South Riding GC: #1, #9
Aerial view of the 1st and 9th greens from South Riding Golf Club.
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4.2
661 Reviews (661)
5 Stars
137
4 Stars
303
3 Stars
126
2 Stars
51
1 Stars
44
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
86.3%
Recommend this course
521 out of 661 reviews
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4.4
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
94.4%
Recommend this course
17 out of 18 reviews
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4.3
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
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0
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
90.3%
Recommend this course
28 out of 31 reviews
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Course Highlights
South Riding's varied and challenging layout stands out in Northern Virginia, with notably strong greens that consistently impress compared to nearby courses. Friendly staff and a smooth pace of play make for a well-run round on a course that remains a hidden gem in the region.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7148 yards
Slope 140
Rating 74.8

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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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dan Maples (1997) Michael Gleason (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

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Reviews

4.2
661 Reviews (661)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 22
Forced Carries 16
Water Hazards 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 26
Advanced Golfers 13
A Weekend Splurge 8
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 27
Near the Airport 20
Worth the Drive 11

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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Quick weekday round

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!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

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

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good course for all levels of ability

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.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

good value for Twlight

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!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Decent For The Cost...

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.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice layout

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

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Go to course

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.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Where's the sand

Where roads are sand is not in traps. Told my partner to pick up and drop no need to play out of that junk. As soon as you can see nice homes like #9 beautiful sand. With the high costs of homes in the area many well over a million dollars I would think with the cost of sand we could get those traps filled in. And counter guys lets get a smile on. Beer cart would have been great it was only 90++ that day n

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Courses

Good course for all skill levels. Only issues with the course is that they are working on the bunkers on the front 9 so there is no sand in the bunkers and the pace of play was horrible on the back 9.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

A nice golf experience. Don't miss the fairway by much or you will pay the price. Course was in nice shape except the bunkers which are under repair

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Still no sand

Got the hot deal and found why
The green was aerated, which happened.
But was surprised to see many of sand hazzards were empty, apparently for fairly long time. Could even see some grasses came out of the dried mud there.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good Course for the weekender

We had a wonderful weekend golf outing with all over all good conditions and fairly challenging putting green. Wide open fairway for the driver shots and flat course is little boring but once you get to the green, you will enjoy puttings

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Avwrage

The course was good except for the maintenance. Traps were horrid and the fairways need love. Hopefully will be better in a couple weeks

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

course has challenging greens

Need to play course more often to understand the slopes of the greens. In certain holes, very difficult to read greens and judge speed, but was quite challenging.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent course

Round takes a while... Seems mostly due to long rides between holes. Course was in pretty good shape considering it's end of winter and snow had only melted off days before.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent course

Course is overall a good course. Sand traps had rock and dirt in most traps and driving range was closed. Other than that, greens were fast and true and for mid-March course was overall decent

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

First Time at South Riding

I really enjoyed the course. For the time of year (mid-March) the course was in decent shape. I will definitely play it again later in the season after it's had time to get more lush. I tried to play it last year but couldn't get it together.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

not a easy course

Nice course at this season. Fairways are clean with leaves.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

good course, staff not so friendly

The bunkers in front nine are under repair, back nine bunkers are great. The course overall plays good. Few of staff members are really mean and unfriendly.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

great course but lousy customer service

First time playing this course. Walked in and I thought the counter person was very rude. Was not welcoming and didn't explain anything. Felt he was somewhat racist. Got some range balls. Saw another person in front of the mats on the grass using a tee and hitting off the grass. Saw there were plenty of divots on the grass. Started doing it myself and that same person from the counter yelled from deck "get that guy off the grass!". So apparently only some people can hit off the grass. Maybe it's cuz I'm Hispanic. Don't know. Like this course but only gripe is the greens. No one fixes the ball divots, this is not so much the course but the people that golf here. Maybe there are too good to fix their own divots. I've been back and second time I did not see that gentlemen from my first visit. I'll be back for sure.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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