Ellesmere Port Golf Club - Hooton Course

I played with 2 mates, course was in great shape. We were able to play at our own pace, a very warm welcome, thanks to the staff there.

had full breakfast prior to round, no cutlery offered, had to ask, still not brought out, had to eat with our hands, poor. (when i asked again for the cutlery the lady behind the bar said it was not her department)

informed just before our round which had been pre-booked a week before, that our teetime had been put back 40 mins but walk in players were being put out before me, poor.

a 5 1/2 hour round with 5 balls being allowed, 5 groups on the tee on hole 10-poor

The condition of the greens, very poor!

i can see that efforts are being made to improve the facilities but the condition of the course, greens and tee boxes should be a priority.

Brilliant course to go and play my only issue was there was no signs that we seen to say where next hole was but other than that cannot complain

I haven't played at this course for a few years due to its poor keep. I was made aware there has been a change in management and improvements have been made, so I thought I would give it a chance. Facilities have improved, and I can see whoever is running the course is giving it the attention it deserves. I understand the course still needs time to flourish, but I will come back again and hope to see more improvement on fairways and greens. Staff were really nice. Thankyou, and Keep up the good work.

Mr Cottis.

It felt like two many groups had tee’d off in close proximity to each other. We only played 10 holes due to this fact.

Tee boxes need attention bunkers had very little sand in them some greens need attention and a few fairways need work although you can see they are starting to get the fairways better lots of areas GUR.

Flags are the same colour going out and coming in I played to the wrong green on the 16th played the 3rd which is next to it.

Still reminds me of a municipal course sadly

Trying to improve what was a poorly run course but it's got years and years of work ahead of it. I have played this course over 50 times and I've never seen the greens in good condition putting on glass with holes in it. Hopefully the new management can get a grip of it and they have made slight changes in a small space of time. I wish them luck but I won't be paying £25 to play it again. Give it 5 years and I might try it again

Love playing golf so was grateful for the opportunity to play. Sadly this course is in terrible shape. Greens are awful apart from the 18th. Hopefully the new owners make it a great course again. Also too many members of the public walking wherever they like

Lots of GUR and greens have recently been hollowed. Large amounts of sand on several greens made putting extremely challenging even without the hollow tine holes .

At £25 at weekend not a bad course. However, when you can't use own buggy unless you are a member and have to pay £25 to hire a club buggy it's very poor value at £50 a round. Most ridiculous part is my own single seat buggy is more course friendly than the 2 seater club buggy. Felt like I was being discriminated against for not being able to walk 18 holes. Hopefully if they read this review they will change this practice.

£20!!!

The condition of the course is a disgrace!!!!

Don't bother playing this course

Course over all was ok and a couple of the greens the irragation holes looked bigger then usual and sand looked like it had been down for a while so didn't make for the best putting services, tee boxes were looking worst for wear and maybe need to use some temporary tee boxes to let the grass recover as some where just mood areas instead, but will come again as a good challenging course to play on

This course used to be a bit of a free for all (the pro’s words not mine) but they are now trying to make it a proper golf course and practice facility and I think they’re getting there. We played in maintenance week so the greens were a bit sandy but other wise the condition was good. Well laid out with a good mix of holes so you aren’t just using driver off every tee. I think in 12 months this will be mega. Staff are all great and the pro couldn’t have been more helpful

Personally I wouldn’t recommend this course to anyone. The fairways weren’t too bad. However the greens are disgraceful. I understand this course has suffered from people riding bikes over the greens and causing damage. But the greens in general are shockingly bad. I regret not taking pics so I can show you just how bad they are. The tee areas are very poor too. For £20 a round it’s simply not worth it. My advice is, if you are a keen golfer like me stay away from this course. You won’t be happy. There are much better courses in the local area.

Been to this course twice in April. Course is well laid out and enjoyable to play. There are improvements going on… look forward to how it will look over time. Believe the course is under new management too.