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Conditions
2.5
Value
3.0
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.2
57.1%
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Manor of Groves Golf Hotel & Country Club

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Parkland/Woodland
Par 71
Length 6188 yards
Slope 133
Rating 70.6

Course Details

Year Built 1991
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Sauna, Internet Access

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness

Reviews

3.0
83 Reviews (83)
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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Always Slow Play

I’ve been playing here for years, mainly because it’s only 5 minutes from my house. The course is decent and pretty well kept. I don’t understand the negative comments about the course being in bad condition.

My only real issue is the constant slow play. Not helped recently by more and more groups not letting people play through. I’m seriously considering travelling a bit further to other courses.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course needs TLC

Great course in great location. However, it is not looked after and its starring to show quite spectacularly. It's a real shame as there are some fantastic holes. It's still worth £25 (for a one ball, cheaper with more players) every now and again for somewhere different tho.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Fairways terrible

Once I drove in looked nice and excited for a round of golf but once I was on I wish I turned back. I thought I was playing rugby with the amount of mud my shoes were collecting for some reason the ground staff had cut it far too short for winter. At one point the greens are great but the loose mud on the green makes the ball go offline. In the picture, you can see the machine tracks have been driven over the fairways in the frost which is killing/ damaging the fairway. Hopefully, the ground staff will repair this as this was the worst course I have played in a long while.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very friendly

Good value.
Course in good condition. Fast greens. Highlight last three holes especially 620 yards 18th

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lovely round !!

Had a lovely round .. fairways good greens excellent.. very very fast .. sadly Tee boxes awful .. all mud for some reason
But we’ll worth the visit

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lovely course but under maintenance

Manor of Groves is a fantastic gold course with plenty of challenging holes. The overall course is fantastic and in nice weather there is a few better places to play for under £30 in Hertfordshire, but the 8th hole is being rebuilt and there is no notice on either the website or at the club house, the first warning is at the end of the 7th hole. It’s very disappointing to pay for 18 holes and find that one isn’t playable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Walked

Its OK but there's room for improvement...

The course plays ok and has some interesting and challenging holes, particularly close to the Manor house but the standout memory was the copious amount of mud and the poor greens. OK I'm playing in winter conditions and should expect these things but the greens were so badly hollowtined/sanded that the were just unputtable. Watching your ball jump around on its way to the hole is not fun. The muddy paths and bare tracks between holes also means your spikes get clogged guaranteeing a slip while swinging on the winter tee mats. Also, several bunkers had no rakes. Fairways are light rough at best and ridged from blunt mower blades.

The course has a feel of heavy wear/tear or poor maintenance.

Having said that, play it once, judge for yourself but I would avoid paying the full round price as it's not good value for what you get.

On the positive side, the clubhouse is nice, has an informal feel, friendly staff, sports telly, good and very well priced food/drink plus a half decent shop.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Last minute booking

Turned out to be a nice change from my club course which is partially shut due to the weather.

The course is very playable and a nice mix of the tight strategic golf around the hotel grounds and the expansive open areas of the newer 9 holes.

Really enjoyed it.

The staff in the club shop and bar were friendly and there was a good selection of beers. The burger was excellent.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Terrible course

First time playing at the course. The golf course was semi long fairways and course not in a good state what so ever. Temporary tees and greens on most of the holes. There was one hole was so bad you couldn't even putt you as the temporary greens was so long same size grass as the fairways ! I don't think you can ask people to pay £27 a ball . If they can't play a decent round of golf, if you don't want to look after your golf course properly. Very disappointed won't be going back that's for sure

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Interesting course

Wanted to play the course for the first time as playing with a society soon .Conditions were very muddy but to be expected this time of year, Greens we’re good and would like to play in the summer.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Walked

Should not have allowed trolleys on the course as it was too muddy and progress was hampered by having to clean the wheels after every other hole. Should have been advised of this beforehand so golfers could bring stand bags in wet months in the winter.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Walked

Muddy Course

Very warm welcome in pro shop and Clubhouse , no cooked breakfast available , only sausage or bacon rolls , as we went round the mud built up on my trolley and my shoes making it increasingly more difficult to get round , the fairways are like semi rough , temporary tees and Greens , all in all not a course I will come back to

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

17 hole golf course. Groundsman must have the month off.

Paid £28 for a round here, this course is not worth any more than £18.
I played here roughly a year a go one of the holes was under repair, so effectively a 17 hole course. Exactly the same today.
The fairways are the same lengths as the rough.
Terrible, wouldn't play again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Winter woes

Unfortunately not a good course to play in the winter.
Have played the course before about 5 years ago but it was earlier in the year.
Every hole was off a temporary tee and there were too many temporary greens, and the course was very wet and slippery in places.
Some of the direction signage needs to be improved between holes.
We are due to play this course next summer with our golf society so I hope we will see an improvement then.
The course was very quiet on the day we played, and we had one other player behind us who finished as we were air hosing our trolleys down.

He thought the course was unplayable in certain areas.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Walked

Poor condition

Course was not fully open and only 9 holes were playable and the conditions were pretty bad with mud everywhere. Probably not worth playing in these conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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