Rockingham Country Club — Restaurant in Newmarket

Where do I start… place has more mosquitos than a hike in the back country woods. The fairways and rough… can’t tell them apart. My lawn is a nicer “fairway” than the ones here. It’s absolute robbery to charge $43 to ride here on weekends. Sagamore is $9 more and worth it 10000x over. I will never play here again. The starter is a real cool guy, but everything else about the place absolutely stinks. This course should either be $15-$20 …. Or a free town course. Spend your money at sagamore, or granite fields in Kingston, both provide tremendously more value for your dollar. Never mind the fact everyone is on the wrong fairway all of the time here. Save your money, patience, and time and go to sagamore. I’ve also waited 56 minutes at an empty bar for a pizza because their “computer system was down” that’s fine…. Go tell the kitchen my order, no excuse for 56 minute wait at an empty bar. You’d think they’d give a discount or a free beer for the ridiculous wait, they didn’t. As I said, best part of this place is the starter, real nice good guy but everything else is a sham. There was also dried blood on the cart seat that wasn’t cleaned… ...

So, 3 stars is a little generous, but let me explain. This place is OK for what it is. Its not some fancy country club, thats for sure. This is a good place to practice or to learn the game if you're new to it. Its a fairly short 9 hole course thats wide open. They have 2 practice greens and a nice hitting net to warm up in. On the topic of greens, they have some of the nicest, greenest, firmest, true rolling greens I've ever played. Thats probably the only reason I gave it 3 stars instead of 1. Now let's talk about the "fairways"......they dont exist. The area where you would typically try to hit your ball thats normally an area with short grass, yeah they don't have those. They have dirt, and some areas of burnt grass. So, in short if you're learning the game, want a laid back atmosphere, appreciate plush greens, and don't care much about fairways, this is your place. I did actually enjoy my round though and I will be back. 9 holes walking for...

I live locally and recently got back into golfing and this course minutes away. Was warned by other golfers that the course is lower quality but for $20 why not? Well unfortunately their assessment was accurate. I know we are in a drought but the fairways are by far the hardest and driest I have ever played on. The greens are actually very nice. The holes are all pretty much straight as the course is jammed in a tight block of land. Good if you don’t want to lose your ball but not challenging. The worst thing is that the past two times I’ve played the speed of play is the slowest of any course. Today I walked off the first fairway after standing there for 10 minutes waiting for groups to move. I received my money back and won’t be using that course again. Exeter is right up the road and is...