Players Club (Codrington) - Gloucestershire - England

Golf week visit, course is OK not sure 9hrs driving and playing was worth the effort, good layout with OK greens not quick or slow. I would expect them to be awesome for a flag ship golf week showcasing the course. range balls the dog has been playing with for 10 years (save your money) a disappointing visit. £30 was about right for 18 holes.

An enjoyable course with a nice variety of par 3s and 5s and water in play on a number of holes but we felt it was let down by the conditioning. We played in late March after a number of sunny days but were disappointed to find the fairways still boggy and uneven.

Feel there is real potential for this to be a solid 4 to 4 1/2 ball course with some quality matchplay holes (namely 3, 12, 15 and 16) but an improvement in the state of the fairways is needed.

I visited The Players at short notice in late Sept 2021along with 3 friends. We got what I felt was a good stay and play deal of £110 each, one round on the Codrington and twin room in the lodges on site.

On arrival I found the pro very welcoming and obviously proud of the course. He said we could play from the Black (championship) tees but recommended we play from the Whites. Our Handicaps ranged from 3 to 20 and it turned out to be a fair challenge for all.

The course its self was very well maintained with top quality greens and a good variety of long and short holes. There was plenty of water to deal with but nothing outrageous. The only weak hole is the 7th, a short par 4 with not alot to it. Other than that I really enjoyed the rest. Real stand outs are the 3rd which is a par 4 with a testing second shot over water to a big sloping green, the 10th is a nice looking par 3 over water, 12th which is a great risk and reward downhill par 5, the long par 5 dogleg left 15th where you have to negotiate a couple of ponds, and 16th is another par 3 where you need to cover water.

The Clubhouse over looks the 18th green and had everything you needed after a round.

We all enjoyed it and are talking about a return trip sometime this year(2022).

We played off the yellows on a hot day and it didn’t feel as though the course was long at all. A lot of the holes were better to play irons off the tee due to the run off areas, thick rough and blind holes. It became easy to lose your ball with a relatively accurate 250+ yard shot. The par 3’s all look brilliant and are all interesting to the eye, they’re the stand-outs for this course.

Course #403 for me (#270 in England) REALLY enjoyed my visit.

Firstly a SUPERB collection of framed Open programmes dating back to 1928 and some Ryder Cup pictures around the upstairs bar area......must be worth a fortune and very interesting and nostalgic.

Pro very welcoming and helpful too.

Didn't feel the course played overly long as others seem to say ?

Some very good holes with good water features and bunkering.

Some excellent par 3's and the 15th is a par 5 double water carry like a bit the 18th on the Brabazon at the Belfry.

Attractive and playable course.

Highly recommended.

Played in the Stiff Salver on Saturday 26th August 2017 and I was very impressed with the course condition and layout. The par 3s are fantastic to the eye and very well designed. The fairways and greens were of the highest level. The facilities are excellent, all the staff and members were very friendly, helpful and welcoming. I would recommend this course to all levels of golfer who enjoy a good test of golf. A real gem.

Well done to everybody at The Players Golf Club on making the club a success.

I have played the Players a few times over the years, and indeed was a member briefly to use the practice facilities which for me are the biggest plus. My latest visit was in May 2016, and the course doesn't really seem to have matured much over the years and I'm afraid I still don't can't get over enthused about the course. Played long due to overnight rain, greens were ok and there are a few good holes (3/15/16 spring to mind, all with water in play), but I am afraid it always just leaves me a bit flat. Just one of those modern style courses I don't like, but some people I know do like it. It's not poor so I'm giving it an average rating; in my opinion there are lots of better, more enjoyable and more interesting courses out there

in my opinion this is a good example of a well done modern course. Ok its not going to challenge the top100 but its contstantly being improved and is usually in very good condition. The course can play long, but choose the right tees and there is no reason for it to be overwhelming.

Played the Codrington course earlier this month on a sunny day with a two-club wind and enjoyed it very much. Challenging course with numerous memorable holes of great variety but also very playable for our group of mixed handicappers. Some bunkers seemed to be undergoing renovation and others were compacted with hardly any sand, which made escaping a bit of a lottery. The rest of the course (especially the greens) was in pretty good condition for mid autumn. I didn’t expect much but was pleasantly impressed. We played Ross-on-Wye and Weston-super-Mare before finishing off the trip with the sublime Burnham & Berrow. The Codrington course stood up pretty well in such esteemed company and some of our group preferred it to Ross, which a few felt was too claustrophobic and rather samey. Hugh

Played this in the Europro and it is one of the best courses in the country year in year out. The greens and conditioning of the course is superb and the shot values to the greens reward the better player. It is penal in places but it is a championship golf course so it should be. It is good enough to stage anything, but being local I have played it from the members tees with my friends and they thought for the money it was great value and a few of them joined the £100 scheme. Practice facilities are great as is the par 3 course which you must try and play.