Kevin Lees-Powell

Review of Pine Ridge Golf Club

As I come to end of my working life I wanted to fi...

As I come to end of my working life I wanted to find a sport that I could enjoy with my young wife. Golf seemed to be an ideal choose to keep fit and enjoy the outdoors. To get us both started, my wife and I enrolled in classes.
On offer at Pine Ridge is great professional tuition, whether in small groups or one to one. One that stands out in particular is Pedro Lomas, patient, talented and understanding, a real joy to be coached by. My young (non-sporting) wife thoroughly enjoyed his easy going, sympathetic approach and has moved forward in leaps and bounds, hitting the ball straight and true.
Bearing in mind that as beginners, we have not played on many courses, I found it challenging, but I believe this is down to me NOT the course, the wide fairways gave me plenty of opportunity to find my ball for those subsequent shots after teeing off. There are a variety of holes; each and every one is a pleasure to play, alongside the mature pines and other trees. The scenery is spectacular area out in the countryside atmosphere, a great place to relax and have a pleasant walk . The on-site driving range gives us an opportunity to put into practise what I have learnt.
Personally I have had no complaints about the general upkeep of the course, fairways or green, with the exception of the elevated 12th tee, where the timber retaining wall is in a bad state of repair. Hopefully this will be undertaken on the winter maintenance programme before serious structural damage occurs.
I look forward to many improving rounds of golf at this local club.