Ford's Colony Country Club - Marsh Hawk Course
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About
The traditional tree-lined fairways undulating greens and the best finishing holes around create a complete journey through the property. A par 72 measuring 6650 yards from the back tees Marsh Hawks greatest defense are narrow fairways and strategically placed bunkers. The real beauty of this golf course lies within the contour of the holes around natural lakes and elevation changes that can delude your depth perception.
Marsh Hawk has played host to the 1998 and 1999 Virginia State Opens Monday qualifying for the 2005 2006 and 2007 Nationwide Tours Henrico County Open and the Monday qualifier for the PGA Tours Michelob Championship for 12 years straight.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6650 yards | 72.2 | 132 |
| Black/Blue | 72 | 6370 yards | 71.0 | 128 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6102 yards | 75.5 | 138 |
| Blue | 72 | 6102 yards | 69.7 | 125 |
| Blue/White | 72 | 5760 yards | 68.1 | 122 |
| Blue/White (W) | 72 | 5760 yards | 74.0 | 134 |
| White | 72 | 5579 yards | 67.5 | 119 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5342 yards | 71.7 | 128 |
| White/Red | 72 | 5070 yards | 65.2 | 114 |
| White/Red (W) | 72 | 4887 yards | 69.3 | 124 |
| Red | 72 | 4823 yards | 64.6 | 111 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4640 yards | 67.8 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.2/132 | 372 | 419 | 535 | 400 | 180 | 502 | 418 | 194 | 406 | 3426 | 351 | 567 | 393 | 310 | 320 | 174 | 444 | 153 | 512 | 3224 | 6650 |
| Black/Blue M: 71.0/128 | 350 | 379 | 535 | 366 | 180 | 502 | 383 | 160 | 406 | 3261 | 351 | 545 | 361 | 310 | 320 | 174 | 412 | 153 | 483 | 3109 | 6370 |
| Blue M: 69.7/125 W: 75.5/138 | 350 | 379 | 494 | 366 | 143 | 469 | 383 | 160 | 382 | 3126 | 327 | 545 | 361 | 270 | 295 | 158 | 412 | 125 | 483 | 2976 | 6102 |
| Blue/White M: 68.1/122 W: 74.0/134 | 350 | 331 | 459 | 346 | 143 | 469 | 348 | 160 | 323 | 2929 | 327 | 507 | 340 | 270 | 295 | 158 | 371 | 125 | 438 | 2831 | 5760 |
| White M: 67.5/119 W: 71.7/128 | 334 | 331 | 459 | 346 | 126 | 417 | 348 | 130 | 323 | 2814 | 294 | 507 | 340 | 263 | 290 | 145 | 371 | 117 | 438 | 2765 | 5579 |
| White/Red M: 65.2/114 W: 69.3/124 | 334 | 280 | 376 | 256 | 94 | 417 | 283 | 130 | 323 | 2493 | 258 | 453 | 302 | 263 | 290 | 145 | 371 | 117 | 378 | 2577 | 5070 |
| Red M: 64.6/111 W: 67.8/120 | 283 | 280 | 376 | 256 | 94 | 401 | 283 | 111 | 323 | 2407 | 258 | 453 | 302 | 207 | 242 | 125 | 358 | 93 | 378 | 2416 | 4823 |
| Orange M: 57.6/102 W: 59.4/100 | 175 | 184 | 235 | 170 | 65 | 290 | 198 | 91 | 195 | 1603 | 135 | 211 | 190 | 145 | 190 | 123 | 200 | 70 | 300 | 1564 | 3167 |
| Handicap | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 |
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Beautiful #17 Photo submitted by u000002238880 on 06/27/2020
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Par 3, #3 Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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Par 4, #10 Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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Par 3, #12 Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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Par 4, #16 Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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Par 4, #18 from the tee Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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#18 green with American Flag finish Photo submitted by Bombtech6316 on 07/18/2018
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Photo submitted by GHuber515 on 08/12/2017
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18th Tee Photo submitted by CharlieinPA on 02/27/2017
Booked Black Heath course with golf now and they squeezed me into a tee time on the marsh hawk course. Explanation was not clear will not return to this course
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Enjoy Fords
Good course. Was a bit wet and sand traps not maintained. Range was closed. Overall a great course and will play again.
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Blue heron
Course layout was outstanding, just unfortunate that it took a lot of rain and was soggy.
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Good Value This Time of Year
Course was in decent shape after heavy rains and with dormant grass, wet and muddy in areas, Greens were very good to excellent, rolled very true with moderate speed. Would love to play when dry and everything has greened up.
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Very bad conditions
Entire course was very wet from a lot of rain. Balls had no bounce on the fairways they just plugged. Had a tee time of 11:30 and due to a frost delay,, we didn’t tee off till 12:20 and hole #4 was closed due to being so wet and soft.
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Too wet to enjoy
The Blue Heron just held in water. It rained about 10 days BEFORE we golfed. Greens, fairways and tee boxes were soaked. It was a sad, tiring, non fun day. I ruined my tennis shoes when I sunk down passed my ankles.
Owner needs to evaluate ground structure on several holes
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Marsh Hawk. Super marshy front. Saw no hawks on bak
Nice course layout except for severe lack of drainage on front nine of the Marsh Hawk course of Fords Colony. Cart path only. It was very spongey, wet, muddy, soggy. We frankly didn't think this course should have been open that day. The back nine was much better as far as mud and spongey fairways. The back had a lot of fun elevation changes.
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Pretty course! Just over seeded and muddy! So much gumbo it pulled off your shoes if not careful. No one told us it was cartpath only until we got to the first tee!
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Where’s the marshal?
Played a 5+!round! For a two-some, that felt like 8hrs! Every shot was a 5-7 min wait. Played behind a foursome who were obviously new to the game. No shots traveled more than 100yds, including tee shots. What made it worse, is it’s cart path only so hit 40yds, to cart, walk to ball. Hit 100 yards, walk to cart. Spoke to the marshal and he had a word with them. I expected the marshal to follow them until they pick up the pace. What a wasted day, money, and game. I wanted to ask for my money back.
IMO, most courses need to institute robust marshaling. IMO, most courses fail in this fundamental duty.
I don't know if it's a budgetary thing or if courses are reluctant to tell paying players to either speed up or get lost...but whatever the reason, they compromise the experience of 99% of the paying players in deference to the 1% who ruin it for everyone else.
Again, just my observation in general.
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What happened
These courses used to be good...for a while at least. The GM; Peter, shouldn’t run a used car lot let alone a country club. There hasn’t been any rain in 7 days but it’s still cart path only...disgusting. Staff in the restaurant are outstanding but the menu upstairs is trash. You are better off playing kiskiack or national, at least their drainage works. I’ve played nearly 30 rounds here this summer and I’ve seen a cart girl maybe 3-4 times....Peter is a joke and so is the way this club is being managed.
DON'T BOTHER!!
I was very happy to see that Ford's Colony was back on golf now , that was until I found out that they are only offering tee times on the Marsh Hawk course! This course is as plain and boring as any in the entire area! I wish they had never even come back to GolfNow because it's a manipular joke! Don't play it! You will regret it as it is nothing like the other two courses at Ford's Colony!
Thank you for your review! We apologize for any confusion regarding tee times available for our courses. All 3 courses are available to book on GolfNow. Some days our Marsh Hawk Course might be the only one available, but you can find tee times for all 3 courses online. Thank you again and we hope you'll book a round with us soon!
Fantastic! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Ford's Colony Country Club - Blue Heron Course. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Outstanding! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Ford's Colony Country Club - Blue Heron Course. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Great course and staff very friendly!
I enjoyed playing this course. It is in great shape and the staff was friendly.
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Beautiful course
Played here as vacation package and this was easily the most beautiful course we played. Fun elevation changes, water comes into play on 13 holes. This was a great course from check in to leave. 100% recommend for anyone in the area.
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Seventy Nine
Fairways were in good shape. Greens were soft, a little ruff in certain places due to players shoe marks. Otherwise the greens were smooth.
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Blue heron
Let me just start by saying the course is beautiful, will definitely be back to play. The only negative thing was the staff. The bag drop guy gave off a typical country club attitude. Then later on, the Marshall was driving around the course as my group was on the tee box, we all had to stop what we were doing so he could pass us. After us moving the carts to side, he drive right on through without looking at us, and couldn’t be bothered to muster up a “thank you”. This may seem like not a big a deal, and I understand that we are not members, however we did pay good money, treat us with a little respect. But as I stated earlier, it’s a nice course and we will back.
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