Golfshake 2020 Highly Recommended Golf Courses
By: Golfshake Editor | Thu 04 Feb 2021
Whilst 2020 may not have been the year we all had planned, with the unexpected enforced hiatus from golf, it was great to see the resurgence and boom once golf did resume and so many golfers getting out playing and making up for lost time.
We know from our own data and increased activity on the Golfshake website and in-particular, through the use of our leading online Golf Course directory how much golf was played along with utilising the services we provide in planning where to play golf and visit.
With over 12,000 new reviews submitted to our golf course review system, we have once again compiled a list of golf courses that excelled in the golf experience they provided during 2020 based off the review and recommendation data from average golfers visiting their venue. With all of these venues earning the Golfshake Highly Recommended status for 2020.
The data compiled provides a great advert for any courses listed given that everyday golfers who have visited their venue felt the experience matched up to their expectations and they would recommend.
The criteria was adjusted for 2020 given several missed months of golf but courses still required at least 7 independent reviews, a Highly Recommended rating greater than 90% and for 2020 we also only factored in the recommendation rating and ignored the data in relation to whether a golfer would play again - this is a change to 2018 and 2019 where data from playing again was factored in.
The 2020 Highly Recommended listing features over 300 golf clubs with 66 of those courses earning the 'Outstanding' status. See which courses matched up to expectations in 2020 based on the reviews and feedback from visiting golfers.
Outstanding 'Highly Recommended' Courses in 2020
To meet this level all the clubs below must have had over 15 independent reviews with a recommendation rating of 100%. 66 clubs meet this criteria for reviews submitted in 2020.
| Golf Club | Price Range | County | Region |
| The Epping Golf Course | ££ | Essex | East |
| Cranham Golf Course | ££ | Essex | East |
| Shendish Manor Golf Club | ££ | Hertfordshire | East |
| Stockwood Park Golf Club | ££ | Bedfordshire | East |
| Top Meadow Golf Club | ££ | Essex | East |
| Royston Golf Club | £££ | Hertfordshire | East |
| Three Rivers Golf & Country Club | £££ | Essex | East |
| Pavenham Park Golf Club | £££ | Bedfordshire | East |
| Wensum Valley Golf Club | £££ | Norfolk | East |
| The Burstead Golf Club | £££ | Essex | East |
| Barkway Park Golf Club | £££ | Hertfordshire | East |
| The Rayleigh Club Golf Resort | ££££ | Essex | East |
| Stevenage Golf Centre | ££££ | Hertfordshire | East |
| Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa | ££££ | Bedfordshire | East |
| Panshanger Golf Complex | ££££ | Hertfordshire | East |
| Abridge Golf Club | £££££ | Essex | East |
| Springwater Golf Club | £££ | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands |
| College Pines Golf Club | £££ | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands |
| Ramsdale Park Golf Centre | ££££ | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands |
| Oakmere Golf Club | ££££ | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands |
| Rufford Park Golf & Country Club | ££££ | Nottinghamshire | East Midlands |
| Horsley Lodge Golf Club | £££££ | Derbyshire | East Midlands |
| Hart Common Golf Club | ££ | Lancashire | North |
| Doncaster Town Moor Golf Club | £££ | South Yorkshire | North |
| Longhirst Hall Golf Club | £££ | Northumberland | North |
| Sandhill Golf Club | £££ | South Yorkshire | North |
| Allerton Manor Golf Club | £££ | Merseyside | North |
| Three Locks Golf Club | £££ | Buckinghamshire | South |
| Dummer Golf Club | £££ | Hampshire | South |
| The Hampshire Golf Club | £££ | Hampshire | South |
| Hinksey Heights Golf Club | £££ | Oxfordshire | South |
| Old Thorns Golf Club | £££££ | Hampshire | South |
| Chingford Golf Course | Greater London | South East | |
| Horsham Golf & Fitness | West Sussex | South East | |
| Chiddingfold Golf Club | ££ | Surrey | South East |
| Poult Wood Golf Club | £££ | Kent | South East |
| Sunbury Golf | £££ | Greater London | South East |
| Clandon Golf | £££ | Surrey | South East |
| Lullingstone Park Golf Club | £££ | Kent | South East |
| Westgate and Birchington Golf Club | £££ | Kent | South East |
| The Oaks Golf Centre | £££ | Surrey | South East |
| Boughton Golf Club | ££££ | Kent | South East |
| Hill Barn Golf Club | ££££ | West Sussex | South East |
| Oak Park Golf Club | ££££ | Surrey | South East |
| Singing Hills Golf Club | ££££ | West Sussex | South East |
| The Darenth | ££££ | Kent | South East |
| Stanmore Golf Club | ££££ | Greater London | South East |
| Westerham Golf Club | £££££ | Kent | South East |
| Croham Hurst Golf Club | £££££ | Surrey | South East |
| Foxhills Club & Resort | £££££ | Surrey | South East |
| London Golf Club | £££££ | Kent | South East |
| The Addington Golf Club | £££££ | Surrey | South East |
| Windmill Village Golf Club | ££ | Warwickshire | West Midlands |
| South Cerney Golf Course | ££ | Gloucester | West Midlands |
| Sapey Golf and Country Club | ££ | Worcestershire | West Midlands |
| Woodlands Golf & Country Club | ££ | Gloucester | West Midlands |
| Forest of Dean Golf Club | £££ | Gloucester | West Midlands |
| Stratford Park Golf Club | £££ | Warwickshire | West Midlands |
| Ombersley Golf Club | £££ | Worcestershire | West Midlands |
| Aston Wood Golf Club | £££ | Staffordshire | West Midlands |
| Draycote Hotel & Whitefields Golf | £££ | Warwickshire | West Midlands |
| Brandon Wood Golf Course and Club | £££ | Warwickshire | West Midlands |
| The Shropshire | ££££ | Shropshire | West Midlands |
| The Warwickshire Golf Club | £££££ | Warwickshire | West Midlands |
| Blackwell Golf Club | £££££ | Worcestershire | West Midlands |
| The Belfry Golf Club | £££££ | Warwickshire | West Midlands |
Highly Recommended Golf Courses in 2020
There are 376 achieving the 'Highly Recommended' accolade from the Golfshake reviews for 2020 based off the updated criteria. To meet this level all the clubs must have had over 7 independent reviews with a recommendation rating above 90%.
2020 Highly Recommended Golf Course List
If you are looking for inspiration on where to play then check out the Golfshake golf course directory: www.golfshake.com/course/
For more information on the Golfshake reviews and ratings system visit: www.golfshake.com/ratings/
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