Macdonald Linden Hall Golf & Country Club

Just finished my (half) round. Felt bullied by both players and staff to leave early. As someone with a clearly visible disability being told we would have to speed up our play or leave made me feel like giveing up the game I love. We had already let 4 parties play through on nine holes as I am aware my play can be slow. To be told by the 5th group behind us they could get us kicked out as they were members and to have someone who identified as a member of staff tell us the same was discusting. I would be expecting a refund based on this behaviour

Played the course again for the second time. To be fair the last time we played it was deep in the winter between christmas and new year last year. This game was different again. For the time of year and weather we found the course to be really good.

The bunkers could have be manicured better but I thought the course was in really good condition. The greens run fair and true so was happy to be on them. The pace of play was very slow in front of us which left us with a pair standing behind us on the Tee on most holes.

All in all a great course with an enjoyable layout for a great price.. if I lived anywhere near i really could see it being my membership choice!!

A glorious March day spent on a very high calibre course with every hole of the highest quality and set up.

Some fantastic par 3’s and very well designed layout.

Beautiful countryside sets this apart from other courses.

Improvement needed in pathways and a few of the larger bunkers, but the historic championship quality of this course still makes it great value and thoroughly recommended.

The course was playing all of its length due to how wet it was. It was still in good condition considering how much rain there has been recently, a lot of the tees have been moved forward.

Greens were ok for the time of year.

Par 3's are great and really make the course. Excellent for a group outing.

Another great day out , arrived early explained my playing partner had broken down and would be late , no problem just let me know when he arrives , got away 45 minutes late , course in good condition , weather rain wind sunshine, the lady in the pro shop very helpful, golf was the winner afain .

No text or email to say the course was closed. Us and a few others turned up to tee off and there was just a little sign on the first tee saying course closed. Not sure how we are supposed to see that from our bed :)

Used thee range instead of, very poor , the trackman area wasn’t open, there were no flags to aim at etc,

Nice course to play on with great and fun holes. Amazing buildings in backgrounds with some nice views.

Winter: I played 15 holes and the greens were completely frozen and the ball bounced like it would on concrete however that’s no one’s fault and you could tell the greens were kept in good condition.

Got there early ,the range was open to warm up , blue sky's no wind , pace of play was spot on , course conditions for this time of year we're excellent , had a great day , and will return , would also recommend to my friends .

Played here a handful of times previously, and as usual the course was lovely and the staff helpful and friendly. However the pace of play from the groups infront of us was totally unacceptable. We were a two ball and there were at least 4 four balls Infront of us going ridiculously slowly. We had to wait on every tee shot, and it took us nearly 4 hours to finish 13 holes!! We actually walked off at that point and went for a beer. This is where we met both of the groups who had been behind us who also didn't finish their rounds. If we'd kept going I assume we'd have been on the course for over 5 hours which is insane.

First time playing in a while. Still like this course in the dry months. Layout is good and the par 3s are best in the county. Only let down by bunkers and tee boxes. We'll be back

The course was in average condition, the exception being the greens that were v good. The bunkers were average and the tee boxes (all) were v poor, with no grass and all seemed to be seeded.

Too bad to be true.

Abysmally maintained.

Not a single tee box with grass on it.

Fairways not much better.

Greens black and bald in most places

No sand in the bunkers. Many crusted like concrete.

Bins overflowing with rubbish.

1000s of used tees lying on tee boxes

Litter all over the course

Including used nappies in one copse.

On the whole.....very unpleasant

This course has the potential to be very very good. The layout is very good with some lovely par 3’s and challenging par 4’s. Its a shame that its not maintained to a good level. There was no grass at all on any of the tee boxes and the greens were long and bobbly. Luckily I did not have to pay because we had a voucher but I would have been asking for my money back it I had paid. Its a real shame as it could be a very good course if it was properly looked after. I wont be going back in a hurry!

It pains me to write this but the course needs some TLC. The tee boxes were awful. They had no grass on them and were heavily sanded. The bunkers were ok but there’s not a lot of sand in them. The greens weren’t very good either, very slow with a lot of black mould patches on the edges and just off the green the grass was all lumpy with are patches on the 18th. Such a shame as I was a member a few years ago but the course seems to be going backwards condition wise.

This used to be a fantastic golf course and the design and course layout is still great, however, the condition of the course has to be the worst I have played in many years.

The tee boxes have no grass, the greens are slow and covered with patches of clover and bare patches and the fairways should be marked GUR in many places.

Overall, a potentially great golf course that has been left to deteriorate and requires a huge amount of TLC.