Fort Belvoir Golf Club - Gunston Course
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 70 | 5939 yards | 68.8 | 118 |
| Gold (W) | 70 | 5939 yards | 74.6 | 132 |
| Blue (W) | 70 | 5523 yards | 71.9 | 126 |
| Blue | 70 | 5523 yards | 66.5 | 116 |
| White | 70 | 5100 yards | 64.2 | 111 |
| White (W) | 70 | 5100 yards | 69.7 | 121 |
| Red | 68 | 4333 yards | 61.3 | 104 |
| Red (W) | 68 | 4333 yards | 65.0 | 107 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 68.8/118 W: 74.6/132 | 406 | 257 | 204 | 392 | 161 | 379 | 170 | 467 | 388 | 2824 | 486 | 406 | 483 | 166 | 381 | 373 | 197 | 316 | 307 | 3115 | 5939 |
| Blue M: 66.5/116 W: 71.9/126 | 364 | 243 | 190 | 366 | 153 | 365 | 137 | 449 | 345 | 2612 | 470 | 339 | 452 | 150 | 366 | 361 | 185 | 304 | 284 | 2911 | 5523 |
| White M: 64.2/111 W: 69.7/121 | 303 | 234 | 131 | 344 | 147 | 356 | 137 | 438 | 338 | 2428 | 409 | 297 | 438 | 140 | 342 | 320 | 177 | 271 | 278 | 2672 | 5100 |
| Handicap | 3 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 18 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
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Photo submitted by Nathan7868938 on 09/30/2025
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Photo submitted by u314165866104 on 08/10/2025
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Photo submitted by u314165866104 on 08/10/2025
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Photo submitted by augustteetime on 08/20/2020
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A quite picturesque course Photo submitted by janeconner1 on 07/10/2019
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Par 3, #5 Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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Photo submitted by Tcool727 on 06/02/2016
Still not worth it
Relatively cheap to play. Practice green is not the same condition as the course. Driving range is fine. Staff is friendly. No cart girl. Not close to the clubhouse at the turn. Can't find even ground on the tee box. Every tee box was in bad shape. Ball will skip on the greens. Thick rough with patches of clovers all over. Who has a tree in the middle of a fairway?
Ft Belvoir Woodlawn Round
Played the Woodlawn course in the middle of the week for the Golf Now price of $15.00 (including cart). Course was in fair shape, except for number 14 which seemed to be a hole they just made a week ago from someone's pasture. Greens were mowed close, dry, hard and not unlike putting on a pool table. For a military course with lots of traffic, the course was in reasonable shape and the only real hassle was my Garmin taking me to two gates to the base that seemed to have been closed quit awhile ago. All in all, this was a very good deal for the money and worth playing.
Nice layout, Weak Management, Not for Women?
Course in OK shape. Lots of poor conditions around the greens with weeds and bare spots. The layout is tough, but it has many holes with beautiful vistas and nice contrast of bright white sand and lush green fairways. Back nine was very quiet once away from the road (#10).
Management is lacking...had to wait for golf cart keys even though there were dozens of carts sitting at the starter's shack. Never saw the drink cart close up, only at a distance.
Played with my wife and we agreed it was the least ladies friendly course seen to date. Many holes had no red tee markers and several had markers in the middle of nowhere or on unmowed tee boxes. Irritating and maybe intentional?
Horrible course. Will never play again
I wish I could get my money back. Layout is horrible, course is not well kept, construction makes it all worse. Greens are terrible. Tees have odd locations. Not to mention it took us over an hour to get into the fort. The course should email you to tell you where to go. We followed Google maps. Took us to the wrong gate. Then they sent us to another gate. 25 min later at that gate turns our we needed visitor passes, BUT we had to get out of the car park somewhere else, go into a visitor center, provide our IDs and SSN # then wait for pass then get in. Only good thing about this place was the staff and you get free range balls included. WILL NEVER COME BACK. WILL TELL EVERYONE TO AVOID. WISH I COULD GET MY MONEY BACK. worst course I have ever played. Cheap for a reason but not even worth the time and effort
AVOID
In order to accommodate the construction of a museum on the property, they had to reconfigure the course. It certainly feels like the person who did the reconfiguration had no experience in golf course design. There is no flow between holes. The course is now par 70 because to fit in new holes in the same area, they added par 3s. Currently, on Gunston 5, there is a 30' strip of mud and construction barriers between the fairway and the hole, all without any notice online or when paying. AVOID. They need a complete course redesign before the course is worth playing.
Difficult to get in golf course
I would rather not visit this golf course again as it takes quite a lot of time to get in because of it being military location.
Golf course layout is good.
A challenge, but not much fun.
This is a tough course, but unless you hit it straight and long, it's not a fun course. Stay away if you're a beginner, even if the rate is appealing.
Very wet, had several plugged landings.
The course was wet due to rain but still playable. First time playing this course caused some positioning problems but you get that on any first round. Pace was great until the last few holes when I caught a slow group and that resulted in getting hit into twice. Greens were a little shaggy and slow at first but turned to normal after a few holes. May have been due to the rain and drainage. Many trees line the holes but still give you a good pathway to the green. All in all I liked this course and may come back in the summertime when they can have pristine conditions. One other thing to remind the general public, this is a Service Base, leave extra time to find your way there, my car GPS kept wanting to take me to the wrong place and once you do find the gate you have to park, go inside, and have a background check done on EACH GOLFER, to get past the gate. I don't know for sure but you may be able to call ahead to get that done. If not it takes about 15 minutes for each golfer to get through the background check. Leave plenty of time or try to take care of that before you go.
Good value
Greens are slow but interesting on Gunston course. While course is short it requires thoughtful club selection. If crowded be prepared to wait. Since they allow single and twosomes off you might want to join odd number of players if you don't want to wait. Starter is friendly and helpful. If you don't control your shots you can lose balls and slow play. I would definitely play the course again.
Enjoy the round
Had an 1150 tee time, actually teed off at 1125. Not a long course, but has some challenging holes. Course management is crucial.
As an added bonus, we got to see The President par # 18 as we enjoyed refreshments on the patio after our round. He came up and shook some hands afterwards!
In need of Work
Summer has been very tough on this course. Very dry and the weeds are winning. I have played this course in the past and it was in much better shape. Needs allot of work to get back to that quality.
used to be great
Unfortunately the courses at Ft. Belvoir have gone way downhill. There was a time when this was a fantastic layout and a bargain for the price/conditions. However they have let the course go, and made some changes that were poorly conceived and not professionally constructed.
Fun Course to Play
I really like this course. There are two 18 courses. I've played both and enjoyed my time on both. Some fairways are narrow with deep rough, so keeping your ball in play is important.
Be expected for quick play because most golfers here move along at a quick pace. I've played 3 times so far this year, and averaged well under 4 hours for each round.
Great short course - Too Hot
Great short course. Pace of play was good, but was heat index was over 110.
This golf course needs a pass to get in!
THIS COURSE IS INSIDE ARMY BASE AND YOU NEED A PASS TO GET IN. I drove to the course according to GPS guidance but was stopped at the gate told to drive to the main gate to get a pass. It took me 40 minutes.
Value for $$$ paid
Course poorly layer. Missing hole markets. Lots of hills. I paid only 12.50 so I guess I got what I paid for.
Seaview Stay & Play Golf Package
I cannot agree with this review. The course is challenging and therefor is slow for most amateurs. playing a round of golf here will take always 5 hours or more. Errant shots end up most of the time in the deep woods, so don't show up with less than dozen balls. However you can find many balls in the woods abandoned by players tired of looking for their balls in the woods. When the pace of play is slow which is most of the time, I pass my time in between shots by looking for balls in the woods. If you have new clubs don't take divots in the new holes introduced this year, fairways are full of rocks.