Forest of Arden Country Club - Aylesford Course

The weather was brilliant, my golf was average, the course was in a nice condition, the greens were fast but the big downside is the price of drinks……nearly £15 for 2 lagers! That alone will not encourage the average golfer who works hard, has a wife and kids, runs a car and wants a bit of down time on the golf course.

Greens were excellent hard to chip did better when chipping with a sixty degree wedge ball runs on greens with the sixty degree still fairways were a little fluffy but playable bunkers took a bit of getting used to had to really splash it out with a bit of umph so good just different course lay out excellent some challenging holes

My handicap is 17.2 has been a bit lower

So first weekend of the season course was good and will probably be better as the season gets going

Really enjoyed the day and will go again in the future

Excellent course. Course conditions were great considering the weather we’ve had lately. Friendly staff. Overall, brilliant day.

For the time of year and after all of the rain we’ve had playing conditions were excellent. Highly recommend this course

Greens in good condition. Signage and Yardages all very clear.

However, course was very very wet (in many ways to be expected), however on many holes it was hard to see fairways and not clearly defined. This was probably due to their inability to get mowers out in the wet weather.

Although bunkers were GUR, it was easy to see they are going to be great when they open. The work done looked superb.

In better conditions the course is probably quite nice, but for us on this day it was not in good enough condition (except for the fact it was very cheap)

Played in damp condition but the Aylesford course was exceptionally presented. Greens immaculate and dry, fairways not over cut and also dry and playing from main tee boxes too - a real credit to the green staff ! Well done

Pro shop was friendly and helpful, cafe was efficient for a pre game coffee and the starter was a very pleasant chap.

And value for money - absolutely!!

Not my first visit (played both courses) and won’t be my last !!

Thank you Team Arden, a job well dine

Played the Aylesford course early afternoon as belfry was unavailable due to masters weekend. Got a great price at £27.50 and coupled up with another 2 brothers of similar age. A fantastic day with golf to match. Great course conditions despite the the lack of moisture. Green lush, receptive and true. A great experience that I would definitely recommend to others

Very enjoyable, nice greens and I also saw a fawn.

This is a decent course, but was spoilt by a 5 hour round and waiting on most tee boxes. A 4 ball were taking their time having laugh and hacking around, many holes behind the previous flight. As there are no Marshall's everybody else just had to wait. This may benefit beginners as they will be under no time pressure.

Arden has a very good reputation but we Played in heavy rain after a long dry spell so that didn’t help. I was not overly impressed. The course was ok but lots of muddy patches around. Half of the third green had no grass just mud, and there were many areas that seemed to lack basic maintenance. An added annoyance was that they use a yardage sheet for pin positions but didn’t have any available.

Very expensive in the bar.

Can’t see us returning.

Nicely maintained and managed course with good facilities. Unfortunately most of the course runs along side the M6 so forget about a nice quiet round.

Also, the facade of a very upmarket golf resort was somewhat shattered by the state of the driveway!

Very good facilities, good car parking, course in good condition apart from some greens a bit bare , value for money at £25

One of the worst kept courses I have ever played. Greens very patchy, bald spots, weeds. Tee boxes uneven very patchy. It goes to show that they only look after the Arden course. Would definitely not recommend this course and will not be returning here. Also prices are extortionate, £10 for 2 sausage batches and over £15 for 2 pints after.

Tee’d off at 10.50 on sunny Sunday and still got around in less than 4 hours, so good pace.

All fairways and trees etc well kept, with the course having a good mix of challenging and forgiving holes.

Only disappointment is that many of the greens are of poor standard and two are pretty much unplayable. The sand in some of the bunkers is also very hard, the 16th especially.

Once the greens are sorted out, the course is great value at the price paid and is still nice now, but these two factors take the shine off it a bit.

First time playing this course and got round in just over four hours on busy, hot Sunday, no complaints there. All fairways well kept, with good balance of challenging and forgiving holes. No greens up to standard I’d expect for this location but most playable. 2/3 greens currently in horrific condition. Once greens are repaired and brought up to standard course great value for the price.