Gower Golf Club

As it was February the round was played on the winter course layout, which was a joy to play with interesting and varied holes. Recent heavy rains didn’t affect the ground too much, the Greens were generally in very good condition. Signage from hole to hole was good and having the winter course map printed on the card was great backup also. Green fees were £20 midweek which represented decent value on a well maintained and cared for course with stunning views across the north Gower and estuary beyond especially on the early holes. Look forward to my next visit.

Played a few times over the last couple of years and while the views are beautiful and the course layout is challenging, it could use better maintenance. Some of the greens and fairways were in poor condition, which made the game a bit frustrating.

Another downside is the attitude of some of the members. I’ve had a few run-ins with rude players, which made the experience less enjoyable. The course has great potential, but it’s held back by maintenance issues and unfriendly members. If you’re just looking for nice views, it’s worth a visit, but there are better-maintained courses nearby.

No complaints about the course layout. All holes were great and I will definitely be back. Very disappointed with the 1 group that was holding a number of groups and myself up from the 7th tee. Not once did they offer to let anyone play through and my 18 holes, alone, started with the first 6 taking me 45 mins and the full 18 ending up at 3h40. Crazy!

Breathtaking views and friendly staff. Cannot fault the club. Challenging for all levels.

Travelled a hour and half to play this course and pre paid on the golf now app only for me to arrive there’s a USGA junior tournament taken place, was meant to tee off at 12:40 however didn’t end up teeing off until 1:30, played the first hole which took 55 minutes as I was stuck behind the last group , decided to walk in after the first hole and ask for a refund or something else to compensate for there incompetence in the timing of booking as they should of closed the first hole for a hour after the last tee off in the junior group , went in the pro shop and was told they can’t do anything and not our problem , absolute joke

Have played this course twice before, was in better condition on those occasions.

Very nice course to play, with good layout, good holes, excellent views as well

Well maintained, excellent condition, lovely clubhouse, great welcome 10/10

Played the course today, busy course, okay layout, good challenges. Golf shop was accommodating, had the basic set up. Shop keeper was friendly and welcoming and even accommodated with a different tee time however we chose to warm up.

Please not I’m not labelling all members under the same brush however one of the key ambassadors to the club really let the club down and with a huge amount of disappointment.

As you can see from the video, the pace of play was as fast it could be given how busy the course was. Then we had a large group of ladies playing behind us, these ladies were in 5 separate groups. Majority were quite friendly but were shy of the word fore. As we were teeing off, the lady turns around and says boys, will you let us all through, we explained the situation with the traffic in front and said no at present.

As we were teeing off the par 3 on the 12th, one of the boys overshot and rolled into the moss bank prior to the pond. Able to play the shot and found within 1 minute of searching, this woman screams to move out of the way. Myself and the other player were on the green but as rules go, we must wait for the other player to be on the green to take our shot. “Sorry mate, I don’t make the rules” quote comes to mind. We complete the hole and the other players in front just finished their tee shots. This woman and her side kick come storming down, like raging banshees and starts pedantically calling us boys, sorry not usually one to pick holes in slang, but we are men and dressed accordingly, so gents would have been more appropriate but hey ho, boys it is. When your in trouble move out the way and let us pass she claims. That’s all well and good if we was slow or the course was quiet. However all rules played and within the allotted times so we explained the situation. I asked if she was a member, she replies “I’m the lady captain” then spoke down to us. I reminded her of the rules, she told us it was the respectful thing to do. I explained that her attitude and her approach towards visitors is extremely off putting and disappointing to the club. Especially as we have an extremely high profile YouTube channel that will be released soon with our review on the course.

We will not be returning, absolute arrogance!

Read mixed reviews before booking to play here but couldn't have had a better experience. Cracking course layout with receptive and swift greens. I can see that the course probably doesn't hold out too well in winter but on a gorgeous summer's day it was superb. Also, no issues finding where the next tee was unlike earlier reviews...

Course in lovely condition, surprised it wasn’t busier considering it was a beautiful day, and the longest day. Didn’t use the club house facilities.

The club shop was closed when we arrived at 3.10pm so we went in to the bar area to pay. The lady behind the bar was completely ill-informed of how much to charge us. We stated it was £20 online. She then wished us well as we left for the course.

I appreciate that we'd had a lot of rain around the time we played but the greens were appalling. The worst I've played on for many years. We then got to the 8th hole with absolutely no clue where the hole was as there was no tee box. We found a gentleman on the course who kindly explained briefly how to play the next few holes. But we were still a bit confused and just sort of muddled through.

I can't believe we weren't informed of the temporary holes and greens prior to playing, it added about half on hour onto our round trying to figure out where to go and that's despite being helped by the gentleman i mentioned.

My playing partner and I discussed that we would think very carefully before selecting to play this course again as it was in such poor condition and the lack of information received was, frankly, amateur.

To top it all off, after a hugely disappointing experience, I discovered that I was charged twice the amount I should have to play and, oh my lord, trying to get a refund from this place was like trying to break into a bank! I emailed and I called time after time after time. No response to any of my emails, the times I did get through on the phone I was fobbed off with excuses but then promised they'd call me back. Nothing. Eventually managed to get my refund over a month after we played!!! Quite possibly the worst customer service I've ever received. An absolute joke. Will not be returning

Greens are rubbish and badly maintained

Fairways poor

No diversity on pin and tee placements

No hydration to greens

Pro late opening shop, early golfers not able to get cards

Groups playing the slowest I’ve ever seen. Even let me play though, I was playing on my own. Overall thou, course was in great condition and would 100% play there again.

Course management is terrible, all the tees are facing the wrong direction with unmarked tee numbers. The greens feel like you’re putting on mars

Absolute joke of a golf club.

I paid £80 for a tee booking and when my accommodation on the Gower was cancelled, I informed the club well within their cancellation period.

Customer service is beyond a joke as I've reached out to them 9 times and either been ignored, asked to bear with them, or told that they don't know how to do a refund on the system.

Complete charlatans in my opinion and I would advise anyone to steer clear.