Kempsville Greens Golf Course
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4.0
509 Reviews (509)
5 Stars
130
4 Stars
235
3 Stars
87
2 Stars
36
1 Stars
21
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.8
88.8%
Recommend this course
438 out of 509 reviews
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3.9
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
88.9%
Recommend this course
16 out of 18 reviews
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4.2
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.6
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.8
93.8%
Recommend this course
45 out of 48 reviews
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Course Highlights
Consistently friendly staff and an engaging layout with water hazards and tight fairways make this short course a rewarding challenge. Strong value for money and a smooth pace of play keep golfers returning.

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Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 70
Length 5843 yards
Slope 120
Rating 68.2
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Course Details

Year Built 1954
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

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

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Clubhouse
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4.0
509 Reviews (509)
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Pace of Play

Fairways are in decent shape and greens were kept in fairly good condition. Sand traps are atrocious. Pace of play needs to be looked at, on a busy Sunday morning, 2 groups of 2 people were playing but not together.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/22/2022

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

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Solid Course

Kempsville Greens has a great atmosphere, the course is in good shape only exception being the sand bunkers. Everything else from the greens and fairways being trimmed well, and the staff in the clubhouse having great customer service, you cant go wrong with a round or 2 of golf on this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/22/2022

. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Kempsville Greens Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 14
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Outstanding value!!!

This course was challenging and fun to play. The greens were excellent. The fairways. we’re dry and hard due to a lack of rain. The tee boxes were pretty beat up but not a big issue when you can use a tee. My son and I played two rounds for $52 a piece. I eagled the first hole on day 2 that could have influenced my review!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Average VA east course

Price was decent. The club house snack bar was really slow and not much to choose from. Carts were standard and fully charged. Staff was friendly. Most of tge course is decently maintained. Greens were ok, fairways were mostly dead dry grass, tee boxes were chewed up and more dirt than grass. The course is very narrow and a lot if water hazards on the back 9, not much for sand traps. They do supply cold water at various holes, but the ordering app didn't work. I have played nicer courses for the same amount per round or less. Still fun to play it.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/22/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Kempsville Greens Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Pace of Play is terrible

Pace of play was terrible, but in part due to the strict tee time scheduling. Was paired with a nice gentleman and although we were at the first tee 10 minutes before our tee time, we were not allowed to play until our set tee time. This stuck us behind 2 groups of 4 we would have been able to play ahead of and have a much faster pace of play. The scheduling is nice, but not allowing a twosome to play ahead of 2 foursomes is a little rediculous to be honest.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worth the money

This course has well kept greens and you won’t lose your ball in the fairway. That’s pretty much what I look for while trying new course. Tee boxes were very hard though.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Short in legnth - greens in pretty good shape.

Sand traps were in pretty bad shape. No fresh sand and size of traps had been downsized in half.

Fortunately I didn't land in any !! Not sure why, but it seems like they had given up on maintaining them .

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Very nice fairways, super friendly staff. Tee boxes could use some work.

Some of the tee boxes we couldn’t even get a tee in the ground. Only complaint though very nice course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Web site

The last three times I tried to load golfnow when I tried to pick my tee time the site said page was not available. This happened June 1,2 and 3

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/10/2022

We’re sorry to hear of your less-than-satisfactory experience and hope you will accept our sincerest apologies. We value our customers' opinions and would like to make things right and determine how we can provide a solution that makes you smile. Please contact us directly at the pro shop at (757) 474-8441 Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Better than some

The fairways and greens on this course are in very good shape. Luckily, I didn't find but 1 bunker which wasn't in bad shape, but it wasn't in great shape either. I have found over the past few months that many courses are not putting much effort into their sand traps. Some have little sand mixed with earth and in many cases, hard as a rock. Our foursome found that to be the case here. A number of tee boxes were showing some wear. Overall, fun course to play....

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 54
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fun course

First time playing this one. Really enjoyed it. Layout was cool and the holes were challenging. Course was in pretty good condition. I’ll definitely come back here.

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

Kempsville Greens

Had a good time. Greens not bad. Fairways, grass a little sparse in some areas.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Course & Good Value

I have played at Kempsville Greens many times and I always enjoy playing there. They do a pretty good job at course maintenance and conditions. It was a nice day and I had a good time with my playing partner, Devon, who they paired me with. I had a good value with a TeeOff rate of $23.

Good value for the price.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Decent course

I'm new to the area and have only played bow creek once, and will never go back, but I would definitely replay kempsville.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/07/2022

Hi! 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 Kempsville Greens Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Course

Early round, overcast conditions and a lot of rain in the two or three days prior to playing, but what a great little course this was to play.

The course is challenging enough to keep you interested without being too much of a challenge to novice golfers (me)... Starting you off with water down the right off the first fairway, water becomes a challenge at a number of courses (lost many balls at the 17th and 18th holes)...

A lot better than I had anticipated this course being, frustrating couple in front of me that wouldn't allow me to play through them despite playing very slowly but such is life.

Greens are in great condition, but as with a lot of courses in the area, I'd like to see them reinstate some of the bunkers that they have taken away.

I will definitely be back for another round or two this summer.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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