Telford Hotel & Golf Resort

A day before my tee time I tried to call the pro shop. I left a voice message first time around and also tried to call a further 5 times over the space of the day but no one answered.

The welcome at the pro shop was friendly. After purchasing some range balls I headed to the driving range where you could hit off grass, however the quality of turf was non existent as it was overused therefore it was playing off dirt. The practice putting green was ok but this is on a incline that is not reflective of the putting greens out on the course so requires levelling out.

This was the worst conditioned golf course I have ever played. In spite of the heavy rain throughout the winter, it was extremely muddy all over and it is clear that this golf course suffers massively from drainage issues, if there is any drainage at all. Every single ball plugged in the fairway or rough and it was also difficult walking due to the mud and slippery conditions. When i played it was a sunny day and 10 degrees with a light breeze.

The fairways and rough had not been cut in a long time, this is understandable considering the recent rain and waterlogged conditions as machinery would otherwise get stuck. It may be wise for the club to invest in some lightweight robotic mowers that could work and cut despite the ground conditions in order to keep the conditioning to an acceptable level. Putting greens were ok but very soft. It was also noted that there was no ball washers out on the golf course which is vital when conditions were as soft as they were.

I only ended up playing 9 holes due to the condition of the golf course.

I had some food in the clubhouse that was on a par with the golf course in terms of service and quality. I ordered a ciabatta which took 45 minutes to be served, with no staff member coming over to me to apologise or manage my expectations. This was also on a quiet day where there were around 20 people maximum in the bar/lounge. I had to ask after 35 minutes where my food was - the staff member was very polite and checked straight away. He then offered me a free drink to apologise for the wait. The quality of the food was acceptable.

All in all, this was my worst experience of a venue with a very poor quality golf course that suffers in wet conditions due to poor drainage resulting in little maintenance done on the course, with poor service waiting for food. The only positive is that the staff were friendly.

Unfortunately due to the weather conditions and maintenance of the course...this should have been deemed unplayable.

I can imagine in the summer it would be a pleasurable golf course.

I wouldn't recommend at this moment in time but I would definitely go back in the summer season.

Greens were incredibly slow and not cut

Fairways and rough were the same, very boggy with very long grass.

I recommend missing during the winter months.

I don't normally make the time to write a review, but this time was different... I have played the course many many times and always found it very good, wet in the wi ter yes, unavoidable unfortunately, BUT!! The greens have been hollowtined when they were in no condition to do so and the fairways were reminiscent of a ploughed field.

Was getting folks out to play a priority or a cash grab the priority here.

Sadly the good people have opted not to reply to my email.

Played here quite a few times over the years. Have generally avoided it during the winter - or when it’s wet as the course really doesn’t cope. However, played yesterday and the course was in horrendous shape. The tees were a mass of unrepaired divots, the fairways were extremely bare and just large patches of baked dirt in places. A lot of the greens were damaged and had been repaired with a lot of sand - and the bunkers seemed to have been ‘raked’ by driving some sort of buggy through them.

Needless to say, we won’t be going back in a hurry. Complete waste of £39.

good course , during range, putting green and chipping all pretty good nice course layout staff very friendly staff , recommended, we did get geld up by a four ball from hole 14 that were extremely slow and didn’t let us play through. Apart from that good course to play

Very good course, very challenging in places and wind made things harder but a very enjoyable course that tested you

Good, challenging course, greens a bit patchy very picturesque.

Having once been a member, some 20 years ago I was keen to play the course again. Whilst it was not in the best of condition, presumably as a result of the recent weather, it still represented an enjoyable challenge on a well designed golf course with the large undulating greens as quick as ever.

It’s well worth playing, but probably best to wait for a bit more growth on the fairways.

Finally the bacon baps at the halfway house are just the best, don’t tee off on the 10th without getting one!

Course was what I expected in April apart from the strange multi coloured greens which were cut super tight. Ridiculously quick and even from 8 feet I knew I would 3 putt! Hopefully this is temporary as I wouldn't want to play them every week.