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South Riding Golf Club is nestled in the gentle hills of northern Virginia, enjoying a landscape of hardwood forests and grassy meadows. The course offers a variety of challenges but the fairways are wide and player-friendly and the greens can be tough in spots but overall they offer some room for error. The layout requires both strategy and skill, it is definitely not a golf course where you will be able to just "grip and rip it." The course pinpoints your weaknesses but it is still a fair test. South Riding Golf Club's eighth hole is memorable for its difficulty but it's an interesting hole sine there are many ways to play it. At 351 yards, the hole is a short but intimidating dogleg left that will tempt you to go over the trees. The fairway is generous but the saddle-shaped green is flanked with bunkers.
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Photo submitted by tcolegate on 08/03/2026
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Photo submitted by wirthjm on 01/07/2025
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Photo submitted by jNdpmsH7x3U2qpXpHYOT on 09/16/2024
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Photo submitted by DCRoK75 on 08/15/2020
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Photo submitted by SkOmflBE1YV1QYWxflmn on 08/09/2020
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18th Green Photo submitted by BenThapa on 08/15/2018
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The Clubhouse Photo submitted by BenThapa on 08/15/2018
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Beautiful Greens & Flowers Photo submitted by BenThapa on 08/15/2018
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1st Tee Box Photo submitted by BenThapa on 08/15/2018
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1st Fairways & Rough Photo submitted by BenThapa on 08/15/2018
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Club Members Photo submitted by BenThapa on 08/15/2018
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Photo submitted by u8601108 on 07/19/2018
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Photo submitted by u8601108 on 07/19/2018
Golfer Reviews
my round
I booked on line about 15 minutes before my round so I arrived about 20 minutes after my tee time. When I get to the course i explain what happen. The individual working informed me I would have to wait about 20 t 30 minutes because he had 2 groups of 3 and 4 that were going out granted I am by myself so I was put behind these groups and had to wait on every hole. I asked if I could go off the back and was rudely told no. the course was not crowded the weather was 44 degrees and windy so only die hard on the course. I love the course but ever time I have been here the staff has been rude.
Worth a visit
Nice layout, some challenges yet very fair set-up.
A++++ for the superintendent and grounds crew. Best leaf removal seen this year. Great job guys.
First Time at South Riding
I was very impressed with South Riding on my maiden voyage there. Course was in very good shape. Greens were smooth & true. Some very difficult pin placements but manageable. Pace of play was just over 4.5 holes, mostly due to deep rough and leaves (not unexpected for fall golf). We will definitely be back.
Unexpectedly Please!
This course left me wanted to play again. It was a definitely challenge with winding fairway and undulating greens. The course was in exceptional shape for the season and the teeboxes were immaculate. The greens rolled true, but he rough was punishing. You really need to keep your ball in play and were rewarded as much with the crisply manicured fairways. All in all, it was a great course that I look forward to enjoying again next season.
It was a great hot deal
There are few spots in the fairway that it was too muddy. They should fix these spots. Because it was not too much rain and I think these spots have a problems with drain the rain. Also, they have not cut the rough and green. Rough was too thick and too deep to get out of it. Green need to cut the grass. Otherwise it is a great course to play whenever you pick the great hot deal.
Course Has Seen Better Days
I played this track for the first time in a few years, and was a bit disappointed. Even though I don't believe it had rained the night before, the course was SOAKED. It must have been over watered. This led to a lot of mucky conditions and standing water on the course. At least (surprisingly) we were allowed 90 degree rule, or it would have been an extremely long round.
The course was also somewhat browned out, which, while not unusual for courses in this area at this time of year, is not the case at nearby Herndon Centennial, which is better maintained.
I still love the layout at SRGC, and would return under (hopefully) dryer conditions.
One of My Favorites
I really like this course. Even though it is set up inside a housing development, you really don't notice the houses on many holes. The lay out is challenging yet fair, with a good number of tee boxes to select to match your game. The greens were in good condition, even for the end of summer.
Enjoyable Course
Haven't played here in several years and the course was in good shape. It was extremity hot outdoors but the course had water available. The staff was friendly and the snack bar was reasonably priced. The rough was very difficult to advance from so stay out of that and the collars are challenging too.
...meh...not bad but not great either
This is a decent course in an upscale neighborhood but the course is rather mundane except for a few holes (certainly #12 stands out) and there are a lot of houses practically on the course and road-noise from cars driving right by this course. #16 green you play a par3 with cars driving right behind the green. It is a large, long course with some good carries (esp #1 from the back tees) and some challenging holes, but overall the course is in at best average condition and is only moderately interesting. It's not bad but it's just not great. Just too wide and too flat and the greens are a mess (though still decent to putt on) and overall the course is no real challenge. It does have decent "air" and it's in a decent neighborhood with a nice clubhouse, it's not some backwoods course back in the middle of the woods somewhere. It's a decent course to play on occasion and respectable for that part of DC (certainly there are worse courses near Ashburn, like Brambleton), a place you could respectably take friends or clients to play, but in the overall sense it's just slightly above average.
Nice Course
Good layout overall very nice course, but.
Still recovering from aeration & several bunkers are under construction.
May want to give them a few weeks to get it together.
Saw the beverage cart twice
But never saw the ranger even though we asked for help with the golf by committee group in front of us, who had nobody in front of them.
Again nice layout well maintained with the few above temp issues.
Don't forget your GPS, not very well marked.
South Riding rocks!
Great playing conditions and pace of play. Also a very good value for a Saturday morning. Fairways and greens in excellent condition. Could not have had a better day, thanks South Riding.
Great course, long roughs
Decent course. We went on Memorial Day weekend and the pace of play was great. The only issue is that the roughs were way too long. If you hit a drive off the fairway then consider that a lost ball. The only time I could see my ball in there was when I was physically running over the ball with my cart.
Work to be done
The course was acceptable with some needed maintenance especially greenside bunkers, run up areas and skirt areas, otherwise worth the money ,will be back.
Great Course
I really enjoy playing this course. It provides various tee boxes to select according to your ability. All holes are fair, and you can shoot around par if you keep your ball in play. There are some forced carries, but all are manageable if you play the correct tee box for your ability.
Good experience
It had been a while between visits to S Riding. My initial thoughts were that the course was significantly over watered like most of the N Virginia layouts. S Riding wasn't. The course was firm, greens quick, fairways firm. The rough hadn't completely grown in as yet, but overall I loved the course conditions. The greens had multiple grasses in them, but they were firm and rolled great. Someone should tell the est of N Vrginia golf courses that all over watering does is make their greens ball marked to death, and slow. Thanks S Riding...very nice day!
Solid Option in NOVA
Good layout, some challenging holes, some fairly easy. Overall conditions pretty good. Some areas of the course clearly need attention but good for the most part. No beverage cart on a Friday.
Feels like a nice Penderbrook
Overall good course. There are several bunkers that are in some state of repair, and seem to have been that way for a while. Houses are present on the course, but they don't crowd in that much. Greens were in good shape, and good layout, they just really need to get the bunkers under control. Very walkable, but there are three of four holes that have a very considerable distance between them. Good value if you can nab a spot around the $60 mark.
South Riding Course Review
This was my first time playing South Riding, and we got a decent rate for $50 on a Saturday morning. There was no internet working at the course when we got there, and so they had to take down our credit numbers and charge us later...no big deal, but a bit surprising. I hit a small bucket of balls to warm up before my round, and I was a bit disappointed with the condition of the range. There is a grass hitting area, but that was closed since it is still early in the season. That's not my biggest complaint. The issue was that the range mats were atrocious! They were on a slight incilne, and so the ball at times would not even stay in its place. Surely for the money that this place charges, they can do better than that. I frequent Westpark a lot, and the mats there are in much better shape. There was a nice putting green and chipping area, but I didn't use those.
The course itself was in pretty good shape! The fairways were in very good shape, and the ball definitely had some good roll on them. The greens as well rolled very nice for this time of year. There were a few bunkers that were still being repaired, and so it was a free drop under GUR rules. It wasn't too many that were being repaired, and so hopefully in due time they will be done. The ones that had been recently renovated were in really good shape. The tee boxes were also in good shape.
The course definitely has some interesting holes; driver is not necessary on a lot of them, and so choose wisely. The short par-4 17th was definitely a fun hole to play. There were a couple of long par 3s, but nothing too crazy. Overall it was a good round, and we were out at 8:30, and were not pressed for time at all. We let a twosome play through, and we still finished in under 4 hours as a foursome. I generally shoot mid 90s and I shot right in that range from the blue tees; it's a challenge for sure, but it was an enjoyable Saturday morning round of golf.
Donald,
Thank you for your feedback and the information about your round. I'm sorry that the person at the counter was rude about starting on the back and that you had to play behind 4somes. Although the course was not crowded, because of a frost delay that day and some maintenance projects that morning, we were unable to send golfers off the back in the morning. I'm sorry you didn't receive a further explanation at the counter that day.
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