South Riding Golf Club

I won't play this on the weekend any more. The course is completely backup. If you have 6-7 hours to play 18 hole, this is the place for you. It took us 4 hours to play 13 hole. It is the worst experience ever.

South Riding, routed through a housing development, pulls off the illusion of making you forget about that fact. A pseudo links style design with a wide variety of holes that is usually in good condition, this tract will keep you interested start to finish. Not overly long or difficult, it still requires strategy to score well. During this recent round the bunkers on holes 1 thru 8 were being rebuilt and ground under repair. The rest of the bunkers were superb. As a side note, the sandwiches after the round were superb!

I played here on Tuesday. I like to play on the weekdays as the pace of play is generally better....not today, played a four and half hour round, played behind a group of five women...never have I been to a course that allows a fivesome, let alone a five some of women. It was awful, one bad shot after another from all five of them.

To give you an ideas of the slowness. I played in a two some with a friend we Teed off around 1145. On sixteen a single caught us and asked to join us for the last few holes. We got to talking while we were waiting and he teed off at 130, we all finished together at 415pm. Miserable

Course looks like it's been through a monsoon and drought, fairways in terrible shape. Ladies tees bare. Front 9 bunkers under repair. Practice area in even worse shape. Not worth the rate. Wait until next year to play and hope course gets back in shape.

Bunker was rock!!! It is not sand!!!
a lots of potholes...
It was nice course but now....it's not good time to play here.

Ongoing work on bunkers, especially front 9 (free drop) detracts for an overall good experience. Fairways and greens are soft (from watering). We like the course and staff, so will continue to keep this venue in our rotation.

Although it had not rained for some time, the course had an excessive amount of wet areas. Many of the bunkers were muddy and contained huge puddles of water. Those that were somewhat dry did not have any sand. Overall, the course was very poorly maintained and if I were to make a comparison, I probably would have had a better outing playing in a swamp!!

South Riding is one of my favorite courses in the DC area in terms of layout. The course is challenging but fair, and it is usually in pretty good condition and keeps a good pace. My only gripe with SR is the sand traps. Every time I bring it up to the staff, they always say they are being fixed, but that is the same response I have been getting for the last 2+ years. Long story short: if you play here, expect about half of the traps to be hardened mud from which you will need (there is a sign in the pro shop mandating this) to pull your ball out of. Once they get the sand traps taken care of, it will go back to being one of my favorites in the area.

Charge a couple extra dollars and throw in a bucket of balls when booking through golfnow. I think it says something negative about a course when you are paying for a round and then you get there and they hit you for extra money to get warmed up.

They really need to fix their driving range. On weekend mornings, golfers are able to hit off grass. The mats are in terrible shape and they are on an incline so the balls roll down the mat. The walkway behind the mats is too close so it isn't safe to walk while golfers are practicing.
There were two high school golf teams having tryouts. The final group went off 20 minutes late and the pro shop staff didn't allow anyone to go off the back because there was a steady flow of groups going from the front to the back. The last group of high school students was full of beginner golfers. The threesome whiffed - on average - five times each shot. I was a single golfer who shot even par and the front nine took 3+ hours. Others have noted the poor condition of the front side bunkers. I asked the pro shop staff several weeks about the status of the bunkers. I was told they were simply waiting for a stretch of good weather; at which point they would pour the new sand. It seems that there are other undisclosed reasons for the continued poor conditions.
In past years I have raved to friends about the condition of the course. I am discouraged by the decline of the previous high standards. The greens are in reasonably good shape, but several tee boxes have noticeable disease.
There was a noticeable lack of staff presence on the course. No marshal and no beverage cart.
I have only written one other review and I only write this one because I want South Riding to return to better times.

I play first time hear, course layout is good but bunkers and tee box was very bad.

Front nine bunkers were all washed out. Under construction. Greens were extremely soft, too soft. Greens rolled ok but too many footprints and indentations from softness. Slow play, 5 hour round. Nobody to marshall course. Back nine fairways were mushy. Not a lot of rain here, looks like a broken pipe issue. Cart girl came by once on a 90 degree day. Not sure what has happened to this place. Used to be in decent condition.

This is an outstanding course with immaculate greens. Greens are quick relative to other Public Courses. The Greens are maintained extremely well. The fairways are good, as is the rough. The only problem with the course was that 80% of the sand traps were grounds under repair. Tee boxes were in good shape. Since it is August, the course is beginning to brown up. Practice facilities are excellent. Prior to the round, I practiced my short chipping game and gained an immediate benefit in the round. Look forward to returning to this course. The restaurant section makes very good sandwiches. I suggest the Turkey Club Sandwich which is world class. I live in Arlington 35 miles away and I recommend the South Riding Golf Course highly.

Course was in good shape! Greens rolled great but a few lazy divot makers coulda done a better job. Fixed my own and 2-3 more on almost every green. Made a few 25+ footers so can't complain. Great layout and super friendly staff. Let me walk front 9 and cart the back. Thanks!

Played the best game of my life! Great course! Beautiful, and I loved it. Staff super friendly a knowledgeable. Go!

South Riding was a fun round for my dad and I. He is in his late 70s, and the fact that SR has 4 different tee boxes for him to enjoy his day really worked out. Pace was slow, as we were behind a very slow group 2 groups in front of us (my dad and I were paired with another guy, and we got along really well). The marshall did speak to the group that was going slow, so that was not an issue.

All in all, a good round at a nice course.

Made a tee time the week before and had something come up so I called to go out later. The staff (Chris?) was more than helpful is getting us out, @ 4:30. We ended up playing the front 2X, but that was fine. For $40, on a beautiful day, it was a great deal. Nobody behind us (or in front) and we fininshed in 3 hours(2some). I appreciated Chris getting us out later. Other than the bunkers being a "work in progress", the course was great. A good mix of length and precision. I'll be back again!

Decent course for the cost. Traps were a nightmare. I won't call them "sand traps" because they were pretty much mud and stones. Greens were in pretty good shape though. Ran well and no damage. #17 might be one of the worst designed holes on the planet. But overall, worth the afternoon price.

Friendly staff. Nice layout . Unfortunately most of the bunkers were in renovation and not playable . The greens were nice and challenging

Thi is a very open and forgiving course. The conditions are good with a little work needed on the greens and some chunks out of the fairway. Pace was slower with it being a holiday but the back 9 is always faster. The staff is friendly but the food could use some focouse. The beer selection is great. Many great local crafts and other good beers. They could also stand to focuse on pouring at a 45 degrees angle to minimize foam on drafts. This is my go to and you'll never have a bad round.