Augustine Golf Club

Played early afternoon on a Thursday and got a great rate. Was able to get right on with a good buddy from Richmond. Course is in great shape despite typical NOVA heat and minimal rain for July/August. The new management has Augustine getting back to its late 90's condition which was absolutely superb. Better be on your A game at the beginning of the round as hole #1 and #2 are a great challenge. Greens are true and fair. Everything about this course is top notch. My buddy from Richmond (private course member) wants to play Augustine again next week. I am trying to get a group of guys to play. They won't be disappointed.

Very much enjoyed my first round at Augustine and will play there again.

It's almost as if they spent all their money trying to design a premier course for the area and forgot they needed to maintain it. Layout isn't terrible, but it is repetitive and unimaginative. Fairways, rough, greens, bunkers are awful.

Fairways- 1/2 grass 1/2 dirt. This creates a perpetually awful lie even if you're in the fairway. Many fairways had a lot of bare spots to include the 2nd, their "signature hole". It looked like a flood had ripped through and washed a once great hole away.

Greens- never recovered from being airated, still full of holes. Greens hadn't been cut/rolled in a while and it seemed routine to not repair ball marks.

Rough- sometimes better than the fairway. A lot of bare spots with hard dirt/rocks.

Bunkers- Usually the first thing to go when a course is going downhill. They appeared nice. However once you're in them you'll see they only have enough sand to look nice( a mm or two). Beneath that is hard clay making normal bunker shots nearly impossible. It's akin to hitting off of the cart path.

Range- don't bother paying for range balls. 1/2 were cut so bad they wouldn't fly true. Other half barely had dimples.

Overall impression- Course needs new management/funding and overhaul on grounds keeping. I felt as if I played the same holes over and over again, all but one par 5 is a dogleg left that you have to layup because a creek cuts the fairway forcing you to use less than a driver. Majority of the par 4's have a hazard in front of the green and a downhill 2nd shot. 2 200 yard par 3's and 2 120 yard par 3's.

Save you're money and go to Potomac Shores.

Augustine's is an excellent track. Unfortunately, they are taking down a large number of tress; for some reason that is not obvious.

It has left a number of holes with unfinished grounds, visible debris and honestly messy.

I am sure they will fix it up over the summer; one would hope

I play here once or twice every year - love the challenging layout (from blue, ~6400).

The fairway conditions are generally good, though there are a few spots where the rain has taken a toll and the course could be more proactive in protecting and rehabbing these soggy areas, and perhaps the grass has not really taken off and filled in entirely due to the early season wetness.

The greens roll very true, but again I feel that some more proactive maintenance could be taken to rehab the few (i.e., left side of green on hole 5) struggling areas.

A true knock would be the sup-bar condition of some of the bunkers, which need more sand and better drainage - there is no reason for the protective skirt underneath to ever be exposed, which did occur.

For the price, this is still a great course in an expensive area, and would be totally worth the drive in the I-95 congestion if there was more effort to shore up the maintenance details.

I play Augustine fairly regularly and always enjoy the layout and variety of holes. While conditions have suffered a bit over the last year, today was near perfect! The bermuda grass fairways were greening up nicely (should be perfect in a couple of weeks!) and the greens were outstanding! The staff has clearly had a very busy off season getting the course ready for a great golf season.

I cannot wait to play again!

Great course. Every once in a while you catch a day they are doing heavy maintenance, but overall exceptional.

The course only had the back 9 open however; they never mention that when I booked through golfnow. The course is in pretty rough shape the fairways greens etc need a lot of work.

I hope they get working on this course it will be spring before you know it.

Augustine has a great layout and good mix of easy and challenging holes. However, the greens have not recovered from last years disaster and the fairways are terribly thin even for winter condition. Also, the bunkers are thin and many of them are washed out.

Beautiful day in February and the course was pretty open. They are doing a lot of necessary tree and brush removal which was nice to see and will make the course quicker to play and more user friendly. The couse was good for the time of year except for the greens which were oretty beatup and worn, virtually unputtable; but that was ok bcs it was February.

only 3 of the greens were in reasonable shape to play the rest were awful.

A beautiful course with creative and fun routing. Tee boxes are varied and in great shape. Fairways were also superb. The only downer - the greens were in poor condition. Not sure if it was the extremely hot summer or we caught the course before aeration, very difficult to keep anything on line.

Very friendly staff, beautiful course that's well maintained. Only complaints, very slow play, and the greens had been aerated recently.

I really like this course. Fun layout and really nice conditions this time of year with the heat. Greens were showing some wear from the heat but very playable.

The fairs was good but the green NO. They do not take care of the greens.

Hot Summer has taken its toll on the greens. The rest of the course is in great shape

The course has a nice layout. Reasonable prices for the area. The greens are horrible. Totally unplayable. Weeds growing out of the green. The staff is always nice. Pace of play could be better. Marshals should do more than just ride around they need to speed up play. But this seems to be the norm at every course I play at lately.

Even with two week old agitated greens the course is still in amazing condition and the staff are even better. Love this place.