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Pohick Bay Golf Course
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Pohick Bay Regional Park Golf Course in Lorton has been one of the area's most popular public courses since it opened in the early 1980s. Playing at Pohick Bay is like playing two golf courses in one, with a front nine that has long, tree-lined fairways and a hillier back nine that features a variety of doglegs and water holes. It is a definitely a shot-maker's course so be prepared to use some creativity and some thoughtful strategizing doesn’t hurt either. The constant up and down of the golf course provides uneven lies and a number of blind shots. The dramatic terrain also makes it a tough course to walk. Trees frame most of the holes, demanding accuracy but also providing a peaceful and secluded feel. Pohick Bay Regional Park Golf Course is popular amongst locals for being one of the most challenging and yet also one of the most affordable courses in the area.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6405 yards | 73.0 | 132 |
| White | 72 | 5897 yards | 69.7 | 127 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5897 yards | 74.2 | 131 |
| Gold | 72 | 4948 yards | 65.7 | 113 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 4948 yards | 68.9 | 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: 72.3/134 W: 78.7/136 | 383 | 156 | 471 | 417 | 190 | 486 | 373 | 362 | 420 | 3258 | 405 | 192 | 393 | 483 | 351 | 185 | 348 | 356 | 524 | 3237 | 6495 |
| White M: 70.2/129 W: 76.1/132 | 368 | 148 | 449 | 387 | 175 | 430 | 358 | 349 | 400 | 3064 | 375 | 149 | 360 | 449 | 318 | 161 | 335 | 331 | 492 | 2970 | 6034 |
| Gold M: 66.4/114 W: 71.5/126 | 325 | 91 | 398 | 359 | 116 | 372 | 300 | 292 | 348 | 2601 | 346 | 95 | 280 | 401 | 280 | 124 | 297 | 283 | 419 | 2525 | 5126 |
| Red M: 64.2/110 W: 68.4/118 | 292 | 91 | 318 | 301 | 116 | 269 | 300 | 250 | 308 | 2245 | 280 | 95 | 242 | 327 | 280 | 112 | 297 | 283 | 419 | 2335 | 4580 |
| Handicap | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 18 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Good challenge
There was a frost delay but the starter did his best to get people off when he could. Staff is always very friendly at Pohick. Greens were in very good shape and fairly quick for late fall. Bunkers and fairways were good. Some tees needed work but overall pretty good. Pace of play was fine. Pohick will remain in my rotation of NOVA courses.
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Great course, we’ll maintained
Great round, starter let me go off early and was very friendly and helpful. Solid course and enjoyable experience.
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Pohick Bay
I have not played this course since the late 80's it hasn't changed much. Had a great time and brought back a lot of golfing memories. I would recommend it for a beginner. A great course to find golf balls everywhere.
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Good course
It was a good course, nothing great about. 1 negative is that golfnow and the pro shop double booked our tee time so next I use golfnow.com I’ll probably call the pro shop just to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
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Challenging but great course
We played a foursome here for the first time. I’ve already read through the reviews that the course was challenging, but indeed I think this is the most challenging course I’ve ever been. The course has some extremely steep areas (like 2-3 holes) where I thought it was hard for me to drive the cart around. The course was generally managed well - there was one hole with a wet bunker. There was one hole with lots of divots in the fairway.
The Marshal had let us know that there were some cancelations today so he has been letting all teams play earlier than their tee times. About 5 mins into our first hole (still not yet of our original tee time), another foursome teed up while we were playing in the greens. We had uncomfortable plays for about 8 holes where 8 ppl played at the same time… we felt upset that the marshal didn’t wait for at least 8 min for us to play and also that the next team kept teeing up while we are still playing our shots in the holes. Like, are you gonna hit the ball at us?! Why?
Give us some breathing rooms. We felt rushed during our entire time there.. and especially for the firs timers in this course. We were so rushed that we teed at white and red tees simultaneously. Hitting our second shots and putting all simultaneously.
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Thank you for the great rating. If there are any details you’d like to share about what we are doing well, we’d love to learn more!
Great Course Overall
Overall the course, driving range and practice greens are great. Biggest weakness is the clubhouse. Very minimal merchandise and even less with food and beverages. I've learned that the higher the greens fees the better quality you'll find in the clubhouse. This course is about $68 per round including a cart. That price is about the middle ground around here but literally pays for the golfing experience. Nothing more.
Overall great experience
All in all, everything was good. The course is challenging enough, staff is friendly and relatively easy to get a good tee time.
A few bunkers were missing sand, but no big deal.
This happens anywhere, but we had a 4some playing as though they were on the tour with no one in front of them and taking forever. The Marshall could have reminded them of course etiquette and kept the rate of play.
It was fine, weather was nice and we were having a good time. I will be coming back.
Thank you for the review. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Unfortunately abut the 15 hole was a backup of players we had to wait a good 20 or 30 minutes; this is unfortunate
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Really appreciate the rating. We’d love to learn more about what we did to earn it!