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3.4
322 Reviews (322)
5 Stars
56
4 Stars
138
3 Stars
70
2 Stars
30
1 Stars
28
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.6
74.2%
Recommend this course
251 out of 322 reviews
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3.5
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
82.4%
Recommend this course
14 out of 17 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.3
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
68.2%
Recommend this course
15 out of 22 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout offers a moderately challenging and enjoyable round, with well-maintained fairways that reward consistent ball-striking. Helpful and friendly staff make newcomers feel welcome from the moment they arrive.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6500 yards
Slope 138
Rating 72.3

Previously known as Somerset Golf Club and Rapidan Golf Club.

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Somerset Farms Golf Course (formerly Rapidan Golf Course)
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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jerry Slack (1997) Rick Robbins (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Gentlemen: Shirts MUST have a collar. NO jeans, cutoffs or camouflage. Ladies: NO short shorts. Appropriate golf shirt/blouse

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant
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Reviews

3.4
322 Reviews (322)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 16
Forced Carries 15
Narrow Fairways 14
This course/club is great for:
Locals 17
Advanced Golfers 10
Beginners 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 10
In the 'Burbs 8
Convenient to the City 6

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Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Coming along

As always the staff were friendly. The greens are coming back there’s still some small patches on a few the fairways are in great condition now for the not so good, bunkers still need a lot of work as well as t-boxes need hammer to get tees in them overall a fun course and definitely will play again

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Almost perfect

Considering the dry weather, this course is in fabulous condition. Almost zero burnt patches on fairways and greens. Overall, course is in fantastic shape. Only downside would be the golf carts. They work but need serious upgrade.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course Conditions

Tee boxes and sand traps need support from staff. Greens and fairways were in great shape. I'll be back for sure after having 5 birdies.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Jekyll and Hyde

The back nine.... not a fan. Tee boxes, unmanaged rough etc.

Now, the front nine! Absolutely wonderful! Beautiful opening hole slight dog leg right, jumping right into a great par 3 over a hazard followed by a stunning par 5 leading into what i could only describe as 4 consecutive "links" style holes! 8th hole is dangerous and likely to have you layup. Small green tucked way in the back. Great hole! finishing on 9, not an easy one. Drastically up hill with a green that runs a mile south, and fast!

Overall, we will be back to play the front 9.

Biggest plus to the course, the hospitality! honestly felt like chatting it up with an old friend.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The greens

Overall good shape. Emphasis on attention to the greens would help. Players should be encouraged to repair divots on the greens.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice play...

I enjoyed getting back to this course. I played very well and enjoyed my time there.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Dishonest Management/Poor Course

4 golfers, tee time 1p. All of the course is in poor shape, tee boxes to greens. Be advised when booking tee time that carts have to be back at the clubhouse by 430p whether your finished or not. It would be great to know before spending the money at least to be able to make a decision. Not worth your time, you are not missing anything and there are plenty of courses around that allow a patron to finish a round of golf. Pretty sneaky to offer PM tee times to take your money prior to advising you you likely won't finish.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

Fairways very good and challenging. Greens not in great shape. Very good environment.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Please Close

Just shut it down. Plow it under and build houses or something. The owners have clearly given up; the restaurant is abandoned, the "pro shop" is basically empty. There are no greens, just patches of weeks with dirt.

A few years ago we were playing this course every week; it was in great shape. Now it is worse than Lee's Hill. and that's saying ALOT.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are terrible

Greens all bumpy from dead spots all greens . Can barely get a 1 foot putt to go straight . It’s a shame cause it’s a fun course to play . Please aerate the greens and sand them . Could be such a nice course . Also, the bar and grill is abandon . What the heck is wrong with these owners

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens

Meadow farms is doing a great job bring this course back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 75
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course but poorly marked

We had a very good outing but even with the guidebook we had a lot of trouble going from green to tee. Couldn’t someone take a little paint and put some direction arrows and hole numbers on the cart paths? But we enjoyed being practically the only golfers on the course. The greens are in good condition but the fairways were less so.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

STAFF IS A JOKE

I had friends come in from out of state and we decided to play this course. We booked a tee time for 4 people on a rainy day it was around $140. The course was not too bad, honestly a fun interesting course. Hot dogs at the turn were $4.50 each… Kind of ridiculous but we bought like 7 at the turn. This is the best part, the kind young man told us that they had a junior tournament at 4:30 and to “try and finish before then.” We were told that if we were caught in the tournament it would take us a long time to finish because we would have to wait on the younger kids. We finish the course, return the golf carts 5:15. There was no children’s tournament and on the way home we received a call from the manager banning us and he assures us the police are on there way to trespass us. I don’t know what the miscommunication was between their employees but the way the manager acted was completely unprofessional and honestly pretty pathetic. IN HIS ONLY DEFENSE drizzling and there was mud so the carts certainly did not come back “showroom floor condition.” No excuse for the pathetic treatment. I would love to come back to the course if the staff wasn’t to misguided!!! Not to mention we drove an hour what a joke!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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