The Essex Golf & Country Club - Championship Course
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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White | 73 | 6965 yards | 129 | |
Yellow | 73 | 6629 yards | 127 | |
Red (W) | 74 | 6026 yards | 127 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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White M: 73.6/129 | 566 | 385 | 470 | 351 | 143 | 437 | 189 | 523 | 399 | 3463 | 508 | 154 | 410 | 435 | 190 | 368 | 410 | 563 | 499 | 3537 | 7000 |
Yellow M: 71.8/127 | 547 | 352 | 450 | 328 | 127 | 418 | 156 | 511 | 378 | 3267 | 489 | 140 | 410 | 389 | 177 | 355 | 389 | 544 | 488 | 3381 | 6648 |
Red W: 75.0/128 | 537 | 319 | 353 | 313 | 113 | 408 | 150 | 424 | 359 | 2976 | 478 | 122 | 390 | 367 | 152 | 336 | 371 | 458 | 403 | 3077 | 6053 |
Handicap | 9 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 73 |
Handicap (W) | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
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Great course
Front 9 is hard work, opens up on the back 9.
Nice track
Disappointingly rough around the edges
The Essex has never been ione of my favourite courses but it is a decent test with some really nice holes.
However on this occasion, although most of the course looked in good condition, for this time of year, the greens were just awful. There’s no excuse in June and when people are paying upwards of £28 for green fees, that your greens are in such bad condition.
It’s a pity because the rest of the course looked and played really nicely.
Ok but…
Long course but not a lot of character. Fairways were burnt but greens were soft. It’s ok but wouldn’t want to play here every week.
Very poor
Maintenance was poor. Over priced. No practice facilities. Too many in the course. No course Marshall. No one let anyone play through. Waste of time. We walked off on the 15th as there was a queue of 3 groups of 4 balls
One of the best in Essex
Winter conditions as one would expect this time of the year, muddy in places and some bunkers waterlogged, but still very playable, four of us and we all enjoyed it, no holdups so we got around four and half hours , good for a long par 73 , we will definitely will be back.
Good course
Excellent course, partnered 2 senior members that were brilliant company. Greens were running perfectly. Thoroughly enjoyed my experience at this course
The Essex
Excellent course the only problem we had was we got held up on every hole, there was a 3 ball in front of us and you could tell 2 of them were beginners.
I understand everybody has to start somewhere however there is a 9 hole course at the Essex and i thought that might have suited them better.
Excellent staff, great course, 8 out of 10
Friendly Reception & Great Course
The reception upon arrival from the people on the front desk, to the starter on the first was first class. Really welcoming and friendly! The course matched the reception, considering the time of year it was in great condition, with the fairways and greens been soft and receptive respectively but not wet and soggy. Off line in the rough was slight boggy in places, but a fair punishment for missing the fairways which are 40yds wide! Overall a great course, would thoroughly recommend and will be playing there again.
Condition not as good as it could be
Fairways a bit dry and under grassed in places. Greens hollow tined about 3 weeks ago and the effect of this is still present on some of the greens. An abundance of apples to be found on the many apple trees around the course.
Whats going on with the Greens
This is a great place, facilities are spot on, course is very nice, long but good and challenging but not too hard.
The problem is the Greens, I have played over 30 different courses this year and these greens are by far the worst. Some courses I have played have less sand in the bunkers! They have been spiked to the point they are just spike holes and sand with a little bit of green around them. Shame as it makes putting pointless its luck if they bobble in or wide.
Really nice
Played in fantastic weather. First thing that struck me was the course in general looked fantastic. All the tee boxes were excellent. The fairways where really good with great bounce and run for this time of year. The greens rolled true and once you get the pace you can trust your putts. I found it long but I enjoyed the test. Longer hitters would thrive here. The only thing I can fault if anything was that no one hole stood out for me in terms of being a signature hole but that shouldn't stop you playing here. Great course and setup in general.
Big course, reasonable price for the average player
Nice and big course to play on for 10-22 handicap. Greens do need to improve some patchy areas but it's spring and English weather.
Not the best
Course condition not great. Greens were all over the place with some heaving damage in places and tee boxes were a mess with a massive amount of damage! Some lies were unplayable even 20 yards off the green.
Very average course