Messingham Grange - Championship Course

Sorry to say this course has gone really downhill. I appreciate the lack of rain but, the tee boxes were awful. The greens were hit and hope, ball couldn't hold a line.

More of a course for the residents who must be happy with it.

Scorched grass, bumpy greens, mud bunkers laced with rabbit holes, messingham lakes has it all. From my arrival & lack of welcome, it shaped up to be a pretty poor experience. You're checked in by bar staff, whom were busy engaged in serving other people & didn't bother to utter a simple hello. The course is in awful condition. Poorly maintained- focus appears to on building the bar/lodge trade, rather than golf . All told it was very shoddy & not worth the £24 pp

The course is in really poor condition. The rabbits are running amock, plenty of holes all over. Geese excrement all over the ‘greens’. The greens are in a worse condition than the fairways, patchy grass, cracks on many, where the holes had been moved the old holes not cared for. Very disappointed and will not be returning.

Rating one star all along the line.

Greens and fairways in a terrible state and actually heard some of the locals saying that the course had gone downhill a lot since the green keeper had left

No way would I play here for at least the next 5 ,to 10 years . No grass on greens or fairways and no offer of compensation from neglectful management NEVER AGAIN iN

Having played messingham 100s of times in the last 30 odd years! I've never seen it in such a, state! The current owners clearly don't care about the 'golf' aspect of the complex, I will never play here again and I hope other take notice and avoid it, such a shame but there's no point sugar coating it

Wow. What can you say. This used to be a very well maintained course with lush greens, tough well kept bunkers and great fairways. Today, the fairways are just about acceptable but the greens and the bunkers. We were told after we finished our round that all bunkers are GUR and that is an understatement. The greens are more brown than green with some of them having cracks in them in desperate need of water. From what I could gather, hoseasons now run the complex and it looks like they are trying to run the course into the ground. We paid £23 each for the round which given the conditions was just about right. Won’t be rushing back for another round. Such a shame as I’ve seen what a great course this can be.

The course layout really had potential with a nice 19th hole BUT the course itself hasn’t seen a mower for over a month. The tee boxes had weeds all over, and the greens - well - simply weren’t green, more brown with weeds and daisies growing on them. The bunkers were also atrocious, I’m sure what I was supposed to do with the rakes that were provided!

Definitely give this one a swerve.

This was likely a nice course in recent years, but has been left to go to ruin. The greens are in an awful state, brown, broken ground and covered in winds. The bunkers are full of old leaves and the sand has gone solid. The fairways are like light rough, with minimal mowing clearly taking place.

Messingham Lakes clearly don't want the golf course as part of their business and have stopped maintaining it.

I wish I had taken some photos, as it has to be seen to be believed.

I suppose it is cheap at £20, but I would avoid at all costs.

Should have asked for a refund.worst have ever played on have been playing since 1974

This course condition is definitely the worst I've ever played. Bunkers GUR full of weeds and filthy. Fairways uncut, full of holes. Greens unbelievably disgusting, full of goose poo. All tees full of rabbit holes.

I would assume that money off the membership is being spent on the lodge development and not on the upkeep of the course.

Definitely not recommending this course.

Been a member for over 10 years, the course is in the worst condition I have ever seen it!

The Greens are in fact Browns, the bunkers are like concrete topped with weeds, fallen trees from winds over 12 weeks ago still lie where they fell!

All bunkers are GUR. Seniors are playing on preferred lies in June!!

Green Keepers are nowhere to be seen on course, they are busy cleaning and attending to the lodges which are being promoted as having a golf course to play!!

If it wasn’t for the fact that I’d renewed my membership in the hope things wood improve I would not still be playing! Feel we’ve been ripped off!

Could be a great course but it looks like they are concentrating on the lodges more

Needs maintaining better, greens where rubbish and like hard carpet, fairways was over grown

Really disappointed with the course

Course is in terrible condition. Greens are like fairways. Would not recommend

I have played here 3/4 times now. Usually the course condition is very good however on this day it was absolutely appalling. Grass wasn’t cut on fairways, overgrown and untidy. The greens were completely dead and dry and overall the whole condition of the course was awful. Very disappointing considering it used to be good!

I’ll keep this as short as I can. Greens dead, fairways as long as ankles, bunkers like concrete and fairways like Swiss cheese with all the holes in them. Surprised no one has broke there ankle. Absolutely disgraceful and will be the last time I play here. Not worth £25 at all £10 maybe

Used to be lovely little course it’s now horrendous basically a large field with 18 flagsticks nothing cut, raked or tendered to feel really sorry for any members still there only played 8 holes as it was that bad !!!!!