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Deer Park Golf and Country Club
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Deer Park Golf and Country Club, considered among Central Scotland's top golf courses, offers a 6,727-yard course that has hosted British Open Qualifiers as well as the Scottish PGA Championship. Facilities include range, putting green, pro shop, showers, locker rooms. Deer Park has earned its rep in the Scottish golf world.
Deer Park Golf and Country Club spans natural parkland. It's a relatively new golf course despite its honors. Peter Allis, Dave Thomas and Peter Clark designed it in 1978. It quickly ascended the Scottish ranks, especially when compared to the century-plus-old courses that fill Scotland.
Deer Park Golf and Country Club offers a whole day's activities, with a health-and-fitness center, 10-pin bowling, bars and restaurants - even weddings, if you want to fit one in between rounds.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6727 yards | ||
| White | 72 | 6359 yards | ||
| Yellow | 72 | 6178 yards | ||
| Red (W) | 72 | 5655 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.1/130 | 333 | 513 | 207 | 448 | 365 | 429 | 191 | 522 | 329 | 3337 | 164 | 447 | 510 | 362 | 502 | 423 | 224 | 423 | 335 | 3390 | 6727 |
| White M: 71.5/126 W: 76.9/132 | 318 | 500 | 195 | 408 | 350 | 405 | 185 | 508 | 314 | 3183 | 151 | 418 | 480 | 344 | 488 | 401 | 208 | 404 | 319 | 3213 | 6396 |
| Yellow M: 71.2/125 W: 76.4/131 | 318 | 489 | 195 | 408 | 340 | 313 | 150 | 495 | 314 | 3022 | 151 | 403 | 461 | 344 | 480 | 401 | 208 | 404 | 319 | 3171 | 6193 |
| Red M: 68.0/120 W: 74.0/126 | 310 | 438 | 160 | 370 | 304 | 355 | 145 | 444 | 301 | 2827 | 133 | 392 | 450 | 329 | 425 | 361 | 199 | 394 | 306 | 2989 | 5816 |
| Handicap | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 9 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 9 |
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Ideal for intermediate golfers
Considering the very dry spell of late the course was in a fantastic condition.
The greens were immaculate, and very fast.
Overall a very pleasant experience, and great value for money.
Dissapointing
Played in Oct so have taken time of year into account for review. Paid discount rate (£14). Day was utterly spoiled by green staff dressing the greens with sand resulting in winter greens being played. Totally accept that we had bad luck in that regard but nothing on their website to indicate this was going to happen. My impression is that this course is an after thought in favour of the country club / leisure facilities rather than the 'championship course experience advertised. Sometimes it's the small things us golfers notice like bunkers not having a rake or excessive divets not being replaced by members. My crops for that day was being charged £14 to play winter greens on a course that appears to trade on its name rather than general course condition. (I've also played the course during the summer and it wasn't much better). Staff were very friendly. Course layout for front 9 is straight forward and passable. Back 9 has more interest. Won't be playing this course again and sorry to say that i cant recommend this to others.
Good Afternoon, I am of course disappointed to hear your experience at Deer Park wasn't an enjoyable one, I can confirm we update our website daily with the status of our course especially over the winter months. I believe bad timing has been an issue with our winter programme on starting a week previously. We have had great feedback on all course all year as you can see with below comments and of course would like you and your playing partners to have the same experience, please contact me on istoddart@muir-group.co.uk.
When courses go bad
No scorecard or update on course offered by pro shop. Some greens were covered in sand and you could barely putt, some were spiked and terrible, most were winters. No mens tee markers just play off the womens or boys? The condition of the course was very poor and it seems the standard of management has of the course has gone downhill dramatically. In the end it was a case of walking off. Total waste of money. Won't be back.
Hi Ronald, we are sorry to hear your experience with us at Deer Park was not an enjoyable one. Unfortunately our winter programme had begun the week previously which included our annual coring work on our greens and moved the tees up to reduce course length in heavier conditions. Of course this isn't the experience we want our visitors to have and unfortunately bad timing has played a part here. Please email myself direct on istoddart@muir-group.co.uk and I will be more than happy to invite you back.
Value
Beautifully presented course and a great test especially when windy, pretty Long but flat and easy walking. Great value for money!
Dear Pak
Most other clubs in the area offer about £12-14. This is slightly dearer but no better a course than many other neighbours.
Hard slog the back 9 and hilly compared to flat easier front 9.
Greens were in excellent condition as was course generally..
Great day at Deer Park
Thoroughly enjoyed this championship golf course. Great location just 2 minutes off the M8 and was so easy to get to. The course was in fantastic condition considering the recent rain and the greens were the best I have putted on this year. That's saying something as I try and play a new course almost every week! The views on the back 9 towards Edinburgh were also beautiful. I also absolutely loved being able to phone in a food order from the 8th hole and collected it from the bar after 9 holes! Everyone was very friendly and we enjoyed a drink and a bite to eat in the bar after. Fantastic value and my wife and I will be back.
Great Course!
I tend to play here, there and everywhere and this was the best course I have played in a long time. Well maintained, coped well with the rain and perfect greens. Challenging but not too tough either.
Thank you very much for your positive feedback. We look forward to welcoming you back in the near future. Kind Regards, Deer Park.
Greens not great
Decent course but greens soft and didn't roll true. A little bit frustrating but to be fair there were a few showers on the day. Don't think that would have too much influence on the greens though as they drained fairly well. Bumpiness on greens caused mainly by footprints.
Great course, will certainly be back. Great condition and value for the money. Paid $27.50 per player - well worth it !
Great condition and value for the money. Paid $27.50 per player - well worth it ! Just need another weekend so I can get out and play it again.
Nice course
Nice course to play, relatively flat. Nice layout in lovely condition. The 15th is a hard hole into the wind but a good test. Enjoy the course very much & would defo play again
NICE COURSE
a good mix of challenging holes. par 5 straight up the hill the only hole I dint like, otherwise very enjoyable
Fantastic greens
Very impressed by the course. I played a day after very heavy rain and there were no puddles on the course. Lots of bunkers were flooded but I avoided most of them!
Excellent greens and quite true and fast.
Hard off the black tees but more fun off the yellows or whites.
It has a resort feel but very friendly and welcoming.
Deer park Golf and Country Club
I cannot praise this course highly enough. I was given a round of golf here as a voucher for christmas from some friends. i brought a friend with me and paid the extra green fee. the course was in beautiful condition and quite quiet. the whole day was fantastic, from the guys in the pro shop to the course itself. Would come and play here again anytime!.
Very enjoyable round
The course was great fun to play. Some interesting and challenging holes with a little water and good use of hills and trees.
Played during winter - only complaint is that course was very wet underfoot at parts including one temp green. Apart from that great course and would play again.
Hi mcdade14,
Thank you very much for your positive review of our course and we're glad you enjoyed your round.
We hope we can welcome you back to Deer Park soon.
Kind regards,
Craig
Unfortunate incident
Course was ok and value for money. Unfortunately our hired car got damaged in car park by another car that drove off without leaving details
We reported it to receptionist who was really unhelpful,uninterested and borderline rude !
Unfortunately This spoiled our day
Will sneddon
Dear Will,
Thank you very much for your comment and sorry for the delay in our reply.
We have a lot of golf visitors who come to Deer Park throughout the year and give us great feedback on their experience. We're disappointed to hear this wasn't the case on your last visit.
I am sorry to hear that the service given to you on this day was not to the standards that you and we expect from a venue like Deer Park.
Your feedback has been read carefully and will be discussed with management and other members of the team to see where we can make improvements to our customer service.
We do hope that you will return to us soon, so that we can restore your faith in Deer Park Golf & Country Club.
Kind regards
Craig
Great parkland course
Played deer park for the first time and was impressed with the course, only down side was there had been rain the week b4 so the ball was plugging a lot and a few soft bits around the greens but all in all great course
Hi there,
Thank you very much for your review, it's great to hear that you enjoyed yourself out on our course.
We hope we can welcome you back to Deer Park soon!
Kind regards,
Craig
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Thank you for your kind remarks after your recent visit to Deer Park. The course has been in great condition all year and hopefully look forward to welcoming you back in the near future. Thanks again, Iain