Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort - Earl of Mar Golf Course

Played on a wet weekend in November. The place is undergoing major upgrade works and come summer will be immense. My own course is winter greens so fancied trying somewhere else and can't fault the course given the weather. Will be back

Greens were so poor

The course has improved since last year, and hopefully with the new investors it will continue to improve

Significant improvement since playing here last September. Good level of sand in all bunkers, greens good for this time of year. Felt the fairways could however do with a more defining trim. Very friendly staff. Will be back to check out further improvements that are planned for the next six months.

Much better condition since last played a few months ago. Bunkers in great shape and fairways good condition. Greens did look in late season condition however we have had a lot of rain recently.

Having booked this course we were really looking forward to playing it knowing the Mar Hall hotel is a 5*. We couldn’t have been left anymore disappointed with the state of the course in all honesty. Walking to the first with a member who explained it had been left in a really bad state for so long the work they are now doing to repair it will take a year or so to get back to normal. The layout of the holes were nice but the greens may aswell been skipped! I don’t think I’ll ever see greens that bad again anywhere I go! A real shame and a warning for anyone going!

I had so much expectations to play Mar Hall.

On arrival the club pro is very helpful and informative. I felt it wasn't going to be a great experience when I was told that by winter the course will be a lot better.

There were a lot of issues I found with the course: the tee boxes were in poor condition, the greens were very patchy and bare in parts, also very uneven to putt on.

The fairways look good but the drainage is extremely poor. It has been raining the past few days but not to the extent a well constructed course couldn't handle. Most shots were like playing in a bog. I actually walked off after 14 holes as I feel the course is unplayable in it's current condition.

The paths between holes are not constructed well that your walking through big puddles.

I have played Erkine golf course next door in bad weather and it holds up very well in comparison.

I am extremely disappointed with Mar Hall and will take something special to get me back.

Unfortunately marr hall has lost all its greens making them unplayable, course layout is fantastic but being unable to putt on any greens spoiled the round

Layout is great and has potential. Greens are in terrible condition. Really disappointed to have paid 37 quid per person for those conditions.

The course location is beautiful and the layout was fantastic with lots of feature holes , however the quality of the greens was shambolic , was like playing golf in a cow field

Worst greens I have ever seen in my full life (33 years old) charged 50£ pp , should be a lot cheaper untill fixed. Fair ways and bunkers were decent , course should be 20£ till the greens are sorted or shut …

Course layout is great with a good setting. But to pay £50 for the greens hollow tined and double scarified in summer isn’t idea. I wasn’t made aware of this until I turned up at the pro shop. Next year it might be back to its best but for now to pay £50 is scandalous!

All in all a good challenging course with narrow fairways and plenty of bunkers. However the greens are in a really bad condition at the minute, does look and sound like the staff are doing their best to get them back to a great standard but other than that the course is in good condition.

Bunkers were a joke, grass and weeds growing out them and big lumps of sand in them. Greens were black and in awful condition for this time of year. Tee box’s had long grass and were poorly kept.

The course is having work done , no bunkers in play as to renovation of bunkers ,greens were black because of moss treatment , the layout is superb , the new owners have big plans but the course is in poor condition just now ( June 24)

The course still has charm but unfortunately neglected with spiralling maintenance costs. I’m aware of investment in the course which should help over time but theres a long way to go, especially with greens and bunkers.

Excited to see the course next year.

We were warned before we played of the moss on the greens and no sand in the bunkers. The tees were bare as well. I know the course is getting invested into. I will be back to play but maybe not till next year.

I got the hot deal rate £27 , the greens are heavy with moss but still playable , the bunkers have weeds however I didn’t go into any , and the tee boxes were average.

The location , views and speed I could play the course made up for these short comings and of course £27 rate made it a good day.

Pro shop closed on arrival, no where to check in so just walked on.

Greens in awful condition, black moss everywhere, bunkers had grass growing through them and no sand in them and the tee boxers where in awful shape. However the fairways were in good condition. A lot of work is needed to bring the course up to scratch

Not worth the money even on a hot deal, there are courses in the area for the same price in considerably better condition.

I won’t be back