Longhirst Hall Hotel & Golf - The Dawson Course

Pace was a tad slow, but I was playing solo. The club captain was playing behind me and caught up, so joined me for the rest of the round. Lovely guy. Cheers Dave!

We turned up ahead of our tee time to discover our electric caddy’s weren’t welcome without the addition of some spikes for them which, cost £25 each from the pro shop. Two staff were in the pro shop but neither of them offered assistance in fitting said additions.

We then managed to get going 20 minutes after our tee time due to the delay in struggling with fitting these which, saw us behind people for the duration of the game, as well as people behind us the whole way.

The drives were plugging from fairway shots so, finding your ball was a difficulty, but at least the fairways were still in play for this time of year.

Make sure you have waterproofs as fabric shoes or cotton trousers will be destroyed with squelchy underfoot and shot splash back.

The breakfast baps were great though and the Heineken in cold glasses even better.

I get its winter but the greens were shocking. Really patchy and bobbles all over! Pitch marks all over not repair, didn’t look like they’d be done in months!

Course should not have been open…. Fairways were flooded badly! Such a good course and love the layout but really going backwards!

Ive played both courses now and both times have had to walk off due to intolerable slow play ahead of me and no suggestion of allowingme to play through. Also the winter tees are just random markers in uncut areas.

Beautiful autumn day - not a breath of wind, lovely colours in the trees and course in great condition. Greens were fantastic. Pace of play was fine. Staff really friendly and helpful as always. Love this course and this round just perfect.

After all the rain I was expecting the course to be really wet underfoot but the course was in very good condition and the greens were excellent.

The course was in great condition. Some of the greenest greens I’ve seen.

It has some challenging holes, which does hold up play sometimes but I’ll definitely be back.

Great value for money, course in wonderful condition and really well looked after. Was very lucky with the weather, lovely and sunny and very little wind. The 13th and 14th are lovely holes but I mess them up every time I play here. Folks in the clubhouse before and after very friendly and very welcoming. Loved it

Friendly staff, Course was immaculate even after the rain the night before. Found the greens to be quite fast. Same if not better quality you would pay 2 or 3 times more to play at other courses.

A top quality course in fantastic condition. Nice wide fairways and big greens, of which were running very fast and true. There was quite a bit of water on the back 9, which was surprising given we played the Dawson, I'd hate to know how much water was on the aptly named lakes course by comparison. I was suprised to learn the course was only established in 1997, I'm going to keep an eye on this place as it will only get better the more mature it gets. Can't wait to play it again.

All good. Slight hold ups on a few tee boxes but nothing serious.

Rough pretty thick, so more lost balls than expected, even just running off the fairway a foot or two.

But overall everything looking nice .

Whilst on Holiday, I decided to book a round on the Dawson course. To be honest I can't fault it. Good layout, greens lovely, all well managed and cut. Plenty of green keepers, staff friendly at reception. I enjoyed it so much, I've just booked the Lakes course for Thursday.

Wonderful evening’s golf. Lovely round on a lovely course. Originally had a booking for the previous Sunday but when I got there the course was closed. Staff very apologetic and very helpful in getting me a replacement round. Weather had been a bit damp in the week but dried up for Thursday and stayed dry during round. Course in great nick and greens very smooth. Interesting requirement to avoid goose poo but that only adds to the character. Had a most enjoyable evening. I’ll be back

I’ve played at Longhirst a few times and it’s never let me down, great course with friendly staff and an excellent clubhouse. I played today (13/05/24) and the service I received was 10/10! I rang up requesting a buggy as I wanted to take my 80 year old grandfather out on course since he was a golfer but due to ill health can no longer play or walk properly. The staff in the clubhouse allowed him to go on course as a guest free of charge with a buggy and even allowed us to pick a tee time that was more suitable to us to accommodate for him and his limited mobility. Outstanding!