Mardyke Valley Golf Centre
3.7
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Price Guide: £££ | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Course Information
Mardyke Valley Golf Club, Essex is a 18 hole, par 70 (6201y), parkland course.
We accept green fee and society golf and have membership options. Our exceptional drainage means we are open 364 days.
18 holes | Par 70 | 6201 yards | Private | Parkland
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Address: South Road, South Ockendon, Essex, RM15 6RR United Kingdom
Tel: 01708 855011
Golf Pro: Matt Reid | Tel: 017108855011
Website: http://www.mardykevalley.co.uk
Golf Club Facilities
Range
Buggy Hire
Golf Shop
Changing
Clubhouse
Bar
Dining
Function Room
Midweek Guide: £18.00 per round *
Weekend Guide: £25.00 per round *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society Deals Available
- Voucher Deals Available
- 7 Day Membership Available
- 5 Day Membership Available
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Tee Time Information
Midweek Guide: £18.00 per round *
Weekend Guide: £25.00 per round *
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Review Information
GOLFSHAKE RATING
3.74
AVERAGE RATING 3.7
(based on 467 reviews)
5 star
99
4 star
184
3 star
162
2 star
18
1 star
7
HIGHLY RATED
97%
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Christopher H rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 3 2010
I reviewed this course 5 or 6 weeks ago and gave it 4 stars, but having played it yesterday saturday 2nd October,i will have to knock it down a couple. One star for the poor quality of the fairways,where you cant tell the differance from the the rough.Sometimes you would hit a shot straight down the middle and spend a couple of minuetes looking for your ball.The other star i am knocking off is for the price at £22 for a 1pm tee time is a bit much considering the state of the fairways. When they sort out the fairways this is a great course with some fantastic holes lets hope they get to read this and do somthing about it.
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Barry P rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 27 2010
Some better courses to be played for the £18 midweek price charged ,tees and greens kept to very good standards ,but some fairways very stoney and bare with large slopes on them,
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David W rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Nov 30 2008
Difficult to get a good feel for the club and course on such a drab, cold day when the course was very wet, but expect to be re-visiting for another run out shortly.
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Russell M rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 26 2008
I played this course on Monday 22nd September.
The weather was cloudy, cool with a light wind which got stronger the longer we played.
First impressions were not good!
We paid for our golf and got a bucket of range balls.
The range wasn't a range! It was a piece of waste land with one mat.
The range balls were a mixture of proper golf balls and range balls.
Then I went into the small clubhouse to get the regulation bacon butty! Only to find out that they don't start cooking until 11am.
We arrived on the first tee and found that we were looking down a bowling alley. They have built a bank on each side of the fairway and it does look like a bowling alley!
The tees were OK, the fairways were OK. The greens were green, they had grass on them and were well cut, but they were rock hard! Even with a bit of moisture on top they would not hold a golf ball, you had to drop it short and let the ball run onto the green.
You could tell that this used to be a nine hole course as the two halves are totally different to each other. The front nine are nice mature holes but the back nine is like one big field with a few trees in between the fairways.
I did like the 6th hole (Par 4 - 281 yards - SI 7), you tee off uphill to a marker post. It's only a short par 4 but you don't realise that just over the brow of the hill is a pond! It's on the left hand side of the fairway, but the fairway narrows the nearer the green you get!
My favourite hole was the 17th (Par 4 - 322 yards - SI 6), you stood on the tee and one each side of the fairway, about 150 yards away were two big trees. As you looked down the fairway you could see the green in the distance, nestled into a small wood! We then found out that there was a pond before the green that went from the front of the green around to the left hand side of the fairway. I hit a three wood and ended up about ten yards short of the pond on the right hand side of the fairway, if I had gone left I would have been in the pond!
They had a small bar which was nice enough.
I don't think I'll go back here this winter, but I might try and give it a go again next summer.
The weather was cloudy, cool with a light wind which got stronger the longer we played.
First impressions were not good!
We paid for our golf and got a bucket of range balls.
The range wasn't a range! It was a piece of waste land with one mat.
The range balls were a mixture of proper golf balls and range balls.
Then I went into the small clubhouse to get the regulation bacon butty! Only to find out that they don't start cooking until 11am.
We arrived on the first tee and found that we were looking down a bowling alley. They have built a bank on each side of the fairway and it does look like a bowling alley!
The tees were OK, the fairways were OK. The greens were green, they had grass on them and were well cut, but they were rock hard! Even with a bit of moisture on top they would not hold a golf ball, you had to drop it short and let the ball run onto the green.
You could tell that this used to be a nine hole course as the two halves are totally different to each other. The front nine are nice mature holes but the back nine is like one big field with a few trees in between the fairways.
I did like the 6th hole (Par 4 - 281 yards - SI 7), you tee off uphill to a marker post. It's only a short par 4 but you don't realise that just over the brow of the hill is a pond! It's on the left hand side of the fairway, but the fairway narrows the nearer the green you get!
My favourite hole was the 17th (Par 4 - 322 yards - SI 6), you stood on the tee and one each side of the fairway, about 150 yards away were two big trees. As you looked down the fairway you could see the green in the distance, nestled into a small wood! We then found out that there was a pond before the green that went from the front of the green around to the left hand side of the fairway. I hit a three wood and ended up about ten yards short of the pond on the right hand side of the fairway, if I had gone left I would have been in the pond!
They had a small bar which was nice enough.
I don't think I'll go back here this winter, but I might try and give it a go again next summer.
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Daren B rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Jan 28 2008
Only played the course once after friends said it was a great new course. wish I hadn't. Facilities are poor, course is in poor condition. and the layout of the course doesn't take much thinking about
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Ray R rated 2.5 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 1 2023
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Fairways needed cutting, grass too long and cuttings not collected.Reviewer Rating
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Tom C rated 2.5 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 17 2022
Good Course, condition questionable
Good course, plays nicer since they have swap the front and back 9. Stuck behind group, made day slow.Reviewer Rating
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Eddie A rated 2.5 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 25 2022
I prefered it the original layout.
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Mark J rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 18 2023
Good course
The course has a few holes,where it's blind to the hole. There is one hole with water in it.Reviewer Rating
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Paul H rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed May 5 2023
Good value but fairways narrow
A nice clubhouse, food, drink and shop ... excellent value for a midweek round of golf. The course was in a good condition, however we found the fairways very narrow and when off the fairway you found yourself in clover, which hide the ball very well, so plenty of lost balls in our group, despite OK tee shots.Reviewer Rating
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Nick R rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 18 2023
Good condition for this time of year 2023
Good condition for this time of year 2023 Due to the rainfall lately.. green were superb as interesting pin positions and true putting!Reviewer Rating
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Stuart A rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 8 2022
hilly for essex
Interesting course particularly round holes 6, 7, 8 where the slopes are steep and the water in front of the green quite a challenge for the second shot.Reviewer Rating
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Ray R rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 1 2022
Mardyke Condition
Greens look fine but fairways need cutting.Reviewer Rating
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Bradley D rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 20 2022
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Stuart A rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 6 2022
Interesting terrain
This is a short course 5700 yards on the yellows but is arranged across interesting terrain. The first five holes are straight forward on level ground, then the sixth par five of 552 yards is over a hill to a closely guarded green in a valley with a row of trees and a pond. The seventh goes back up the hill on a dog leg right with green guarded with hedgerow and tree. The eighth is a short 313yard par 4 but with a big pond to clear right in front of the green.The 14th is a difficult par five dog leg left across a steep side slope where balls run to the bottom of the slope from a blind tee shot. The green is guarded with a stream in front. The 15th green has a pond in front. Then the closing 3 holes are straightforward on the level.
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