Pleasant Valley Golf Club

This course was used to be a good course in Northern VA. But, I gave up Pleasant Valley last year due to the unacceptable course condition.. Today (2019 Nov.) I found that the course condition was much improved even on a cold November day. The difficulties of Blue tee and White tee are significantly different due to the course layout. You will enjoy this course a lot if you select a proper tee.

My first time playing this course and I will be back. It's a bit challenging with some blind tee shots but also a fair course. Greens are in great shape and quick. I played on a weekday so pace of play was not an issue. The staff members are friendly. The food choices are the basics you would expect. There is a decent size driving range with some practice bunkers nearby and a good size putting green.

I have not played this course in several months. There are some interesting holes with split fairways, etc. so I was looking forward to playing it again. While most of the greens were in decent shape, many of the fairways and tees had bare spots, etc. We hadn't had much rain the past month or so, perhaps that added to the conditions. I would still not hesitate to play the course again, just not at full price.

I would love to play the course more but a bunch of other nearbuby courses cost less.

Well designed course in beautiful nature, sind Tee Offs need repair and maintenance.

Greens in good condition, a Bit slow.

Things I like about the course:

1. Front nine, more privacy between links.

2. Relatively easy course for a novice like me.

3. Pretty laid back staff, although the golf sheriff prefers you not start on the 10th tee. But because it was slow, he was cool about it.

4. Grass along the fairway is really short so finding my ball was easy.

5. No Geese! No Geese, No Geese!!! :) :) :) No goose poop!

6. They didn’t force singles to pair up!! Thank God! I personally don’t like to be paired with people I don’t know and don’t know how they play.

Things I didn’t like about the course:

1. Back nine links are not as separated , several links meet tee to green. Your trying to putt while just a few yards away people are driving. Not easy to focus with all the ruckus.

2. Lots of the tee boxes were in rough shape, crab grass growing or not much grass at all. Although it appeared as though they had recently been aerated. Fairways had lots of spots that were bare and appeared to have been that way for some time. Tons of divet marks not fixed. Greens mostly ok. They had just recently watered the course so there were lots of soggy spots.

3. This is not a reflection of the course but of the other golfers I encountered. I was starting on the 10th tee and there was one cart sitting a bit back. I waited a bit but no one came out. So I went ahead and was getting ready to tee off when a foursome passed by explaining that they were next but just stopped in to get some beers “at 10:45 in the morning” REALLY!!!. I conceded, but had they been gentlemen they would have let the single go ahead of their foursome. Common courtesy!!!

4. Why is a golf course serving beer at all let alone at 10:45 a.m on a Thursday. I’ve seen too many drunken idiots wreck the carts and sometimes hurt other people.

Was hesitant to play here again after seeing the poor conditions in spring. Greens are in very good shape; some ball and animal marks. Tee boxes are still poor with mostly sand and sparse grass. They were aerated so club is trying to get them back in shape.

I've always liked the layout and the challenges it presents. Glad to see the conditioning is getting better. Will put this back into my rotation.

Course has great layout, some challenging holes. Some of the tee boxes needed some work but overall course in good shape will definitely play again.

PV is a great track but struggles with course conditions. Tee boxes are in bad shape and covered with sand. I’m sure ground crew is working to bring them back to life but I don’t think we should pay north of $80 for the course in this condition. Definitely will play again.

Enjoyable round but many tee boxes in terrible shape and some fairways rutted from vehicle use.

The greens and fairways were in very good shape. The bunkers looked good although I wasn’t in any of them. The tee boxes on a number of holes were in really bad shape. The course is aerating and sanding many of them but I’m not sure they will come back for a long time. In any case I’d play there again despite the tees.

Pleasant Valley was a lot of fun, and I’d definitely recommend it to a friend. The pace of play was average overall, the front went super fast and the back was super slow. The conditions weren’t great, there were many tee boxes that were just straight up dirt and sand, but otherwise it was alright. I loved the layout, it was challenging and enjoyable at the same time. The bunker placement was good, and you can tell they really worked to make those better. Overall I had a lot of fun, I’ll definitely be back next spring sometime when the condition is back to normal!