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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6307 yards | 70.2 | 118 |
| White | 71 | 6144 yards | 68.7 | 118 |
| Yellow | 71 | 5874 yards | 67.3 | 116 |
| Yellow (W) | 74 | 5874 yards | 67.5 | 116 |
| Red (W) | 74 | 5379 yards | 66.1 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.4/124 | 510 | 222 | 332 | 372 | 361 | 450 | 140 | 378 | 380 | 3145 | 365 | 431 | 288 | 161 | 495 | 162 | 404 | 397 | 547 | 3250 | 6395 |
| White M: 70.8/123 | 499 | 214 | 332 | 366 | 355 | 441 | 137 | 378 | 380 | 3102 | 343 | 383 | 288 | 161 | 495 | 162 | 396 | 397 | 514 | 3139 | 6241 |
| Yellow M: 69.1/120 | 486 | 197 | 312 | 342 | 331 | 432 | 107 | 368 | 357 | 2932 | 328 | 367 | 280 | 139 | 471 | 149 | 387 | 367 | 446 | 2934 | 5866 |
| Red M: 67.5/117 W: 72.2/131 | 451 | 170 | 286 | 320 | 299 | 403 | 97 | 350 | 331 | 2707 | 299 | 331 | 271 | 131 | 471 | 117 | 367 | 341 | 436 | 2764 | 5471 |
| Handicap | 4 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
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Worth a visit.
Good course with some lovely holes. Few tricky ones with dog legs. Rough too unforgiving for high handicappers like my Dad and I. I’d recommend hiring a buggy as quite a walk.
Great layout but too wet
I enjoyed the course and the layout but it was too wet. Balls plugging everywhere and greens so soft underfoot.
Hi there,
Thanks for your comment. The course has been much drier this year and is starting to turn the corner with regards our drainage work. I'm sorry that you felt the greens were too soft - they have been in great condition all year is the general feedback we have had. We will hopefully see you back up again soon and hopefully you get the same experience as everyone else.
Best,
Daryn
Very wet and misty first 6 holes then cleared nicely. Course was pretty wet in places but was acceptable due to the amount of rain that fell that night . Course still very challenging and we both enjoyed the scenery and the catch up pity the golf wasn’t as good
Hi there,
Thanks for taking the time to leave us your feedback from your round at the course. I'm glad you enjoyed the day - the golf can always be better! I'm also delighted that after such a dry spell, the course held up to the overnight monsoon!
We hope to welcome you back up again soon.
Best,
Daryn
Improved
Played this course a few years ago and was essentially a marsh. Appears much improved. The dry summer certainly seems to have helped. Greens are true and generally the course seems in much better condition. The rough is brutal however, personally I think too severe. Ultimately the course rewards good shots but anything wayward is lost/in bunker. A good test, but bring plenty of balls!
Hi there,
Many thanks for taking the time to leave us your feedback and I'm delighted you got to witness first-hand the development and improvement of the course over the last few years.
Lots of hard work has gone in to this from the team as a whole. There's plenty more to do to bring us to the standard that we have set for ourselves (rough thinning one of those measures), but it's an on-going process and one in which I hope you can continue to share with us along the way.
Hopefully we can welcome you back again soon.
Best,
Daryn
Great day out again beautiful scenery and course in great condition
Hi there,
Thanks for taking the time to message us with your positive comments. We hope this isn't your first and last time at the course and hopefully we can welcome you back again soon.
Best,
Daryn
Hi there,
Thanks for taking the time to send us your 5-star review! We hope to see you again up at the club soon.
Best,
Daryn
Hi there,
Many thanks for taking the time to send us your 5-star feedback - greatly appreciated! We hope to welcome you back up at the club again soon.
Best,
Daryn
What a difference a month makes
What a difference in this course in just over a month greens are absolutely brilliant and course looking great overall. Played here over a month ago and was very disappointed and put a very negative response but wow brilliant green staff have turned this course around into a great course and thanks to Westerwood Hotel for listening to the golfers comments. Enjoyed so much we have booked again for Monday morning can’t wait
Hi there,
I'm delighted you came back and saw the efforts that the team have been making. Greatly appreciate your feedback as well. Hope the Monday's golf was as good and you can make it back again soon!
Best,
Daryn
Finally the summer is here
The last few weeks we have had great weather which has changed the course to a very very good course. Some beautiful holes. Ok a little dry bit better that than wet. 14th hit a drive down the hill and 9 iron to the back of green to watch the ball roll to 5 feet of the hole for my 1st EVER eagle. Then to follow up with a birdie. Right now this course is so much better than it's been in many many years. Play it while the sun is here. You won't regret it.
Hi there,
Thanks for your comments and delighted that you enjoyed the course - eagles are always rare birds and should be cherished! Hope to see you up at the club again soon.
Best,
Daryn
Hi there,
Many thanks for your 5-star review - greatly appreciated! We hope to see you again soon up at the club.
Best,
Daryn
Best its looked in a long time!
Used to be a member here and the drainage was awful......
This time up, course looked miles better, greens were well kept and good speed. Always a challenging course.
Staff are excellent.
No hold ups, easy to play at own pace.
Major bug bear though is that the deep rough needs a proper cut though. If your ball ends up in it just now, you're as well teeing up again.
Recommend the course though, good fun!
Hi there,
Thanks for your kind feedback and delighted you enjoyed the course. The hard work is starting to pay off for the team. Let us know if you ever fancy re-joining again - friends always welcomed back!
Best,
Daryn
To much high rough
Just starting to learn Golf and this is not a very forgiving course, if you go off the fairways at all you never find your ball as the rough is so high. There was a lot of heavy rain lying from the day before which effected fairways and again the ball did not run very far.
Hi there,
Thanks for taking the time to send us your feedback. The course always rewards the straight shot and this is definitely a feature of it. I hope you can come back and test yourself again as it really grows on you.
On a separate note, our PGA staff would be only too happy to help you, if it's required, regards starting to learn the game. Our on course lessons are very popular.
Best,
Daryn
The whole course left a bit to be believed the fairways were long and the rough even longer. The greens were in a terrible state and didnt look as if they were being worked on. Overall, poor conditions
Hi there,
Thanks for providing us with some feedback on your experience. The course and greens specifically are about to undergo some serious investment, so I'd be delighted if you came back when they're done and see what you think.
Best,
Daryn
Lovely course beautiful scenery but let down badly with condition of greens still enjoyed our day
Hi there,
Thanks for providing us with some feedback on your experience and glad you liked the layout - a definite crowd pleaser! The course and greens specifically are about to undergo some serious investment, so I'd be delighted if you came back when they're done and see what you think.
Best,
Daryn
Poor condition
Great layout, challenging holes, beautiful scenery but let down by condition of the course and greens
Hi there,
Thanks for providing us with some feedback on your experience and glad you liked the layout - a definite crowd pleaser! The course and greens specifically are about to undergo some serious investment, so I'd be delighted if you came back when they're done and see what you think.
Best,
Daryn
Great Value
Played on Saturday 05 May - Greens were great; fairways well maintained. Great layout as only rarely have parallel fairway. Happily play again.
Thanks for taking the time to post a review Craig.
I'm glad you saw the course on its path to improvement. It has certainly been a tough spell of weather, but great work from the greens staff is now reaping some rewards.
See you up again soon hopefully!
Course needs work done
Have not played this course for about 4 years, we stopped playing there due to the poor condition it was in due mostly to the bad drainage and the course upkeep. Sorry to say the the course was worse than expected, drainage still a major problem all over the course but worse still the greens were in a terrible state which made putting a bit of a joke. I don't think they have done any work to improve this course over the years, and I will definitely not be back.
Hi there,
Thanks for your feedback. I sincerely hope you do come back once we've had a little sunshine. The greens staff have worked tirelessly over the last 2-3 years to bring the course on and some heat and sunshine will be a blessing in that regards soon.
Like I said, hope we can welcome you back at some point to see the results of that work.
Best,
Daryn
Unbelievably bad
I have never played here before, but I had heard all the stories about poor drainage. I just didn't expect it to be as bad. Yes we have had a lot of snow, but this course is just a bog. I have played municipal courses that are far superior to this course. We are at the end of April now, so there should be no excuses. This is linked to a hotel chain, but not 1 member of staff was on this course trying to rectify the mess that it is in. 5 winter greens today and also no play allowed on the fairways. A complete waste of money
Hi there,
Thanks again. The greens staff came in at 6am that Sunday, so more than likely on the back nine when you teed of as they work from 1-18 to ensure they're not in the way of golfers.
Appreciate your comments and you'll be well versed on the clay base that we deal with at The Westerwood and the inherent issues that causes regards drainage.
Hopefully see you again at some point in the future.
Best,
Daryn
Daryn
Thanks for your response.
Yes it was a Sunday, but we teed off at 8.20, so staff should have been visible. As a member of the construction industry for over 40 years, I do have some knowledge of drainage and how to lay footpaths. It therefore came as quite a surprise to me that despite all the reports for years of bad drainage, this course is still as bad. I have played 2 courses in the last week, where there is nowhere near the flooding that your course suffers from. Can't see any further than poor investment and bad management for the state of your course.
Hi there,
Thanks for your comments. It has certainly been a very long, hard winter with weather. With it being a Sunday that you played, this may well explain why there were so few greens staff at work - we tend to operate a skeleton staff on Sundays and they are generally in from about 6am, hence why you may not have seen them.
I hope we get some sunshine and heat in the weeks ahead and that you can come back and experience the course in its full splendour.
As an aside, where do you play your golf as a member?
Best,
Daryn
Course should be closed
Worst condition of a course I've ever played, whole course was completely waterlogged, some areas were just a mudbath
Hi there,
Thanks for your review and as per recent feedback, it has undoubtedly been quite a horrendous last 4 months in terms of rainfall. We have tried to accommodate players on the course of late when many of our neighbouring courses have been closed as we are aware some people have made quite a journey to get to us and to disappoint them further by having absolutely no golf wasn't a great option.
You will have noticed very little traffic on the course the day that you played as testament to this.
Hopefully we will see you back next season and you can revel in the work that is being done currently on the course. Exciting times ahead!
Thanks again!
Such a shame
Played today in a fourball and frankly the course should not have been open. We lost almost a dozen balls between us and only two of them were awol, the others were lost in the fairway or first cut of rough due to the horrendously wet conditions. No mention either from the starter of the 5 winter greens in play. Unfortunately with the new course layout there is nowhere near to the clubhouse to walk in which we would definitely had done if presented with the opportunity. The course was an absolute quagmire and should definitely been closed to play, as a group we were causing more damage to the course and amazingly we spotted players out in buggies absolutely destroying already sodden fairways - sadly cash appears to be priority at Westerwood and summed up by the closure of the pro shop to be replaced by a pokey starters hut. We will not be back.
Hi there,
Thanks for your review. I am sad to hear that you didn't have a good day. The weather, as you will no doubt be aware, has been less than kind this year. As for buggies in the fairway, all drivers are minded to keep to the buggy paths, but sadly not everyone adheres to this which in turn causes damage as you intimated.
As for returning, I sincerely hope that you give The Westerwood another opportunity to impress you as there are some very exciting plans ahead in the short to medium term.
Thanks again!
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Hi there,
Many thanks for your comment. The rough is next on the agenda to get thinned out and cut back....... Hope to see you again once this work has been completed.
Best,
Daryn