Reston National Golf Course

Despite encountering an unfriendly staff member at the driving range, my experience at Reston National Golf Course was excellent overall. The pro shop staff were friendly, the starter was excellent, and the pace of play was impressive. The course itself was in good condition, with the rough being slightly higher than preferred but still manageable.

I visited Reston National out of curiosity due to negative comments from some golf groups, but I found it to be superior to the group's darling, Herndon Centennial. While the driving range has limitations, the course itself offers a more challenging and rewarding experience. The small cup sizes at Reston National add to the difficulty, contrasting with the more forgiving Centennial, and could account for some of the hate, as I'm sure some egos, and scorecards, get bruised on the greens of RNGC.

Reston National stands out as a "big boy" course, comparable to the top courses I play in Puerto Vallarta, and I now consider it a top choice for tee times, right alongside Stonewall. I hope the critics continue to favor Centennial, ensuring Reston National maintains it's fantastic pace of play.

It’s frustrating to pay full price to play a course that gets half (you know) treatment/care. The sand is terrible. The tee boxes and fairways are full of weeds. Hopefully the money s going to the clubhouse staff, bar staff, cooks, and starters who are extremely nice. Overall disappointing.

Good conditon.

The pace was slow because I have to wait for the summer camp

Kids play before me.

That made me wait for a while and I cannot finish my play because of rain.

The course is in terrible shape. They don’t have the equipment to roll the greens and the mower to cut the green is broken. The picker for the driving range has been down for over a month so they are only selling small buckets. The owner wants to develop the property so he is deliberately letting it fail. It’s a real shame.

For $100 not worth it at all. Poor poor conditions

Not a bad course but it’s not worth $99. Play was slow, 5 hours. Staff was friendly.

It’s a good course….but not $100 a round good, come on now!

Have not played here since the start of COVID ( summer of 2020). My group played from the senior tees due to a few other players below average skill-sets. My first time from these tees though I am age eligible. All parts of the course are in great shape except maybe 4 or 5 holes that apprear to have not changed their locations. It was very obvious and noticeable with the excessive foot traffic and damage around the hole. ( Maybe a one-time oversite or a lazy crew member)

Staff is friendly and accommodating. Glad to have come back to play with friends before a show at Wolf Trap Pavilion.

Rough was extremely long. Had not been cut. 4-6 inches. Only saw one mower all day? Greens average. They could have added one more tee box between black and silver as silver was just few yards shorter than the red tees. Other than long grass well kept.

This was a slow round, and the second cut rough around the greens was in bad shape; lots of broken ground leaving the ball in almost unplayable positions. Would be much improved with some agrimony.

Tees boxes similarly below standard with more than one having so many unrepaired areas that was forced to tee up outside of the pegs.

Short course so able to shoot low. Greens were a good pace. Sand was reasonably well maintained. Expect a slow round though. Better courses locally for similar green fee rates imho.

Beautiful course nested in the middle of Virginia forest. Saw deers, foxes and many others animals . Very friendly staff. Very well maintained. Reasonably priced. Plenty of driving range space. Will definitely play here next time we are in DC

Tee boxes not level, not cut low enough

Traps not machine groomed

Rough, uneven long grass, not cut recently

Greens not rolled and VERY slow

Gas cart engine cut off every minute or so