Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa - Premier Course

We found the premier course in excellent condition , with our late T off time the round was relaxed and un rushed plus the weather was perfect. Thanks !

Got this on golfnow hot deal for £21, definitely worth the money on this, would happily pay more. Course was in excellent condition throughout with only the odd area of mud (very rare) which was labeled GUR. Staff were friendly when checking in at the pro shop and in the bar after the round. Certainly going again soon!

First impressions are of a dated club house…a little grubby and unkempt decor with rusty plumbing in the toilets.

Practice putting green is mediocre but for some reason has the air line close by instead of where most are place….after the 18th hole.

The stairs coming down from the car park to the rear of the club house are dangerous and slippery when wet…I’d advise walking the long way around.

We were told that the tee boxes were all in use…which wasn’t the case….! It was their winter tees, which was just heavily trampled grass with yellow and red markers placed in front of the actual tees. The markers haven’t been moved in a while..

The course in general wasn’t that great and not worth the £25 to play….maybe in spring/summer I would pay £25.

Finally the pace of play was slow hence there are signs around informing you to increase your pace of play….golfers don’t seem to pay any attention to these….Our group had to walk through a group we were following due to their slow pace as the 2 groups following us caught up.

Don’t expect a premier golf course….!

Lovely weather fantastic views course is challenging and interesting loved it pace of play was abit slow overall no complaints

2nd time visiting the premier course will be back again! Brilliant course

Arrived early and booked in at the clubhouse. Staff were welcoming and no issues with the booking.

The practice green was a decent size and representative of the greens on course.

Course was in great condition, greens decent and fairly quick with some tricky breaks.

Love the elevated tee on the par 3, 15th hole. Always hard to guage which club to take as is the par 3 17th. Both great holes.

Will defo be visiting again soon.

This is a fantastic golf course and in excellent condition as it always is when I play here , certainly a challenge with some great holes , recommend it .

Course was in excellent condition, never had any issues with the course or staff. Would highly recommend.

My first ever problem was back 9, an 8ball jumped on in front of us and totally slowed down play. Thankfully they let us play through by the 12th as we was only a two ball..

This course has the potential to be a top venue but the finer details are missing

The fairways are to long as are the greens

First time playing here and it was a great course, fairways and greens in very good condition. Good layout with some great views of the surrounding areas. Would recommend.

This is a great course and I can’t believe I’ve not played it before. Quick greens, good layout for a mid-handicapper with a couple of longer holes but most reachable. Only downfall is pace of play. I booked a tee time with a half hour gap in front of me because I was playing alone and didn’t want to catch the mixed 4-ball groups in front - I played the first 3 holes in 35 minutes and caught the group in front, it then took me 40 minutes to play the next hole and take my tee shot on the one after. Embarrassingly slow and walked off after 10. There are signs up after every 3 holes advising of how long it should take to reach these points so the club are obviously aware it’s a problem, membership just don’t care - just pick up the pace! Shame because it’s a course I would 100% recommend and would play regularly if they could sort it out