Niddry Castle Golf Club

This course is a hidden gem.

If you like a thinking course this is the one for you.

Each hole requires good club choices taking in golfers capability and weather.

Excellent round of golf and throughly recommend especially for the £16 hot deal.

Whilst made to feel welcome, the course was probably the worst I’ve played in terms of layout. Dangerous at times and few tee boxes near the previous greens. Too many blind holes and cross overs. Could probably make a better nine hole course rather than pack 18 into it. Won’t be back in a hurry. Not the staff’s fault but feel little value for money.

Excellent all round

Very nice course, well set out although not long there are lots of dangers.

Very friendly and helpful club steward and excellent food.

Highly recommended

A rare opportunity to get out and play a local course on a cracking day. Whilst the walk was great, and the sun was shining, the course did not.

Disappointed to find it difficult to distinguish between fairway, rough and green I struggled to appreciate the course for what it perhaps was.

Having visited previously, and played in open competitions I found this time to be a let down. A number of years back.

Whilst I appreciate its early in the golfing season, it is May, and greens were not good.

The newer holes on the course were a fraction better and on a positive note you could see that underneath all that grass perhaps was a set of smooth, well maintained greens.

Fairways and rough were strewn with loose grass from cutting yet, still fairways were poor.

All that said, I'm writing it off and will play again but I would like to know how a price tag of £25 a round midweek is justified in its current condition. But perhaps I was just unlucky. I'm sure it's looking top now.

This is purely perception so don't be put off, as I'd say it is likely a maintenance routine which should have been reflected in the price of the round.

Played this course on Sunday as part of a 4. We were all really disappointed in the course. From the first to the last, the greens were in terrible condition. More akin to winter greens only with less grass and more sand. Fairways weren’t ideal and a lot of grass clippings were left. Finally the rough was ridiculous. 4-6 inches thick and made finding balls incredibly hard, even if we knew it’s exact location. It’s a shame as it has the potential to be a good course. Only structural downfall I would say is the layout. There are multiple blind holes that aren’t clearly marked out, which means attacking greens is hard and pins impossible.

Poorly structured too many holes crossing over , too many long walks in between to next hole, tee offgiving way on other holes, one hole you have to walk back just to play the next tee . Alot of leaving bags a far distance if not wanting to walk double the distance with it. Fairway not very well cut . Feel sorry for club members.

Though golf now got great deal

At to days squeeze on money.

Coarse was like my own private

One as only my self and my son

On coarce and Coarse was in great condition will play again

I'd seen the course on golfnow on numerous occasions but had no idea where it actually was. I found it again when trying to find somewhere to play at short notice mand thought I'd give it a try. I'm delighted I did. The fact rst six holes were great fun and very quirky, before moving on to what I believe are the new holes which were definitely challenging. I can't remember much about the 18th as it was play in the dark time. Will definitely be back to try it again very soon.

The course in general has some good holes but the routing is bizarre. Hitting over greens and tees to shared fairways seems mental, I’m glad I don’t play medals here as it seems quite dangerous when busy

Excellent course conditions even better surroundings!

This was a really good course with some challenging holes. Difficult at times to find the next hole but local players point the way. Staff were really helpful and friendly prior to playing , explaining some holes and the route to take. Our football all enjoyed the game

The greens and tees were in poor condition for this time of year. Patchy growth in lots of areas.

It is an interesting layout and would no doubt take a round or two to get to know the lines of approach.

Would I play it again, sorry no.

Played this as a four ball on Sunday 8th May.

This is by far the worse course in West Lothian and not worth £2 let alone £20 per head.

Firstly, the greens were terrible and clearly they hadn’t been cut all week. It was like putting in a Persian rug and it’s obvious to us now why there was hardly anyone else on the course.

Secondly, after our round had finished at 18.30 the clubhouse was all shut up so we had nowhere to go for a bite to eat and a drink.

Could have played a much better course in the region for the same money and had a better experience. Would not recommend to anyone.