Ellesmere Port Golf Club - Hooton Course

Played here a few times now. Every time I hope I see improvement on the course and I'm left disappointed. Some tee boxes can be described as below average at best. Greens are getting better but still very patchy in placed. Ball still plugging even after 3/4 days of sunshine and very little rain before that. Without serious investment the course won't get better.

Whoever puts the prices on Golfnow needs sacking.... £8.99 one day, £40 then next day for the same time for a muni course! Bonkers 😄

Very good conditions, once grass grows course will improve. Excellent staff friendliness will got back with friends.

Borderline unplayable - course should not have been open. Was basically a swamp from the 1st to the 18th.

If some work got put in over the winter to protect the course then there would be a lot of potential, but they open regardless of the conditions and it’s ruined the course entirely.

The layout is great, with some tough holes but every good shot is dampened by the fact that the conditions were awful. I understand that this is sometimes out of their control, but when you have a hole with a mole hill on the green, it becomes a joke.

Wouldn’t recommend and won’t be playing here again.

Booked to play today, the fact it was taken bookings told me it was playable, oh was that a massive mistake.

Had a little rain in the morning so I expected a little service water but what I was greeted to was dreadful, the entire course was waterlogged to the point you couldn’t even hit a ball, when back to the club house after the first hole which I didn’t even finish and informed the manager I think his name was Sean that the course was unplayable and should be closed, his attitude and response blew me away saying it’s his call not mine; to which I replied you go try hitting a ball out there it literally is impossible and your just destroying the course with the amount of turf your bringing up, the course should of been closed to let recover itself, the fact it was open was just pure greed to get money out of people and not putting the quality of the course first. No apology, no offer of another round when the course is in a better condition so paid £20 for me and a mate to not even be able to play 1 hole. So I will be avoiding this course from now on, shame as I’ve played it multiple times but seems to have gone down hill with the poor knowledge of the current management

Absolutely disgrace of a course. Don’t get me wrong, for 10 pound I wasn’t expecting Augusta. There’s more leaves than grass on this course. If it’s rained the day before don’t bother as the fairways flood. Bunkers often filled to the brim with leaves. Tractor marks across the course and the fairway grass is always very long. The greens are often bumpy and the cups are usually flooded.

The actual holes are interesting and if the course wasn’t in such dire state it would actually be an enjoyable round of golf. Huge reevaluation of the course needed.

Absolutely terrible conditions would never play there again it should not be open when the course is waterlogged and allowing buggies is simply ridiculous

Too many leaves on this course at this time of year, fairways full of leaves, rough is full of leaves, bunkers are full of leaves, greens full of leaves. Even if you hit the ball straight down the fairway the chances of finding it are slim. It got a bit frustrating in the end, I know it's not a private course but they should really get someone out there to clear them a bit.

Course layout isn't great, and you don't get a map on the scorecard so unless you are familiar with the course or keep a sharp eye on the people playing Infront of you, you will probably get lost. Some you have to cut across other fairways to get the the next one.

Tee boxes were ok, besides a couple that were really patchy but they do have astro boxes to use too.

A fair few bunkers are full of water and leaves and aren't playable,

Greens aren't too bad considering the rest of the course. Couple of thinned parts but it's expected at this time of year.

They shouldn't be hiring buggies out when it's this wet, it's just daft.

I would play here again but only in the summer when it's not waterlogged and full of leaves.

Not the courses fault but the crows also sit there and wait for you to tee off then swoop down and steal your ball around the 12th, 13th and 14th.

Straight off at our allocated time, no hold ups, fairways in great condition, bunkers need sand ( stay out of them then ) greens were ok , can’t complain your getting 18 holes in for £10 if you play after one !!!

I know it’s essentially a municipal course in all but name but was amazed to see groups of 8 or more going round the course like the Von Trapps.

Bloke who confirmed our booking at the bar couldn’t have been more miserable if he’d tried. A smile and a polite hello really shouldn’t be too much to ask for.

Course layout is a shambles and is in desperate need of some signage to point people in the right direction. This could so easily rectified so I’ve no idea why they don’t do it.

It’s a real shame as the condition of the course itself isn’t too bad.

Great day of golf and a testing course with some long holes. Really enjoyed the day and the staff were so friendly.

Overall you can’t really argue for £10 for 18 holes.

Nice mix of pars over the 18 with a nice layout.

The state of the course however isn’t great. Tee boxes on yellows are often just mud, broken tee’s everywhere, with leaves and sticks (from dog walkers) covering most fairways. I lost several balls on fairways simply through leaf coverage already and it’s only August. This really isn’t acceptable.

It’s £10 for 18 holes on a Saturday PM, with a few (almost) 500yd par 5’s, so it’s difficult to argue against the price. But it could be so, so much better and could charge so much more if it just had that little extra effort put into maintaining tee boxes and clearing leaves.

Great course for the price, very friendly golfers and staff.

In comparison to other courses I’ve played before this is fantastic. The price is unbelievable and the staff, players infact everyone iis friendly and welcoming. Thank you I brought a young guy with me and he now has the golf bug. We will be playing agin very soon. Thank you 🙏

Course and facilities are in a great condition. Staff were friendly and helpful. Would be helpful to have either signposts to the next tee or a map on the score card to help. Had to ask other players where the tee was for the two par 3's in the middle of the course.

The course is in need of lots of work. There’s lots of standing water that’s needs to have drainage installing and emptying into the ponds on dotted around the course or the brooks that run through it. The Tee boxes are very uneven and patchy, the 17th has mats down probably due to being in the shade. The trees could also do with thinning to allow more light onto parts of the course that are in almost permanent shade, the ponds need to be tidied up and a lot of the trees are overtaking the ponds. The bunkers need digging out and fresh sand as they are just holding the water, so they are more of a pond than a bunker.

Also groups of lads are joining the course from the 2nd Tee so are not paying this includes a 5 ball who clearly have never played.

For an Ian Woosnam course it’s being neglected.

This is an Ian Woosnam branded course and I’d hoped for better.

Many years ago, it was a Municipal and although well used, was always in good condition provided it wasn’t too wet.

After a fairly dry period, 3 of us played for the first since it came under the brand name and we were all disappointed with its condition.

Finding the next tee after leaving the previous green was sometimes a challenge even with some laminated temporary signs pinned to trees and there was no course map printed on the score card which had to be picked up in the bar area as there is no longer any golf shop.

Fairways were generally poor with heavily rutted tyre tracks across many and occasionally, small standing pools of stagnant water were apparent. We didn’t see any yardage markers and the greens? Some were ok but many had plenty of bald patches. The bunkers were also very, very firm with little sand; we found it easier to putt out of some of the flatter ones.

Having said that, it’s a nicely laid out course with plenty of variety of hole shapes and distances plus it wasn’t expensive for 18 holes. We were disappointed because with just a little more care and attention, it could be so, so, much better.

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The staff and Green keepers should be ashamed letting people play on water logged course.so in my eyes there only there taking people money and dont care about the course at all.they even let people on with buggies which just made even worse.i feel robbed of £8.99 there was that much water in the course the ducks were paddling down the fairways tee boxes I've never seen tee boxes in such a bad way and played at arrow Park which is just as bad and they were trying charge £13 pound a round today golf now should take thus course of the site because its just day light robbery.i would never play there again and highly recommend people the same abousulte garbage