Hallmark Hotel The Welcombe, Spa & Golf Club

A good days golf spoilt by extremely slow play. A society day of 4 balls in front of us held everyone up.

Played off the back tees and its a decent length. A number of blind tee shots, so helps if you have played with someone who has been there before. Some of the signage is a bit confusing (12 hole in particular - where the signpost points in the opposite direction to the tee!). Greens in decent nick. Fairly forgiving as the rough isn't to thick.

Excellent condition with many varied holes and superb greens.

Really enjoyed playing the Welcombe, challenging course and a tough walk, quite hilly but lovely scenery and every hole was different, played during Covid crisis so a lot of the amenities were closed

Having played this course a number of times (was excellent)I was disappointed with the condition of the course.the greens where absolutely rubbish,tee boxes hit and miss fairways ok.if you just went off the fairway you had no chance of finding your ball.. this place has gone downhill it reminds me of a very poor council golf course with very high prices £26 hot deal..£35 normal don’t waste your money. if you looking to play in Stratford I would recommend the Stratford park hotel (no I am not a member)£20 just 2 min drive away.

The course is great and generally in good condition. However, the semi rough in particular is too long, we lost a few balls just off the fairway in the semi which should not happen.

The course was ok but let down by the greens and rough.Greens were very bumpy and uneven, the rough was in desperate need of cutting. Fallen trees needed to be removed in one area.

These things let down what was otherwise a decent layout.

We've played the Welcombe course regularly the past few years and never paid as much for a round !!! No noticeable difference to the course no use of facilities at the current time so hard to see why the green fee had such an increase. We wouldn't consider playing again unless there was a deal on.

Nice course with scenic holes. Only completed 9 holes but was impressed with the course. None of the facilities were open due to COVID-19 .

Looked forward to playing the course, took the day off work for my birthday. At £30 a round for an weekday afternoon, I was expecting good things.

The course looked like it hadn’t been cut in 2 weeks. Fairways, rough and greens all longer than it should be. Greens uneven, bunkers in a bad state. The place looking very shabby.

My main memory was watching many golfers trying to find their balls in the first cut of rough. If the ball was not on the fairway, your ball was lost. Difficult when many of the holes are blind off the tee with sloping fairways.

Hard for a low handicapper to get any spin, hard for high handicapper to keep losing balls.

Should never be charging £30 until it’s gets back on its feet after lockdown.

It was definitely not a “hot deal” as advertised

Won’t be returning

Played for the first time and the day was a real scorcher. The course was in the main in great condition. Some of the bunkers were unplayable but the greens and tee boxes were pretty good. For a high HC player this was a challenging course and I came out with a below average score. However the surroundings and views are spectacular, but there are quite a few different levels to this course and in 32 deg heat it was a real gruel-er pushing a trolley and by the 16th I was beat !!!!

Both me and my partner enjoyed the round and would definitely go back if in the area again.

The course played well and responded to recent rainfall.

Considering the down time since lock down it was in great condition

Despite the recent return to golf, the course has the feel of years of neglect.

It has the layout & potential to be a challenging & welcoming course, but it did not leave me wanting to return anytime soon.

Also, there was no one checking you in so in theory we could have just walked straight in off the street without paying.

As a result it was not worth the money paid.