Chingford Golf Course

6hcp. I love Chingford GC. Nice course design with plenty of interesting holes. Sadly (but to be expected), I played on Tuesday and the course was suffering from the weather. Winter Astro Turf tees need upgrading and surrounding areas are boggy. Fairways are in poor condition at the moment and the greens (which are normally very reasonable) are lumpy with no chance of a true roll.

The course represents excellent value, but because of this, it attracts many beginners and the course suffers as a consequence. The course, despite the weather is permanently open and this also negatively affects the overall conditions. The greens staff do a good job but they’re up against it. I’d still recommend Chingford, but manage your expectations. Mud balls every shot. Pick wipe and place throughout for a more enjoyable game. Replace your divots and repair your (and others) pitch marks. Hopefully, by doing so, we can all enjoy this lovely course in the Spring and Summer when it’s at its best.

Love the course, difficulty level, lay out, staff coordination, just the best!!

It’s January. Manage expectations and you’ll enjoy.

Winter tee boxes to be expected.

Fairways in overall good condition aside from a few mucky areas, to be expected.

Greens a little bumpy owing to soft conditions but generally fair and certainly not desperate. Flag positions on day were cut to front, which makes sense to preserve the greens, but makes scrambling tough.

Pace of play….. generally fair. I booked via the App as a One Ball. I ALWAYS ask another 1 or 2 ball if they want company (on course). It makes sense for the speed and flow of play. Joined up with Andy and we had a good round together.

Chingford represents a good but fair test of golf. Aside from the 3 opening holes which I consider tough, there’s plenty of scoring opportunities. It’s not a long course but there’s plenty of opportunities to spread your wings and open up off the tee. I play off 6 and always enjoy Chingford.

As most course at this time of year some of the tracks were a bit muddy. To preserve the summer tees all tees were of boxes. Fairways were fine and greens in very good nick.

My 7th time but my partners were there for first time and said they would definitely come back. Great course in the summer when there's leaves on the trees as it's actually in Epping Forest.

Very good small course , it does get a bit confusing around hole 9 as we’re to go but we worked it out in the end , can’t wait to return in the summer

Not in the greatest condition and would imagine it would be very boggy after some rain but £28:50 for a Saturday morning it’s worth it, nice layout of holes I would go back in the summer

Is was a very wet course but considering the weather it has faced was playing well but one or greens were like a sponge. Pace of play was pretty good.

Staff are fantastic

So this is my Home course and this would be my last game of the year depending on the Weather. Pace was much better this time round and the weather was brilliant.

A nice course without frills.parking and cafe available. Good value and the greens are for the most part well maintained.

Played for the first time. Great value, beautiful fairways, greens in great nick. Couldn’t recommend enough

Even old people who can't hot the bank in buggies don't give way to the faster players.

Annoying

Great course, really enjoy playing there, but once again the Pace of Play was very slow with 5:15hrs. Have mentioned before that a Half Way house would be a great idea.

Was really disappointed with the Pace of Play as there was too many four balls. Understood that Sunday's forecast was not good so they crammed as much as they could in on Saturday. The course however was in top nick and really enjoyed the Golf. Amenities as I have said before a Halfway house selling refreshments or even more balls would be great

Really enjoy Chingford. Easily accessible from central London, the course punches above its weight in terms of course lay out, year-round condition and general enjoyment. Can get a touch slow on a Saturday, but pace is usually good.

Best value course in North/East London that I've seen.

Extremely slow pay. 3 groups backed up on the 8th. Walked off at the 9th

Negatives: Wavey fairways, every single one. Little ridges and troughs that run perpendicular to the fairway direction, which steals distance, causes weird kicks left and right and guarantees that you are always hitting an uphill lie, downhill lie or you are on a ridge top (almost never) or a trough (often). So you hit a banger drive straight down the middle and your reward for centering the fairway is a bad lie. Nothing is flat but the greens and tees (not all the tees).

Greens were just punched/airated so putting was slow and bumpy. A lot of greens were tiny. Even though there is a lot waiting on the tees there are no benches on the course, except for one on 17 and 18. The creeks are never week-whacked so the dry creeks are full of debris and finding a ball is rare. Poorly maintained trails between greens and tees. There is a par-3 with two mature trees directly in line with the green that you have to hit over. OK for the men or big hitting women but most women would have trouble getting over them. They should be topped off 15 feet lower. The layout of the holes is just OK. There should be a little snack bar at the turn, it would make a lot of money. But no, there is no water or food so you better bring it. Rental cart office is credit card only, no cash. I like to use cash. The snack bar takes both.

Positive: Staff was nice.

Overall good golf course for those who don’t play a lot or often. Needs a halfway house to great a drink or more golf balls hahaha. Pace was really slow and needs a Marshall to push players along