Chingford Golf Course

Weather Conditions: Sunny weather but had rained the previous few days.

Course conditions: very wet and splodgey with puddles all long fairways and near greens. Greens held up really nicely and were nice to putt on. 15th tee box was completely out of action. Winter tee boxes good condition vs. other courses I've played, however the actual tee boxes were not good condition (like playing from the rough in some instances, or very muddy)

Course layout - quite short, greens very small. Signposting for tees and holes was very poor

Location - 3 mins walk from Chingford station so very easy to access from Liverpool Street. Don't get misled by the random building opposite the station it's further down on the corner of the main road.

Overall - Convenient course to play for beginners, notably the greens were surprisingly receptive. However the rest of the course is not in good condition I didn't enjoy the course that much. I didn't get the feeling of lots of variety on the layout or challenge, even if the conditions allowed for a less splodgey experience. Play was quite slow to begin, after 9 holes it cleared up significantly.

Now this is no reflection on GolfNow but the course was not playable. There was loads of service water, greens were flooded and too many four balls. Either they set a limit of four balls or shut the course altogether it was so so wet. I only done 9 holes in 3.30 hours. I have played this course many times and this was my worst experience

Good to see more drainage work on 1st tee.
Course in general draining much better than others nearby.
The winter mats are also good compared to those in use elsewhere - hopefully not in use for much longer.

Great value, staff are expectational and was ready for a muddy game. They should have a halfway house though

Great to see obvious investment constructing a number of enlarged tee areas.. Sensible roping around greens to reduce wear and tear from trolleys etc. Whoever is in charge of such decisions WELL DONE.

Considering this is a public course, it’s in brilliant condition. The greens are immaculate for this time of year and whole course in a great state. There are currently temporary tees whilst maintenance is carried out ready for the summer, but this did not detract from the round at all. A busy, vibrant cafe adjourns the small clubhouse - great before the round. Would be nice to have a pint at the end of the round although there are few bars nearby. Will definitely return as amazing value for money!

Brilliant course. Excellent value for money. Can't speak highly enough of it. Best public course I've ever played for the money

Poor conditions fairways are ridiculous bumps don’t know what else to say but this needs a lot of attention

This is not a winter course, the course has no drainage and is therefore flooded and unplayable. It should really be closed in the current conditions, accepting green fees in the current state is criminal.

The course was so boggy we walked off after 10 holes. Puddles and mud made up the fairway.
Nice course lay out but disappointingly next to no drainage.
Not worth opening after any rain.

Really enjoyed playing this course. It was well set out and good conditions. Will play here again

Course in great shape, green are perfect and for £18 have to be the best value Course around.

We booked our round at 5:07pm thinking there wouldn’t be many other golfers playing at that time so we would have a fairly undistracted round and be able to finish in good time before nightfall and judging by the tee sheet online it didn’t appear to be so. However when we got to the course - well in advance of our tee time - we saw loads of groups of golfers being squeezed out in front of us meaning our tee time was then pushed back and we were going to end up being squashed behind a whole load of other golfers . This was extremely frustrating and when we questioned the lady in the shop she wasn’t very polite to us. If people can just walk on and pay and play at any time with no regards to staggered tee times then this defeats the whole point of having an online booking system and means the course will just become overcrowded. Not a happy bunny suffice to say as this got us off to a bad start before we had even hit a ball! Then we ended up being behind the slowest bunch of golfers I have ever had the displeasure of being behind, none of them with any golf etiquette or manners whatsoever. They could see us waiting on every tee behind them but refused to let us play through . The pace of play for twilight golf was simply ridiculous and this ended up ruining our golf having to wait on every single tee box for more than 5 minutes each time and probably added another hour to our round! Coupled with this there are far too many non golfers either lounging around on the fairways or walking their dogs, all the while putting their own selves at risk of being hit with a golf ball and oblivious to actual golfers playing on the course . This is surely an accident waiting to happen!!! Something should be done about this

My favourite course. A great test for all levels. Greens are always decent , only bad one is the Par 3 7th hole. Lovely public course , excellent value for money.
Staff are fantastic apart from 1 man who worked on that particular day wouldn't let me go out with my pals when we was booked 7 mins apart on 2 separate hot deals. Unbelievable. Wasn't an issue as we paired up again on the 2nd , just really silly and unnecessary.
Everything considered, I would Highly recommend. Great course , I absolutely love it

Simple forest course with challenging shots, but many hazards but plenty of trees to contend with.