GolfPass Icon
Rating Index Rating
Tooltip Information Icon
3.6
561 Reviews (561)
5 Stars
157
4 Stars
217
3 Stars
98
2 Stars
42
1 Stars
47
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
70.3%
Recommend this course
437 out of 561 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.9
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.5
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.6
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.8
83.3%
Recommend this course
10 out of 12 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
81.7%
Recommend this course
49 out of 60 reviews
Read Reviews
frame.svg
AI summaries based on real golfer reviews
circle-star.svg
Course Highlights
Exceptionally friendly staff and outstanding value make this course a smart choice for golfers of all skill levels. Wide, forgiving fairways and a well-designed layout deliver a consistently enjoyable round at a great pace.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6159 yards
Slope 122
Rating 69.5

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.

Book a Tee Time at
Chesapeake Golf Club
Powered by GolfNow.com

Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ellis Maples (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
The Best Way To Book Is With GolfPass+ Annual
golf ball.svg
$120 in monthly tee time promo codes
waivedfees
12 rounds of waived fees
redeemtrophy
GolfPass Member Pricing
teetime protection.svg
Tee Time Protection

Reviews

3.6
561 Reviews (561)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Brunch 10
Amazing Food 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 39
Forced Carries 23
Narrow Fairways 21
This course/club is great for:
Locals 35
Beginners 19
Advanced Golfers 17
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 28
In the 'Burbs 19
Worth the Drive 14

Numbers based on reviews tagged with attribute.

Advanced Filters
Overall Rating
Recommended
Handicap
Age
Type of Golfer
Gender
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Used cart

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Default User Avatar
Commented on 07/11/2015

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

Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Default User Avatar
Anonymous
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Surprising

Went out for a quick round after work, much better than I remember it being. Greens were in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Love my local course

I love my local course--price is right, staff is friendly, course is challenging without being overwhelming.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Default User Avatar
Commented on 10/08/2019

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!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Default User Avatar
Commented on 04/20/2015

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

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

1st time

Great course, fairways are tightly lined with homes but still a great course to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 211
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Cart path rough on the back

Course is decent. The pace was extremely too slow.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Default User Avatar
Commented on 04/07/2015

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

Nearby Courses
Chesapeake, Virginia
Private
4.0
1
Chesapeake, Virginia
Public
4.2445608903
670
Portsmouth, Virginia
Public/Municipal
4.1
10
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Public
3.7403455562
693
Portsmouth, Virginia
Public/Municipal
3.0
4
Portsmouth, Virginia
Private
4.0
2
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Public
4.0611712781
593
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Municipal
4.0695486055
510
Norfolk, Virginia
Public/Municipal
3.7446808511
94
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Public
4.3333333333
3
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Public
4.0142857143
61
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Semi-Private
4.2163103102
642
Golf Packages

Talamore Golf Resort Stay & Play Package

FROM $137 (USD)
SOUTHERN PINES, NC | Enjoy up to 5 nights’ accommodations at the Talamore Golf Resort and up to 4 rounds of golf at your choice of Mid Pines Golf Course, Mid South Course, Tobacco Road Golf Course, and The New Course.

Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club Stay & Play Package

FROM $167 (USD)
SOUTHERN PINES, NC | Enjoy up to 5 nights’ accommodations at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club and up to 4 rounds of golf at your choice of Mid Pines Golf Course, Pine Needles Golf Course, Tobacco Road Golf Course, and The New Course.

Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club Stay & Play Package

FROM $167 (USD)
SOUTHERN PINES, NC | Enjoy up to 5 nights’ accommodations at the Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club and up to 4 rounds of golf at your choice of Mid Pines Golf Course, Pine Needles Golf Course, Tobacco Road Golf Course, and The New Course.
Now Reading
  • Home

  • Memberships

  • Library

  • Account