Chesapeake Golf Club
About
Chesapeake Golf Club sits tucked away in the idyllic village of Las Gaviotas, conveniently situated just 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk. Boasting some of the best greens in the Tidewater area, the club offers the amenities of a private club with the fees of a public golf course. The layout will challenge you with rolling fairways and tricky doglegs. Water hazards come into play frequently so be prepared for a few intimidating blind shots over water. Mature trees line the rolling fairways and there are also strategically placed bunkers lurking along the greensides. The manageable 6,278-yard length is approachable for beginners yet there are still holes that long hitters will enjoy. Chesapeake Golf Club is a course that will test your skills but it's not overly punishing for the high handicapper.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 71 | 6159 yards | 69.5 | 122 |
| Middle | 71 | 5763 yards | 67.4 | 120 |
| Front | 71 | 5055 yards | 64.4 | 106 |
| Ladies | 71 | 4870 yards | 68.1 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 70.1/130 W: 76.1/137 | 392 | 318 | 517 | 499 | 220 | 412 | 341 | 381 | 385 | 3465 | 143 | 359 | 158 | 541 | 300 | 140 | 426 | 443 | 173 | 2683 | 6148 |
| Blue M: 68.3/123 W: 73.7/133 | 371 | 303 | 495 | 451 | 196 | 382 | 296 | 357 | 358 | 3209 | 139 | 337 | 135 | 488 | 273 | 120 | 394 | 420 | 155 | 2461 | 5670 |
| White M: 65.2/118 W: 69.8/124 | 320 | 267 | 472 | 422 | 151 | 346 | 284 | 321 | 301 | 2884 | 128 | 320 | 117 | 414 | 239 | 114 | 366 | 390 | 137 | 2225 | 5109 |
| Green M: 64.5/117 W: 69.1/121 | 305 | 247 | 410 | 416 | 136 | 335 | 273 | 317 | 293 | 2732 | 117 | 305 | 110 | 370 | 194 | 106 | 320 | 375 | 117 | 2014 | 4746 |
| Red M: 60.9/109 W: 63.3/110 | 208 | 182 | 354 | 340 | 136 | 260 | 208 | 232 | 223 | 2143 | 117 | 192 | 110 | 325 | 181 | 106 | 260 | 295 | 117 | 1703 | 3846 |
| Handicap | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
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Photo submitted by TBeezie on 05/21/2026
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Photo submitted by TBeezie on 05/21/2026
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Photo submitted by TBeezie on 05/21/2026
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Photo submitted by Coyotesfan9898 on 08/18/2024
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Green on the back nine. Pretty representative of a fair number of greens. Photo submitted by marcpeot on 06/09/2024
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Photo submitted by Adam8721041 on 04/25/2022
Great course
The course was in great shape and the cost throng the Golf now app was amazing. The staff was very friendly. I got out early morning and was playing a little faster than the groups in front. I had no problem playing through.
Course is in excellent shape.
The course is in excellent shape, from the fairways to the greens. My only complaint was that there were a group of 4 women and another group of 3 men in front of us that backed the course WAY up. At one time we had five groups waiting to get off on a tee box. I never saw a marshal the entire time we were out there. What should have been a 4 hour round turned into an almost 5 1/2 hour round. No one offered to let us play through. Other than the slow pokes in front of us, it was an enjoyable round. A marshal monitoring the pace of play would have been a big plus and could probably have eliminated the bottleneck on almost every hold.
First Timer
Very impressed for my first time golfing here. Good prices for what the course has and is pretty challenging, my buddies and i are coming back for sure.
fantastic
awesome and helpful staff in the proshop and grill. theres hole number signs everywhere so it is basically impossible to get lost! and the greens are perfect!
fantastic
i loved this course and all of the challenges. Very helpful staff and servers in the bar. well maintained course and greens were awesome.
A nice spot for an overnighter
I lucky enough to be paired with two Navy Pilots and they were enjoyable playing partners. It was almost as if we had the course to ourselves having only spotted a few other players the whole round. Conditions were good but it was cart path only after recent rains. Challenging but not a brutal layout.
Wet. Wet. Wet.
Course was soaked...needs new drainage. Almost unplayable over 70% of course.
In addition, no scorecard on the cart, no scorecard on the 1st/2nd tee, and none offered by the staff in the clubhouse. Thank goodness for apps and GPS.
Good for value. Hidden residential course.
This course is inviting and seems to be fairly generous. Although the fairways were wet due to rain they were fairly well maintained. Greens were surprisingly well cut, even and had a few undulations. This course gives you many chances to par or better because it has straight fairways in the majority. Beware of the need to lay up due to water however. This is a better riding course than walking as the holes are interspersed in a residential area. Unfortunately the cart paths are beat up.
Some narrow fairways, greens rolled true
Course was cart-path only. Heavy rains the night before. Still a 4 1/2 hour round. Greens held nicely and the greens rolled true. Nice day on a nice course. Some tricky water holes with layup required.
Challenging but fun
Course was great shape, I can't wait to go again! This is a great place to golf with a group or as a single, the bar is great for a beer after the game. The staff in the Pro shop and grill were very helpful and professional. the course has had a lot of work done to it to look this good. its a super fun and challenging course that i will be heading back to in the near future.
Very challenging for the money
Played the day after a week of rain. Course drained exceptionally well. Greens were soft yet rolled true. Would definitely play again. The staff even refunded a round that was prepaid, because a friend did not show up. It was crowded, but given the weather the previous few days, it was like that throughout the area...
Surprising
Went out for a quick round after work, much better than I remember it being. Greens were in great shape.
Should have played it sooner.
Very fun course in very nice shape. Green fairways and tees and nearly perfect greens. The course is kind of tight and there is rarely another fairway to bail out to. The short yardage is a little misleading because on several of the holes you have to lay back to avoid going into the water hazard and then you have a long approach shot. I certainly recommend it.
Good for the price Golf Now special
I enjoyed the course and after adjusting to the sea level distances, I was better able to choose my clubs appropriately. Most greens failed to hold the approach shots for the fairway or the rough. The water holes were tricky until I drove up to the waters edge and gaged the distances better for the lay-ups and carries. Definitely helpful to play often to score better. Most holes require a well placed tee shot to get it onto the greens. Fairways overall in good condition with some grass but not full growth to have the balls sitting up.
I would play it again, later in the year when it green -up. After coming from Michigan, I guess the grasses are delayed in coloration and growth in Virginia.
chesapeake golf club
greens were very good. Great golf for the price of $15. They are in much better shape than Battlefield or Nansemond River.
Love my local course
I love my local course--price is right, staff is friendly, course is challenging without being overwhelming.
Chesapeake (E2)
The fairways had a lot of pot-holes from flooding damage and the heavy rains earlier in the week, didn't help. The greens were really good though, but most of the bunkers were flooded.
Gntyen, I'm sorry about your round, but appreciate your understanding with all the rain we have had. I hope you'll give another chance!
No ruff
If you like to play golf amongst houses this is the place for you. Really no ruff. You have to worry about hitting a house on every hole. Then you must also watch out for the residents that are mowing their lawn. Then there are the 89 yard part 3's. Holes that were purposely shortened so that people would not bust windows.
Michael,
I'm sorry your round wasn't enjoyable. I would love to have you back out here in May and/or June when the ruff has come in. We are working on moving the tee's back for all of our par 3's. And I understand that it takes the funny out of it when you hit the same club on all of them.
Please feel free to email me.
charleslynnpga@yahoo.com
1st time
Great course, fairways are tightly lined with homes but still a great course to play.
Cart path rough on the back
Course is decent. The pace was extremely too slow.
uCXDO1834CX,
We are looking to have more of our cart paths fix soon. I'm sorry about your slow round. Please email me at charleslynnpga@yahoo.com
Michael,
I'm sorry about your rating and not wanting to play the course again. We have great drainage on the course, what we don't have is a dome for the golf course. In the past 3 weeks, we have had almost 15" of rain. And in the past 2 weeks it has rained 13 out of 14 days.
Regards to the score card; If there was not one on the cart, then that's my fault and we are sorry for not having them on there. We don't keep score cards on the first tee for the simple fact that regardless of what any golf course does to keep them dry, it doesn't work. So that's why we have them on the cart and in the pro-shop.
If you would of asked for a score card from any staff member they would of gotten you one right away.
Sincerely,
Charles Lynn