Manor of Groves Golf Hotel & Country Club

Greens in good condition

As with everywhere in the south east the course is desperate for rain

Even though I’m not a member I think this club should seriously limit its pay and play tickets. At peak times the play is far too slow and with etiquette at an all time low the tee times should be spaced further apart. I waited up to 10 minutes to play one particular hole as the guys that were two, three balls in front of me were a joke. The course conditions for the heat that were having is ok although some of the greens could do with some serious attention. Tee boxes were also bad but as I mentioned, if tickets were limited the course wouldn’t suffer so much.

Good value public course with dime interesting holes. Fairways and greens well managed although quite a few patches on the greens under repair.

The course is in pretty good nick at the moment. It's not an easy course to play as it is all quite tight but the main problem for me has always been that there is not enough time between tee offs and golfers behind have never been particularly considerate. One of my pals was struggling with his golf yesterday and at one point a player behind hit the ball onto the green before we were done, he only did it once! Shouldn't have to put up with things like that.

Excellent value for money. £28 each for a 2 ball & £26 each in a 4 ball for Friday golf..! With so many cubs now charging extortionate prices it nice to have real value for money.

Despite the course being frozen solid we still had a laugh. Lost a couple of balls and still managed a decent score but the weather was beautiful which always helps. One little gripe is the temporary tees on some holes which could have been put back perhaps at the front of the boxes instead of 50 yards down the hole.

Only thing is I can never understand why people don’t repair ball marks on greens. Lazy players.

Other than that, a great day lovely location, friendly staff.

Enjoyed the course - quite challenging and although needs some rain was in pretty good condition all round.

Played a round after work mid week. Never played here before and I was extremely happy when you consider the pricing.

Course was in great condition and green surprisingly soft considering the spell of hot weather were were having at the time.

Pace of play was fine, didn't have to wait and felt no pressure from group behind. Found the front 9 more enjoyable and easier to score on, but the back 9 offered up more challenges .

Would definitely recommend and will be be going back for another round

Not a bad course, cheap morning tee times which is nice, but twilight is abit steep when considering the conditions, some greens were pretty knackered but overall was playable.

At 24 handicap course just destroyed me.

Too many cross ditches.

Had to lay up before ditch on too many holes.

For good golfers go for it.

This course is clearly designed for good golfers.

Most holes have cross ditches. So constantly laying up.

For me at 24 handicap impossible.

My estimate good 20 shots harder than other local courses.

Can’t fault quality of greens etc but by the time got there out of the hole.

To be truthful ditches make it a hard trip.

I’m a 24. Not easy.

But guess designed for true golfer.

Played here last year and liked the layout of the course so thought we’d come back and have another round. Friend booked it last week and said it was £18.75. The cost scared me because it was far too cheap. I rang the pro shop a few days ago and asked if the course was in good condition as the price was low.

The club employee seemed aggrieved that I even asked that question and said the course was in very good condition and was the cost because it was a twilight tee time 1.10pm.

I thought offsite enough.

Well let me tell you he was lying through his teeth.

The tees were shocking, not one of them was level and you were lucky if they were 50% grass on them. The greens had been spiked weeks ago but had clearly not been filled with sand. They were bobbly to say the least and was impossible to get a true putt as some of the spike holes had healed themselves but some were still wide open holes. On one hole I actually picked up a whole patch of turf from the green whilst another (8th was so bad we picked up and gave ourselves 2 putts.

The fairways had daisy’s growing out of them and coming down the 18th was like a scene from Little House on the prairie with thousands growing.

Now you might say you pay for what you get and I agree which is why I was concerned at the cost and called the course.

But to be blatantly lied to about the condition of the course is unforgivable and for that reason I’ll never play there again which is a shame as it’s quite a nice layout.

If they put some money into maintaining the course I think it would be a popular course, but tees, green and fairways were awful

Manor of Groves is a challenging course, with good variety of holes, some with wide, open fairways and quite a few requiring accuracy between the trees. No driving range exists, and it is a bit irritating that you can’t really practice driving as the mats won’t take a tee. The course itself is well laid out but some of the greens are in poor condition, and some of the tee boxes are poorly maintained. However, the pace of play was good, and the holes are laid out in a way that requires lots of different shot types. Fantastic value for money, and a bit of effort to improve the greens would make it even better.

Sun's was out so off to a good start. Will in the bar was very good.👍course played well will a westerly breeze. The greens had been spiked which was the only let down, and short putts where wobbly and needed sanding and brushing in. That said it was a Sunday and the afternoon so the grass had had plenty of growing time on the greens since their last cut. Overall 7 out of 10.

A bit disappointed with a course I use to like. Greens had been cored which is fine but they hadn't used enough sand after and the greens were really rough. The 8th was terrible. A moved green but it was left so bad with so much sand the bunker would of been easier to put out of. We picked up and give each other 2 puts. It seems like the maintenance is all a bit of a bridge job

Course in better nick than some especially after all the rain we have had. Greens still retain some pace surprisingly. Good value for money.