For my Golf Course Review of Barnsley Golf Course I got invited to play here by a member of Barnsley golf club, I play at Wath Golf Course in Rotherham so my bench mark is high. It's been a number of years since I played this course and I seem to remember agro with putting a ball in the trough to determine who tees off when, never a good idea,. Now thankfully you can ring up and book a tee time in advance. I think they had aroud 450 members and lots and lots of pay and play visitors, it was a very busy track. How times have changed, I couldn't believe the cdifference in this place. Going back 20 years when the pits were still open all the moisture used to sink straight through the fairways leaving them bone dry and brown, remarkably now the fairways and greens are green and lush. This place has become a very attractive little course, they tell me that the mine shafts are now full of water and the fairways are benefiting from this. They've invested heavily in a brand new sprinkler system and have planted (I'm told) in excess of 5000 new trees. The course itself isn't that difficult if you keep it on the fairways, but undulating greens and probably one of the toughest finishes in yorkshire keeps you on your toes untill the very end. To score well around Barnsley you need to birdie the short par 4's, if you don't, then you'll be trying to make something happen on the many long tough par 4's. Very reasonably priced track, very friendly and I would definately recommend a visit.