Hythe Golf Club

3.5 21 reviews | Post Review | Website
Price Guide: ££ | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Course Information

Hythe Imperial Golf Club, Kent is a 9 hole, 18 tee, par 68 (5402 yard) resort, links golf course

9 holes | Par 68 | 5402 yards | Resort | Links

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Contact
Visitors

Address: Princes Parade, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6AE United Kingdom

Tel: 01303 233745

Golf Pro: J Leaver

Website: http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-6862-mercure-hythe-imperial-hotel-spa/golf.shtml

Golf Club Facilities

Club Hire

Buggy Hire

Golf Shop

Changing

Clubhouse

Bar

Dining

Function Room

Accommodation

Midweek Guide: £20.00 per round *

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Tee Time Information

Midweek Guide: £20.00 per round *

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Review Information

GOLFSHAKE RATING

3.49

AVERAGE RATING 3.3
(based on 21 reviews)

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HIGHLY RATED

94%

would play again or recommend

3.1

The Course

3.6

Course Conditions

3.6

Value For Money

3.6

Pace of Play

2.4

Facilities & Service

4.1

Hospitality

Practice Facilities

2.4

Food & Drink

What the club says: This links course is a challenging 9 hole, 18 tee, 5,402 yard track. It plays to a par of 68 and is a real test, especially when the wind gets up. Bounded on one side by the English Channel and on the other by The Royal Military Canal, it is the envy of the local area for its fine greens.

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Rob rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 13 2024

Very nice course

Actually an 18 hole course, (though only 12 actual holes - but differing tee positions)

Club now has a clubhouse:

Challenging due to wind , narrow fairways and ‘undulations’. Go through the greens = likely ball loss!

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Colin B rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 14 2023

Good track

Tee boxes and fairways very good, some greens not so good but that time of year. Great course always a pleasure to play.

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Malcolm W rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 7 2023

very windy day but course in good condition will play it again twilight tee time course fairly quiet

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David C rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Apr 6 2021

Nice nine hole

Groundsmen have kept the coares in til top condition. Worth the long drive from dartford for a game

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Tim C rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Dec 13 2020

Nice holes, strange layout

One of the more baffling layouts I've played, Hythe is a nine-holer, but it has 12 greens and 14 tees. Some of the greens you play once, some twice, sometimes you play to the same green from a different tee (if playing 18), and there is one point where four different tees head into three different greens, using two fairways (which cross over - so really one-and-a-half fairways might be a better description.....) But don't let that put you off, because Hythe is lovely....

A true links, squeezed in between the sea and a canal, on a few holes you're literally teeing it up just a road's width from the English Channel (no word on whether this is a lateral water hazard or not, bringing the worrying prospect of the nearest point of relief after a wayward drive being Dunkirk.....)

It's short but tight, with rolling, well-defended greens and will probably be a significant test when the wind blows.

The course is surrounded, and criss-crossed, by public footpaths, so you often have to wait for walkers to pass before launching a drive. That may sound irritating but I found that the site of everyone, on and off the course, enjoying a crisp early winter's day, quite invigorating. The canal footpath by the course is popular with dog walkers as well, many of whom found the idea of golf balls to chase quite intoxicating. The dogs I mean. The owners, not so much.

The course was in fantastic nick when we played as well - straight after lockdown in early December. The course had had a proper drenching from some horrendous weather but held up well, with the greens in perfect shape (especially pleasing to see this in winter). The members were most welcoming as well - which was handy because without their guidance we would definitely have got lost on the confusing layout.

All told, I'd definitely go back - but maybe on a quiet Monday afternoon. With all the shared greens, tees, etc, the pace on a busy day was quite slow.

Alternatively, maybe someone will have the bright idea of opening a cafe/halfway house at the point of four tees/three greens/two fairways. There's already a boarded up building there - and more or less a permanent queue of thirsty golfers. That would make an enjoyable course even more of a pleasure.

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Mark F rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 18 2020

Hythe worth a visit

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