Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa - Premier Course

Shambles of a course

Worst greens and tee boxes I’ve ever played

£35 wasn’t worth £5

Club house and pro shop not open. Most of the greens had large sections with no grass grass.

Arrrived to find 5 x 3 balls on the tee at the same time. Course was in pretty good condition, though greens a little patchy in places.

Took nearly 3 hours to play 10 holes, so abandoned at that point given there was yet another queue on the 11th.

Played here a few times before and never this bad - sort it out Portal

We were a 2 ball and went round in 3:10 hrs. It was in good condition and well looked after.

We wanted a drink after the round. Despite it being 5:20 pm, the bar was closed with about a dozen cars in the parking lot!

Pace was shockingly slow we were stuck behind 2 four balls on a stag do, it took 5 hours to complete the round we almost walked off on a few occasions. The club allowed these out in buggy’s with 2 crates of beer and they shouldn’t have been allowed to be in control of a buggy.

Greens all moss and bits on the greens, bunkers have different sands throughout, ok for a hit if required

Course looks great but greens were the worse I've seen them, tee times were late dinner time bar was shut and pro shop was shop when we finished, if your looking for membership anywhere wouldn't look at this ....

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..