Reston National Golf Course

Overall course was decent but there were quite a few rough spots. Most of the tee boxes were just weeds or sand, a few fairways weren't draining well, and I lost a ball in a bunker because there was a small pond with about 2-3 inches of murky water in the bunker. In defense of the course it had rained a bit leading up to the round but was still shocked for that to happen. We had to wait on a number of tee boxes, round was about 4 3/4 hours.

I used to play this course regularly, because I could always find deals. However, the deals have been very few and far between, so I have not played here since last fall. Most tees were in very bad shape, mainly crusty mud or dirt. Where there was grass, they were just clumps of crabgrass. Most of the fairways were pretty rough as well. With the crusty mud and crabgrass, just like the tees.. Most of the greens were okay, but even some of the greens had cut down clumps of crabgrass. It was in the worst shape that I have ever seen this course in. I do hope it was just a fluke and can spring back. I would have been very disappointed if I had paid the full (expensive) rack rate for this course in the condition it was in.

A good walking course and it moved right along.

The tee boxes were a mess and needed a lot of work. Also, many parts of the fairways were dried out with dried mud (it was dry when we played). We had played in the spring and it was ideal, not sure what happened. Greens were just "ok", lots of divots and bare spots from previous hole placements.

I played this course several times in May and June and it was in terrific condition.

Fast forward. Broken foot kept me out for several weeks. Today the tee boxes were weed infested. The fairways looked like they had some kind of rot on them. Huge bare spots all over the place.

What the heck happened. How does a course fall so badly in two months?

Fairways and tee boxes either overgrown with weeds or complete dirt spots.Of course was in much better conditions when I played it in May. It appears like zero maintenance has been done since then. Pretty disappointing. And certainly not worth the money.

Course is in terrible shape. Tee boxes overrun with crabgrass. Fairways also in bad shape.

Much like all courses around the DC area right now, Reston National is hurting (hot temps and lots of rain causing burnouts and disease). Greens are actually ok but the fairways are toast, The back 9 is better than the front. It’s a nice layout and will come back with some cooler temps and some maintenance.

Really disappointed and surprised by the decline in the course conditions at Reston National yesterday. Over the years, we've probably played at least 10-15 rounds annually, although we hadn't played here before yesterday since late April, early May. Course conditions way worse. Coronavirus protections on course were lessened. Even golf carts switched out . . . GPS gone and mine felt like it was shaking apart. Hard not to connect dots with change in management . . . Now way better choices locally for the dollar. Sorry to see and say this.

I like the course, the people and the layout, but our timing was bad as several fairways had severe water damage and the greens had been recently aerated.

The course is in horrible shape. Weeds throughout the tee boxes, numerous patches in the grass with mud/dirt, and greens in terrible condition. The first cut of rough might as well be hazard.

I've played Reston many times over the last 30+ year. This round was a true clunker, I'm afraid. While most courses are struggling with conditioning, Reston is in particularly bad shape, with lots of crab grass on tee boxes and in fairways and large burned out sections in most fairways. I paid the same $55 to walk as one of my friends did to ride :-( and the round took close to five hours due to an outing that the course failed to manage until it was too late. To top it off, the greens had just been aerated and putting was a guessing game. Despite all of that, the place was packed!

It kind of makes me wonder whether they're letting the place go to pot in hopes of getting the OK to sell the land so someone can build more townhouses.

The starter is friendly and a pleasure to see before teeing off—great tips and super welcoming. They were aerating the tee boxes, but that didn’t have much impact. Course is on the shorter side, but still can be challenging from the tips.

For the money, a good value.

The tee boxes and fairways definitely need some repair and help. The greens have been aerated so hopefully they will be good eventually. Too much drainage through the fairways. It definitely needs some work to get it back to where it used to be.

Nice course, but many of the fairways were barren and the rough was uncut making it very deep in places. The course manager air-aited the greens by poking 2-inch square holes which made putting very difficult. Overall, not a bad experience.

Unfortunately, 2/3 of the fairways were filled with dried, crusty mud and no grass at all. A few times I hit drives in the fairway and I chose to drop the ball in the rough and play it there. There was just no grass anywhere near my ball in the fairway.

The greens were in good condition, however, though they had been punched recently.

I’ve played Reston National more than any other course this year and really appreciated them staying open through COVID. Through Spring and early Summer, the course was in typically great shape but what on earth has happened? I played after a wet day so expected the course to be a bit waterlogged in places but put simply the course should have been closed. I walked but stood in amazement when watching other groups churning up fairways in carts on a cart path only day. A lack of marshaling may have contributed to this.

But the real crime is the state that this course has been allowed to get into. The course management should be ashamed of themselves or preferably fired. I’ve taken this off my list of courses to play until I hear that conditions have improved.

I would recommend everyone give this a miss for a while

I was extremely disappointed in the condition of the course. I know the weather has been very hot lately, but we have also had some rainy weeks. This was our second course of the day and the other course we played was a similar price point and was in much better playing condition. Almost every tee box was in horrible condition as there was very little grass. The boxes were almost all dirt and clumps of weeds. Many of the fairways were in awful condition as well. There was caked over dirt that was breaking off into pieces instead of grass. On a couple holes the sprinklers were turned on during an afternoon round and the water smelled like sewer water. It wasn't pleasant to have to try to hit off of rock hard fairways while being sprayed with foul smelling water. I think this course will be crossed off the list of courses our group plays for a while.

On a positive note the staff members we interacted with were all very friendly.