Forest Park Golf Club

Have played the West Course on numerous occasions, and like it for a good 9 hole challenge. The 18 hole course I found the most boring, forgettable experience imaginable! The West can be a little wet, but was dry and greens quite good for time of year. The challenge is middling, with the best holes the longish fourth, the dogleg fifth, and the downhill eighth. At ten pounds a good nine hole blow!

Played here with my society last year,liked it so much me and a friend joined!.quite a long course for us higher handicappers.but fair.the fairways are all tree lined but wide enough for all but the wildest of shots,the greens are very good,and really come into thier own round the first week in june.course makes you think wether to go for it or lay up in front of the river foss that crosses many of the holes.very friendly pro (mark)as are all of the staff.we were made very welcome when we were visitors.the club house is excellent and the food is superb and very reasonably priced,bacon sarnies especially.well worth a visit and this course will get better and better.

If I could be precise i would give challenge a 7.5. Any way, a very nice course, some par 4's long especially the 460 yd one with a beck going across the front of the green. Long course especially of the whites. There is a par 5 that's 602 yds. Nice tree lined fairways, very big greens which on a personal note I like. I think it is better than Fulford GC, but that's my opinion. Nice day out.

Very good course, long and challenging for a mid-high handicapper. Greens were big and true, Tee's in Ok nick, fairways good. Its tree lined so wayward drives were invariably punished. a few becks cross fairways usually causing a bit of head scratching for me (try to carry or lay up?)The 566yard (yellow) 18th could be a killer in to the wind, we were lucky, but still made a hash of it!
Good club house, pro shop and staff. Excellent bacon rolls!

Good club for only 15 years old. However, when it expanded to 27 holes, it lost it's character it once had.A good test, but mostly because the design was restricted due to land space.Once the trees grow, it will be bordering on the ridiculous, ie, no rough off fairways, just trees.
The greens I must say, are very good,always good to putt on.The owner has done a good job with what he had land wise, the club house is very welcoming, but this course may be best seen as a very good muni, as visitors seem to be a priority at times ( makes money) ..the 9 hole couse with a member is a pound a hole..need I say more ?

Played in April 2005, had to agree with everything already written, except green fees they are now £23, great opening hole and the experience just gets better.

I have been a member of the club for 5 years starting at a handicap of 24.
I now play off 8. The reason is simple, although Forest Park golf club is a flat course, it is the second longest off the white tees,it challenges every aspect of the game and ability of every player, it is rapidly improving with its excellent condition of greens ( which are always true ). It is like everything, to get better you have to challenge yourself physically and mentally. On a calm day it is possible to shoot low but ironically the greens can be tricky when they are fast. On a windy day it can play like a links course which exercises your range and variation in shots. This club is progressing at a rapid rate of knots thanks to the superb maintenance plan, the funds available from the owner and just recently the permanent position of a professional which has brought this club into the big league. I predict that in 5 years time when the trees have made this an even tighter course than it is, it will be the best course in the area if it isn't already.

I played the old foss course on Wednesday 13 Oct 99, the fairways and greens are in good condition. This course provided a great challenge to players of all abilities and the other facilities are of a great standard. The price shown in this web page is incorect, the green fee's are now £17 per round.