Pumpherston Golf Club

Excellent day out,really great course with a warm welcome.

Third time of playing here and enjoyed it ..
Staff really friendly and course in good condition if yu get the chance go and play !!

Played here a few weeks ago and decided to go back. Little did I know there was a golf outing on, the pace of play ruined the round, having two groups standing on a tee with a 3rd standing back is shambolic. I get courses need to make money and large parties bring in cash but their pace should be monitored and dealt with if they fall behind. Overall id give it another shot but id be wary of who else is on the course

First impressions were very good. Really friendly staff who let me use the members changing room as they don’t have a visitor’s locker room. Nice little chipping and putting green to practice too. The course seems well maintained too, lot of sand on the greens but the fairways are 1st rate. Unfortunately the thing that ruined it was the scourge of slow play. Going out before me were a 2 ball, then 2 x 3 balls who all appeared to know each other. They weren’t teeing off on time and despite giving them their full time allocation and half of mine, I still caught up with them by the time 2nd tee. I’ll preface this with the fact that I play off 20, hadn’t played for 2 months and had a brand new set of irons that I was having difficulty with. That gives you an idea how slow they were. Refused several times to wave me through and were so rude as to be marking their cards while still on the green. I eventually jumped from the 5th to the 7th which made things a little better but I had run out of time to complete my 18. Clubs in general really need to do more to combat this.
I am conflicted, I did enjoy the course but having paid full price for the 18 holes and managing 6 holes, I am really disappointed. This was a Tuesday lunchtime.
For me, clubs really need to put a senior member or secretary in a buggy to keep an eye on big groups to ensure that if they are playing slow, then they allow players through.

This course grabbed our attention on the golf now app with the photo of the signature 16th hole. The rest of the course was excellent. The weather certainly helped. Greens were in great condition. Can tell the course members look after with no pitch marks or divots. Really enjoyed playing. Slight downside is a few holes are not well marked to show where to go. But as I say, it's just a small grumble. I'm sure when playing the course a few times you get used to it.

I'd recommend this course to anyone looking from a change from their own course. Challenging at times but not too hard. Par 3s on the back 9 are all brilliant.

Great day out, weather played its part. And goid tough challenging course

The wind was blowing and it was wet underfoot but considering the course was in good conditions. A thoroughly enjoyable and challenging round.

Great course in good condition given recent very wet weather.
Boards at the tees to show hole layout would be a welcome addition given the number of holes with water features/ hazards.
Will play again

Course in great condition with a good variety of holes I didn’t play well but still looking forward to going back

Have played Pumpherston a few times and enjoyed the course - it's a pleasant course and easy walking with no real hills.

I was annoyed this time because half of the greens were thick with sand and with the coring the greens were just about unplayable. Also I had a greenkeeper following me to every hole sitting behind the tee with his tractor left running and banging grass boxes around as I was teeing up.

I appreciate work has to be done but no info relating to the course conditions on Golf Now or the club website. I had already cancelled a round from Wishaw because they were digging up the greens. Golf Now need to introduce a process where these things need to be declared so people can book accordingly. If it's half price and you just fancy a casual knock then you may not mind but a round spoiled here.

5 holes on temporary (fairway) greens, felt I should have been told before start of play and certainly before green fees paid

Excellent Golf Course.
Disappointing that the first few greens had been cored and the next several were on temporary greens (while they were being cored!!), But the back 9 were a joy to play!,
No mention of the maintenance work when we booked, or when we checked in, but course is definitely worth playing!
Kitchen, bar staff and bacon rolls were excellent!

Had an enjoyable round of Golf as part of a fourball. A really nice course in excellent condition with fairways which were cut short and fast greens. Good variety of holes with some extremely challenging holes. Would definitely play again.

Course was quiet and greens running at nice pace ! Cost of round excellent as other courses are asking for £10 a round ,! So a round under £20 is getting rarer ! Course was dry as this course does not take the water well ! Was playable today with no preferred lies ! Enjoyable day