Dogwood Trace GC
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4.3
664 Reviews (664)
5 Stars
333
4 Stars
261
3 Stars
52
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
91.2%
Recommend this course
627 out of 664 reviews
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4.2
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
83.3%
Recommend this course
15 out of 18 reviews
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4.2
54 Reviews (54)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
88.9%
Recommend this course
48 out of 54 reviews
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Course Highlights
Staff consistently earn high praise for making every golfer feel genuinely welcomed from check-in through the round. The course layout offers a fair challenge for all skill levels, with well-maintained greens and strong overall value.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Style Parkland
Par 72
Length 6605 yards
Slope 132
Rating 71.6

The 18-hole Dogwood Trace Golf Course (formerly known as Lee Park Golf Course) in Petersburg, VA is a public golf course. Stretching over 6600 yards from the back tees while playing to a par 72 the course features four different sets of tee boxes and can be enjoyed by players of all skill levels. Players will find extensive bunkering lakes and ponds with bulkheads that come into play on several holes and well-manicured challenging greens.

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Course Details

Year Built 1978
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Clark (2008) Algie Pulley (1978) James Cervone

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

4.3
664 Reviews (664)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 39
Water Hazards 39
Undulating Greens 21
This course/club is great for:
Locals 49
Walkers 35
Seniors 31
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 41
Worth the Drive 40
In the 'Burbs 9

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Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best Bang for The Buck!

Wife and I played, For the money - once again, what a value! Course and greens in super great shape, all VERY green, staff super friendly, and nice clean carts. Course is well maintained.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/18/2023

Joey53, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/18/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/01/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/18/2023

Hi, birdieguy71. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

Staff was friendly and the course was in pretty good shape for how many people play there. Also the pace wasn’t too bad. Not sure why the grill was closed

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/05/2023

Hi, msuchar. Thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad you had enjoyed your time at Dogwood Trace Golf Course, and pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible.

We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/05/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/05/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good golfing ⛳️

As usual, a great day on the golf course. Speed of reservation, getting cart. Was exceptional. Pace of play was normal for 18 holes. Course was in great shape tee box, sand traps, fairways all were green and trimmed. Brought new player to area and he was impressed. Will return with me again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/05/2023

kccarter, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 06/27/2023

Hi, tomdiehl13. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course, Slow Play

I have played Dogwood numerous times, and consider it my home course.

The latter, being sad, the only complaint I have ever had regarding this course is slow play. If they had the ability to send a Ranger out constantly to ensure the pace play is reasonable, then there would be very few, if any complaints… Outside of ball repair marks that people tend to just ignore and I fix.

The staff is always friendly, and do their best to maintain the course and welcome regular and new players alike.

Either way I would definitely recommend.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/20/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u931135065. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Dogwood Trace Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fantastic staff and course

Came in basically as a single walk on and needed a rental set. Started right on time and played as a single behind a twosome. Finished 6 holes in about an hour (I played through the group ahead on 6). Terrible weather came through and I decided to wait it out with a BBQ sandwich and a beer (fantastic.) An hour or so later, the weather cleared up and they had no issue with me going back out. I finished the remaining 12 holes in an hour and a half. Fantastic course layout and I was amazed at how well I played for not knowing the course and playing with a rental set. Great for those starting out and challenging enough for lower handicaps. The staff couldn’t have been nicer, they were out of a product I was looking for and they said they’d send me one (I live in Florida). Awesome people and awesome course, hopefully will be back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/20/2023

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I would play again.

The course was in good condition even though the ground was a little hard. But still way better than the old Lee park days. Had a great time will be back next weekend if the weather permits.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/08/2023

804robertb, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

not like the original

Course was in bad shape. The pace of play was very slow. It was overbooked. they were booking every three minutes.. hair salons don’t book like that. I thought they were bad.. you could’ve got your hair done and out before you finish playing golf so slow. used to be well manicured golf course. Grass is not growing in the fairways brown. I was embarrassed to tell somebody and invite them to the golf course. I bragged on the course I was embarrassed that I had someone to come play it. it was not worth the money that we had to spend should’ve been a whole lot cheaper.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/20/2023

Hi p51golf, thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It was an uncommon instance and we’ll do better in the future.

Please feel free to reach out to us with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share. We would love to make things right if you give us another chance.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 06/08/2023

Hi, JJShelton2. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not the same course

It’s not in good condition. If I had not played the course plenty of times over several years, I would not recognize it the maintenance of it. I would be a shame to call it DOGWOOD TRACE would change the name. The pace of play was bad. Could have went to the hair salon and got out faster than playing golf. If you know anything about how hair salons book their clients. Every three minutes someone was tee off at the first tee. That’s what other people were saying, regardless when they started their tee time to close major back up. Pay too much money for the course that was not in good shape and the pace of play, I will wait and not recommend people to play there right now until they get money to fix up the place. I was embarrassed to invite folks there because I was bragging on how well Keep Up and beautiful the course was.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/29/2023

Hello, p51golf. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not What I Remember

The course is still a good value, and the people are friendly, but the course conditions are far from what I have experienced in the past. The greens are in good shape, but the fairways, collars and fringes are some combination of bare or clumpy, with many, many weeds, and the ground is as hard as the parking lot. And zero rakes for the bunkers, so plenty of tracks to find. We had a pleasant day because of the weather and getting out to play, but the course was a disappointment. We've always loved it, so we will give it another try this summer.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/31/2023

Hi, rscarson! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/24/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 90
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Nice course

Nice course in good shape.Greens are in good condition after aeration a few weeks ago and fairways and tee boxes are in good shape.No need for driver on all the par fours and good variation of distance on the par 3’s

played Tuesday afternoon and Pace of play was good as I finished in under 3 hours.Main grip would be that there are very few markers on the fairways which makes it hard to determine yardage to the greens.

Other than that this place is well worth your time to play and I would recommend it for anyone in the area

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/16/2023

Thank you for taking the time to review us, Hill16. Your feedback is valuable, and we appreciate your business. Dogwood Trace Golf Course thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not too Shabby

We chose this course as a day trip to play a good course at a reasonably price that was out of our immediate area.

Staff greeted us with smiles and a general idea of where to go since it's not easily done the 1st time.

Cart to the range. When we were there the range was a small strip of land with barely any grass. The entire course seemed like every inch of land was accounted for and the holes were very strategically designed to fit in a tighter spot. Lots of boundary holes. Conditions were very dry due to lack of watering outside of rain. Shots that might end up next to your landing areas instead shoot off out of bounds or 20 yards somewhere else. In order to stop a ball it needs to be perfectly struck and have a steep angle of descent. Length is not an advantage. Greens pretty good. Ground was hardpan. No yardage markers at all. If you don't have a yardage book or device it's a hard guess.

With that said it's only 33 bucks.

I'd maybe play it again but kind of doubt it.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/16/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, shamedog99. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Dogwood Trace Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Where are the fairways?

The grass in the fairways is bad. Clumps everywhere, bare spots, terrible cut lines. I couldn’t tell where the fairway ended and the rough began. The greens are recovering nicely from their punch but they might be over watering just a bit because they are very soft and very slow. But the rest of the course is pretty dry and the ground is hard. The tee boxes weren’t much better than the fairways. I usually play at Birkdale but I thought I’d try out Dogwood and see how it is this season. I’ll stick to Birkdale from now on. The staff was very nice as always. But the course is not in great shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/16/2023

Hello, jpdrennon. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Dogwood Trace Golf Course.

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