West Midlands Golf Club
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West Midlands Golf Club, West Midlands is an 18 hole, par 72 (6288 yard), public, parkland golf course designed by Mark Harrhy, Nigel Harrhy & David Griffith.
18 holes | Par 72 | 6288 yards | Public | Parkland
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Address: Marsh House Farm Lane, Barston, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0LB United Kingdom
Tel: 01675 444890
Golf Club Facilities
Buggy Hire
Golf Shop
Changing
Clubhouse
Bar
Dining
Function Room
We welcome new members, pay & play, golf societies & corporate golf days.
Midweek Guide: £25 - 20% online *
Weekend Guide: £30 - 20% online *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society Deals Available
- Voucher Deals 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: £25 - 20% online *
Weekend Guide: £30 - 20% online *
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
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GOLFSHAKE RATING
4.07
AVERAGE RATING 4
(based on 585 reviews)
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Brian B rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 15 2019
Enjoyable course
Nice modern course offering a good chance to score well. Quite long and includes the novelty, long (albeit bland) Par 6. The course is quite undulating but with good course management is very scoreable. Terrific finishing hole, par 3 island green in the middle of a fishing lake, but just a wedge so nothing too trickyReviewer Rating
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Tim A rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed May 20 2019
Good course
the course is in good condition the greens are true but are a bit slow need another cut.The eighth is a bit of a challenge at 666 yards but it is a par 6 and that with the island green on the eighteenth make it an entertaining course(Round played: May 2019 - Score: 93 Handicap: 15.8)
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Ben W rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed May 9 2019
(Round played: May 2019 - Score: 119 Handicap: 29)
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Jim R rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 26 2019
A bit Mickey Mouse
The course "boasts" the UK's longest hole (Par 6), but unfortunately it's a bit of a joke. It's like someone woke up and thought "I'll do that for no other reason than I can". It's the 8th hole and it runs parallel to the old 8th with the old 8th fairway in play as well, so off the tee you have almost no fear at all. You have a total fairway available of at least 120 yards width. And the new fairway is nowhere near fairway standard. It's like short cut rough ground and in many cases not been seeded or tended well at all, so in the wet is pretty muddy. In addition there is a patch about 100 yards depth of ground in front of the new green that doesn't drain at all, so it's basically a quagmire. SO if you're ball lands there, you have to pick and place, but it's so vast you're stuck where to place! It's s shame because the new green complex is excellent, surrounded by bunkers, but there is again huge amounts of open space behind and to the right of the green that is apparently in play as well, so even if you miss the green, as long as you aim right, you're in no danger whatsoever. It's poorly thought out and poorly implemented.There's another 5 Par 5's on the course as well. There are some very good holes. The 5th and the 7th are both par 5' and are as good as any you will play on any course, so it's a shame there are so many duff holes. Whoever planned the layout didn't really know what they are doing, or they had a clear plan for a few holes and just shoe-horned the rest in to what land was left. There are two setions with parallel but opposite facing holes that are too close together so they have declared the opposite fairways on each of these sections as out of bounds. So you have inbound out of bounds! It's nonsense and from what I can tell, mostly ignored by players.
There's a novelty island hole par 3 to finish. Fun, but again doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the course.
Even though it's still technically winter, the weather this season has not been as bad as other years, yet the fairways are muddied, with not enough grass. The tee-boxes on many holes are an embarrassment, you can barely get your footing stable to tee off. Just use mats and let your tee's recover over winter!
This is the fourth time I have played the course and will be my last. As a payer coming back to golf after many years I wanted a course to play close to work and just get me back into it, hence I've played it a few times, but now having played on many other significantly superior courses, it's allowed me to see it in a different light and unfortunately, I haven't found it difficult to find faults.
Sorry if others disagree with this review, but I was left feeling extremely disappointed by this visit.
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Phillip L rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 25 2019
A novelty playing a Par 6, overall a good days golfing and good practice learning new layout in time for our society day in July at this venue
(Round played: Mar 2019 - Score: 91 Handicap: 12.6)
(Round played: Mar 2019 - Score: 91 Handicap: 12.6)
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David S rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 1 2018
Worth it for the 'island green'
Pace of play was good, greens were decent, fairways average, quite a lot of work being done to improve the course and yardages subsequently difficult to establish on GPS. Worth playing just for the island green(Round played: Jun 2018 - Score: 82 Handicap: 16.6)
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Richard E rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 27 2018
Average but cheap buggues
I've played here many many times and the tee boxes are ALWAYS poor or very poor. Pace of play is an issue tooThe course has a good blend of variety. The new 660 yard par 6 is still bro g worked on but is a quirky change. I still hit the green in 3 shits so whilst it's long it is still playable
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Richard E rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 18 2018
Average but cheap buggues
I've played here many many times and the tee boxes are ALWAYS poor or very poor. Pace of play is an issue tooThe course has a good blend of variety. The new 660 yard par 6 is still bro g worked on but is a quirky change. I still hit the green in 3 shits so whilst it's long it is still playable
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Graham W rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jan 27 2018
FOR THE TIME OF YEAR A PROPER DIFFICULT COURSE
IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING TIME OF YEAR AND WEATHER
GIVEN A VOUCHER FOR ANOTHER GAME (FREE) A REAL GOOD DEAL
(Round played: Jan 2018 - Score: 103 Handicap: 16.3)
IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING TIME OF YEAR AND WEATHER
GIVEN A VOUCHER FOR ANOTHER GAME (FREE) A REAL GOOD DEAL
(Round played: Jan 2018 - Score: 103 Handicap: 16.3)
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Tony R rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 15 2017
not over impressd
the course was not in the best condition, and certainly not worth ?30Reviewer Rating
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Mark R rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 18 2017
Misrable staff
I visited this course and was excited to play however the staff are very unhelpful and unwelcoming which was a shame as I was looking to join on the day perhaps they should remember that the members pay the wages hereReviewer Rating
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Stavros E rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 1 2017
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David E rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed May 10 2017
The greens are a bit bobbly at the moment and the fairways a little bare. hopefully the course condition will improve over the next month or so.
(Round played: May 2017 - Score: 89 Handicap: 18)
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Dermot F rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 20 2017
Not a bad course on which to play, only trouble is that I always seem to hit it on a bad day (weatherwise), but I've gained the impression that on a good day it would be brilliant.
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Christopher H rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 19 2017
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