Painswick Golf Club

If you don't mess up the tee shot you'll more than certainly mess up a fairway shot. If it is not long grass it is an impenetrable gully

Extremely hot and so only completed 14 holes. Walkers have no regard for golfers which can cause hold ups. The course is a challenge. Be prepared to lose a few balls

Where I love to play golf. Go early to avoid the public who think it’s OK to sit and relax in the middle of the fairway!!

Course is in great condition considering you have the Cotswold Way running through the middle of it.

It’s a challenging course despite being quite short. A perfect tee shot can sometimes turn into a lost ball!

The locals are very friendly and almost all of the members I have met. Shame about the one senior who questioned whether I had paid to play the course, bloomin cheek.

Painswick is a must play golf course. Good luck getting a par on the 6th!

Unfortunately the coarse is hampered by the general public walking all over the coarse.The Cotswold Way goes through the coarse.

Played 29th July on a warm breezy evening for the first time and alone, and didn't know what to expect. I can categorically say it was a complete joy - and all for £12.50!

The holes that play at the top of the course around the beacon and iron age hill fort are wonderful and quirky - they have that lunar look of a links to them despite being atop a hill overlooking Gloucester! Two completely blind par 3s that are nothing more than a flip wedge were a particular highlight. Some great tee shots from elevation over disused quarries were great fun too.

Lost a couple of balls playing alone, but I would recommend this course to anyone: it's short enough for older or new players, welcoming to guests and beginners (super relaxed dress code), and quirky enough for decent players who want to think about width and angles into greens that were better kept than I was expecting (slowish but rolled true). This place would work great as a matchplay course or in a scramble format.

Beware the many walkers as it's on open ground - I just embraced rather than getting annoyed at having to wait 10 minutes on a tee box because some kids were flying their kite in the fairway!

Recommend going on the club's website first and having up a better overhead map than on the scorecard - next tees are hard to find and marked by spray paint instead of posts. They also have a course guide that's helpful in terms of knowing which side of fairways to aim for.

I was down in Gloucestershire for a few days and this was the final day, I looked at the yardages and reviews and thought I would give it a try, so pleased I did, I was fortunate to get paired up with another visitor who had played before and so happy I did as I think I might have got lost between some greens to tees.

The course was in such good condition, especially the greens. There is no doubt this is a tough course, not only physically, but you really do need to think yourself round, there were quite a few blind approaches, but plenty of space around the greens. You have to get used to the general public wandering around without a care in the world, but the course is well worth a visit, the pro was very welcoming and informative and we met a few members on the way round, who were very helpful with their knowledge.

I was very impressed with the course, and at the end of the round, the catering supplied at the club house called The Waypoint was second to none, proper home cooking, but to a high standard and quality as well as totally Covid compliant, they made you feel very welcome and the food was incredibly good, I would eat here, even if I was there for the golf.

All in all a fantastic experience, well done to all at the club and the caterers

Very hilly and some totally blind shots. A lot of old quarry workings to cross between tee box and fairway. No bunkers or water but a great number of walkers to negotiate as this course has numerous public footpaths crossing it including the Cotswold Way national trail.

If you haven't played here before, don't go alone! Even with the map on the back of the card it is very difficult to find the tee boxes as there are no tee markers, just spray paint/chalk on the ground. The ladies' tees would have been impossible to find if I hadn't joined up with the group behind who caught me up after 5 holes of wandering about in frustration!

There are also a lot of blind holes and crossing fairways so make sure you go with a member or join up with someone on the tee.

It is a short course but there is quite a lot of trekking up and down hills, so be prepared with a light bag if carrying!

The course is crossed by several roads and walkers paths so I had a few long waits on the tee while waiting for a parties of school children to clear the fairway!

That said, the members were very friendly and the course is interesting, to say the least! It is a challenging test of golf -not for the novice golfer - as there are lots of gullies to carry, small spaces on the fairway to land the ball and small greens. A good challenge best for a skilled golfer who doesn't hit wayward tee shots!

No bunkers on this course ( save for the practice area! )

A tricky compact course set around an iron age hill fort with wonderful views over the Cotwolds to the east and the welsh mountains in the west. Challenging rough and many hole over hills and out of site. Lost 12 balls between us! Super bar and restaurant.

I loved it. Walked over the Beacon a week ago and saw the course. Had to play it. Did so today with a pal from Edgbaston Golf Club. The course was empty. Challenging in places..lost a few balls!. BUT what a glorious location. The reception at the club could not have been more friendly or helpful. We had a super lunch in the clubhouse before we started and a simply marvellous 18 holes. Some super challenging holes and for a course with no irrigation and at such an elevation the condition of tees fairways and greens was exceptional. I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who wants to experience golf as is was originally played

Interesting course with some blind green and tricky fairways. Great for the average golfer as quite short but could test the more ambitious. Views from the top are worth the experience.

Booked on Golf now(but not a hot deal) Found out that people sit having picnics on the fairways, people walk across constantly as it is public land. Dog walkers, children. This is unsafe !! Too many blind shots. Local people said how bad also that it is kept. I tried ringing Golfnow 2 days before to cancel as the reviews do not explain these facts. No response. Left voice message, no response. Online says it is up to course. Left Painswick 2 emails....no response. So Painswick you had my money and i went elsewhere. I asked for a refund in advance and you could have filled the tee times. No wonder people don't have a lot to say about your course if you don't even have the courtesy to respond to anyone.

First time playing the course, ad starting at 14.00 on a Wednesday afternoon, no other player at all ! Very interesting lay out playing on the top of an escarpment overlooking the river Severn and Gloucester. I was most looking forward to playing the holes in and around the iron age hill fort and wasn't at all disappointed. Would definitely play again and would recommend. Not able to comment on the cub house/facilities - great on arrival but I finished after they had closed.

This course is an absolute gem. It’s not your usual, manicured, members golf course. It’s a little more rough and ready, like someone has mown out some golf holes in the middle of a national trust walk. But it’s amazing. Some truly quirky holes, blind par 3 shots, shots over roads, shots over dog walkers. But the experience is superb.

Such an interesting course, and wonderful value for money. Amazing views out over the Cotswolds. It’s a must play. Hidden beauty.

Friendly welcome in the clubhouse and although we didn’t have time to stop post round today, we played 18 months ago and the clubhouse was well worth a post round bite.

Will return to play when the 7th hole is back in play. Despite the hour and a half drive to get there, it’s worth the effort.

We had a great round, you have to be patient as the course is an open walkway therefore lots of people out walking there dogs and enjoying remarkable scenery and the historic delights of an Iron Age fort which you play into and around. It was very quiet which meant we could enjoy the scenery and a very relaxed round of golf. Can be difficult to get a trolley around especially as you are trying to enter the fort, also lots of blind shots so suggest you bring plenty of old balls and enjoy a course that was laid down over a hundred and thirty years ago.

Very bad layout with most holes being blind. The course is badly designed with fairways crossing each other with no warning. The tee boxes are in better condition than the appalling greens which have pits and very little grass.

You also need to be a mountain goat.

Nice conditions but tricky course. Need to be accurate