Fingle Glen Hotel

I played Fingle Glen early March 2011 and found the course in great condition for early Spring. The course is not long but all 18 holes are diffrent and the views superb. The greens although not as fast as when I played here last Summer were very true. The fairways were very well kept and all in all it was fantastic value with surprisingly reasonable geen fees. We also found the staff very friendly and helpful, I would recommend highly.

Welcoming staff and a great course for medium-high handicappers that's improving all the time. The first four holes are relatively straightforward but establish the themes of sloping fairways and unsighted approach shots. The 5th's a favourite, a wicked longish par 4 crossed by water. The 10th and 13th are both short dog-legs that ought to be simple but somehow never turn out that way, sandwiching the latest additions, the 11th and 12th - rather underprepared on debut in 2005 but now settling in nicely and made more challenging by perennial gusty winds. The 16th is a swine of a hole, a great place to hit a drive but with a killer second, and the par-5 17th will drain you of your last ounces of energy - stay right or fight a losing battle with gravity. Overall, it's a course that's not long or all that hard, but needs a bit of careful planning to obtain a good score.