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3.1
55 Reviews (55)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
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3 Stars
8
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
13
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.1
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
3.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.0
60.2%
Recommend this course
33 out of 55 reviews
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3.0
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
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2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
2.3
Value
2.8
Layout
3.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
3.0
66.7%
Recommend this course
4 out of 6 reviews
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2.7
7 Reviews (7)
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4 Stars
3
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1
Conditions
2.1
Value
2.6
Layout
3.3
Pace
3.4
Amenities
2.7
StaffFriendliness
2.9
57.1%
Recommend this course
4 out of 7 reviews
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Tilgate Forest Golf Centre

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Woodland
Par 71
Length 6283 yards
Slope 120
Rating 70.6

Course Details

Year Built 1982
Golf Season Year round
Architect Neil Coles (1982)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - GBP 21 - GBP 22
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No dress code. Wear outdoor clothing that feels comfortable.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms
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Reviews

3.1
55 Reviews (55)
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Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
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Previously Played

Avoid

The greens needed a cut.

People on the course with dogs and walkers.

Fairways were good.

How they can charge the price is beyond me.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens execlent

Staff very friendly and food was great will be back again to play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Hidden Gem

Lovely course.Greens in good condition.Tee boxes and fairways need some TLC.One of the prettiest courses with no pressure and a laid back ambiance.Excellent value but would be better with nicer bar and catering facilities

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Theres no step up to the Tee box on the 9th pathways need to be constructed better between holes and foot bridge on the 2nd hole needs to be put in place where they have cleared ditch.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just As I Remember

I use to live about a 2 minute walk from this course. And everything was just as I remember on my return. Narrow, unforgiving and forces you in to creative shots. I think this is why it’s taken a bit of a hammering with reviews, you get punished for poor shots, but rewarded for thinking your way through and avoiding the big miss where possible. The club house is fantastic and the driving range is second to none. Will be coming back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
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First Time Playing

Unplayable

The course was in a awful condition.

You couldn't differentiate from where the fairway finished & the green started.

Just awful condition.

The greens hadn't been cut in weeks, they were at least an inch long.

It's a country park with some kind of golf course in it. Stay away its rubbish.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Not a winter course

Definitely a SUMMER golf course, provisional greens , fairways not well looked after .

Staff very friendly

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Temp greens in the middle of summer?

Fantastic. Harder than I remember. Apart from the rain, it was temporary greens that let it down. I don't think I have ever played here without at least one temporary green.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played

Challenging in more ways than one

A deluge of rain in the morning made for some interesting greens around tilgusta. Balls plugging to inches deep, my driver being used on the greens for 6 foot putts and some seriously questionable bobbles.

That being said the 9th and 18th greens were kept really well, those in front of the clubhouse.

Greens were actually a marked improvement on my initial round in the summer of 2020. Last time they didn't have grass on. I gave them a second chance, but instantly regretted the decision once it was noticed that the fairways resembled that of someone who have left a charcoal bonfire going on the fairway. This was a common occurrence throughout.

Looking for the next tee block was like something out of the crystal maze but eventually we set ourselves free and made it to the car park for a swift exit after numerous 3 putts. Fortunately my drive home didn't involve as many 90 degree right turns as the course has.

Will not return.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course and good value.

Really nice course which will be better once 3 temporary greens are back in play. The rest of the greens were immaculate. The fairways on some holes were poor and require attention but overall was really impressed.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Just stay away!

We have played Tilgate twice now, as we gave it a second go after giving it the benefit of the doubt the first time round, a massive regret. £18 for this 18 hole course is a robbery! You get mislead by the first 3 holes, thinking it might be a nice course, but after the 3rd it’s just one big slope into getting annoyed and realising you have been royally mugged off for your money. The greens are shocking, and they have 3 temporary greens on the course, which we couldn’t see on the website and all there is to indicate this is a small a4 piece of paper on the tee box of the first tee. Every single hole is a dog leg, except for the par 3s, it’s almost as if they thought ‘hey! We know how to make this challenging! Let’s have every hole at a 90 degree left or right angle!’ They have a massive issue with public walkers across the course, even though there are dedicated paths for walkers, they seem to trample across every hole, even ones that don’t seem to go anywhere walkable! The temporary greens were a joke, they weren’t marked out on the floor and made decent length par 4s into a shambles! The fairways looked like a building site, the ground was churned up and the fairways became just piles of mud hills. Please for your own sake stay away from this course it is not worth £18, I don’t think you could pay us to play it again. It’s a real shame because the staff are nice and helpful and where it’s located the course has so much potential but it has been executed so so poorly.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Don't waste your money

Total course was in a very poor condition. From the fairway to the greens. Some were under construction, but even proper so called greens were as bumpy as anything. Never played on such a poorly kept course and we've only just come back. Seems they have put all their attention into the driving range and completely forgotten the course. Will not be going back there until I hear MASSIVE improvements have been made?

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Too many very poor temporary greens

We read a September review saying that there were only a few temporary greens but unfortunately this wasn’t the case. The temporary greens were extremely poor and combined with the foreshortened holes spoiled far too many holes. Disappointing as the course in general is nice and the staff friendly.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

18 Temporary greens - well holes in the fairway

Played the course numerous times over the years, but it has clearly seen major neglect recently.

Dry as a bone, 18 temporary greens - if you can even call them that, literally no point in even attempting to putt. Absolutely abysmal condition currently.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Bit of a swizz!

I'm not normally a complainer. I really like this course and have played it many times. the Golf Now app took my money and I turned up for my round after driving for 75 minutes. the pro sjop chap said that we'd have to play the 1st 9 twice as the greens were under repair on the back nine. OK fair enough. but it turned out that ALL the greens were being repaired - not even temporary greens - just a hole somewhere in the fairway. we played anyway but felt that taking the full price for the greenfee was a bit rich as the course was not in any sort of playable condition. Really good course but I felt cheated on this occasion.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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