Jurmala Golf Club&Hotel

The staff was very polite, welcoming and friendly upon my arrival as I was very much looking forward to playing the Jurmala course while on vacation. The Locker Room was accommodating, not overly spacious, but did have lockable lockers so that was very nice. The cart was parked outside the Pro Shop, along w/ my "Premium" set of rental clubs, and while the cart was nice and comfortable w/ a very nice GPS of the course, holes, greens and yardages, the rental clubs were laughable. A minimal set of Cleveland clubs, that had seen better days. Course wise, there was nothing spectacular and no signature holes. For a Nicklaus designed course, I was expecting something a lot more memorable. After the round, I stopped at the Pro Shop as I wanted to purchase an item w/ the course logo. They had the requisite shirts and hats but NOTHING with the course logo on any item. No ball marker, no hats, no golf balls. This was quite disappointing. Overall, my experience was underwhelming and I wished I had booked a different course in Riga.

First time using a SYHA, which I was looking forward to, since it’s a charity. However, it’s not for us. The room is basic, and the beds were comfortable for myself and my daughter, which is what we expected. But, we were cold & the central heating was off, along with me not realising that it was a shared toilet & shower. At this point, I wasn’t fully discouraged, but after a fire alarm had us in the car park at 0100Hrs, which had us back inside quickly, but there was no head count or procedures followed. Then there’s other people who don’t give a dam how much noise they make, resulting in 4-5 hours sleep. Having paid £7 more per night, than the ensuite hotel room we stayed in, in Inverness the following 2 nights (which included breakfast), this was not value for money, nor somewhere we will return to. Just some common respect & decency by others would make all the difference, but that’s the age we live in.

Great location with walking distance into town