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3.5
255 Reviews (255)
5 Stars
37
4 Stars
100
3 Stars
73
2 Stars
24
1 Stars
21
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.4
Amenities
4.0
72.9%
Recommend this course
177 out of 255 reviews
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3.0
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.3
66.7%
Recommend this course
2 out of 3 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.6
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.2
79.4%
Recommend this course
27 out of 34 reviews
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Course Highlights
Course conditions consistently impress visitors, with well-maintained fairways and responsive greens delivering a satisfying round. Friendly staff, strong amenities, and affordable pricing make this golf centre an excellent all-around value.
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Iford Golf Club

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Parkland
Par 72
Length 6302 yards
Slope 131
Rating 70.8

Formerly known as Iford Golf Centre - Bridge Course.

Course Details

Year Built 2001
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - GBP 30
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Sports

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Reviews

3.5
255 Reviews (255)
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Play golf

Course was in good condition, staff very helpful only slight moan was pace of few groups in front and in my opinion was due to them sharing buggies so zigzagging across fairways to take each others shots.

But overall very happy

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Greens need work

Great value (especially with so many course jacking up their prices post-lockdown) but it’s busy (faur enough) and the greens need a fair bit of work. They are super soft and incredibly bumpy - almost mottled. Not sure why - they are usually ok.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Is what it is

First visit and would happily go again ...... We would normally play various other courses but were restricted in our choice as quite rightly they were prioritising members after lockdown was lifted. Also we wanted to break ourselves back in gently so chose a shorter/easier course.

The course is quite open and golfer friendly and was in pretty decent condition although we could tell you wouldn’t want to play this in the wet. Greens an putting were fine and true but can’t comment on bunkers as didn’t go in one all day.

Our expectations weren’t high but we came away with a positive feel from the course and will definitely return. It’s a reasonably priced round of golf, a bit of a confidence booster as fairly easy and the scenery is interesting and easy on the eye .... Go try for yourselves Happy Golfing

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Post lockdown round

Played on the Tuesday after Mondays lockdown had been lifted. Brilliant weather for game of golf and was excited to be playing again after what's been going on. That being said, I thought the course was in poor condition, lack of sand in some bunkers, huge patches of repair ground (without GUR signs), bumby greens that could have been shorter length too.

Pace of play was very slow but probably to be expected 2 days after reopening.

Staff were friendly, value for money was pretty good but I probably should have paid a bit more money to get better conditions elsewhere in Bournemouth.

Sunny weather and an Eagle at 17 helped the enjoyment some what!

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Open fairways

A good course ,

Wide fairways , and great water features ,

But a bit flat !!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very decent municipal

A few nicely designed holes, fairways were a touch barren on other holes, but decent greens especially for the time of year. Would recommend

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improvement

Played this course for the first time in over a year; admit I was worried after some recent reviews. However the greens were in the best form I had ever seen them (I played this course regularly a few years back). The negative was the pace of play, 4.5hrs for a round wasn’t expected, and this was due to no one letting anyone play through. We followed a two ball who were behind two four balls.

This course gets a lot of traffic, so fairways damage was expected but they do need some more work, but you can see the work in progress happening. Well done green keeps

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
First Time Playing

Playgolf

Unfortunately the course was in quite a poor state, really dry and quite big cracks in the fairways made for some interesting lies. Could do with a good soaking!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Overpriced for condition of course

Greens covered in sand fairways in poor condition £22 way to much for this course. No warning or price reduction about the the greens.( 7 greens fully covered in at least 5mm of sand). Bar staff friendly but only one draft beer available.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Walked

Disappointed

Bad condition. Understandably gets a LOT of play through the summer but for the price paid very very poor. Pace of play was also a mess all over the ocurse

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Not recommended

Not advised greens had been treated. Other players tee off too early therefore right up behind us constantly. Needs more organisation.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Would've been the slowest round of golf I've ever played but came in after 9 holes. Wouldn't play a Sunday here any time soon.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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