Down Royal Park Golf Course

Play this course often and normally good in wet as it drains normally well. Not today, green were in bad state, fairways hadn't been mowed in a while some of tee boxes over grown.

Great course for a bit of practice. Fairways aren't kept the best and greens not the best either, but at £10 for a round cant complain

There's been a lot of heavy rain recently and quite a few local courses are very wet underfoot. Down Royal is usually a good choice when the weather has been bad as it's a heathland type course with good drainage. Not today however, the fairways have obviously not been mowed for a while and were very hairy especially on the front 9. There was absolutely no run on the ball and sometimes the ball was even hard to find despite being right in the middle of the fairway. The 1st cut was easily 4+" long so despite the underlying good drainage the course behaved as it would have if it was very wet.

Overall a bit disappointing.....I expected better.

Its been very wet recently, lots of rain and a lot of local courses are damp underfoot. Down Royal is a heathland course with good drainage so it should have been dry.. There wasnt any flooding or puddles but the fairways havent been cut recently ( perhaps because of all the rain?) and were very hairy, particularly the front 9. Balls were sometimes hard to find even in the middle of the fairways and there certainly wasnt any run once the shot touched down. Disappointingly they have closed the driving range which was a great facility for warming up before playing. Course could have been better....a bit expensive to be in this condition.

Down Royal was a course I played 6-8 times a year but I haven’t been since before Covid and the degradation is crazy. The course is great, but on Sunday the greens were at fairway length and some of the fairways were like roughs. Some of the putts were genuinely unmakable because of the length of the grass. Such a shame.

Good course but given little or no attention. Greens are slower than normal fairways, fairways are like rough, bunkers are like waste areas. Shame - good setting, good layout - sadly neglected.

Lovley staff course is so bad greens the length of the fairways rough the. So long holes not cut right no green keeper to keep maintain of course

Not sure what other reviewers expect for 10 quid.

Definitely a course to play April- September but in good condition ( no issue with the fairways) and some really interesting holes.

Could do with more signage though but will be back

Paid £10 and thought it was great value but then as I started playing I noticed why it was only £10. The fairway would be considered 1st or 2nd cut on a good course and impossible to determine where the fairway and rough are separated from tee box. I’m a decent golf and lost 3/4 balls that were straight down the fairway due to the length of the grass. Greens are slow but to be fair are in good condition.

Would not recommend. Maybe if it was £5.

I like this course but guys it seriously needs markers on the fairways. It's standard practice.

Greens good condition for time of year. Good value for money and staff very friendly and helpful.

Nobody on reception at all waited for 5mins and still no one so just grabbed 2 cards and walked onto the course. 2 people teeing off at the time we had booked. Followed them around and both men were taking 2 balls

Off the tea and playing both balls the whole way around the first 9 holes. We Gave up after the front 9.

Really bad condition. Couldn’t tell the difference between fairway and rough. Greens were shocking with so much sand that would change the direction of the ball really easily. Won’t be back

A dry underfoot course, thankfully no mats required. Greens are very heavily sanded.....completely impossible to putt on, youd be better using a seven iron.

Useful driving range facility to warm up.

Long course with wide fairways, easy to play if you are a big hitter.

Course ok but a bit untidy with un replaced divots everywhere ( that could be down to the birds?) Reasonable value for money but better courses nearby for similar greenfee eg. Lurgan, edenmore, alberdelgy. Having said all that, I enjoyed the outing

Played here before..... Not the most salubrious of courses but I'd always found it OK. Went today mostly because you don't have to use mats (which I hate) and there's a driving range with real balls that allows you to hit some warm up shots (getting to be a must do with my aging joints and muscles)The course was in "just OK" nick, dry underfoot but the greens had been heavily sanded which i would have liked to have been made aware of prior to booking. The course was generally a bit untidy with unreplaced divots everywhere (birds maybe?) and bits of rubbish lying in the edges. I realise that the ground staff have to keep bushes, shrubs trees etc under a certain height to maintain visibility of the horse race track surrounding it but the course could do with a bit of landscape cosmetics. Having said all that, I enjoyed the wide fairways and the dryness of the place. Ill come back again as it was reasonable value.

Greens in need of attention but I’ll blame that on player’s not repairing pitch marks, some parts of course very wet but the weather hasn’t been great this past few weeks

Played this course a few times now and have always been disappointed with the condition.

Had heard it was a good course to play in Winter as it doesn’t hold water so gave it another go - pleasantly surprised!

Fairways & greens a little long in places but with it being wet recently this was to be expected.

Bunkers could do with a fill of sand but aside from that pretty decent!