Chesapeake Golf Club

The only issues I had were the greens were very burnt on alot of holes. Other than that it was a nice day for golf

To begin with, we knew this was going to be a busy day at a mediocre golf course. We’ve played here before, but it was a very nice Sunday morning and we found a reasonable tee time.

That said - as a neighborhood golf course, this is only suitable for first time players, neighborhood walk-ons, and rowdy youngsters. This doesn’t play near the $51/each we paid for this course. Highlights:

- No carts. Despite needing a cart to start on a weekend, there were none to be had, and the cart we ended up receiving (after our tee time) was in bad shape.

- No starter, despite seeing the starter cart. We started 20 minutes after our tee time (never saw a starter) and no one organized groups going out. There were several twosomes in a row that could have been combined to mitigate the late starts

- course conditions were abysmal. We are not in drought conditions in Chesapeake. Tee boxes were bare-panned hard earth. Tees were hard to push in. No one has cleared the tee boxes of broken tees in weeks. Fairways were sparse, burned out, and hard as a rock. Greens were also hard, unkept, and cracked (see photo). Sand traps were packed earth traps. There is no evidence this course uses their sprinklers. Don’t use your best clubs!

- We saw the 18-year-old “Marshall” once - when he very nearly rear-ended us at the fifth hole. Groups played slowly, with at least one group that was so slow they took more than 30 minutes to finish a relatively straightforward par 4 on the back nine after repeatedly looking for their eight tee shots that went everywhere but the fairway. No one was managing course play at all.

- refreshment cart passed us twice. On one hole, she watched two groups go by while she was distracted by a greens keeper.

- this course is super tight. Nothing they can do about it, but be aware that there is less “golf course” on this golf course than most places.

I’ve never quit a round of golf in my life, but my son and I left after it took nearly five hours to complete 14 holes, with four foursomes in front of us that never had the proper pace. Overbooked, overvalued, and poorly managed. Leave this course to the Las Gaviotas neighborhood weekenders to play. Don’t pay more than $20 ever.

My father and I have been playing this course for a while now and have enjoyed the value and conditions of this course.

This last golf outing with my father was very disappointing due to the fact that it appeared to us that there has been no care put into the maintenance of the course and the great conditions that one would expect having played this course over the past few years are no longer to be expected. That said.

Over the past few years I’ve noticed a steady decline in the upkeep and have found that we won’t be returning anytime soon!

Sad to see such a nice course and layout go to the crapper!

Fairways and greens were in great condition. No complaints at all.

Not a bad course for the money. The greens need to love, especially the 18th. Some of the tee boxes Dist have the tee markers out so that was confusing. But not a bad place to play on a rainy Saturday.

Every hole layout was tee, rough (ankle high), green. There was no fairway anywhere on this course. I did enjoy the layout and area of the course. Once it gets some love I'll definitely come play it again!

This isn’t the easiest course as there are several holes where you must lay up to carry water hazards, but that’s what I like about it.

I would totally recommend this course to someone trying to improve your game!

To be honest, the only thing I would change is the route of holes. The course itself is great, but to you have to go around your elbow a few tome to get to the next hole. Other than that, it was a great experience. Staffing went out of way to help and very personable.