Blakes Golf Club

Great value for money. Played when windy but very challenging course. Greens very quick but great round

8th hole is fun

Tee boxes pretty good. Fairways in good nick. Greens very hard and a little bobbly. Enjoyed the round and excellent value, would play again and recommend to others due to value. Clubhouse and range could be better

Course a lot better than it use to be .

Tee boxes good

Greens a bit bobbly due to long grass needed another cut. Although it's early in season so can't expect perfection still there is grass on all the greens as believe me was not before.

Etiquette could be better a lot of golfers walking around aimlessly which slowed things down somewhat, but put that down to the fact that most where young and inexperienced . However have to say for what we paid was good value.

First time playing here, staff friendly and informative.

Course in very good condition. Would be definitely

Going back.

Blake's has some of the best drainage in Essex . Before booking i phoned 4 other courses and electric trolleys were not allowed. Not a problem at Blake's After a lot of overnight rain the course was still playable and the greens were very good apart from the plonkers who would not repair pitch marks. Had the vegetarian breakfast and it was very good .Staff very friendly . .

The course quality and layout is good. The Tee boxes needs a bit of work but ok. Greens are very good. Definitely will return to try again.

The course was a bit boggy in parts but they do an amazing job to keep golf going throughout the year. The greens were in good condition, considering the time of year. Fairways a bit boggy but still in decent condition. Quite a few bunkers GUR, although it would have been hard to play out of them anyway, with the weather.

Overall it's a great course to play throughout the winter, staff are excellent and because of the layout you can have a buggy all year around, which helps with my older playing friend

I've played Blakes a few times, it's a good track with some interesting and challenging holes (it's not too difficult though). Hard to be too critical for it being wet and muddy, it's January after all, and the greens were pretty good.

What I can't stand is the slow play.

Turned up to find the course was super busy, someone had taken my tee time (I booked as a single player), no marshal keeping play moving, 2.5hrs to play the front 9 and so we didn't finish our round before it got dark. That's not really good enough (even for a cheap round)

Slow to get off as very busy day over holidays. Course in much better condition that last time played a number of years ago - greens very good condition for the time of year.

Other reviews suggest this course is getting back to its best, but I felt the course was is great condition. Fee boxes and greens were lush and fairways were great. The rough is unforgivable though, and even if you see where the ball went, it’s lost forever! This makes the course a lot harder but still great fun. Windiest course I’ve ever played, combined with the having to be reasonably precise, probably not a beginners course! Will be back in the summer to try it again when I’m hopefully better.

Clubhouse was shut very early on which meant we couldn’t enjoy a beer after but it was a Wednesday I guess!