Hoylake Municipal Golf Club

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Address: Carr Lane, Municipal Links, Hoylake, Merseyside, CH47 4BG United Kingdom

Tel: 0151 632 2956

Golf Pro: Simon Hooton | Tel: 0151-632 2956

Website: http://www.hoylakegolfclub.com/

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Green Fees: around £12 but there are great deals for residents and those over 60 can get fantastic weekday contracts covering all three and a half Wirral MBC Minicipal courses.

Midweek Guide: £12.00 per round *

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Hoylake rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 31 2021

Avoid at all costs

This course is extremely poor, WBC (wirral borough Council ) Has council neglected this once great course, over the last 5 years, with regular promises of improvement. Hoylake is the worst course I have ever played, more promises have been given to improve, maybe with the Open at the Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) in 2023. Embarrassment to WBC will change things, only time will tell.

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John M rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 4 2021

Tired Course

Could be a good course but is in need of a lot of work. Although not a links course the bunkers are many and deep but unfortunately most were under repair. It feels very long because of the continuous number of par 4 holes. Although some of my comments are negative i enjoyed the game and would and will go back and play again.

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Hoylake rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 17 2021

Shame on WBC

Wirral Borough Council have neglected this once great Course, probably the worst course I have ever played, I am over 60 yrs so its been a lot. The course is an absolute disgrace, Green vary massively, weeds, moss and no grass. Definitely one to avoid.

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Rob S rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 11 2021

awful course today. Fairways were like first cut. greens very slow( more like fairways.

(Round played: Jun 2021 - Score: 95 Handicap: 18.8)

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Bryan R rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 5 2021

Course in very poor condition fairways covered in daisies so very hard to find your ball, the greens were not the best also had daisies in them. Course could be good but council need to get there hands in there pockets and give green staff money to get materials to treat the course as it could be lovely with a bit of TLC. overall did not enjoy game due to the condition of course and will not be back until curse is presented better,

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Daniel C rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Apr 29 2021

Good course, greens have been better

Hoylake is a nice course, there is some nice challenging par threes and some long par 4s. always a good round there. went back today for my first round in a while and everything was what i expected but the greens. unusually bad shape for the course. I'm guessing maybe covid didnt help. look forward to seeing what it's like in the summer

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Stuart E rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 15 2020

As bad as i've known it - seemingly not cared for

This used to be my local course and kept in decent condition, whatever has happened recently it's terrible. No care with the greens. Hardly ever see anyone working around the course. Play Arrowe Park as it's in10 times better condition.

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Steve T rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 3 2020

Played here for years but unfortunately due to the Covid crisis the course was allowed to deteriorate through lack of any maintenance. The tees and fairways are starting to come back but the greens are a disgrace! It's not unusual now to find bare patches, moss and lack of mowing meaning it's impossible to putt. Still charging the full rate! Arrowe Park, also a local municipal Is in 100% better condition and much better playing there.

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Craig M rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 1 2020

I hadn’t played here since 2014 and it appears no works been done to the greens since I left! This is such a good course in terms of layout and it has potential but the greens just aren’t playable. It ruined the round which is a shame and I feel ripped off price wise given the greens and bunkers were so poor. Give this course a miss!

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Kevin P rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 4 2020

Not quite ready

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Robert D rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 5 2020

So Very Disappointed :-(

This is the first course I ever played on and played regularly during my youth. The last round I played here was more than 50 years ago, so you can imagine my disappointment at the way the course and facilities had deteriorated since then.

Due to recent rain and flooding from the nearby river, holes 3-8 were closed. However, there were a number of things that are just not acceptable.

This is not to apportion any blame on the green-keeping team who I am sure are dedicated group of guys.

* temporary tees on the fairway (suggest proper tee-off mats)
* weeds on many greens
* hole 13 realigned to accommodate a car park but green entry not realigned with it
* flag sticks not staying upright and leaning over causing damage to the hole edge
* no electric carts for hire as batteries not charged up
* only 3 pull carts available of which only 1 was usable (one with only 1 wheel, and another with bag support missing)
* no pre- or post-round refreshments available
* course closed for too many days over the Christmas and New Year period

So, if Wirral Leisure Services bother to read this, I would say that this is a wonderful community leisure facility that requires investment to produce a good standard course. This has the potential to be a premier 'pay-and-play'course as well as having Hoylake Golf Club (founded in 1933) attached to it, for those who want club membership for competitions and to have an official handicap.

Whilst it makes me sad to say I would not recommend this course to others I plan to play again in 2020 and will write another review then.

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Mark Y rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 10 2019

Ok course greens getting better would go again friendly staff who know there stuff and a decent shop

(Round played: Jul 2019 - Score: 92 Handicap: 21)

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Rob S rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 7 2019

good course

worth a visit at any time. excellent course and greens firm. we played in good weather,fairways good and rough challenging.


(Round played: Aug 2019 - Score: 96 Handicap: 17.3)

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Tony M rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Feb 27 2019

Good municipal

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Keiran E rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 29 2018

Wasn’t the best course I’ve ever played front 9 is a lil poor but the back 9 is far better overall an average course

(Round played: Sep 2018 - Score: 85 Handicap: 12.4)

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