Reston National Golf Course

Dead patches all over greens, tee boxes are just sandy muddy or full of weeds. Bunkers are essentially construction zones. Avoid this place until management changes or they invest money in to repairing the course. It is awful.

Tee boxes and greens were in terrible shape. Not sure if any pesticide or any other treatment has been applied but the amount of gnats overwhelmed my group. For the amount paid to play, this was definitely not worth it. The course layout was definitely challenging but hard to really enjoy with the conditions mentioned.

I played here somewhat frequently as a competitive golfer in my youth. Unfortunately, it’s nothing from what I remember. The course is in absolutely horrible condition. Complete dirt patches all over the greens. Rough in some areas way overgrown leading to lost balls from barely errant shots. Nearly $80 walking on a Monday is way too much for the lack of quality. Slow play was also a problem. I knew as a single the odds were against me but it took 13 holes before a foursome let me thru. No Marshall’s at all to curb slow play. The only positives were the staff was very friendly and I love seeing the kids programs.

Sad I was looking forward to some nostalgia but the conditions were just way too awful to be enjoyable.

Not sure when they started running dogs out here. This course was always reliable to be in solid shape in the past.

Perhaps ownership is throwing in the towel on golf course since the city of Reston keeps dunking on their stupid ahh plans to knock down the course and build townhouses.

Would give 0 stars if I could.

Greens completely lost. Lucky to find your ball in un-mowed rough. Tee boxes are laughable.

You couldn’t pay me $100 to play this place again.

The greens on this course are in rough shape. Standard for this time of year but unpredictable weather it was going to be soggy and slow or fast with patches of bar dirt.

Played in mid July and the course was in terrible shape. Tee boxes beat up, fairways had many dirt patches and the greens were absolutely horrendous. Definitely can find a better course for better prices and value.

Staff was rude and unhelpful. Course tee boxes were terrible and conditions on the greens were even worse. There were many delays because of people walking dog/kids on the course, since it is has parks nearby. We got delayed for about 10 minutes by a person chasing a dog on the fairway on hole 10 and because of this we were rudely asked to skip a hole on the 16th hole (par 3). I asked the staff if it was possible to return to the 16th hole to finish and was told that No. Once we finished and went into the pro shop and the staff that we interacted with on hole 16 was talking badly about our group, blaming us for delays. The marshal finally showed and asked us to pick up the pace on hole 15. Very poor management on the course from a business aspect. Lack of respect for patrons that enjoy playing and paying. I will not be returning for these reason and may more. Poor course conditions and not worth the price.

Positives

-Long course.

-Good snack bar.

-Welcoming staff.

Negatives

-Course conditions being neglected…

Sand traps are not maintained.

Greens are damaged with mower tire tracks.

Fairway/Ruff boundaries are not well defined.

Tee boxes are patchy

This is the worst value in Northern Virginia. Course is kept in horrible condition and it gets a ton of play. They still have the balls to charge over $100 for 18. There is the chance though that you get a grassy lie inside one of the sand traps.

There are so many better courses in the area that are cheaper I wouldn’t waste your money or time at this place. From inexperienced staff to terrible fairways, bunkers, and greens this is not the course you want to spend $85 dollars on. Gopher holes and rocks in sand traps and sitting water/ bare greens makes this course a terrible one to play on. SAVE YOUR MONEY and go to algonkian or brambleton where it’s cheaper and 10 times better. This course manager has a few years of work behind them until this course is in fair condition to pay what they’re asking.

So if you think you can get a quick 18 in before work, Reston National Golf Course, (I mean Reston National Kids Golf Camp) is not the place to go.

8:00 am tee times during the week. What golf course in Virginia has the Earliest Tee Ties at 8:00. Most courses offer tee times starting at 7:00. That way you can tee off before it’s TOO Hot, with no waiting, and finish 18 holes in a reasonable 3 to 3 1/2 hrs.

Not at Reston National Kids Golf Camp. They have it rigged that you can tee off the earliest at 8:00 am, play first 9 and then get to second 9 when the kids arrive at camp and flood the back 9 holes for on-course instruction.

As an example, played last week with early 8:10 tee off. Finished first 9 in 2 hrs. Now 10:15. Reston National Kids Golf Camp groups of 6-8 campers flood the back 9. So waiting for the group at hole 10 to clear the fairway and then the green. So waiting on every hole (when we should have been to first group on the back 9 with no wait). This continues , until to par 3 16th hole. Now there is a Reston National Kids Golf Camp group on the fairway/tee and another on the green. and it’s now 11:15. We didn’t want to wait behind 2 Reston National Kids Golf Camp groups any longer and quit for the day, as it would have been another 1 to 1 1/2 hrs to finish at 12:30. A 4 1/2 hr round of golf from the first tee time of the day!

Not to mention the condition of the course as others have commented on. Sand traps of mud and stones, uneven tees boxes, Fairway is Rough, etc, etc.

Not crowded, played fast when I wasn’t hacking at the ball. Staff is friendly. Conditions are ok. Had a nice outing.

I was honestly pretty disappointed. Myself and a friend went out on a Sunday morning, paying 92 for 18 riding. The conditions of the course were worse than what I expect at East Potomac (if you're from NoVA- you should know what I'm talking about). Not worth the price in my opinion. You'll get better quality at Pohick, Twin Lakes or Twin Oaks.

Played a few times last year and was supervised how bad the course upkeep has been. Fairways are in bad shape and tee boxes are even worse. I've played many other public courses in VA and Reston is way behind. I hope they work on it because I used to enjoy playing the course.

Overall it was a nice course and the inside staff was friendly and helpful. The driving rage is a good location and layout, but the lack of a place to put a tee is strange. I was told just to park Kent through the turf, but that was not a great solution. The tees were high and unstable.

Mid-way through our round we were accosted by a guy claiming to be the operations manager who seemed miffed we (a twosome) were behind another twosome, and didn't voluntarily join them. He claimed we were slowing the pace of play and threatened to kick us off the course if we did not join the group in front of us. Of course he did not tell the group in front of us that, so we had a difficult time catching up to them, and probably ruin our first two homes on the back nine. Once we joined the other group, it became very obvious the group in front of them was much more of an issue. They had one guy who kept driving the cart from one side of the fairway to the other as if he had no idea where his ball went and searching throughly on both sides. He would often his 2-3 balls, then go searching for all of them. This resulted in us waiting an extra 10+ minutes on every tee box for the one guy to clear the fairway. At one point the "ops manager" did a run through the course and watched the guy drive all over the fairway, but said nothing to him or his group. He did however spend a good amount of time watching us, I assume to assure we had indeed join the group in front of us. Overall the round took us over 5 1/2 hours to complete.

I get that courses like this are going to have new golfers who slow things down, and that is okay. I didn't see anyone, if front of us or behind us, too worried about it. However the "ops manager" and his determination to pin the entire issue on our group, and the rudeness with which he addressed us make me doubt I'll be trying Reston National again.

I am an experienced golfer playing many levels of courses from high end to moderate! First time playing this course. I expected a better experience given the cost: expensive for the extremely low value plus an additional surcharge for a cart

Course conditions deplorable

Forward tee boxes were unkept & mostly located within the course sometimes difficult to find , black tees were a bit better

Fairways unkept & rough

Rough was just that & appeared to grow wild & often extended into fairways Even balls hit in the fairway were unfindable?

Greens were rutted, rough. & certainly not rolled, holes were not cupped

Sand traps were not raked to begin the round & other than my team no one raked after play, rakes hard to find

Geese droppings everywhere

Signage was non existent & difficult to find next hole of play

GPS was at least available & helped

I do not recommend this course & will not play it again

I would gladly accept a refund full or partial

Evidently, this course is known for its slow pace. Our round started out badly from the start. Got to the tee box and the group in front of us was still waiting to tee off. It was so bad that on just the second hole, one of the guys in our group already called for the marshal. Marshal said that it's the group on the 7th and 8th were the hold up and they've told to pick it up. Fine. Got to 7th hole - no change. What's their excuse? Marshal was called again, and we were told that it's Friday, it's the first nice day (really? that was lie), and pretty much nothing else they can do.

The gnats at this course are horrible. I don't mind them, but this course has an overabundance of them.