Basildon Golf Course

Basildon is an undulating parkland course that is suitable for all standards the fairways are wide but many are sloping the course is generally in good condition with good even paced greens, it is worth down loading the yardage book.the club house is bright with friendly helpful staff.

I played the course a lot in the late 80’s and early 90’s. probably in better condition now. Still a good test of golf. Needs precision off the tee on many holes. Greens were very lush, rolled true, receptive, but slow which is fine when you are used to them.
Overall pretty good value and worth a round, I’ll be back to hopefully make a better fist of it than today!

1st of day back out after lockdown, the course was in fair condition. Rough, being quite damp, was making ball hunting tricky. Greens had been hollow tined, so not running quite as true. Overall not too much to complain about, and after 4 weeks of lockdown, I think most of us would play in a poorly ploughed field! Next time there's a game up and I'm free, I'll be happy to play.

Clubhouse was open serving all sorts, and was doing a fair trade.

Another enjoyable day out in great company

Simply lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely

A good municipal mature tree lined hilly parkland course with undulating fairways with some tight fairways & dogleg holes with fairway bunkers & true greens. Don’t remember seeing any water hazards. There are some lateral ditches so course management comes into play on some of the holes.
The greens, fairways & bunkers were all in good condition. Not much rough due to the trees.
You will find practice putting green, driving nets & friendly staff. Overall a good challenge.
Sadly no racks for the bunkers. We paid £12 with a free paint of beer. At £27 is about normal now days.
A good test of golf it has a bit of everything. It's had a lot of money spent on it in the last couple of years and it's now paying off. It gets thumbs up from me. Definitely worth playing.

On Arrival you will see a nice looking building with a building site on your right hand side, head straight to the building site and "Welcome to Basildon Golf Club"

I understand clubs improving and working having to be carried out but there is no reason not to be tidy while doing it. Rubbish and bricks everywhere. IMO i would save the money on what looks like a a club house extension and put it to the purchase of a lawn mower for the very long fairways.

Condition:
Tees: Ok
Fairways: Bad, no difference to the light rough
Greens: Patchy, Bumpy... In fairness it did look like the effort to save some greens was underway.
Challenge: Some tricky tee shots but not much to the course and very short for a par 72

Its main problem is the type of golfer they attract, sadly all were members. Now i am no golfing snob but the etiquette was disgusting. 4 Times the group behind us played over our heads and at least once only just missing us, swearing and shouting, 4 people to one buggy and we see one guy finish a can of beer and just chucked in to the fairway (this was at 9:45)

IMO you can chuck as much money as you wish to improve this club but while they have members like I've seen then it will never be a course i would recommend to anyone.

Needless to say, i would not return to this club even if it was free.

Basildon Golf course is a tough little course, but for many many years lacking in money spent on it as a pay n play but someone took it over at the end of last year and they are spending money and making repairs.

Don't get me wrong, there is some way to go still I think, but out on the course today, you could see many workers cutting fairways and fixing the golf course.

The clubhouse and practice facilities are v limited, but they are building and extension at the moment so will be far better when completed. This also affects the practice green at the moment too. So fair play to them, and see what's like next year.

Now to the course itself ....

It's quite a tight course in places, so fairway tee shots are vital if you are going to score well.
There are many undulating and sloped fairways, which you will need some course management, (refusing driver), to stay in with a chance of par. Biggest problem is weekends and school holidays, as kids can and do get onto the course and can be a royal pain.

But it's a good layout of course and bites you hard at times, but good play can give quite a few birdie opportunities. I'll be back again next spring if not before

I played here once before 30 years ago,and it will be another 30 before I go back.
Club house and PRO SHOP where well less said the better!!
Robbed of a £15 green fee for a public course,playing of mats on some holes,other tees where bare patches of grass covered in sand,the fairways where just as bad.The greens where probably the worst I have played on in 30 years of playing golf.
THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR THE COUNCIL TO BUILD NEW HOUSES ON.
Its a shame because it has some interesting holes,let down by the overall condition of the course.
I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK

Basildon Golf Course has had a poor life in terms of upkeep over the last 20 or so years but its comming back to its best in a slow but sure way under newish managment well worth a round or two and as cheap as chips if booked online £8 will do it

for anyone who wants a demanding game try basildon, wayward shots can be very unforgiving as it is a parkland course with fairways boardard by trees and bushes but for the low handicapper unlike me this shouldn't be a problem.fairways in the summer are good but cracks appear so you can get some strange bounces and obviously at this time a year fairways can become littered with leaves which can hamper finding your ball even on the fairway,the majority of the greens are good but some do need attention.The clubhouse is small but serves its purpose with a practice area right by it,overall basildon course is very good with varying demanding holes and as for value for money i played there today for just £5 (booked on line) for the round after 2pm.During the week it is a good course to get on as at the weekend it can get busy therefore always check to see if you can get a tee off time but as a rule i have never failed to get on the course when i wanted.