Little Hay Golf Club

Very disappointed. I know that it's winter and temporary tees are sometimes necessary. There were 18 of them and it wasn't mentioned anywhere on the website. They also allow players playing 9 holes to tee off on the 10th which is very annoying when you finish the 9th and at then held up for the entire back 9 by slow play. Due to it being a public course, don't expect bunkers to be talked or pitch marks to be repaired. Won't be going back

My son is learning and this was his first 18 holes. It was lovely to play together. I’d say this is a great place to start, nice and open. The greens were awful and THE worst I’ve ever played on, but it didn’t matter. If I was playing with my friends I wouldn’t play here, but if you’re taking someone as their first round it couldn’t be better.

Arrived to play with issues of Booking through GolfNow. Little hay system doesn’t show GolfNow bookings. Then we got placed with other groups to fill the spot(didn’t know this was how GolfNow worked). Upon teeing off they were backlogged with 4x 4 balls in front. Delaying play by 45 minutes. We were a 3 ball and took us 5 hours to complete because of slow play and back log. The greens were in poor condition with big chunk taken out. Looked like someone Tee’d off on them. No pitch repairs had been done. Come 4.30pm new groups started walking on and playing who hadn’t even paid. There was no control of the course and again slowed everything down. I would rather wait until they close and walk around free like everyone else if that’s the case. Upon finishing and arriving at the club house at 5pm, it was shut and no Reception, restaurant or Bar was upon. Surely that’s their bread and butter?. Such a shame as the club has potential for big things. Talks the talk on email newsletters but doesn’t walk the walk in reality.

Played here on a Saturday afternoon. As a council course expect a slow pace of play than a member course as there are hacker out there!

Good course design with a variety of holes, each with its own hazards.

Would play again at that price!

Played the course just after lunch on a weekday, and paid £15 for the round.

The greens were in great shape and the fairways were decent enough. At that time, there weren't many on the course, so the pace of play was fantastic. There's a nice balance of holes - a few hills, but nothing too strenuous, and the course was in good shape. The bunkers were a bit tatty in places, but for £15 it was an absolute steal.

Great course! Well looked after! Only thing i can suggest is that we had a 7am tee off time and the clubhouse doesnt open until 7, luckily a cleaner slipped me a scorecard through the door or we would have been late to our tee of time

A straight forward basic course that has all the basics a good course should have.

Booked a 6.52am tee for myself and impressed with how easy I was able to get going. No hold ups all day and course was generally in a good condition. £33 was steep for the course. It’s a public pay & play with OK greens, just very slow and due to early morning quite wet. Handy as less than 10 mins from home. Will book again.

Only got to play 9 holes due to thunder and lightning. So had to come off the course and was told we’re not entitled to come back and play again or given a refund. Only course this has ever been the case, shocking customer service. Stay away from the course.

Have played Little Hay a few times, and I find it is always challenging. There are several long par 4's, but no water or steep hills. Hole 1 & 2 are next to the driving range so quite a few range balls on the course. It was quite busy with youngsters, but it is school holidays. And at the end the Club house has 1 reasonable real ale to celebrate (or commiserate!) the round.

Would recommend a round here to people.

Range was pretty shabby and range balls old and tired. Fine for a quick warm up before a round but not great for serious practice. Mats worn down to threads and poor selection of rubber tees around.

Course was ok but I felt fairways a bit rough and long. Greens on our day we’re very slow and lot of worm damage and bird damage not being repaired. Nice enough layout though.

Nice course played a few times although this time round the course struck me as being particularly unkempt. Many many divots, long grass on the tees and the greens were in need of a cut. Disappointed for the price, needs a bit more TLC, maybe the ground keepers are on holiday😁

No one was there to sign in with at the starting tee time of 7am and in fact several golfers had just tee'd off. That meant there were no facilities open prior to starting the round.

The course was poorly kept, fairways looked more like rough, greens were long grassed on some and cut on others which lead to a very inconsistent experience on the greens which was frustrating.

Having not played for five years, happy to see the course condition had improved. Overall in good condition, wet day so difficult to really judge greens. A few bland holes but then again many interesting ones with nearly all holes having some shape to them.

We followed a 2 Ball who were very naive in the rules of the game. A few shots were taken off the tee on each hole they played. They caught up and joined a 4 Ball who were playing with 3 sets of clubs. In frustration, we bypassed 2 holes to be waiting on a couple with a buggy on the 6th tee. They were held up by a 3 Ball who had the same lack of etiquette as the previous players ie deliberate slow play, wandering on to other fairways with no regard for other players and having chats on the green after putting out! The couple on the 6th were making it their last hole after paying £60 for golf and a buggy. We persevered until the 12th. I know we all have to start somewhere, but the complete lack of etiquette led to a most disappointing experience. Perhaps a reminder of the rules and a check on bag sharing before commencing play might be helpful.

As a relatively new golfer (2 years playing), Little Hay is a good course to play. Well kept, some long holes and some wide fairways. Greens had been recently watered, so the off one was a little spongy, but otherwise fine. It can be a little confusing on where the next tee box is, and there are limited signs. There is a driving range and also a 9hole at Little Hay.

Large carpark and reasonable club house.