Royal New Kent Golf Club

This was my second time playing on this course. When I played three years ago, it was such a great experience. The course was in a great condition. Not so much this time around. The fairway is in a bad condition. Many holes had dirt on the fairway and no grass. Not sure if it is due to rain, but this course need more grass on the fairway. The greens are still nice and the layout is awesome.

Great course, with very unique and challenging layout. Not for the beginner or high-handicapper. Conditions were pretty good, but fairways have not grown in yet. Staff was very helpful and courteous. Will definitely play again when I am back in the area.

Course conditions were poor. The fairways and tee boxes were almost all mud. The Bermuda has not started growing as of yet. The layout remains challenging but definitely even more challenging with no grass which equates to poor lies. Awesome staff

Love the golf course but it was in rough shape. Appears they caught a fungus maybe, lots of dead fairway and Tee box grass. Greens had some odd weed growths as well. May want to give this course a month or so to recover

Let me start off by saying I was told this was the 15th toughest golf course in the United States it's one of the most difficult golf courses I've ever played it was a reward to be on in regulation and the greens were incredibly difficult some were as long as 75 to 100 yd Putting was true they weren't lightning fast but they were consistent We caught this course on the day after a storm it was cart Paths only and it made the course even tougher

I will be back again and look forward to the challenge of this layout

The layout of this course is spectacular

With that being said it is one of the hardest coursed I ever played, you need to pick the right tee block for the distance you hit the ball

Ever hole is just fantastic and different, it is hard to explain unless you play the course

The only down side is it was a very long round 6 hours

Course was very tough - enjoyed our time. If you hit a bad shot, you’ll pay for it, both in the score and not being able to find your ball. Would I go back, probably not, but enjoyed my time.

Like the Strantz design, but certainly could have used a course guide, especially on the opening holes.

Course condition is okay, but would like to play it under very good conditioning.

No comparison to Strantz’s Tobacco Road.

I have been playing this course since 2006. I have never seen the course condition so bad; greens, fairways and tee boxes. All unusual the course should be closed until repaired.

Great golf course!

Extremely challenging. Hills and sand a valleys abound

A great experience

Royal New Kent is a fun and tough layout. Even more so today, luckily they let us know at check in they had extra difficult pin positions out for an outing, it would’ve been nicer when I made the reservation. Tough was an understatement, as most were impossible, the greens and course are hard enough without gimmicks. Not sure why anyone would want to have pins where the ball won’t stop near the hole not matter what. While That did take away from the enjoyment. The course overall was awesome, I will play again.

Royal New Kent came at the start of my two week golf trip through Maryland, Virginia, North & South Carolina. Partly because of the weather (winds at 15-20 MPH) but mostly because of the design's inherent challenges, it was the most difficult course that I played. I rated everything 5 stars and please don't think that's just me being ebullient. This is a great golf course and a reasonable approximation of an Irish links. If I had one critique, it would be to put a warning at the second tee that there's a very reachable hazard up top off the tee. This is unlike other Strantz courses that I've played... in a good way. If you happen to be in town, you MUST play Stonehouse as well! Number 18 is as tough a finishing hole as I've seen.