Blackwood Golf Centre - Hamilton

The drive into the Blackwood, along a winding tree lined road sets the scene. Every hole provides a new and interesting challenge. The 3rd, 6th and 17th being my favourites, reachable par five to finish. Great course, beware the roughs tough! Great facilities too. Driving range, short game area, Resturaunt and an extensive pro shop.

Course is well maintained and the greens in particular were excellent. I would like to play again now I know the layout.

Particularly busy and only 6 mins between tee times, but course in good condition. Long walk between 9th and 10th

Lovely day out at Blackwood. We had a 3:28 tee off on Saturday but the pro in the shop let us go 10 minutes early. Thanks. The course was in incredible condition, especially the greens. Had a really nice day out with my son and will definitely be playing again.

I have played this course many times over the years (used to be a member way back). We set up for the 1st tee after checking in (little to no communication on checking in). The large sign is still on the wall pointing to the 1st tee for Hamilton and the smaller course. When we arrived (3-5 min walk to the 1st) the 1st was marked as the 10th hole! Long walk back and headed to the old 10th which is now the 1st. Now I've played it, I see they have swapped the 9's round. It would have been nice to be told this and it would be useful to remove that large sign still pointing to the old 1st hole which is now the 10th!! Anyone new or someone who has not played for years here will be heading the wrong direction - tell them for goodness sake!!!!

Apart from this, the course was in nice condition for a public course. It always was a good layout of varied holes and a fair challenge. I would be happy to play this again soon.

Enjoyed the layout and the greens are in great shape. A bit firm and tough to hold them with the contours but a great challenge too.

Tough tee shots and punishing rough.. But that's what good golf should be :)

Good course to get started for the season, tee times are very close together and slow play causing a backup of 3 groups at par 3’s at times. Witnessed a player spend 15 mins searching for a ball in the hedges while 3 groups were waiting to tee off behind.

Course was quite damp but generally played well given tge time of year. Greens a little disappointing given easter weekend, though aware the weather hasn't helped. The one big negative was the guy in the pro shop. Trying to get him to answer a question was impossible, and what little advice he did give was wrong or off topic. Very frustrating. Also noted lack of directions between 9th and 10th tee which is not ideal for visitors.

For a winter round of golf the course was in very good condition. Two temporary greens but that was fine as work was being done around proper green. And they used the larger size holes for temp greens.

Me and my cousin played this course for the first time and it was in excellent condition for the time of year. Only thing was they didnt advertise the front 9 holes were closed and we could only play the back 9, but we just went around twice and we had a great day out. We will definetely be back to try the whole course because every hole was a different challenge and very enjoyable.

Only 9 holes open however still charged full price. The course should have been closed as it was largely waterlogged.

I visit the Blackwood golf centre regularly to use the driving range facilities but this was the first time playing the course. I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a testing course with a nice layout and loads of hidden hazards that make you think hard about your tee shots. I enjoyed the back 9 more as the closing 4, 5 holes are stunning.

My only gripe about the afternoon was the booking system with GolfNow. I booked as a single player and on arrival was told I was out with 2 other people who had booked together. I understand that in the T&C’s of GolfNow there is a chance you can be paired together with strangers but it’s a tad unfair being paired with a two ball who know each other. I could understand if two or three single bookings for same tee time are grouped together but not a single and a two ball.

I’ve just recently got back playing after a 5 year hiatus and tbh I’m just looking for rounds of golf by myself to get my on course confidence back. It filled me with anxiety being on a strange course being told I was out with two people I’d never met. The staff left a lot to be desired. I asked if I could hold back and tee off after them and was given a straight up no. It turned out ok though as I made my way to the first tee and the two ball who I was meant to be out with never turned up even though I was told they had checked in.

All in all I would think twice about booking through GolfNow again. Probably better just booking through course website.

Lovely course, really enjoyed it, greens a bit slow but only issue for our group and judging by the amount of trampled long grass, loads of others too, was the extremely long thick rough around all the trees, no need for it, just cut it back and this place would be 5 stars