Potters Five Lakes Resort

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Course Information

Five Lakes Resort, Essex is a 18 hole par 72 (6767 yard) Lakes Course (Neil Coles). A resort, parkland golf course

18 holes | Par Lakes Course 72 | Lakes Course 6767 yards | Resort | Parkland

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Contact
Visitors

Address: Colchester Road, Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, CM9 8HX United Kingdom

Tel: 01621 862426

Golf Pro: Craig Lockwood

Website: http://www.pottersresorts.com

Golf Club Facilities

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Buggy Hire

Golf Shop

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Clubhouse

Bar

Dining

Function Room

Accommodation

Midweek Guide: From £27.50 per round *

Weekend Guide: From £35.00 per round *

Societies Accepted to Play
Society Deals Available

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

Tee Time Information

Midweek Guide: From £27.50 per round *

Weekend Guide: From £35.00 per round *

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

Review Information

GOLFSHAKE RATING

3.39

AVERAGE RATING 3.5
(based on 298 reviews)

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RECOMMENDATIONS

87%

would play again or recommend

3.5

The Course

3.6

Course Conditions

3.5

Value For Money

3.9

Pace of Play

3.7

Facilities & Service

3.9

Hospitality

3.5

Practice Facilities

3.3

Food & Drink

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Lakes - overbooked when I played on a Saturday. Nice course, my round was spoiled by it taking over 6 hours to complete.
Links - was better than the other reviews on here lead me to believe, by no means the greatest course I have played but it was an enjoyable challenge. ps you need to keep an eye on the ball when it leaves the fairways.

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Bob rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 16 2023

Have played this course a few times, also the other one ('Links', so inappropriately named and was a complete dog-track).
Glad the 'Links' has been dug up, de-comissioned, put out of its misery.
Pleased to hear that some money is now being spent on the Lakes course. Hopefully on the tees, fairawys, bunkers and greens. Otherwise it's fine. It will take some time to reverse many years of poor maintenace. I hope it will be successful because it is a good design and layout.
The pro shop there is great, fiendly and well-stocked. But nothing else for anyone wishing for any other club experience.

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Dave H rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 2 2021

Looking run down

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Tim P rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 21 2020

Bad timing

The course, tricky in the wind with lightning fast greens that are borderline impossible to hold the ball onto. Fairways very brown and rock hard. As for the experience, horrible, seems like the place was happy to cram as many tee times in as possible making it a pathetically long round at 5 hours for a 3 ball. Take the money over a players experience, will not be visiting again.

(Round played: Sep 2020 - Score: 99 Handicap: 19.1)

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Dan, Chelmsford rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 10 2020

Very disappointed

I am looking for a club to join for myself and a friend who works with me and tried Fives Lakes on Wednesday afternoon. We had a tee time booked and arrived a little early. We were greeted by a woman who was really friendly and she gave us the round for no charge and a free 100 balls between the two us for the driving range. We both felt really welcome and after using the balls we played the Links course. It is a nice course, a little flat and straight, but neither of us are very good so it is perfect for us. During the round it started to rain and we told the pair behind us to tee off while I put on waterproof trousers. We then talked to them walking the fairway and were told they paid £500ish for the year and to talk to Gary about membership. We then let them finish the hole and played the rest of the round. I was instantly joining as it definitely worth about £1100 for me to pay for our two memberships.

Unfortunately that was as good as it got. When I phoned the following morning I was told that membership would be £1100 each and that to get that price I had to be under 32, I am 45 and my friend is 48. I was completely thrown by this and just thought it was ridiculous. I kept coming up with examples of situations where no one with any intelligence would pay twice as much as the next customer. They offer no apology and think it is perfectly fine for two adults to play the same course and for one to pay twice as much as the other. I personally have never experienced anything like this and still can’t quite believe it. I want to join the club but I can not pay twice as much as another member. In my opinion, you would need to be a little stupid to do so. Would anyone watch the person if front of them at a till pay £500 for something and then pay £1000 for the exact same item. It’s insane.

I am genuinely gutted as I wanted to join but I am being discriminated against based on my age.

I have spoken to six friends who have all played for years and non of them have ever heard of this and none of them said anything that was nice about it. They all thinks it’s ridiculous.

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Malcolm C rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Feb 17 2018

Quagmire

Loads of standing water on the fairways, t boxes in terrible condition greens very bumpy bunkers more like ponds. Weather has been awful .

(Round played: Feb 2018 - Score: 88 Handicap: 14.8)

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Roland K rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Apr 28 2017

(Round played: Apr 2017 - ScoreProbably the worst course I have played on in Essex. Hardly and activity from groundstaf and it shows. Large ares of GUR, green poor.: 104 Handicap: 26.4)