Mardyke Valley Golf Club

Pace of play very slow.

Members just seem to roll up early morning and just push hhere way in . When you already have your tee time booked ?.

Seem to be certain rules for members but not guests .

Greens and fairways in fair condition due to te weather.

The seems to be 2 pros working in the pro shop. 1 very friendly the other not so and pushy.. lots of notices placed around make sure you read them all in case the grumpy pro pulls you up.

Other than that the round when OK.

The fairway was burnt by heat has not been watered it like playing on concrete.

Some tough holes but some very easy, a good mix for all.

Booked a tee time at 11:37 found out that I needed an earlier tee time. Called up the pro shop to ask if an earlier tee time was possible.

When speaking to the pro, I was quoted the t&c’s and informed that they were not willing to help and that I had to contact golf now as it was a hot deal. The tone of the pro was resentful and a poor representation of the game.

I attempted to modify the booking on the app but it failed to work.

Had a really slow round. After 8 holes an angry man representing the club drove up to my partner blaming our 2 ball for causing the slow play.as we should have been a 4 ball? Make sense of that as we waited between 15 and twenty minutes at every tee? There was also a society playing in front of us.

Evidently golf now had paired us up with another 2ball?

We presented ourselves to the pro shop in good time. Arrived at the tee on time to be greeted by a starter who was very friendly and professional and teed off as a 2 ball when prompted.

Why this angry man should approach paying visitors with ridiculous accusations is beyond belief and spoilt our day.

Rough was tough.

Signage isn’t great between holes.

Some decent holes on the course

The fairways were in condition that is suitable for my game. I enjoyed playing my irons by going under the ball without making devotes

Great course!

The continuous drizzle marred our play of the first nine holes.

We will definitely book to play there again, by GOD’s Grace.

Nice guy in the pro shop but other staff unfriendly and unhelpful. Buggies are very annoying as they cut off on certain areas, getting from 9 to 10 is a joke.

Nice course, with a few good challenging holes. Greens were in good condition and pretty quick. A very windy day and tight fairways made it trickier and it would have been better if the rough was just a bit shorter. We spent quite a lot of time looking for balls just off the fairway. Good course definitely recommend it. We'll go back again!

We played this course 3rd of January.

We checked in got the score cards and began playing

A member of staff driving a buggy came over to us on the 6th hole and began moaning at us for using electric trolleys

He said no trolleys aloud without winter wheels and said there were signs everywhere and on Facebook and where we booked

We apologised and said we missed the signs

He then continued to moan at us like we were naughty children

We was told to continue to the 9th then either leave or speak to pro shop to hire a trolly from them.

After that we didn’t feel like playing so walked of on the 9th and would never return

Good practice facilities pre round, pro shop helpful in allowing us to get out early, no issues with slow play at all and for time of year the course was in excellent condition. Tees, fairways and greens really were tip top so credit to greenkeepers, Had a really enjoyable round.

Professional set up recommended. Not keen on tee mats but understandable for course maintenance.