Players Club (Codrington) - Gloucestershire - England

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.

Played here annually for the last 3 years. I've always found it in good condition and a friendly welcome from the staff. They have done a lot work over the last 12 months, looks like there trying to make it even longer?! Stadium feel to this course which has some great holes, the 4th and 16th being the picks. Much better than its neighbour Bowood.

Agree with previous comment regarding pitch marks, few society days I would expect. Some great holes, 4,7,13,14,15, can each improve your scorecard but also ruin it, makes it a real challenge. Had fun and would want to play again in the summer to get a true reflection as looks as though alot of work is being/has been carried out.

The Players Club is a new course with big ambitions. Obviously built with the Tour in mind its 7,700 yards off the very back tees and a testing 6,700 of the yellows. Size isn’t everything as they say and some of the holes were long for the sake of being long. There are however some very good golf holes, the par 4 4th,, where you have to hit over water twice and the par 5 15th which is a classic risk and reward hole, stand out. The par 3’s were good, often hitting over picturesque lakes to large greens.Overall the course is worth playing and has the potential to be very good, it has the layout but just needs the maturity.

At the moment, the course here is waiting to mature – it’s just so new and noticeably so. The design is very bold and gets better as the round develops and the finishing holes from 13-17 are classical match-play holes - probably not many halved holes here. The greens are enormous enabling varying different pin positions but sometimes I felt they are big just for the sake of it, including the 2nd that is an awful horse-shoe shape – why ? After completing my game here, I fear for the Players Club – main reason being that there are many holes that have lay up areas to approach the greens - here that I see a problem – who is policing the divert repair here ? – many many poor lies to play from. In a similar vein – pitch mark repair seem not to be a priority to the players. I am really split on my final opinion of the place ……. Some cracking points (14 holes involved with water), brilliant variety and dramatic holes but and it’s a very big but …… There are some things that need looking at quickly 1. Course maintenance definitely 2. The way that the clubhouse and proshop/office are separate (in fact the proshop looks as not a lot of thought and probably not much money has gone into it) and 3. So many Membership Available signs around the place (including the course) – I felt an air of desperation and to be honest a bit tacky. I would love to come back in five years time and see this as a thriving club – not sure though ….