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

Really enjoy playing this course and the varying types of holes to be played, only downside on the day was that the greens played extremely slow due to being a bit heavy.

Let me start by saying I've played this course at least 8 times over 4 years and up until I played on Saturday the 16th April 2022 I genuinely rated it on my top 5 courses (out with the famous and wildly more expensive bucket list courses) , the layout, scenery, length, and condition, great course....until I played on Saturday ☝️, tees were ok, fairways decent, bunkers were terrible, very little sand, not been raked in a month! Very poor, but the greens were some of the worst I've played, grass long, grainy and possibly diseased, needed rolled badly, pitchmarks not repaired,

Please get this course back in great condition, because when it's in good condition it's an absolute gem

Had booked a 4 ball round with 3 friends for 9:30. We arrived about 8:50 l to loosen up before going beginning our. We entered into the pro shop to tell him we had a tee time. His response was “was it golf now”. He then continue to tell us that they had “been in constant dialogue with golf now to remove the course from the website” and told us “he would try and fit us on because they were medals on that day”. He said it we had to start of 9 or there wasnt any space. Luckily we were all there early to start early. However, it was save to say that it was a great start.

We then started our round and tried to enjoy the day. However once we started to play the round we sound found out how terrible the conditions were. The tee boxes were in such poor conditions, different lengths of grass, divots everywhere. The fairway grass were really long as well, couldn't tell the difference between the light ruff or fairway.

To top it all off the greens were horrendous. Completely lacked any consistency between each green and against different lengths of grass, covered in sand and just all in all poorly maintained.

We continue on with the conditions and tried to enjoy our day. However it got worse. The two ball behind us, who were never close enough to even really wait on us on the green, decided to come over and give us a scathing review on our and explained how it was the longest game of golf of their lives and how they had to wait for ages for every shot. My group are not the best golfers in the world, however we played a 4 ball in 3 hours and 30 minutes which to me doesnt seem excessive, specially considered we had to wait on the group in front of us in a couple of the holes.

All in all was one of the most unenjoyable experiences at a golf course, considering it was such a lovely day weather wise.

Will never be back to the course.

Terrible greens. No rakes in bunkers but plenty of footprints. No scorecards. No coffee/catering. No signage to first tee, just wander aimlessly until you find it! Was initially playing behind 5 men sharing clubs!

Playing from gents tees so far forward it was effectively the ladies course.

Such a pity as the general course layout is excellent.

Greens terrible. No rakes in bunkers. Played behind 5 guys sharing clubs. No score cards. No tea/coffee facilities. No signage to first tee.

The clubhouse looked deserted and the bathrooms were in a complete mess, for such a nice facility I expected much more. Nowhere to get a sandwich and a quick bite after the 9th. Greens were really bumpy and the fairways full of unrepaired divets. Ladies tees and mens yellow were together and there was no white tees further back to play from which made the course really short. I expect they are preparing to get everything fixed up for the summer but the conditions were not up to the standard I would expect. Overall though it’s a great course with a variety of really good holes, I plan on coming back in the summer and hopefully they can improve my first impression.

Only issue was course had not received booking from golf now. Fortunately staff were most helpful in accommodating and gave us a tee time

A few things ruined a brilliant day yesterday, first up being charged £2 despite the bottle clearly saying £1.09 on it. When I point this out, the person said they just charged what the till said.

2nd issue, we booked 12.00 tee off. As we make our way to the tee a member asks if we're 11.50. We explain no, we're 12.00. The member suggests they are 12.00 and shows me the running order and true enough my booking is 12.16. I show them my email with 12.00 on it.

Anyway we let them go and wait till 12.16. Bit of a mess really.

3rd issue there is an issue with the Scottish golf app, we played off the yellows but the course rating for the whites seems to have been applied. I can see we did pick yellows, it says on the score card.

Course was brilliant though.

Thoroughly enjoyed our round of golf, many bunkers to negotiate and some very long holes. This site states trolleys are not permitted but in fact they are and there are trolleys for hire. The morning tee off times only allow booking for a minimum of 3 golfers, this is also incorrect, the pro shop staff who were cheerful and helpful could not understand why the 2 points above were listed on golfnow.

23 pound round this track is decent value .

Greens were very slow , not a lot of run on the course but weather has been dreadful , would like to see how she looks come august .

For the money , can't complain

Booked the morning of the game. Got to the course and it was closed. Had phoned the coursed prior to booking to check if open and no answer. Needs to be some communication between golf now and the course. Absolute waste of time.

Mar Hall was in excellent condition today. Very few winter tees , no winter greens and the fairways were nice and firm and in top condition for late November. Very enjoyable round on a great links like course close to Glasgow.

Very good course in very good condition for time of year, will definitely return.

A challenging course which suits long hitters but perfectly playable for the average golfers. Holes are varied making for an interesting round of golf. Very attractive course to play with interesting views of the River Clyde. Greens true but a bit patchy in places probably due to the long dry period we have just had. Off course facilities excellent. Will return to play again.

Had a great day at Marr Hall ,golf course was in great shape for this time of year the greens still had some sand on them but the ball ran fine on them. The staff were very friendly and had no problem checking in. Hope to go back for a game soon.