Paul Thorne

I was invited to Millbrook GC by a former work colleague to play in a charity event for Keech, a hospice for adults and children. We were greeted with a smiling face at registration, always a good start to the day. Then we headed for the buffet breakfast, very nice indeed. We proceeded to the first tee, a dogleg par 5 only 445 yards, your thinking that's an easy start however as we came to the corner for our second shots there is massive dip in the fairway, so with over 200 yards to go i decided to lay up in the dip. Your third shot is then a blind shot up to the top of the hill, thank goodness they have added a cart track as this is a steep climb up to the green, not my favorite start to a round. The course then winds through the trees, with some elevations to negotiate. The course on the whole is very laid out however there are some very quirky holes, especially the 1st,9th and the 11th(known locally as cardiac hill). The course then runs along the side of the main A road, This was very busy thus being rather noisy. To sum up, the course was in excellent condition, no complaints from any of my playing partners, The greens have undulations in them that you just cannot see, beware. A very good test for all handicaps. My one piece of advise is, get a buggy, you will enjoy your round a lot better. A great day out, its definately worth playing.

The website address for the charity is www.keech.org.

Happy Golfing and Vive le TSG.

Paul

Clubhouse and hospitality all good, course is a pay and play, which shows, divets on the fairways and pitch marks on every green not repaired, on some of the holes it looks like the pins have not been moved for months. I was told this is a good course, thats why a gave it a go. Sorry guys but i will not be going back to this course, there are plenty of better courses available in the area.

What can i say, what a beautiful laid out course, every hole is different from the last. Tight cut fairways, tree lined, bunkers well placed for the wayward shot and lots of water in all the wrong places for me. I didnt shoot a good round but came away thinking, wow what a course and the facilities are second to none. A great day and a thank you to my playing partners Daryl, Brian and David for making one i will probably never forget.

You have to ask yourself why so many bunkers? otherwise an excellent course. Really nice course to walk round and very much enjoyed the whole day.

After a warm reception from staff and other club members it looked like the rain may stay away and it did until the 17th.
Clubhouse, very nice surroundings with the golf shop inside the clubhouse.
Practice facilities, well the practice putting green was not good. But never mind, to the first tee. Par 4 dogleg right, got to the corner ok, passed a couple of fairway bunkers with little or no sand at all in them.
chipped on to the first green, ball bounced every which way it could eventually coming to a halt, the green was in terrible condition, i tried to putt out, but the ball just kept bouncing its way towards the hole.
That was much of the course badly maintained in my opinion.
I would not recommend this course to anyone SORRY.