Cocks Moors Woods Golf Course

I'm new to playing Golf, having played the odd round last year, with no idea what I was doing and since January 2026 have been to the driving range twice per week and have played 4 rounds of Golf, so please view it through this lens.

The weather was mild and the grass was dewy so also bare this in mind.

Having booked to play on a Friday in March at 10:44am and completely new to the course I was very thankful to both be welcomed by a member of staff who was incredibly welcoming and very helpful with setting up an electric trolley for hire & giving me a brief overview of the course and made the start of the day genuinely that much better. I was told nobody else was booked on so I had the course to myself, incredible news, especially for a beginner! This alone would make me want to come back.

Having played at Widney & Hatchford Brook (both around Solihull / West Midlands are) I'd say the tee's weren't very well kept by comparison. Tee boxes where artificial grass once had been were mouldy and overgrown, and the grass to tee off in general was long and un-cut. Also not every hole was clearly numbered, nor was hole yardages, nor the directions to each hole. So it did make it a bit of a nightmare going round if you don't have a map. Luckily the scorecard I had had a map on, so its ESSENTIAL if you don't know the course to have this otherwise you will get lost / skip holes.

Despite the long-grass on fairways, the greens were generally okay, slow, but playable. The odd bunker did have a scraping tool but also a few were missing. Littered around the outside of the course was a fair amount of rubbish unfortunately but it didn't get in the way of play. I think partly due to it being in a less economically developed area.

Personally I found it the most varied course out of the 3 I've played, Widney & Hatchford Brook. With long par 5's, challenging par 3's at different gradients, and the best challenge for me personally was the varying heights & lye's of the course.

I genuinely do think the course has quite a bit of potential, and especially during fair weather if the grass is cut it could genuinely be a brilliant little spot to play.

The club shop also does have drinks for sale, clubs for sale, trolleys for hire, pre-loved golf balls for sale also if you're short on some, lessons available and genuinely all lovely people. As well as a practice putting green outside before the first hole.

Having also being on the grounds of a leisure centre you could also go in for a Swim after (with wavepool), and they also do sell good food in there, pizza, chips etc, and offer other classes. So it's a place that if you were local could easily become a bit of hub for you.

Ultimately for the Friday with nobody around, with great service and a challenging varied course, I'd say it was reasonable value for money. Would I pay more for it in its current state, probably not. But if you were on a budget like me and are new to the game, happy to just play golf and not think too much about perfection, it is absolutely fine. Sometimes you get what you pay for and I'd say this is probably it.

Plenty of potential, but come in with realistic expectations.

I know this is a municipal course and maybe I expected a little to much but, I am a member of a municipal courts myself.

Upon arrival, we were informed that hole 7 was closed, so that was annoying to start the round.

Now this was our first visit to Cocks Moor Woods GC and it is a challenging course from hole 1.

Our frustration started when we got to hole 6 because none of the holes were clearly marked and even asking, some fellow golfers, didn't help either.

It is, difficult enough, playing winter golf but when it is compounded with no direction to the next tee or even holes numbered it becomes very frustrating.

I don't think we will be paying a visit to this course again.

The course was in better condition than I thought it would be due to the autumnal weather the staff are always helpful

Yes the greens are bad and it’s difficult to figure some of the tee boxes out but what a little gem of place great shop course layout is good varied hole difficulty for £12.50 I can’t grumble and playing partner was happy enough too

Loads of character and quite demanding, but greens are in poor condition.

Staff was really welcoming, course had a good range of holes. Golf shop was brilliant, well enjoyed.

Could be a great course but greens are actually unplayable in places

It’s a great cheap course with everything u need for an 18 hole, it’s a course for beginners where it’s pretty straight forward but the holes are very long ranging from 200-400 yards buts is defintely worth the money

I played here yesterday, when I arrived I entered the shop . I was then told by a member of staff that they are using temporary greens at the moment, this wasn’t stated anywhere online ! The fairways are in terrible condition and the temporary greens even worse . From what I remember only 2 or 3 holes actually had a sign on the tee box to tell you what hole it was , only women’s tees visible most of the time , the rest is a guessing game if your playing from the yellows or white tees , I got lost 4 or 5 times . Wondering around the course looking for the next hole , the sign for hole 6 is just a 6 with an arrow spray painted into a tree , but you then have to walk 4 minutes arrowed the back of some bushes past metal containers with people working in cars … I thought I was playing the 15th hole only to check my app when I got to the bottom to find it was actually the 12th . If you play this course bring a compass and a pack lunch as you may be there a while ! No course management or maintenance, there’s kids riding through on bikes , people walking there dogs or just having a stroll coming out from behind bushes as your teeing off . Don’t bother with the course if you enjoy golf , you may also get stopped by a local as I did , strolling around the course with 1 club and a pouch of balls telling me he never pays and to just walk onto the course . Also started telling me to get rid of my taylormade clubs and buy some cheap ones for £20 off Facebook , if you manage to avoid him I’d just head back to the car and leave .

The course was in a very bad condition. Temp greens at this stage of the year shows the course isn't being maintained very well.

Last year was lovely course for a knock but the way the up keep of the course is now I wouldn't recommend.

The fairs ways on the course are really good and green but the greens are terrible massive cracks and dry and burnt