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Somerset Farms Golf Course
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Previously known as Somerset Golf Club and Rapidan Golf Club.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | 72 | 6500 yards | 72.3 | 138 |
| Black | 72 | 5987 yards | 70.0 | 133 |
| White | 72 | 5529 yards | 67.5 | 128 |
| Red/Gold | 72 | 4920 yards | 65.2 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.1/124 W: 77.0/138 | 380 | 134 | 511 | 300 | 347 | 252 | 421 | 472 | 379 | 3196 | 492 | 392 | 398 | 397 | 414 | 174 | 402 | 151 | 484 | 3304 | 6500 |
| Black M: 68.9/120 W: 74.2/132 | 350 | 124 | 485 | 265 | 306 | 230 | 403 | 422 | 358 | 2943 | 479 | 344 | 360 | 354 | 392 | 151 | 373 | 135 | 456 | 3044 | 5987 |
| White M: 66.5/117 W: 71.5/128 | 311 | 117 | 469 | 259 | 276 | 166 | 373 | 354 | 334 | 2659 | 455 | 336 | 293 | 347 | 379 | 136 | 369 | 127 | 428 | 2870 | 5529 |
| Red M: 63.4/105 W: 68.0/121 | 261 | 110 | 395 | 231 | 253 | 140 | 349 | 327 | 289 | 2355 | 429 | 293 | 247 | 293 | 366 | 119 | 331 | 122 | 365 | 2565 | 4920 |
| Handicap | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Reviewer Photos
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My ball on the par 3 2nd hole. Greens were very soft and ruined.. Photo submitted by iEpic on 07/25/2022
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Almost a hole in one on 14 Photo submitted by RRossi on 10/08/2021
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When you know it’s going to be a rough day. Photo submitted by 1Sambo on 12/13/2020
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Photo submitted by V0IwQTLPlexSRSDlv9an on 10/23/2019
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Photo submitted by quQ9iSrf0ybEdK0KCNT7 on 09/03/2019
Getting better
Have plated here on and off for years. It appears the new people are improving the each month. Its now playable and fun......
This course is laid out to make up strokes if you can keep it in the fairway. I've played it 3x's now from the tips and have done ok. Next time I will move up and see what improves. The only kind of bad thing is that the tee boxes need more attention to detail. I would recommend this course to play. It's a hidden gem for the price.
Definitely not a easy coarse
Definitely not a easy golf course to play very competitive with other courses.
Fun as long as you know the. Layout
Needs more yardage markers especially on par 5
Sequoia Solo
Played the course today and tee box need immediate attention along with bunkers. Rest of course was quite enjoyable and there was no temporary greens when I played. Staff was totally awesome from the pro shop to the kitchen servers. Golf carts even has USB ports for charging your phone and hot deal rate was even more special. Played with Art/Curt whom can get around the course in record breaking speed.
Needs work
Tee boxes were terrible. Needed to be mowed and moved. Greens were average at best. Layout is good and challenging. Would love to play again with improvements to tee boxes and greens.
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Work in progress
Staff is doing a good job getting the course in shape fairways are good greens getting in shape the T- boxes not so good. Overall I enjoyed my round will definitely play again keep up the good work
Hello, Adam. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.
Appreciation
I would like to thank this golf course and all of its employees
for honoring all Military by hosting this special weekend for
all to enjoy.
It show that people do care about the military.
I thank you.
Respectfully,
Al Baldonado USA Army 1SG (Ret)
Nice layout, spotty greens
There greens and bunkers could use some help. There were some holes requiring the right carry, and some bombs away holes. This made the round lots of fun.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review Rapidan Golf Club and for the 3 stars. We're sorry to hear the greens and bunkers may not have been in the best shape on the day of your round, and we appreciate your feedback so we may work on any necessary improvements. However, we're glad you enjoyed the course layout and had a fun time on the course. Thank you for choosing to golf with us, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Awesome course!
Played in an outing this morning at Rapidan Golf Course. The property is in really nice condition. The greens were fast and smooth. The only poor thing is the bunkers, but from what the young man was telling me they are in process of re-doing them all. Lunch was awesome and great beers on tap. Really impressed with the golf course today. We’ll be back!
Good bones but poorly maintained.
Layout was good and POP excellent - 3 1/2 hours on a Sunday morning. Maintenance sorely lacking. Greens were recently punched and sanded = very slow;. Hard to find grass on tee boxes;. Spotty conditions in the fairways and rough. Just showing a lack of attention to care of the course.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Rapidan Golf Club. We appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years but are very sorry to hear that your recent experience with us was poor. We greatly value your feedback and will continue to make the necessary improvements to your overall experience with us. We hope that you would give us another chance to improve upon the course and hope that you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Thank you for playing with us. Greens were aerified a week ago, and are slowly healing due to the frosts last week. Fairways and roughs have not begun to grow yet, due to the weather. We are making improvements daily to the course, so I would encourage you to give us another try soon!
Course needs work
This course needs work to the fairways and greens. It needs to be updated.
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Getting in to great shape!
Been playing here for many years with the Thursday Seniors League. Have seen the highs and the lows of the course. The new team managing the course is doing a great job bringing the course back to life. For the first time that I can remember the greens were actually a little too fast for my taste. Overall our group is looking forward to the golf season this year.
Lost their greens
Terrible condition. Greens were a sandy mess with little actual grass. Pro shop said they had been aerated a couple of weeks before; I can’t imagine what they looked like before. Layout was OK but couldn’t really enjoy playing because of the conditions. No range either.
Brand New Electric Carts
Carts have two (2) UBS plugs for charging cell
Phone etc
Tee box's poor condition the overall Virginia area had too much rain a a number of course had problems beyond reasonable
Weather conditions
We played via golf now
What a turnaround!
This course has had its share of ups and downs. Most recently this past summer, the greens were horrendous, and the rough was out of control. My group just played today after we had heard through the grapevine that the conditions had improved, and that’s no joke. The greens are in decent to great shape now. They still need some work, but wow what a difference a few weeks have made. The rough was playable all around as well. The property has such a great layout, and with the right TLC this will be one of the must-play courses in VA!
On a scale 1 to 10 I would give you the green and -2. Even the branches on the cart path we're hitting the roof... The weather was a factor and then that could be held but they had no Club covers on the back of the car. I will never go back again
Hidden gem needs polishing
I play here usually once or twice a month. The property has taken a hit this season, but in the past month there has been a vast improvement in greens quality and course conditions. The food is average, and there is no driving range, so it’s tough to get warmed up for a round. The property itself is very historic (there’s an old civil war era house adjacent to the first few holes) and the place will be fantastic once the workers get everything back into shape.
A Shame
This course would be magnificent if it were in good shape. Regretfully, many of the greens are burnt out where your putt will be crossing bare patches on almost every hole. Also, the tees, (and I'm using the term generously), were a mixture of mud, crabgrass and sand.
That being said, the people were extremely nice & helpful and it was obvious that they are trying. However, we will not be back until we hear that the course has been improved.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give Rapidan another try in the near future.