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3.6
742 Reviews (742)
5 Stars
238
4 Stars
359
3 Stars
96
2 Stars
26
1 Stars
23
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
67.7%
Recommend this course
653 out of 742 reviews
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4.4
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
94.1%
Recommend this course
16 out of 17 reviews
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3.4
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.3
55.1%
Recommend this course
38 out of 69 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout earns consistent praise from golfers who appreciate its well-designed holes and enjoyable playability. Staff friendliness stands out as a reliable highlight, with the team consistently welcoming players throughout their round.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 71
Length 6197 yards
Slope 126
Rating 69.7
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Herndon Centennial Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1979
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round. High Season: 03/15 - 11/30
Architect Ed Ault (1979) Tom Clark (1979) Tom Clark (2005) Bill Love (2009) Tyler Rae

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.6
742 Reviews (742)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 11
Water Hazards 10
Bunkers 9
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 25
Locals 21
Beginners 19
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 27
Near the Airport 20
Convenient to the City 15

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Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

One of my go-to courses

Like playing this course a lot. Forgiving if you miss a fairway here and there. Greens are will maintained. Bev cart and clubhouse/grill on the turn is a plus. Friendly staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course!

Short course but some nice holes. Tee boxes, fairways and greens all in great shape. Rough can be thick, but that's why they call it rough!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

One of the very best municipal golf courses in the Washington metropolitan area. Top of the line grounds keeper always has the course in great shape within the context of the area's weather. With the high volume of golfers that regularly play the course it is nothing short of amazing it is in such superb condition. The greens are cut a bit long and therefore are a bit slow. My guess is this is due to the high volume of foot traffic. Played today as a twosome in 3.5 hours. The pace of play will not be that quick on the weekends. Rough was longer than usual today. Very likely due to the recent wet weather impacting the mowing schedule. Highly recommend you give this fine facility a try.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Great Shape

Course is always in great shape. Greens, fairways and bunkers are well maintained. The thick rough is the only way to protect this short course…it will probably cost you a stroke if you’re not in the fairway. I’ve played this course a few times over the past 20 years and have never had an unpleasant round…staff is always considerate.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

The course layout is good, a walkable course also .

I've played the course a few times and this was the best shape I've seen it in. My only comment , not complaint was the greens were recently aerated and extremely slow . The entire course was lush and green!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great Course

I play this course a few times a year and it never fails to amaze me with the course conditions. The fairways, bunkers and greens are always what you would expect in a course. The greens were moderate fast and rolled true. The course is short but most pins were perfectly placed to keep from going low! Will play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always Fun

It may not be very long or exceedingly challenging, but this classic lay out is fun for golfers of all levels. The conditions of the fairways and greens are consistently impressive and better than many courses that are much more expensive and "renown."

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Good course nestled in Herndon

Had never played here before, and had just recently heard of this course. Was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the course. For late December, the course was in great shape. There had been rain in the last couple days and so it was cart path only (most courses this time of year will be cart path only anyway), but the fairways were still in great shape. The greens still rolled pretty well and were a challenge. You had to hit your shots onto the correct level or you had a challenging putt coming up! This course had a good variety of holes, and made it challenging. The wind was pretty tricky to deal with, and so that made the short par 3s tough! Overall, we had a great time on the course, and it was pretty empty so we finished our round pretty fast (didn't officially keep time, but it was way less than 4 hours). I don't know if I'd pay the full price again, and will be looking for hot deals on GolfNow if I am to play this course again. Heard the clubhouse has great BBQ, but did not try it...will try it next time I am here!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Excellent condition

With all the rain lately the course was in excellent shape. The greens were very good and rolled nicely. Price is a little steep on a weekend morning but overall I was very happy with the conditions. Just need to take bunkers in morning if the charge is 67 with a cart

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Herndon...ok

The greens had been aerified recently but the course was still in good shape other than that. The only true negative is that the tee boxes could use some work, it was tough going finding a flat lie sometimes. But the fairways were nice and the rough was fair, in that they were trimmed down enough it wasn't like an Open. I am excited to play this track again when the greens in their best shape.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great all-around course to play again and again.

A very good run of the mill municipal golf course. Played here for the first time a couple days ago. The weather very cooperating and very good pace of play. We did our round as relatively new beginners in 3:40 while letting one or two smaller groups pass. The course is well-maintained and fairways were wide enough for a beginner like me. Never felt rush and concessions were available easily around the course. Very good value for practice and to work on skills and very forgiving to a beginner.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Easy walking course

The course is in great shape and very level; good for walking. Not a long course but enough difficulty built in.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not what golf is about

Me and my buddies who are all over 21 arrived at the course and tried to buy beer. But since all of our licenses don't expire for a couple of years, we still have the license that says "under 21" at the bottom. This wouldn't have left such a bad taste in my mouth if the guy selling the beer didn't yell at us for attempting to buy beer. A simple calm explanation would have been fine. I rolled my eyes and walked away after he yelled across the room "too bad pal"! I couldn't help but laugh at the lack of professionalism and respect we received by him, as I felt like I was dealing with someone who wanted to fight me. That really isn't what the golf industry is about. With the amount of upscale courses around here that put your bag on the cart, clean you're clubs after the round, treat you like a paying customer etc.. I will never come back here. Not saying I expected any of this from Herndon but the showing from that guy and the starter also, was really pathetic.

We were also playing in front of a league. After we got stared down and hurried by the old guy at the desk, we were able to play the front nine in about an hour and 15 minutes. Once we got to the tenth tee box we noticed that they had sent a walking foursome out in front of us. This wouldn't have been so bad if we didn't end up doubling the time of our front nine. Yep, we finished the back nine in two and a half hours. I have never played a round of golf where everyone I played with was so happy to be done.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
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Commented on 10/12/2016

@jpfeng74 So let me get this straight. You and your buddies were irate that the club wouldn't break the law for you guys? NO if you took the time to read the comment, he stated that the License had not expired and it still had the original 21 designation. I don't know about you but I'm not in the practice of renewing my driver license any earlier than necessary.

And you're complaining that it took you 3hrs and 45mins to finish? I don't know about you but it can ruin a good round when you are moving along nicely and run into a slow group, I would be a little disappointed myself.

PS Herndon Centennial is a great track to play and score.

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Commented on 07/19/2016

So let me get this straight. You and your buddies were irate that the club wouldn't break the law for you guys? Do you know they can have their liquor license revoked? Do you know it is illegal to accept an underage id? And you're complaining that it took you 3hrs and 45mins to finish? Please don't come back here or anywhere else.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Early tee times a must

i have played this course a few times. Sunday we had a 736 tee time and finished the round in less than 4 hours.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Walking the Course

this is a well maintained public course. Requires some well placed shots. Has short par 3's (100-120 yards) when compared to other courses in the area (140- 170 yards). This is a walkable course for either 9 or 18. For holes 11-15, have to be on your toes. they are parallel but separated by trees. Just need to listen for wayward shots.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Herndon makes you feel good about your game

Herndon's wide fairways and limited trouble make you feel good about your game. Even if you spray the ball, the course is very forgiving, and fairly short. One of my favorite courses to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

this is a well maintained course and we had a great round!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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