20 Golf Courses You Have to Play Before Winter Ends

By: Kieran Clark | Tue 11 Feb 2025

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If you're a year-round golfer in search of a treat or someone who wants to begin your new season early, then we have exactly what you need!

Glancing through the Golfshake Course Section and its many thousands of reviews, we can reveal even more venues that are recommended by other golfers for this time of year.

Take a look through the layouts below and why not see if there's one you can tick off before the winter ends!

Purley Downs Golf Club

Location: South Croydon, Surrey

Golfshake Rating: 4.55

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.10

Review Comment: "Course in good condition despite recent rain and further heavy rain for a short while during the round. Played and drained well. Greens were the quickest I've been on for a while. Nice bacon roll and coffee pre-round on our society day. Clubhouse has been re-done recently and is a nice place to spend time pre and post round. Good facilities all round."

Burhill Golf Club

Location: Walton on Thames, Surrey

Golfshake Rating: 4.19

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.08

Review Comment: "Burhill has two very contrasting golf courses. The New course is a muscular challenge with wonderfully true and quick greens even in October. It has a fair bit of water dotted about and a great variety of holes. A delight to play, fair but challenging. Well worth a visit."

Marriott Hanbury Manor Golf Club

Location: Ware, Hertfordshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.19

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.08

Review Comment: "Excellent course. Brilliant to play. Very well kept and the greens are perfect."

The Burstead Golf Club

Location: Billericay, Essex

Golfshake Rating: 4.16

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.08

Review Comment: "A well maintained course in very good condition, greens were well looked after. Lovely course to play on."

West Midlands Golf Club

Location: Solihull, West Midlands

Golfshake Rating: 4.07

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.08

Review Comment: "Played here again after a couple of years since playing. The course was in very good condition and challenging. Some of the pin positions were in some very challenging spots. I managed to par the longest hole (par 6) and finished with all of my group being lucky enough to all par the last hole on the island."

Whitefield Golf Club

Location: Whitefield, Lancashire

Golfshake Rating: 4.05

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.08

Review Comment: "The greens are excellent and the overall condition of the course is great. It's a good test of my skills, and the staff are very friendly and welcoming. The condition, layout, and price are all superb."

Whitehill Golf Course

Location: Ware, Hertfordshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.34

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.07

Review Comment: "Well maintained with enough hazards to make it a challenging course that plays consistently. The day I played was sunny and dry after several days of fairly heavy rain. All the tees and greens played well. The course seems very well drained."

The Welcombe Hotel Spa & Golf Club

Location: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.20

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.07

Review Comment: "Well worth visiting. Course and facilities were in wonderful condition. Real good challenge of golf with excellent staff who were really helpful."

Thornhurst Park Golf Course

Location: Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.14

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.07

Review Comment: "This course is VERY well looked after! The fairways are wide open and the scenery is great. It's a flat course, but it can be challenging. It's usually quiet."

Gaudet Luce Golf Club

Location: Droitwich, Worcestershire

Golfshake Rating: 4.10

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.07

Review Comment: "First time I have played here in 10+ years, the course has matured into a delightful place to enjoy a game of golf."

Alexander Park Resort

Location: Ledbury, Herefordshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.40

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.06

Review Comment: "The whole course was in immaculate condition. Fairways had a great run on them, rough around trees was short allowing you to find stray balls easily and keep pace of play to a good speed. Greens were fast and tricky to read. The pro is extremely friendly and the clubhouse food was great. Cost very competitive. Nice amount of water in play at times. Great course."

Middleton Hall Golf Club

Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Golfshake Rating: 4.38

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "In my top three for courses in England, superb condition, greens very true, excellent clubhouse staff and food, exceptional value for money."

Sweetwoods Park Golf Club

Location: Edenbridge, Kent

Golfshake Rating: 4.35

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "Course was in decent nick as it usually is. Has a number of interesting holes and changes in elevation as you go round. Greens were decent. Well looked after by the club on our society day."

Barton-on-Sea Golf Club

Location: Barton-on-Sea Golf Club

Golfshake Rating: 4.33

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "Beautiful location with great views of the Isle of Wight and back towards Christchurch so will always be worth a game for that, thoroughly recommended."

Braintree Golf Club

Location: Braintree, Essex

Golfshake Rating: 4.29

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "This course is set in the most beautiful parkland, it's in fantastic condition and a great challenge for all levels of golfer. The hospitality is superb. The pro was a delight to talk to and the food excellent. Would highly recommend."

Hart Common Golf Club

Location: Bolton, Lancashire

Golfshake Rating: 4.19

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "It's a cracker of a golf course. Well laid out with a good mix of holes you can go for and more strategic challenges. The greens are exceptional. So quick and true."

Southwick Park Golf Club

Location: Fareham, Hampshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.16

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "Great condition for time of year and the weather we have had. Always a pleasure to play here."

Kinghorn Golf Club

Location: Burntisland, Fife

Golfshake Rating: 4.15

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "Great value and great views. Tremendous value. Some of the holes are quirky and fabulous. Thoroughly recommended."

Chesterton Valley Golf Club

Location: Bridgnorth, Shropshire

Golfshake Rating: 4.07

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "This is a course that stays dryer than most in the wet winter. Great course to play, reasonable prices, friendly staff, nice little clubhouse."

Redlibbets Golf & Country Club

Location: Sevenoaks, Kent

Golfshake Rating: 4.05

2024/2025 Winter Rating: 4.00

Review Comment: "What a great course this is and really holds well in winter months, kept in the utmost condition, with varied challenges along the way."

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