Staining Lodge Golf Course

Was very bogged but obviously due to recent weather conditions

Probably shouldn't have been open, to say it was boggy would a slight understatement. Lost 2 balls in the fairway and nearly lost my shoes on several occasions. Can't be to critical as it is January and it had peed it down for 2 days. Will go in the summertime as its a nicely laid out course

Having played this course many times before(mainly during summer season)I was very disappointed with the course conditions!! Each and every fairway was extremely muddy, bordering on quagmire Conditions in many places, whilst the first green had a large area of standing water. Overall, a very disappointing day, and an embarrassment to me having 2 guests playing with me for the first time on this course.!!

In essence, we should have walked off the course, but we battled on , taking some 4.5 hours to complete, feeling totally worn out by the time we got back to car park! Our golf shoes were totally covered with mud, and no proper facilities to wash down were available, resulting in us using any manner or means to try & clean prior to placing in boot of brand new car!!!

Talking to several other players, they too were complaining about conditions and, like ourselves, had far fewer golf balls than when they first started!!!

Unfortunately, there was no one to question about our experience back at the club shop, thus no satisfaction there either!!

Whilst I can appreciate there had been heavy rainfall in previous days, I feel that the course should definitely have been closed and appropriate refund made whereby I may have identified an alternative course( somewhat nearer to home:45 miles away), and played that instead!

Feedback on this script would be appropriate, and perhaps apology/ recompense be forthcoming?!!

Anyone who came to play golf here won't be disappointed.

You can see they have really worked on ensuring the course drains well. No standing water anywhere. Always a pleasure to play here.

First 2 greens played a little slow, after that the rest were a better pace and very consistent.

Enjoyed playing this course, booked online, it said buggies were £10 but was charged £20. Have to use a buggie for medical reasons, far too expensive for me. Buggies usually average £15 most places, only top hotels charge £20. Can’t afford to play here!

Played 05/09/2021 at 11:30. Booked online for only £14 so wasnt expecting much but I was wrong. Some of the fastest greens I've played and very wide fairways which were all very well kept.

Great outdoor seating area to enjoy a pint watching over the 10th tee and 18th green after your round.

Highly recommend!

Very good quality course.

Fairways nice and wide would prefer there to be longer rough for it to be more challenging.

Layout is very nice and picturesque.

However the greens r not very receptive and wjen playing make sure to club down to account for this

Although the course is open and allows for less accurancy off the tee, the difficult greens balance out the course and make it a challenge for all level of player.

Play staining regularly as a local but enjoy switching courses week to week, generally not any issues. Great staff, good and well maintained course and great facilities.

However this afternoon we saw a 6 ball teeing off as we were finishing up the front 9. A guy and his son asking if we were finishing after 9 so they could jump on the back 9 with the prospect of sitting behind a 6 ball troop. And then got stuck behind a 5 ball from the 11th who were not only slow (as you would expect) but also were sharing clubs making it even worse. Painful round stuck behind these guys. Screwed 4 or 5 groups stuck behind them trying to beat the sunset as the nights draw in. One pair gave up, another with a buggy circled back and played from the 10th again and the third set just sat back from us and I assume gave up also as we're nowhere to be seen as we crawled along the 17th and 18th.

A little disappointed to see this as usually a great course and good pace. Hope the team can tighten up on this kind of play. By no means a great golfer myself, but appreciate the ability to get around the course in under 4.5-5 hours!!!

After a week of rain it was great to see that the course drained really well. Greens were consistent and a good pace. 2nd round here and will be booking again.

Nice sunny day, fairways dry and running fast,greens in excellent condition and very true.Nice couple of pints of Warstiener afterwards! A great course in dry conditions.

Best it’s ever been

Fairways are short and firm

Greens immaculate

Great day

Lovely Peroni at 19th looking over course

Bliss

This was the 3rd visit and everything was A class all round

Greens were consistent, fairways were wide and well cut, great course with a few challenges around it to catch out a wayward tee shot. Will definitely be playing again.

Worth a visit to staining. It’s not a long course abs the SI of holes is questionable (especially the 18th) but thoroughly enjoyable mix of challenging holes. Certainly worth the £72 for a four ball. Clubhouse is very modern and some lovely seating outside for an after round drink. Overall I would definitely visit staining again as I think it has it challenges, it’s not a championship standard in terms of greens etc, but VFM I think it’s excellent