Tregaron Golf Course

Went with grandson to a Jr golf event at Tregaron on a near 100 degree day. Being almost 90 kids 16 and under and obviously not going to buy from beer cart so one would expect water to be on course. The group we were in was 3^rd from the last to tee off. There were 80 plus players on course. Front nine had water almost gone on hole 4 and was refilled by the time we returned at hole 7. Same water bucket for both directions. Thought, Good job. Back nine not as well taken care of. First water found was on hole 14. Two buckets, nearly empty. Called clubhouse and asked for refills. Said would tell someone. Same buckets after playing next 3 holes, now were empty. Called again and asked for water. Told me would take 45 minutes. Clubhouse sent out cart girl to sell beverages. Nice but not too many 12 and 13 year olds are going to buy. Boy playing with us did not have cash. Finished round and went to clubhouse, asked for manager. He was laughing with a group of what was likely part of after work players that would likely buy beverages from cart girl. He stated he had the coolers filled 3 times. Hard to believe since I was out there and could se no one ever came close. I know our group was charged nearly 2400 dollars to play so my expectations were the kids would be professionally handled. My impression of this course is that management needs to learn how to take care of all guests.

Guys are crooks. I got through half of hole 1 and was unable to continue. I was «refunded» a raincheck that wasn’t even the value that I paid… about 5 – 10 minutes earlier. So I’m out the time and money as I will definitely not be back. Maybe some of the other employees that I didn’t encounter are good guys but Kevin Conrad (the guy who wouldn’t give me a refund) isn’t one of them. Pay the extra money and go to a better course.

Let’s call it a «value» course. It’s challenging and fun however, there are some downfalls giving it a 3 star rating. For example, there seems to be a damaged sprinkler head near hole 12’s cart path causing moss/​algae on the pavement. This tells me it’s been this way for a long time. The tee box on 17 had a lot of crabgrass. It was breezy on the front 9 as a previous reviewer noted, but it’s not the course’s fault. Not a lot of trees but quite a bit of sand on the back 9.
The food was good (ham and turkey sandwich was a healthy portion) and was friendly service. One of the other golfers I was with had the bratwurst which he said was tasty. But the men’s room was not very clean– mold in the urinals (yuck!).
In addition, I booked the tee time online at a discounted rate. Make sure you bring the confirmation number (pulled it up on my smartphone) because they didn’t have any record of it. Thy thanked me for having it with me as they have been having some issues with the system.