Most overrated golf course you have played.....

[Marshy77]

Like some have said play it at a different time of year, in different weather or even with different people and see how you feel after. I'd love to play some of the courses mentioned.

My home course is a marmite course with it being moorland. Some people hate it because in certain times of year it can maybe look bland or can be tough as old boots because of the wind or when the rough is rough but having played it over the last year it's an absolute beaut because of this imo. Seeing the course change over weeks totally changes the course, infact I enjoyed the course as much in late March/early April when the rough was starting to grow but the greens were spot on as in the late summer when the fairways ran and it was a picture to look at.

 

[Snelly]

I wish I'd played some overrated courses . Next time someone shakes their head following an invitation and is appalled at the thought of playing Loch Lomond, Wentworth and others quoted please let me know and I will go in your place. I will take on the hardship, be equally appalled and then be able to take part in this thread.

The reason I quoted them is because they are the most fitting given their status as supposedly high quality courses. You are expecting great things and are then more disappointed when you find out they are not what you anticipated. The difference between expectation and reality is the foundation for somewhere being classed as overrated I would argue.

Conversely, if I was to mention my most underrated courses, you'd probably have to look them up. For example, Tarbert GC - a hidden gem.

 

[Junior]

Is Mere highly rated? or is it because it is expensive? I have played it a good number of times and while it has some good holes, there are a lot of bland ones too. The last few holes are a good finished though.

Yes it has always been held in high regard..... mostly because it has held (local) open qualifying quite a number of times. It used to be very expensive because it used to be an exclusive 'country club' and I remember one magazine (not GM) labelling it the "Augusta of the North". Now the hotel has been built they are trying to fill as many tee times as possible and it has lost that air of exclusivity it once had. It wouldn't surprise me to see it on the Trilby Tour.

There are quite a few good holes, especially on the back 9, but give me Delamere, Sandiway, and the NW coastline courses any day.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Is Mere highly rated? or is it because it is expensive? I have played it a good number of times and while it has some good holes, there are a lot of bland ones too. The last few holes are a good finished though.

I grew up in Knutsford and Mere was always talked about in exalted terms. I go back there now, I still have family in the area, but I have not played the course. I'm keen to play it to find out for myself but now I have doubts. For one I can't find a green fee. What sort of price would you pay mid week in summer? Is it worth it, on balance?

When I was growing up there the local paper always had pictures of pro-ams from Mere with Utd players and Coronation Street stars playing. According to the papers John Stones has just bought a whopping house, and they are whopping around there, that backs on the mere itself. No doubt he will be joining the golf club shortly.

(I was typing as Junior posted. Bit of overlap there)

 

[patricks148]

Yes it has always been held in high regard..... mostly because it has held (local) open qualifying quite a number of times. It used to be very expensive because it used to be an exclusive 'country club' and I remember one magazine (not GM) labelling it the "Augusta of the North". Now the hotel has been built they are trying to fill as many tee times as possible and it has lost that air of exclusivity it once had. It wouldn't surprise me to see it on the Trilby Tour.

There are quite a few good holes, especially on the back 9, but give me Delamere, Sandiway, and the NW coastline courses any day.

i got taken there by a media agency i deal with, they didn't have a clue about golf and invited me in January. i didn't even take my clubs. Hotel was quite nice though and got a nice RL jumper from the shop

 

[Junior]

I grew up in Knutsford and Mere was always talked about in exalted terms. I go back there now, I still have family in the area, but I have not played the course. I'm keen to play it to find out for myself but now I have doubts. For one I can't find a green fee. What sort of price would you pay mid week in summer? Is it worth it, on balance?

When I was growing up there the local paper always had pictures of pro-ams from Mere with Utd players and Coronation Street stars playing. According to the papers John Stones has just bought a whopping house, and they are whopping around there, that backs on the mere itself. No doubt he will be joining the golf club shortly.

(I was typing as Junior posted. Bit of overlap there)

Here you go mate.....back in the day you would never have found "Mere" on here. They have good twilight deals in the Summer there too. Always best to give them a call too as it can get pretty busy now the hotel is on site.

edit : I feel like I have dumbed it down a bit too much - I'd like to add that it is still is a really nice course.

https://www.teeofftimes.co.uk/the-mere-golf-resort/

 

[Val]

Castle Stuart is still one of my favourite courses, and still cant decide if I liked it more than Trump (Aberdeen), or not.

I definitely like it more than Royal Dornoch though.:thup:

Pffft, heathen.

In saying that, you do like manufactured courses like Hillside as opposed to natural beauties like Formby

 

[Liverbirdie]

Pffft, heathen.

In saying that, you do like manufactured courses like Hillside as opposed to natural beauties like Formby

I don't get taken in by frippery and arl things as much as you.

Hillside - manufactured - ha,ha.

 

[garyinderry]

After experiencing Rossapenna again I think hillside should be renamed 'Gentle Gradient' .

 

[Val]

I don't get taken in by frippery and arl things as much as you.

Hillside - manufactured - ha,ha.

:rofl:

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Here you go mate.....back in the day you would never have found "Mere" on here. They have good twilight deals in the Summer there too. Always best to give them a call too as it can get pretty busy now the hotel is on site.

edit : I feel like I have dumbed it down a bit too much - I'd like to add that it is still is a really nice course.

https://www.teeofftimes.co.uk/the-mere-golf-resort/

Cheers. I didn't even think of looking on there. I'll keep an eye out come the summer as I am bound to be down there at some point. I feel it would be rude not to play there at some stage

 

[LinksTurf]

Yes you can remember most holes and the experience but that is only because of the aura and history of the place and the fact all the Opens that have been held there. If the course was just a normal members club in the UK that had not had all the championships played on it then it would probably be a relatively unknown track.

Can't agree with that. It is a public course and I know a couple of season ticket holders. They love it because unlike most courses it plays differently depending on the ever changeable weather. They have been playing it for over 15 years. Any thrill from its history has long worn off.

 

[huds1475]

Cheers. I didn't even think of looking on there. I'll keep an eye out come the summer as I am bound to be down there at some point. I feel it would be rude not to play there at some stage

Neil. If you're ever down that way would gladly Invite you to one of my clubs which aren't a million miles away.

Also never played Mere and get very good reciprocals at Delamere / Sandiway - brings the cost right down when split between 2.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Neil. If you're ever down that way would gladly Invite you to one of my clubs which aren't a million miles away.

Also never played Mere and get very good reciprocals at Delamere / Sandiway - brings the cost right down when split between 2.

Much appreciated. I'm usually down for family related visits so leaving my wife with my mother so that I can clear off to play golf has to be managed carefully. Hopefully we'll manage something 😀.

 

[huds1475]

Much appreciated. I'm usually down for family related visits so leaving my wife with my mother so that I can clear off to play golf has to be managed carefully. Hopefully we'll manage something 😀.

LOL.

Just give it the old "anyone want anything from the shop" routine :thup: