Stockley Park Golf

I booked to play single because it looked free online, and was so looking forward to playing a course with blue (pro) tees even though I would be hacking off the yellows
Apparently not free and a late medal competition meant it was backing-up when I went.
I quickly joined a 2 in-front of me but we were stuck behind 6 clowns going off the blues and straight into the trees. The marshall did nothing except ask them to play as a 6 as this might be quicker...
A round for 3 of us took 5 hours and 15 minutes!
The course. Some of the greens are quite badly broken. Some of the sandpits are full of stones and I simply wouldn't use an expensive wedge in there - rather take a drop. Generally the course is nice but the grass is too long and it made it difficult to find your ball. To be fair - it had rained heavily before.
The first hole is under renovation - but is not playable - I just walked past it. This and the conditions of the greens make it a 2/5
Perhaps why clowns play there. Perhaps when the 1st hole is renovated I might try it again

Have played stockley over the years and it's always been a pretty decent course. Now however .... Shocking !!!
The Greens are extremely poor , the fairways not much better on most, signage poor hole to hole and the so called 'new first hole' !!!! What a joke ... A par 3 played from a winter mat and you get to play across a path with an overgrown mound on one side and a huge ditch full of mud the other -warrants, cannot believe they don't advise you of this either when booking or on arrival, if it weren't for the fact the first is a decent walk from the clubhouse most would probably go back then and there and complain - and in my opinion warrants at least £5 off just for that. All in all won't be going back in a hurry and certainly won't be recommending to anyone .

Good price.
Still have a problem with to many stones in the bunkers.

The course could do with a few patrols - one of the shocking things I've seen was a family having a picnic right behind the green - improve the signs just a bit more TLC would improve the experience.
For the price you can't knock it - 9/10 will find lost balls so good for beginners recommend playing here than say at Ruislip after a few rounds - don't be afraid of the banks can use them to your advantage and gain a few shots.
This time round I played with a half set, driver, 5wood, hybrid, 6, PW, 50,56 P.
Can't go wrong with the hot deals - but purlease go round and patrol!

This used to be a really nice course, I played it a lot before they got greedy and put a driving range over the nice first hole, now it is a sad place,
It is uncared for, the greens are a disgrace mostly bald and cracking, the rough is stupidly long, the tee boxes are are unkempt and need mowing.
The layout has been changed so many times that no one seems to know where to go.
The Par 3 where the old 1st hole was is a joke, and finally the bar/proshop/clubhouse is like a poorly run coffee shop.
My advice would be - Don't Bother...
There are so many better courses around.

Me and my friends have played 30-40 courses in London over the past couple of years and this is definitely the worst course we've played at - especially considering the mid-level pricing.

The first hole is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life... embarrassing. Avoid.

Can't say much more than this - don't bother it's not worth £5 to play this course. Dreadful greens awful condition of fairways and dreadful directions from hole to hole the course lay out is shocking at times.

Save your money and play somewhere else.

Played here a few times in the past - last time was about 2015. It was always pretty decent and reasonably well kept.
It was always the kind of standard you would expect on a society or work golf day with a nice modern club house, Driving Range and usual facilities.

It now however is the standard of a holiday style 'pitch & Putt' course.
The greens are half bald/Muddy area.
The Bunkers had zero sand in them. They were full of stones.
The rough was not managed - it was all overgrown and uncut (i.e miss the fairway - loose a ball)
The signage was poor and hard to navigate.
There was stuff by one of the greens where someone had lit a fire.
The tee boxes were uneven and un-kept.
The 1st hole was not even a hole. After we finally found it we decided not to even play it as it was a 'mound of grass' behind the rough. Clearly a temp hole but not mention of it before seeing it.
The toilets smelt.

Waste of time.

This used to be one of my favourite courses. returned to play it recently and was shocked at how much it has deteriorated, fairways, greens etc. First hole is a disgrace...!

Played at Stockley park after about 6 months and was very disappointed with the condition of the course. Seems to have detiourated from Bad to worse.
The course layout is great but seems to be mismanaged. Greens were in very bad shape, bunkers had little or no sand at all.
Empty beer bottles, food wrappers litered almost every tee.
On the 18 holes, only 3-4 ball washers were functional.
Saw other golfers on the course wearing jogging shorts and collarless t-shirts.
On the whole very disappointed.

Lots of work going on , 1st hole is a joke 60yards par 3 badly sign for direction of next hole also yardage was very poor.

I've played here a few times and on this latest round it felt as if the course had deteriorated somewhat. Tee boxes were patchy, some bunkers had very little sand in, greens were patch and putts bobbled.

Charging full price whilst the 1st is being re-done doesn't sit well with me, doubt I'll be back until the permanent hole is complete (which seems to have taken well over a year so far...)

Other reviews mention the staff not being great - I've always found the staff to be nothing but friendly and helpful so maybe it depends who's on when you play.

The course is interesting, re the layout - yes, there is a walk between some holes but I personally don't have an issue with this. The course is challenging but forgiving enough for a mid/high handicapper like me.

Not what we had expected given our previous visit but a lot of work has obviously done to improve both fairways and greens. There is still work going on/about certain holes but we felt pleasantly surprised overall. On the down side the greens are super fast and bunkers are without sand!

Arrived to be met by a couple of surly girls in reception.

Headed for the first tee which required a 200 yard walk through a construction site. After the effort we were rewarded by a mat as a tee box for a nasty little 110 yard hole. Looks like this is a temporary arrangement while they build a new 1st hole next to it. The next hole was another 2-300 yard walk over a motorway bridge which of course we had to recross later in the round.

Most holes required a fairly lengthy walk from green to the next tee so if you like walking a golf course this is not the one to play. Greens were lumpy and random to putt on. Fairways and tee boxes were also poor quality.

Amenities at the "club house" are negligible. A few chairs and tables and a nasty bar (served by the aforementioned surly women. The course itself is nestled in amongst a series of unpleasant roads and roundabouts near Heathrow airport and the clubhouse is a sort of concrete lump.

On the plus side, it was cheap but that still did not make it good value for money.

With decent management, completion of the new first hole, decent greenkeeping, and summer weather, it is possible that this course would be worth playing as the basic layout is fine. Currently it has none of the above.

If you are planning on playing this course, you are better off driving to Heathrow and trying to play on the runway as I'm sure that the airport security staff will be more inviting and friendly that the staff at Stockley Park. Course was in poor condition and the first hole is a construction site. The only glimmer of hope for this course was the good breakfast!

I'm glad to say most of the grass under the trees have been cleared making it so much quicker to find your ball. How much does sand cost? Come on, its poor and looks cheap when courses don't put sand in bunkers. It will get a higher score for course layout when you open up the new 1st hole. Which at the moment is a joke.

An excellent round of golf. Played this course a few times now and this was the best I've seen it. The fairways were immaculate, greens all ran true, the only negative was the bunkers, please put more sand into them as a lot of them were hard and stoney.

Hole 1 is still being renovated so there is a temporary par 3 playing of a mat, however all 17 other holes were prefect. The new hole 1 is opening in July 2017