Walmersley Golf Club
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Fantastic day, well organised course in great condition.
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Perfect venue for today, at Walmersley Golf Club!
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Great afternoon at the club with lovely food. The staff made us feel very welcome.
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Great course, great conditions, well organised. Overall fantastic day
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Very welcoming and great hosts. Lovely venue - would definitely recommend.
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Food - fantastic, atmosphere - welcoming and bar staff polite & helpful.
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An excellent & challenging course. Brilliant food & great service
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What a lovely, well kept gold course! Lovely sunny day, and great food in the clubhouse afterwards. Always a pleasure!
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Warm, welcoming, spotless, had a brilliant time celebrating a Special Birthday.highly recommend.
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Great day out from the bacon egg butty on arrival to the mixed team event, weather, course condition and greens all followed by a good local pint and chat in the clubhouse. Will go again for sure
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Great course, great views and a warm freindly atmosphere. Well worth a visit!
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A lovely warm welcome at the Pro Shop and in the Clubhouse afterwards.👍😀
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Hi, Mike here from VIP Discos in Saddleworth, I was the DJ for Saturday's Birthday Party for Ken's 65th and I'd like to say a big thanks to the staff and guests for being so friendly - my first time at Walmersley Golf Club and what a crackin' little venue it is for a party!
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A great round of golf yesterday. A superb course only mared by divots on the fairway not being replaced and then being aproached by a member betrating us for not using fairway mats. Club pro very welcoming and a superb club house with very good facilities. This is a gem of a course which I hope to play again soon.
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In good condition from tee to green. Played on a windy day and very testing. Brilliant views as far as wales/ Liverpool. If your not from the area could be difficult to find. Nice friendly clubhouse
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A good track. Very challenging. Need more buggies and more sign posts to guide you in. Tucked away behind a housing estate and abit tricky to locate.. Worth the effort though
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What lovely golf club. Had a fantastic reception. Catering, course, service first class, will be back.
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I visited Walmersley Golf Club for thebestofbury's networking event and was completely in awe of the view when I arrived. The club is located in the hills overlooking Lancashire and, especially on a clear day, it looks outstanding. The catering team really did excel themselves too - the BBQ was fantastic and included salmon, crispy salad, and much more. It was so much more than an ordinary BBQ! Thanks to the team for organising. I would definitely recommend hosting an event here. The view is breathtaking.
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Thank you for a lovely evening last night at the BBQ, the food was delicious! It was great to see everyone. Thank you so much to everyone who bought raffle tickets and helped raise £178 for Josh's Charity
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Fabulous spot (not easiest to find but well worth it when you get there). The food was excellent. Service great. Look forward to coming again.
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Had an enjoyable evening. Great spot in Bury with a great view. The BBQ was brill and the bar staff very helpful.
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A massive thank you to Doug Peak and his team at Walmersley Golf Club for hosting our Summer BBQ last night. The food was amazing! Such a beautiful setting for a BBQ and with last nights glorious weather a fabulous evening was had by all. Thank you so much.
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We first ventured to Walmersley Golf Club in 2014 when the course, and even the area, were a complete unknown to the whole society. We made the choice after reading a fellow societies online review of the course. And the feeling amongst all players that day was equal, we were truly blown away by the place. From the moment the secretary came in on his day off just to meet us at breakfast for a chat and to explain about the history and strategy of the course, to the moment he returned many hours later with a booking form guaranteeing the same rates if we booked again in 2015, we just knew that this was a place that we will be coming to over and over again in future years.
For those who don't know where Walmersley is, and sadly most of you wont, its situated way up in the hills overlooking Bury. The M66 motorway cuts the course in half and you cross it to play a few holes. You would never just stumble on this course and that fact must cost it a lot of casual players and even members, because unless you had been told or looked on line you just wouldn't know it was there. Its up what seem like endless winding back roads and alleys.
The original 9 holes and clubhouse were built way back in 1906 to accommodate the overpopulation of Bury Golf Club. The clubhouse has that very similar feel to others from the same era, lots of little rooms surrounding one big main room. Throughout the years various additions and land purchases have been made to add holes along the way until in 2009, 103 years after it first opened, the course finished its construction to the fine 18 hole moorland layout that it is today.
Its not a long course by modern standards, but who would rather play long, bland and boring courses when places like Walmersley prove that its so much more interesting to play twelve 250-420 yard par 4's that are all totally unique and each pose different challenges?
Your spoilt for choice here when it comes to great holes, you could argue the case for each one of them, but I will pick out a few of the really good holes. The 1st is a par 3 played downhill from a very elevated tee box, the green looks further away than it actually is and for most players a 5 iron or crushed 6 iron will get you there. The 3rd is a gorgeous hole, the fairway falls away from the tee box sweeping downhill to the right then back uphill to the left. Your shot into the green needs to stay left or you will end up in the huge pond or bunker that are on the right side of the green.
The 9th hole is a real brain buster! Its a 220 yard par 4 played straight to the green with no elevation changes. Easy right? WRONG! This hole torments peoples souls! The tee shot is very intimidating as the hole is so tight due to being surrounded by huge trees on both sides, its like hitting one down an entry between two council houses! If you go into the trees, even slightly, then you have no shot at the green whatsoever, its a chip out and try again. Between our group I think every club in the bag was used off this tee, from Matty who was only 2 yards short of driving the green, right through to me who hit two pitching wedges! You feel really demoralised if you walk off here with anything worse than a par, but its so easy to not make one!
The 13th is a daunting tee shot on a dog leg hole. Anything that goes left and isn't long is swallowed up by the valley, and anything straight that is too long, like a well struck driver, will fly over the stone wall of the fairway and out of bounds. If you hit one successfully on to the fairway and are wondering where to play your next shot as you cant see the green, just aim for the windmill. You wont need to look very hard for this, its absolutely enormous, sounds like a Boeing 747 starting its take-off sequence and is literally at the foot of the 13th green!
The 14th is a great par 3. Again played from an elevated tee but from only 105 yards, there is nothing but junk in front of the tee box to swallow a top, water on the right, pot bunker in front of the green and long of the green is surrounded on all sides by a large bank. A really great par 3 hole and perfect for your nearest the pin competition!
I could go on and on, but that gives you a flavour of what the holes at Walmersley are about. Its not about driver, 3 wood, wedge on every hole, there are plenty where if you get a good tee shot away you can play in with anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge, this gives all players of any age and ability a chance here.
The greens are always immaculate and a good solid pace, neat flat tee boxes and links style lumpy, bumpy, slippy, slopey fairways that are cut neat and tight.
The place has a real genuine feel of warmth for its guests. So many golf course seem to just want to drain every penny from guests that they can, but everything is so reasonable here from the ale, to the buggies, even chocolate bars in the pro shop are priced at what you would pay in a paper shop. Let alone the price of the golf which is as good a value as you will get anywhere in the North West, and I can safely say that as I have played lots of them. As they did us a very special deal as returning customers Im going to break tradition and not say what we paid in this review as it would be a breach of trust with a course that we will be going back to many times, but get in touch with them and they will cut you a good deal I can guarantee that!
They are very active on twitter at @walmersleygc and always reply to tweets ( we tweeted them about a local rule that we were unsure about and they came straight back to us ).
Finally, if you do decide to visit Walmersley for a game ( in fact change that to when you decide to visit ) be sure to have a look at their website first www.walmersleygolfclub.co.uk. They have on their a fly over of each hole described by the one and only voice of golf Peter Alliss. Its brilliant and is exactly the same as a BBC course fly over of an Open Championship venue.
Get to Walmersley, tell them that the Royal Oak Society advised you to visit, and have a wonderful day. If you come back and say you didn't enjoy this place, your just a liar.
Course - 10
Greens - 9
Facilities - 6
Value - 10
Hospitality - 10
For those who don't know where Walmersley is, and sadly most of you wont, its situated way up in the hills overlooking Bury. The M66 motorway cuts the course in half and you cross it to play a few holes. You would never just stumble on this course and that fact must cost it a lot of casual players and even members, because unless you had been told or looked on line you just wouldn't know it was there. Its up what seem like endless winding back roads and alleys.
The original 9 holes and clubhouse were built way back in 1906 to accommodate the overpopulation of Bury Golf Club. The clubhouse has that very similar feel to others from the same era, lots of little rooms surrounding one big main room. Throughout the years various additions and land purchases have been made to add holes along the way until in 2009, 103 years after it first opened, the course finished its construction to the fine 18 hole moorland layout that it is today.
Its not a long course by modern standards, but who would rather play long, bland and boring courses when places like Walmersley prove that its so much more interesting to play twelve 250-420 yard par 4's that are all totally unique and each pose different challenges?
Your spoilt for choice here when it comes to great holes, you could argue the case for each one of them, but I will pick out a few of the really good holes. The 1st is a par 3 played downhill from a very elevated tee box, the green looks further away than it actually is and for most players a 5 iron or crushed 6 iron will get you there. The 3rd is a gorgeous hole, the fairway falls away from the tee box sweeping downhill to the right then back uphill to the left. Your shot into the green needs to stay left or you will end up in the huge pond or bunker that are on the right side of the green.
The 9th hole is a real brain buster! Its a 220 yard par 4 played straight to the green with no elevation changes. Easy right? WRONG! This hole torments peoples souls! The tee shot is very intimidating as the hole is so tight due to being surrounded by huge trees on both sides, its like hitting one down an entry between two council houses! If you go into the trees, even slightly, then you have no shot at the green whatsoever, its a chip out and try again. Between our group I think every club in the bag was used off this tee, from Matty who was only 2 yards short of driving the green, right through to me who hit two pitching wedges! You feel really demoralised if you walk off here with anything worse than a par, but its so easy to not make one!
The 13th is a daunting tee shot on a dog leg hole. Anything that goes left and isn't long is swallowed up by the valley, and anything straight that is too long, like a well struck driver, will fly over the stone wall of the fairway and out of bounds. If you hit one successfully on to the fairway and are wondering where to play your next shot as you cant see the green, just aim for the windmill. You wont need to look very hard for this, its absolutely enormous, sounds like a Boeing 747 starting its take-off sequence and is literally at the foot of the 13th green!
The 14th is a great par 3. Again played from an elevated tee but from only 105 yards, there is nothing but junk in front of the tee box to swallow a top, water on the right, pot bunker in front of the green and long of the green is surrounded on all sides by a large bank. A really great par 3 hole and perfect for your nearest the pin competition!
I could go on and on, but that gives you a flavour of what the holes at Walmersley are about. Its not about driver, 3 wood, wedge on every hole, there are plenty where if you get a good tee shot away you can play in with anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge, this gives all players of any age and ability a chance here.
The greens are always immaculate and a good solid pace, neat flat tee boxes and links style lumpy, bumpy, slippy, slopey fairways that are cut neat and tight.
The place has a real genuine feel of warmth for its guests. So many golf course seem to just want to drain every penny from guests that they can, but everything is so reasonable here from the ale, to the buggies, even chocolate bars in the pro shop are priced at what you would pay in a paper shop. Let alone the price of the golf which is as good a value as you will get anywhere in the North West, and I can safely say that as I have played lots of them. As they did us a very special deal as returning customers Im going to break tradition and not say what we paid in this review as it would be a breach of trust with a course that we will be going back to many times, but get in touch with them and they will cut you a good deal I can guarantee that!
They are very active on twitter at @walmersleygc and always reply to tweets ( we tweeted them about a local rule that we were unsure about and they came straight back to us ).
Finally, if you do decide to visit Walmersley for a game ( in fact change that to when you decide to visit ) be sure to have a look at their website first www.walmersleygolfclub.co.uk. They have on their a fly over of each hole described by the one and only voice of golf Peter Alliss. Its brilliant and is exactly the same as a BBC course fly over of an Open Championship venue.
Get to Walmersley, tell them that the Royal Oak Society advised you to visit, and have a wonderful day. If you come back and say you didn't enjoy this place, your just a liar.
Course - 10
Greens - 9
Facilities - 6
Value - 10
Hospitality - 10
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Just played in your invitational day and the course is in fantastic condition the greens are superb
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I am sure you will not remember me, we had a brief conversation at the Bury Business exhibition, a couple of weeks back, when you were showcasing Walmersley Golf Club. I finally had the opportunity to play your course, last Friday, when my friend, and work colleague, Anthony McGrath, invited two other work colleagues, and myself, to play at your course.
May I say what a pleasure it was to play the course, as a member at Bolton Old Links for a good number of years, I have played all over Lancashire, and Cheshire, and rarely found a course in such good condition. I do not know why I have never played there before. The course presentation was excellent, well manicured, with definition between first, and second cuts, the course was well signposted for a first time visitor, and the greens were superb, closely mown, with subtle borrows, and quite fast, an absolute gem of a course to play.
I also enjoyed the drink in the Clubhouse after golf, where the staff were extremely pleasant, and helpful, and to top it off, I managed a hole in one at the first hole, what a day!
Would you please pass on my best wishes, and thanks to your Green staff, and Steward, for a thoroughly enjoyable day, I cannot wait for my second invite, the course was a “Hidden gem” and I was greatly impressed, thank you again for a great afternoons golf.
May I say what a pleasure it was to play the course, as a member at Bolton Old Links for a good number of years, I have played all over Lancashire, and Cheshire, and rarely found a course in such good condition. I do not know why I have never played there before. The course presentation was excellent, well manicured, with definition between first, and second cuts, the course was well signposted for a first time visitor, and the greens were superb, closely mown, with subtle borrows, and quite fast, an absolute gem of a course to play.
I also enjoyed the drink in the Clubhouse after golf, where the staff were extremely pleasant, and helpful, and to top it off, I managed a hole in one at the first hole, what a day!
Would you please pass on my best wishes, and thanks to your Green staff, and Steward, for a thoroughly enjoyable day, I cannot wait for my second invite, the course was a “Hidden gem” and I was greatly impressed, thank you again for a great afternoons golf.
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