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Ian Thomas (England) 07/06/08

The Valley course at Dewstow has matured into a very pleasant golfing experience. Most holes have a substantial number of large trees dominating the sides of the fairways. The fairways are well maintained, green and lush and the greens ok; though a touch slow when we played, unlike the crazy golf practice putting green. There are some memorable holes particularly those with the greens on the top of mounds and the 7th and 8th with water in front of the greens. Some of the par 4's on the back nine are on the short side, but the trees make them more difficult than the distance suggests. The short par 3 14th is the only disappointing hole as it is not clear why they replaced the previous version of the hole with one with cramped tees and trees obscuring your the vision of the pin. The clubhouse facilities are well geared up for visitors and societies and the staff are very welcoming.

Value for Money	7
Challenge	7
Off Course	7

Elliot Smart (Scotland) 22/04/08

I have played a lot of challenging courses but the Valley course has a subtle combination of being both challenging and a pleasure to walk. The layout is both good and bad. The holes are well laid out but sometimes the walk to the next tee can be tiring as several are more than a few yards away. For me the mark of a good course is memorable holes and how fair the course plays. The valley course has a good number of memorable holes and plays very fair. It is a shame that it seems to be an 18 hole course with only 17 holes - a short par 3 on the back nine seems to be there only to make up the numbers. That said, I would thoroughly recommend it to golfers with a good long game.

Value for Money	9
Challenge	9
Off Course	6

Paul Cotter (UK) 10/02/03

I'll begin with the positives... Played 'Valley' in February 2003 and agree with previous comments about the quality of the layout and the excellent value-for-money which this course COULD represent.

However, there were a couple of major negatives. Firstly, at least half of the greens were absolutely saturated. I don't know if there were any greenkeeping staff on duty this particular day, but I would guess that those greens were unplayable... a hotch-potch of footmarks and pitchmark craters. No-one likes temporary greens, but some of these proper greens were truly awful.

Also, the course featured the worst temporary teeing mats I've ever seen. They were ancient, wobbly, almost always misaligned, far too small, and constructed from a curious combination of rubber and metal. I know the green fee's only £19, but surely they can stretch to 18 new astro-turf mats? And preferably a model built AFTER the second world war...

Richard Garcia (Wales) 10/10/02

I have been playing Dewstow weekly for the last four months now and have just decided to become a member. I would agree with the posters that state Valley is a challenging course, but even though I would be lucky to play off 28 on a good day - I still manage to leave the course having snapped any clubs as at no point does it punish my good shots (Rare as they are!).

Personally, I would say that Park is the harder of the two courses for novice players as shot placement is extremely important on most of the holes. Probably the worst holes on the course are those after the bridge (With the exception of the Par 3) which are all long for the sake of being long and really do not add much to the course at all. I do not play park unless I am feeling particularly brave. :-)

I think the greatest testament there is to Dewstow is that everyone I have taken with me to play has said that they are great courses... If a bit challenging. Two people I know specifically have it marked down as their challenge course and are eagerly awaiting another chance to beat it into submission!

James Spencer (UK) 10/06/02

We played the valley course as a society on the 8 June 2002. Well what can i say for a short course it is certainly tougher then i thought it would be. Very narrow fairways, tight greens and some very beautiful holes made for a very pleasant afternoons golf in the sun. I especially liked the par 3 7th hole where you stand about 50ft above the green with just a narrow gap for you to aim betweem the trees to get to the green, the green also has water in front of it where several of my fellow players ended up..

thank you for such a wonderful day dewstow i will be playing this course again...

James

John Warne (UK) 21/08/01

Played the valley course on the 20/08/01. Throughly enjoyed it though it was tricky and I didn't play it well. Mr. Sweet sounds like he had a very bad day as it was much better than expected after reading his description. Some hard holes, some not so hard, nice condition and consistent greens.