Dogwood Trace Golf Course

Nice course in great shape for a public course. The pace of play was terrible with several very slow groups in front of us on the back 9 and no marshal to push them along.

DogwoodTrace is by far the best "Value Play" in the Richmond area. It's always in excellent shape and there are never any surprises with course conditions. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. I've been talking it up for the last 3 years!

Dogwood Trace is such a great course to play. I am an advanced golfer and professional club maker and I learned the game many years ago as a caddie in Charlottesville at a private golf course, so I know the game and know what a nice layout should be.

Dogwood Trace gains Top Notch, from my perspective, as one of the best public courses in Virginia and the staff has always been friendly and professional.

Played this course after a ton of rainy days and was expecting a mud fest, but the course held up extremely well. I think I have come to realize if you are not a consistent good shot golfer it is better to simply walk a course on “carts on path” days, for certain here.

Front nine made me think I was better than I am, back nine quickly gave me a reality check. This is a really nice public course with several water holes to keep things interesting. Great boxes and greens, noticed a few fringes in not as great shape but nothing to cringe over. Fairways were nice when I found them, lol. Clubhouse had a restaurant and bar. I only grabbed a Gatorade, but noticed that they offered a Sunday buffet. I did see some food come out of kitchen and it looked tasty. Nice practice areas including a GRASS driving range.

I traveled from Richmond to try this course and plan to play it again when I have family in town in a couple of weeks. I forgot to mention that we had a staff member join our group, giving us 4 for the front 9. He destroyed us (Even after 9), but it was nice playing with someone that knew the course and he offered some jokes and golf tips as well.

if you're going to score here the front nine is the place to do it .very favorable, back nine is very challenging but a very fun course to play

This local public course is our "go-to" place to play at least once a week. The driving range, chipping and putting practice areas are first-rate, the staff are friendly, and the course itself provides enough of a challenge each week dependent on the weather conditions.

By far there is no better public course within 50 miles of Richmond. Most consistent greens you'll ever want to play.

Well let me start with the best part of this course, the greens. They are 99.9% healed up from the maintenance performed about a month ago. You can hardly tell where the holes were punched and the greens were rolling true and smooth. The fairways are greening up nicely now that the weather has turned warmer. There are more than a handful of tee boxes that are near bare here though. That and the skirts around many greens are in need of work. Four sets of tee boxes to match any game. The two sides are distinct to each other. The front nine has more elevation change and very little in the way of hazards. It also has three Par 5's and three Par 3's. Two of the three Par 3's are over 200 yards from the blues. The back nine is much more park like with water hazards and flat. There are some longer and more difficult Par 4's on the back nine. This course is on the easier side for walking if you like to walk as I do. Pace of play was excellent but it was a Tuesday at 1230 when I teed off. I could see where pace of play may be an issue when the course gets busy. The value here I feel cannot be beat for the total experience you get. The staff is very friendly and helpful. There is a good size practice green. The range is more than adequate and has grass to hit off of. There is a new clubhouse with bar/restaurant. The pro shop is nicely stocked with anything you could need. The food was good and a great value like the golf. Definitely one of the all around nicer municipal courses out there.

Enjoyed my day at Dogwood Trace. Played on a Sunday expected play to be slow, but it wasn't. The greens were super fast, and the course as always well maintained.

The staff and especially the starter went out of their way to be helpful, even offering to switch us to one of their brand new, just-delivered golf carts. The course, considering the time of year, was in very good condition. An attractive new clubhouse. We were delighted with our experience

I have enjoyed playing this golf course numerous times and will definitely be a frequent flyer there again. The entire staff is extremely friendly. The course can be challenging at time as it was when we faced wind gusts up to about 25 mph making club selection a crap shoot, but that was the fun challenge that day. The fairways, naturally, are not at full bloom yet and that was to be expected for this time of the year. Dogwood Trace has excellent practice facilities and I found a few "keepers" in the range balls I purchased.

Always great course conditions and the 19th hole is special as well.

Great folks, course is always good but was recovering from aerating but greens are always true.

Would love to see the LPGA give it a look. Not quite long enough for the PGA hitters but a great venue for spectators.

GO.PLAY.

The course was just areated so greens were a little bumpy. Sand traps were groomed and sandy in spite of recent rains. Fairways were cut niceky and the riugh betwern trees wasnt overgrown. All and all a great golfing experience

I play this course several times a year and always enjoy playing here. We played on a cold and windy day with very few other fools out there - the pace of play was very good. The fairways have not come in yet since warm days are still at a premium. The greens were in very good condition and putt true and quick. I am always amazed at the condition of this course since it gets a lot of play. It is a great value for the money.

I have just two concerns - parking can be tough if you have a mid day tee time and due to the financial problems that Petersburg has, I am worried that the condition of the course will suffer.

For early in the year, the course is in decent condition since temps have not warmed up yet. The greens were in excellent condition, the pace of play could not have been better. The course is fairly open so even beginning golfers can enjoy the course.

Great greens. Fairways were threadbare and muddy. To be fair, it had rained the night before. I expected better drainage.