How to write Golf Course Reviews or Golf Club Reviews

Having written many reviews of hotels and restaurants (think trip advisor) writing a good golf course review is just as easy but there are some fundamentals that you should include in any description. It should not be an account of your day but an independent and balanced view of your overall golf experience when you visited the club.

Her is our Top Ten Tips to consider when writing your golf course review.

1. Is the club easy to find?
2. Was there ample signage?
3. Were you welcomed on arrival and treated well?
4. Were the Bar and Catering Facilities to your satisfaction?
5. Did the Pro shop offer you any advice on playing the course?
6. Were the tee boxes and fairways well maintained?
7. Were the Greens in good condition?
8. Was their wide history to the club?
9. Was the course good value for money?
10. Would you return?

Obviously, every golf club reviewer will have their own personal style of writing, but try to avoid giving a review of your round. Sadly, the way you scored on the day can have a big effect on how you rate and judge the course – so be objective. In addition, as well as giving your feedback, try to always find at least one positive thing to say. No one wants to read a wholly negative review and rather than encourage the club to improve its service – it will probably just annoy them (short sighted, I know!)

Finally, if you are in a position to take photographs, add them to your golf course review. Over time this will allow your fellow ‘nomadic golfer’ to gauge what the course may look and play like at various, and huge differentiating times of the year.

Of course, if the website you are using offers you to rank your experience ‘by ratings’ – use these to full effect…. Happy Reviewing!

How to find Golf Groups Online in your area

Whether you are looking for new golfing friends, a local golf group or society of golfers to play with regularly, there are now many options to find Golf Group online with a plethora of websites, apps and social media platform on which to try….

When looking for a good golf group online, there are many options:

• Join an online golf club (e.g. the Social Golfer)
• Join a Facebook Group
• Join A Meet Up Group
• Join a WhatsApp Group
• Join a Twitter Group
• Join a Traditional golf club

Which is best for you?

Much of this will depend on whether you want to play with the same group of golfers, in the same areas or whether you wish to keep meeting new golfers and like to play different courses?

As such, if it’s the first option, then we recommended that you local a club near you, book an appointment with the Director of Golf or The PGA golf Pro and discuss the membership options on offer but if you like playing new courses and meeting new people, the latter will probably appeal to you most.

This is where a good online golf club comes into its own. Joining this type of new golf club (appealing to the nomadic golfer) will mean you will have plenty golfers available to play and keep your interest over time.

In addition, while the Facebook, WhatsApp and Meet Up groups can help you find golfers, they will not offer you a handicapping certificate service or allow you to run and grow your own golf society efficiently.

Furthermore, it may be the online golf community you decide to join will also have deals and green fees offer with traditional clubs, so check what the website platform offers, outside of email, forums, handicap tracking, as you can probably receive discounts and offers too.

Choosing to play a Golf using a Golf Course Directory service

You're excited about your trip, you’ve booked your accommodation, you’ve picked your Restaraunt for the evening and you know you want to play golf while you're away but what the best course to play, what are the green fees? Are they any offers available at the time you wish to play? Using a Golf Course Directory that is up to date, full of information, maps and other detailed content regarding the club is the best way to decide. Furthermore,  there are numerous website platforms on which to source this info.

Look for a Golf course directory that offers you all of the above but most importantly one that provides golf club reviews. Not only with these give you an insight into what your fellow nomadic golfers think of the course but it will also supply you with an objective view of the course, its green fees and its overall value for money. The best course directories will offer a star-rating system making it quick and easy to decide whether it's worth reading on or if to avoid.

By the mid-noughties, many websites like Amazon and eBay were offering customers the opportunity to leave a ‘review’ for the next person and this system is now being widely adopted by all markets and sectors.

A few tips to improve your reviews

1 - Write truthfully and be fair
2 - Talk about the club as well as the course
3 - Be sympathetic to the time of year
4 - Don’t write a review based on what you scored (!!)

However, a word of warning…. what one man (or woman) may think is a luxury, may, in fact, be another person nightmare, so try to take into account the contact in which the ‘review’ has been written and read more than one golf course directory before making up your mind to visit!