De Vere Wokefield Estate
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De Vere Wokefield Estate, Berkshire is an 18 hole, par 72, 6996 yard, resort, parkland, championship golf course.
18 holes | Par 72 | 6,996 yards | Resort | Parkland
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Address: Mortimer, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 3AE United Kingdom
Tel: 0118 9334072
Golf Pro: Tom Burns | Tel: 01189 334072
Website: http://www.phcompany.com/de-vere/wokefield-estate/golf/
Golf Club Facilities
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Golf Shop
Changing
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Bar
Dining
Function Room
Accommodation
Midweek Guide: £45 VISITOR / £30 TWILIGHT ( 3Hours from Dusk) *
Weekend Guide: £60 VISITOR /£35 TWILIGHT ( 3 Hours From Dusk) *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society 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: £45 VISITOR / £30 TWILIGHT ( 3Hours from Dusk) *
Weekend Guide: £60 VISITOR /£35 TWILIGHT ( 3 Hours From Dusk) *
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Review Information
GOLFSHAKE RATING
3.28
AVERAGE RATING 3.5
(based on 438 reviews)
5 star
75
4 star
176
3 star
124
2 star
42
1 star
23
RECOMMENDATIONS
89%
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rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 29 2022
Wasted potential
Played at Wokefield park earlier this week. I can only describe it as perhaps the most disappointing course I’ve played in a long time. Not the worst by any means, but the most disappointing.Why? Because this place could genuinely be one of the best courses and golf facilities in Berkshire.
It has an extensive pitching area, a large putting green, a driving range to practice in, but it is all unkept and undermaintained. The bunkers in the pitching area are full of stones and weeds. The driving range mats are worn and tattered, and the range balls are (pardon the pun) hit and miss (some don’t even have dimples!).
The course itself? Could be incredible, but again the issue seems to be maintenance and a bit of TLC.
The course is interesting. Plenty of lengthy holes, some amazing fairway bunkers and course architecture. Great undulation on the fairways, great water features, plenty of risk-reward holes and large greens with great run-off areas to punish errant approach shots.
However, the tee boxes are an uneven mess, both in terms of being flat and having grass cut at the same length. The fairways are overgrown and unkept, and the greens are a sandy, bobbly mess. Nothing roles straight and true. It’s basically hit and hope on the greens.
You could argue for £22 that I’ve got what I paid for, but I’m leaving this review to implore management to improve this place. It could genuinely be incredible with proper maintenance, and be a place that could charge £45-50 for visitors.
Pace of play was also poor, which I imagine is a reason for lowish prices and poor maintenance (ie. Cramming as many paying visitors in large groups back to back to maximise profits as far as possible).
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Gary H rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 29 2015
Course is a good test of golf with plenty of risk for the golfer that decides to go for everything, however off yellows, rather than driver you should probably plot your way around the course with an iron from the tee on 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 15 and 18 rather than driver.
The course is well layed out and has some excellent feature holes (12th, 14th my personal favourites) but with so many society players, the course suffers a little from un-repaired pitch marks, but beware, the worse part about the track is that it is 4 and half hours per round, minimum. On the Sunday we played it was well over 5 hours. Part of the reason for this is that the course is not geared up for societies as the rough is too long and typically means anyone that is a little wayward has probably lost their ball.
The buggies were a little overpriced.
The drinks are massively overpriced, but you wouldn't have expected anything else from a De Vere hotel. (fortunately we had a 30% discount on drinks).
The venue is okay, and for the money we paid via YGT, the golf and food was excellent value but it could have been so much better.
What was a surprise was the poor service. Very impersonal and geared towards a corporate market.
There was almost non existent waiting staff in the restaurant, we effectively cleared our own plates and they had run out of deserts and biscuits for the cheese and had no port. At times there was only 1 person behind the bar trying to serve about 30-40 people. Service was slow!!! some of the chaps even cancelled their lunch orders it was taking so long.
All rooms were booked as twins and yet many of the group were allocated double beds. It shouldn't be that difficult for a major hotel chain to get that right.
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Having said that, purely for the golf, then I guess if it wasn't for the fact that we are 100 miles away, yes I would play it again. But I wouldn't go out of my way to play it unless I was already in the area and knew that I wasn't going to be stuck in a 5 hour round, so choosing the right tee time is crucial.
Good luck.
(Round played: Sep 2015 - Score: 78 Handicap: 9.5)
The course is well layed out and has some excellent feature holes (12th, 14th my personal favourites) but with so many society players, the course suffers a little from un-repaired pitch marks, but beware, the worse part about the track is that it is 4 and half hours per round, minimum. On the Sunday we played it was well over 5 hours. Part of the reason for this is that the course is not geared up for societies as the rough is too long and typically means anyone that is a little wayward has probably lost their ball.
The buggies were a little overpriced.
The drinks are massively overpriced, but you wouldn't have expected anything else from a De Vere hotel. (fortunately we had a 30% discount on drinks).
The venue is okay, and for the money we paid via YGT, the golf and food was excellent value but it could have been so much better.
What was a surprise was the poor service. Very impersonal and geared towards a corporate market.
There was almost non existent waiting staff in the restaurant, we effectively cleared our own plates and they had run out of deserts and biscuits for the cheese and had no port. At times there was only 1 person behind the bar trying to serve about 30-40 people. Service was slow!!! some of the chaps even cancelled their lunch orders it was taking so long.
All rooms were booked as twins and yet many of the group were allocated double beds. It shouldn't be that difficult for a major hotel chain to get that right.
.
Having said that, purely for the golf, then I guess if it wasn't for the fact that we are 100 miles away, yes I would play it again. But I wouldn't go out of my way to play it unless I was already in the area and knew that I wasn't going to be stuck in a 5 hour round, so choosing the right tee time is crucial.
Good luck.
(Round played: Sep 2015 - Score: 78 Handicap: 9.5)
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David L rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed May 22 2014
The greens had been dressed a few weeks ago and they were rolling very true. The tees looked like they had suffered from a hard winter. The rough is cut long and is thick - you need a good ball spotter.
The course is a very interesting park land course with plenty of blind tee shots and you really need to think your way around the course. If you play this for the first time - buy a yardage book, or use a GPS app.
(Round played: May 2014 - Score: 83 Handicap: 13)
The course is a very interesting park land course with plenty of blind tee shots and you really need to think your way around the course. If you play this for the first time - buy a yardage book, or use a GPS app.
(Round played: May 2014 - Score: 83 Handicap: 13)
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Roger H rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 18 2018
Played on 17th April 2018 course was total rubbish the fairways had just been cut for the first time this year the rest of course was like a farmers field holes 7 & 8 were closed it was so bad only played 7 holes
asked for a re play when weather gets better and they cut their grass and was told NO so not impressed with the course or the company
asked for a re play when weather gets better and they cut their grass and was told NO so not impressed with the course or the company
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Nigel rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 21 2015
Good course we'll laid out offering a definate challenge especially for the higher handicapper like me. The bunkers were in good conditions with plenty off sand and very well placed .The greens were a bit thin and rock hard but hadn't rained in a while also great value at £15 on tee off times. Now my moans the fairways were good but you had better stay on them because the rough was a joke it averaged 2 foot deep and one bit on the left of the 16th was 4ft I understand golf should be a challange but for the higher handicapper (27) this was to much must have lost 7 balls won't go back till I've improved.
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Jim white / newbury rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 14 2015
Good challenging course and excellent value, look forward to playing again soon when we go back with our society, keep an eye on the special offers
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Paul R rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 2 2014
Greens very good, Fairways need another cut, otherwise really good. Changing rooms need updating to match the rest of the facilities.
(Round played: Jun 2014 - Score: 92 Handicap: 21.1)
(Round played: Jun 2014 - Score: 92 Handicap: 21.1)
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Darren H rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 3 2024
Course during the heavy rain
The course is great for challenging your game. It was well maintained but has suffered during the monthsOf heavy rain fall. I play here most of the time and will continue too.
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Allen S rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 12 2023
Slow play
The course is very good and is used for corporate events and societies. If you play when these events are on expect a long day. Last week we walked off at the thirteenth hole after 4.5 hours, and Monday it took us 5 hours (2 ball). Only saw the Marshall once on Monday, not at all last week.Reviewer Rating
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Brian S rated 1.5 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 29 2023
Played in a 2 day Society event. Disappointingly, there was no food available to purchase when we arrived mid-morning. On Day 1 the course was open, but was so wet and muddy it should have been closed. We were given no prior warning about the conditions.
The evening meal turned out to be a 3 course buffet which provided limited choice and was not to the standard one would expect from a golf hotel complex. We were a group of 15 and given only 2 tables of 7. The bedroom was good. Overnight the course had dried out a little, but was still muddy. Overall very disappointing.
The evening meal turned out to be a 3 course buffet which provided limited choice and was not to the standard one would expect from a golf hotel complex. We were a group of 15 and given only 2 tables of 7. The bedroom was good. Overnight the course had dried out a little, but was still muddy. Overall very disappointing.
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Melvern A rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 13 2023
The course is in desperate need of attention the grass on the fairways has not been cut so there is no definition between fairways and second cut the second cut also need cutting it's easy too loose balls on the fairways and very easy everywhere else. All in all very disappointing
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Will H rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Nov 2 2021
Tough course
Tough course with good challenging holes. Just starting to get a bit muddy but more frustrating was the long penal grass just off the fairway which necessitated much time looking for balls and sometimes losing them. Likewise, Too many leaves on some fairways which also slowed play down. Drinks in the bar vey expensive!(Round played: Nov 2021 - Score: 102 Handicap: 15.9)
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Ricus/Surrey rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 11 2021
Could be fantastic but...
I have just done a golf trip to De Vere Wokefield (8-10 Oct). Like many other comments I can confirm two things: 1.) the greens are shocking, actually is a disgrace for such a facility. 2.) the course plays very slow, 5 1/2 hrs, 5 hrs, and 5 1/4 hrs for the 3 rounds we played. There are just too many tee times and then they put one/two balls between 4 balls! It made the overall experience disappointing. To give a balanced review, the rooms were clean and comfortable, the breakfast and dinners were ok and the bar had a good selection of drinks. It seemed there was a shortage of staff given the volume of people at the venue. This can be a great golf break, just sort the greens and speed of play.Reviewer Rating
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Harrison B rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 25 2020
Love the course! I am a member there and cannot say anything bad towards it. Very enjoyable and will be playing there for years to come.
(Round played: Jun 2020 - Score: 100 Handicap: )
(Round played: Jun 2020 - Score: 100 Handicap: )
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Pierre F rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 21 2019
A good challenging course with many varied holes. Condition of the tees was terrible. The fairway, bunkers and greens were good but not fantastic. Pace of play very slow with buggies with players driving round looking for empty holes to play on.
(Round played: Aug 2019 - Score: 99 Handicap: )
(Round played: Aug 2019 - Score: 99 Handicap: )
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