Gillingham Golf Club

We arrived at Gillingham Golf Club to be greeted by a miserable old bugger in the pro shop, Sundays are obviously not his best day to work. He reminded me of my old teachers at school when you were somewhere in the school grounds you shouldn't have been. Undeterred we set off for the 1st tee which wasn't very well marked up. Playing off the tee mats didn't really help their cause either, especially as it was a warm dry day. Surprisingly the course was in good shape, the greens had been worked on but were still quick and quite true, the fairways, although quite flat, tended to be a bit one up, one down and very tight, a wayward shot would often put you on the adjacent fairway as there wasn't much rough, hence why there were a few shouts of "FORE" and balls landing quite close to you. The last gripe was the fact that you have to cross the busy main road four times during the round which is a bit weird. After the round, the clubhouse bar was clean, fresh and looking good and the lady bar staff member was very friendly, although the bar shut at 6pm. But all in all, I still enjoyed the course, especially at £12 twilight rate, and would go back and try it again, preferably when the school teacher has his day off, ha ha !!

Ball strickers course. Premium on accuracy and hitting fairways.

Nice little course, you have just got to keep it straight off the tee.