Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa - Championship Course

A nice varied course, the greens and fairways are good however the bunkers are like concrete, hard sand and a lot of them even have moss growing in them, other than the bunkers a descent course, will return,

Course held up well given amount of rain in previous few days. Greens slightly slower than expected. Good layout but quite long for average golfer. Tee boxes well looked after and flat. Greens true with plenty breaks. Need to make your score on front 9.

Lovely signature hole is par 3 14th- only 120 yards but over water to shallow two tier green with trees overhanging both sides.

Really nice course pro very friendly in shop fairways in great condition greens need work pro said to staff beinh furloughed but great day and great value for money

A fabulous course, prepare to get your steps in as it’s long! But fantastic surroundings and some lovely holes. One of the best I have played on.

So slow we ended up just playing 12 holes, on one hole the 4th there were 4 groups with another waiting behind us. Over an hour to play 4 holes. We think 2 lots of teenagers had ‘bunked on’

This used to be my favourite course in Cheshire but it is def not in the condition it used to be, sadly it will be a while before we go back & £35 for a dirty grubby buggy is an absolute rip off compared to the alternative hotel type golf at Carden Park where it is £20 and the courses in much better condition

I did like this course, tee'd off on a Saturday @12:00hrs .

100 and 200 markers missing on the fairways, and the bunkers lacked attention and sand. The greens were in good condition, and some very interesting holes.

Very polite staff in the golf shop, as well as very nice golf attire on sale as well.

This was my second visit, and I will return again very soon.

Really enjoyed the course. Good and varied test.

Quite long - but also fairly forgiving off the tee.

Would recommend.

Long holes, some are pretty tight, greens are not the best, but enjoyed the game

Course was in decent condition but greens and bunkers need improvement. Good test of golf and played it in in easy conditions so would be a different story in wind and rain. Definitely worth playing.

Beautifully laid out course but been so late ago the bunkers you can’t play full of weeds the greens are horrible cracked and unplayable such a shame a great course it could be

I played this course with a friend the week of some heavy rain but despite that they course was in good condition, particularly the greens. There was a 10-15mph breeze and because of the damp conditions not a great deal of run on the fairways which meant for us even with a good drive we were still going into greens with long irons or rescues. There are some great views and some good holes and not many easy ones! Would definitely play here again.

Great course..value for money ...great staff ...would certainly play again ..

This a great course lots of feature holes raised greens etc very hilly and a long walk .... fairways are quite wide approach shots are tight a very good test .... but ..... at 4 3/4 hours play was far two slow several of us caught up with 3 four balls who dawdled up the fairways... ridiculously slow on the greens and who did not invite the two balls behind to play through.... not a fault of the course but if the course management.. a Marshall would have helped

Some great holes .... easy tee shots ... difficult approach shots ... need a course Marshall caught up with 2 four balls at the 9th. slowed the game down ...... 2 .30 hr back 9