Haigh Woodland Park - Balcarres Course

Course in good condition , very quiet, got round in 3 hours 5 minutes.

Tee off 0825 and several groups already out on the course. By the time we reached the 4th hole we were already backed up and slowing our pace down which caused groups behind us to slow down as well.

The course condition was very good generally, some wet areas even though we just had a week of hot weather.

As a municipal course it is excellent overall and very challenging. I think due to the Moorside nature and general slower pace, a little more time between groups should be considered.

Very busy by the time we finished. As Haigh Hall also has a crazy golf area and is a popular location for families in general, the car park was full by the time we left.

Dont forget to validate your parking in the golf shop!

Course was in great condition, only a few minor problems:

1. Women’s tee boxes are shocking on some holes

2. Need driving net to warm up

3. Need putting green to practice before hand

A good course with some interesting holes,greens were really good although the fairways were a bit unkempt in places....for a public course though...not too bad at all.

Unreal course, fantastic greens, very well kept. Just the pace of play ruined our afternoon. Albeit bank holiday Monday afternoon, my group of myself and a friend tee’d off at 2pm. By 5:30pm we’d just finished the 11th hole and called it a day. Would strongly consider a revisit at a less busy time as pace of play is not managed as we found ourselves queuing at every hole.

Course was in great condition and well looked after. Pace of play was quite slow but that was only due to a slow foursome in front.

Will defo be back.

Lacks some amenities and not as good since it lost the pro shop.

Better in warm weather and sunny conditions

Very wet and muddy in lot of places and ball plugs of the fairways. Be better in the summer

Course was not in a good way, I understand the weather has been a bit iffy here and there however a lot of the fairways didn’t seem to have been maintained, occasionally having to search for my ball in what was supposed to be the centre of the fairway

Winter tee boxes in use on a few holes despite the site saying all tee boxes now back in operation

Cheap round and I think it was overall good value for money, course layout was good and is much more challenging than it reads on paper

Think this could be a much better course with a bit more care.

The course held up better than I thought it would. It had been raining the last few days. It was wet & shots were plugging but not too bad. Held up well for the weather it had received

The greens had more sand on them than there is on Benidorm beach, get the ball rolling on line it picked up thst much sand, it started to veer off in a different direction! Pick the ball up it looked like Saturn. The green staff are aragant im on the tee on a par 3 and they just pull up on the side of the green and starts shovelling sand all over it! No consideration for someone about to hit a ball in that direction, they could of done some work to the course layout so you play more across instead of up and down, up and down the hills

7am Tee Time

Groundsman was super friendly and offered some encouragement.

Course is in dreadful state, really muddy, balls literally plugging on the fairway on one hole.

Winter tees are in some very strange positions, I actually thought I was playing the wrong hole at one point 🤣.

Heard it's great in the summer months but cannot recommend in winter or wet months.

Realistically it should not have been open today.

I was expecting some holes to be boggy. Last played in September last year and was a little boggy then. But today it was horrendous. Lost 5 balls from being plugged somewhere in first cut of rough. They should really look to reduce the amount of holes available through the winter. Won't be playing there again unfortunately.

Staff friendly as always.

Bad ground throughout, winter tees in poor positions. Should have been closed.

The course had been shut for two weeks due to rain but golf now still let us book. Played three holes and walked off complete mudbath

The course was a mud both, should never have been open for health and safety reasons, what a waste of my time and money

The course has very poor drainage causing under food, club heads, and equipment full of mud. It’s a shame because the course is set up well and is excellent in the summer.

Second time of playing here. First was summer of last year and apart from pace of play being a bit slow I was impressed with the course conditions and layout. What a difference second time around. Course conditions were very very bad. Course was boggy all over and it was fifty fifty whether you found your ball after it being plugged virtually on every shot. Pace of play again was very slow. Trolley wheels were inches thick in mud when finished and nothing at all available to clean them off. Would probably give it another go in summer but never again this time of year.

Very unacceptable conditions, if this was a privately owned it would never be open during the winter months. The fairways for the most part are overgrowing and sodden. Every walk to a tee box is an endurance test in how much you can slide and push your way through slime mud. This is really a bog masquerading as a golf course.

I fell multiple times trying to walk round this course with a simple push cart. I saw one chap fall over and get so covered in mud he left after only playing a handful of holes.

The greens are surrounded by deep mud, so chipping is out. The greens themselves are okay, they're about the only thing which seems maintained. You could play winter rules with preferred lies but you'd be looking forever to find a piece of decent turf to hit your ball off.

Pace of play is exceptionally slow, I was told their was minimal groups in front of me (3 max), but when out on the course is was rammed. I assume most people just walk on without paying.