Blacknest Golf Club

3.3 317 reviews | Post Review | Website
Price Guide: ££££ | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Course Information

Blacknest Golf Club, Hampshire is an 18 hole, par 69 (5974 yard), public, parkland golf course.

18 holes | Par 69 | 5,974 yards | Public | Parkland

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Address: Frith End Road, Binsted, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4QL United Kingdom

Tel: 01420 22888

Golf Pro: Paul Creamer | Tel: 01420 22888

Website: http://www.blacknestcountryclub.co.uk

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Yellow tees - 111
Red tees - 116

Midweek Guide: £29.00 per round; (Mon to Thurs) *

Weekend Guide: £35.00 per round *

Societies Accepted to Play
Society Deals Available
7 Day Membership Available
5 Day Membership Available

Restrictions: Maximum Handicap No Restriction

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Tee Time Information

Midweek Guide: £29.00 per round; (Mon to Thurs) *

Weekend Guide: £35.00 per round *

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Review Information

GOLFSHAKE RATING

3.28

AVERAGE RATING 3.7
(based on 317 reviews)

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HIGHLY RATED

93%

would play again or recommend

3.6

The Course

2.9

Course Conditions

3.9

Value For Money

3.7

Pace of Play

3.9

Facilities & Service

Hospitality

3.5

Practice Facilities

3.7

Food & Drink

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Neil Hodgson rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Mar 19 2024

Worst course I have ever played.

Well, I have to say what a disappointing experience I had at the golf course this weekend. It is safe to say the course should have been closed.

I appreciate there has been a lot of rain recently and the fairways are far from being able to be cut, but I've never played a course in worse conditions.
The fairways would grace most courses as areas around the unkempt tee boxes. The tee boxes, when you could see the markers were as long as some of the fairway grass and had not been kept or tidied for some time. The moss on the greens were happy with the wet conditions. No matter where you walked it was a quagmire. Even the greens sank beneath your feet to allow water to rise.

So why did I continue to play? This weekend I was sleeping out rough for charity and had an opportunity to visit a course in the vicinity rather lay underneath a cardboard box I thought I would visit a course.

What is worse than the course in the condition it was is that hidden within the website is an acknowledgement that the courses irrigation system has failed and the owners are aware, that the course needs investment and designer is earmarked to come in and transform it.... knowingly charging the same rates.

I think this nugget of information should be advertised more prominently. I wish I had taken the green fees and just donated it to the charity I was supporting as it would have made a better difference elsewhere!

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Reply:
Hi Neil
Sorry you didn't enjoy your game here with us recently. It has been the wettest winter in my 25+ years as a Golf Professional. We have been borderline open/closed for a lot of March, it has been exceptionally frustrating for all concerned.
We simply cannot get the mowers out to cut the grass, therefore we try to be open, if we can, as well as honest about course conditions.
As you booked online it doesn't offer you the human interaction, which is not your fault.
I'd love for you to come back as our guest and enjoy the course as it is improving every day

Regards
Paul
Golf Manager & PGA Professional

Replied 15th April 2024

Dorking rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Nov 11 2021

Very welcoming and friendly. Facilities very good. Course seems to have no drainage and is fairly featureless apart from some water.
Just the one visit for me. All the Best and good luck sorting out some drainage. It's like playing in a rice field!

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Reply:
Thank you for your feedback. We do suffer with drainage and it is something we are looking to improve.

Regards
Paul
Blacknest Golf & Country Club

Replied 17th November 2021

Alton rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Apr 26 2021

Stuono

Greens were awful and tees not good.
Was expecting better after a lockdown period.

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Ben, farnham rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 14 2020

Would NOT recommend

Played on the 13th sep. greens were in terrible condition, almost felt unmaintained and the course layout was really odd and felt a bit micky mousey. Not good value for money and really annoyed we weren’t made aware of the state of the course and offered a discount. I personally would not play again or recommend

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Harry Webber rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 6 2020

Poor condition even for the money

Have played a few times over the last 4-6 months with friends who are just getting into golf as it is one of the cheaper courses locally. However, even £15 for 9 holes on a twilight tee time feels difficult to justify with the state of the greens and tee boxes... Found myself assuring my friends that “most courses are in much better condition”.

Nice enough staff and has some pretty holes which I do enjoy, it really is a shame!

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Mark/Reigate rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 5 2020

Very disappointed

Played Blacknest a week ago having booked 4 tee times for 16 players. The greens were dreadful. At least 5 of them had GUR patches and 1 green had the a GUR patch all the way through... so you couldn’t drop in a logical place. Worst of all, none of this was mentioned to me when booking and no discount rate was offered. In fact on the day, the pro said the greens had been worked on recently and we’re now fine. A compete lie. Every course I have played in the past would admit to the condition of the course and offer a discount, especially to a group. Seems they wanted money more than good reputation or repeat custom.

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Mark B rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 2 2020

Give it a miss course in poor condition

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rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Mar 31 2019

Course was in Very bad condition for this time of year\Tee boxes are all over the place \Fairways are like a cow field\Greens were being treated for moss but should recover well

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Warrick/Macclesfield rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 30 2018

Mudbath - AVOID

Regrettably played this course on Saturday 27th January 2018 – we walked in after 11 holes due to it being a mud bath. There was no difference between the length of the grass on the fairways and the rough and there was what appeared to be a rabbit scrape in the middle of one of the greens. There was slippery mud everywhere, pools of water which were impossible to avoid. THIS COURSE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OPEN (if only to protect the course).

We spoke to someone working in the professional shop once we had changed out of our dirty clothing and his response was “you are entitled to your opinion” – not exactly decent customer service.

We spoke to a local in the car park afterwards and he said that the course is well known in the area for being in this condition and “unplayable” for at least 3 months of the year.

PLAY IT AT YOUR PERIL.