.

Great course with amazing views only downside is the distance between greens n tee offs but if u haven't played u must try it great for big hitters some monster par 5s with huge greens to aim for