Keswick Golf Club

Beautiful spot with amazing views, but the rough spoilt it for 3 "average" golfers and quite surprised at all the good reviews

We all love a challenge, but as three guys playing off 12, 15 and 21, I can't say we enjoyed this place

The course was in decent condition, but considering we were in the middle of another heatwave, it was weirdly wet in places, with balls pugging on the fairway!

The biggest problem is the rough.

Narrow fairways everywhere, which is fine, 1 metre width of light rough either side, which then turned into 2 feet high thick, dense, rough on every hole.

I would like say it was hard / impossible to get out of, but that would be if you could your ball, which we rarely did, even when it just ran ran into this thick stuff

So, absolutely no margin for error

Spoilt the round really.

There is plenty of space here to graduate the rough and give people a chance

The greens were strange too. So many were just short cut grass in the fairway, no bunkers or definition/ shapes - even the 18th

Hard Walking too - you need a buggy!

Lush fellside course with tremendous backdrops. Plenty of potential card wreckers possibly best played in summer. Challenging par 3’s

Really enjoyed the course, the scenery was outstanding, the greens and fairways were lovely although a touch wet in places. My only real criticism was the tees could have been cut better (possibly the green keepers hadnt got to them yet due to my 8.30 tee off). I would 100% play this again.

Lovely course and nicely laid out with a range of challenges across all 18 holes but the biggest challenge is the drainage. Played early June having been 19-20°C earlier in the week and was like being in Feb/March with balls plugging in the fairway, winds all over and greens very slow. Impossible to find lost balls in the rough so will know accuracy is key if I come back in drier conditions at the end of the summer.

The course is beautiful. BUT, on this occasion was wet. Too wet. So bad that I slipped on level ground on a green surround.: damaging my back. I play regularly:2-4 times a week, so am used to walking a golf course. Even in winter: I’ve not encountered anything as dangerous. Be careful. Be VERY careful. I have played Keswick in better conditions. It is a lovely place to play.

The course was in great condition considering the time of year, staff were very friendly, pace of play was great, would recommend playing and looking forward to playing again

Shame it was so wet on the day Many plugged balls. Great variety . Some difficult eg the 8th par 3. Good variety of holes. Will play again.

Fantastic course, very testing… staff very helpful and extremely pleasant

Have always wanted to play here and wasn’t disappointed when I finally did. The course played really well considering the time of year and the greens were fantastic and seem very well looked after. The only shame was the bar wasn’t open and there was nowhere to buy food so went to a pub in the nearby village of Threlkeld instead. Can’t wait to come back.

For the time of year and the price, this was excellent value. Staff were very helpful, course was holding up well to the heavy rain over the previous days. Quite a climb up some of the hills, so you have to be fairly fit, but well worth it for the breathtaking views of the Lake District.

Fairways are in excellent condition given the course can get very wet. However the grass on all tees needed cutting badly and copious amounts of sand on some greens made putting a lottery at times.