Royston Golf Club

Hilly course with punitive wispy rough that you think it would be easy to find balls in but isn't. Played after days of rain, however course dry due to hills and chalk base. Greens very fast. Busy so relatively slow. Friendly staff and members. The course is a par 5 distance from the clubhouse, but there is a car park close to 1st/18th.

Arrived at 7:30am for a warm up and tee off at 8:10. We knew the 1st tee was some distance from the clubhouse, so wanted to arrive in plenty of time.

Someone arrived at 8:10am to the clubhouse (advertised as opening at 8am), so a late tee off was inevitable, leading to frustrated golfers who we had to jump in front of.

I also have a bad back and really needed a trolley. Only one is available for hire and it was broken. Poor show. No buggies available for hire unless you are a blue badge holder.

Shame, as it's quite a nice course and located nearby.

The weather was miserable (like most of this year) and there weren’t many people on the course.

Royston is hilly and quirky - I don’t think I’ve played anywhere else where the guy in the pro shop said the first tee and 18th Green are a half mile hike or drive away!

The main protection for the course is the extremely tough rough - straightness is even more important than many tracks.

The greens were good as were the tee blocks - spent too much time looking for balls in the rough!

Enjoyed playing the course today, had a real battle with the conditions front 9 played into wind the entire front 9 and what seemed like up hill. A real challenging front 9 especially given the conditions. Would love to play again as the course offered some interesting holes.

Some challenging and interesting holes couples with some great views made this course a pleasure to play. A bit more homework on the layout before playing would’ve helped my score but it was still great fun. The only downside was the terrain which made for a very tough walk!

Royston is EXTREMELY hilly so be prepared for some steep inclines both up and down. Also, the rough was VER long so a few balls lost in the hay! Some really memorable holes and the greens were really good and consistent. I think it's a 'marmite' type of course. Some will love it. I personally didn't like it that much. However, I've rated it fairly well as the overall experience was good.

First of all the plus points. The tee boxes and greens were as good as I've seen them on this course. Extremely well maintained.

Now the negatives. The rest of the course was a shambles. Fairways, if you could call them that, with weeds and wild flowers growing everywhere. More like an 'unfair way'. Then the bunkers, which ranged in consistency from a kiddies sandpit to 'oh, are we supposed to have sand in this hole in the ground'. Then we come to the the worst aspect, pace of play. Having to wait on single player, who took between 3 to 5 minutes just to decide on what club to use, and then duffed the shot anyway. People need to understand that there's a courtesy that needs to be applied when you play golf, such as, take as long as you like, just don't make others take as long as you like.

We played on a day that was sunny and dry. Do not recommend carrying unless you are really fit. Lots of walking and climbing could be treacherous in wet weather. Fairways in general is ok patchy in some places. Interesting course overall.

Highly recomend playing this course, very interesting on a windy day

I can’t find anything on Golf now that states carrying only and when we got there we saw that everyone was carrying and had this confirmed on calling the clubhouse. We only had our trolleys and looking at our bodies and the terrain we knew this was unmanageable and they agreed to cancel.

Is it possible that such details could be put on golf now?

A very friendly and welcoming golf course. Lots of dog walkers, most stay away from fairways and greens.

great condition, challenging course, wonderful views!

Royston is a challenging course, with some tricky holes, and windy, with great views!

very good value, great condition, wonderful views, hilly!

Love the rough with the course gives it a special character. The greens immaculate. Definitely playing again. Get ready for a hilly walk but loved it.