Penderbrook GC
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3.3
705 Reviews (705)
5 Stars
156
4 Stars
278
3 Stars
137
2 Stars
72
1 Stars
62
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.0
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.2
64.2%
Recommend this course
522 out of 705 reviews
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2.6
7 Reviews (7)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
2.3
Value
2.3
Layout
3.1
Pace
3.0
Amenities
2.4
StaffFriendliness
4.1
28.6%
Recommend this course
2 out of 7 reviews
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3.0
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
8
Conditions
2.6
Value
2.5
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.0
52.9%
Recommend this course
18 out of 34 reviews
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Course Highlights
Penderbrook's unique layout features engaging water holes and a thoughtful mix of length and precision challenges that consistently impress players. Friendly, professional staff and a smooth pace of play make for a reliably enjoyable round.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6151 yards
Slope 130
Rating 70.0
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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1980) Roy Case Brian Ault (1980) Tom Clark (1980)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Men: Collared Shirt, Slacks, Shorts. Ladies: Collared/Sleeved Shirt, Slacks, Shorts, Capris. No denim.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.3
705 Reviews (705)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 17
Forced Carries 10
Elevation Changes 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 15
Advanced Golfers 7
Beginners 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 15
In the 'Burbs 10

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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

solid course

Boxes, greens and fairways were in good shape. Food and beer prices are great. Gnats were unbearable. The 4 some in front of us could have picked the pace up on the back nine but over all a very enjoyable experience

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Great course great staff love golfing in Fairfax county

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Highly disappointed

The course quality was awful. It doesn't seem like the course is maintained to a proper standard. The course is dry and felt like hitting off concrete. I will never play here again

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just needs money

This course hasn't changed in ten years and had its best days in the 90's. Golfnow had tee times on Saturday for $70 till 2pm. I found a hot deal for $45. For the conditions, facilities, and staff this is too much even for the weekend. The fairways are in ok shape but they were shaggy and the course lacks overall definition. The greens rolled ok but lots of ball marks not repaired and some dead/bare spots, also on the shaggy side. Yardage markers, sprinklers, and drains not maintained they need to have the grass trimmed around the edges to help them stand out. Bunkers need to be maintained, edges shaggy and all had somewhat packed sand and not a crisp look to the hazard as a whole. Putting cups hadn't been changed in a few days, edges were very rough and not sharp. All fairways, rough, collar, and first cut areas have weeds, dead spots and multiple blends of grasses giving a messy, unappealing look. Pace of play was 4:45 minutes. It's a little wacky, short tight course that's fun to play and I enjoyed my time. All it needs is some money to increase there maintance budget to allow for more attention to detail and add definition to the course. Help the fairways stand out more from the rough and mow the greens with a mower less wide. Currently it looks like a large mower makes 4-5 passes on the green instead of thinner lines around 20-25 passes. Just little things to improve conditions and the look of the course. I wouldn't pay more then $50 on the weekends for the conditions do not warrant a $1 more. Immediate change to the staff is needed, a few ok guys but overall it seems to be run by college/high school kids with a total lack of customer service. Short talk and unfriendly, no engaging in conversation or pretending like they give a hoot that people are coming to play the course which keeps them employed. The ranger literally just made laps around the course. No waves no hello no conversation during a wait on a tee box just drove around, literally.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent pace of play for a weekend round of 18 holes

Finished 18 holes in about 4 1/2 hours. Found a good rate with a hot deal on Golf Now. Will probably come back to play Pendebrook again. Course is in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

A good walk....

Opted to walk Sat, 5/30
but rate was same as with cart...would like to see an option for walking rate cheaper than cart rate.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Very Scenic and Challenging Course

This was my first time playing at Penderbrook. They have a nice deal where you could join the Commonwealth Club and get some nice deals on green fees and get a 9th round for free. The staff was super friendly and helpful. The course was in great condition. You could tell the staff puts a good amount of care in appearance. Some challenging holes with a decent amount of water hazards (I was humbled). The fairways are kind of narrow, so you have to hit straight. You need to check this out if you live in the DC Metro area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No excuses.

For not having played in a year and a half, my game was herendous. No fault of the golf club. Course was in great shape and the staff was very friendly. The pace of play was awesome. We got around in about 4 hours. I have rounds elsewhere that took nearly 6 hours due to overcrowding. All in all a great experience. There is a lot of water hazards and a few tight holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fair to good

This is a good course if you're looking to play a quick round. But they are rebuilding a lot of the greens so there is sand and aeration holes that throw off your pots and make the turf a little hard for your approach shots.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Poor condition

Greens were like putting on concrete. Pin locations were penal. Winter took it's toll on this course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Penderbrook thru GolfNow.com

I got a great price thru Golfnow and weather was finally permitting play. Course was in good condition and fairly empty, as it was a week day. Was great to be out and great to get such a good price as well for 2 players.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course and good value

First time playing the course. Not the longest course but had a variety of fun holes. There were many holes where you had to hit driver then others where you had to accurately hit the ball over or next to water. Would definitely recommend

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Very good location and fast green

location was great,
Fairway is well maintained and green was faster than usual.
I saw some construction around course and I am expecting improvement this season.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Only one out

Nice track, can't wait to come back in the spring when it's no frozen

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Frozen greens and tee boxes

You couldn't beat the price of 10 dollars but the greens and tee boxes were frozen solid. Don't pay their weekend rates because they're charging way too much money.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

wonderful green

Best of green & good price
also fairway is good condition
I hope to go back again soon as i can

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don't go to sleep

a beautiful course that keeps you on your toes at every turn. Enjoy lunch and fuel up, if your attention lapses, this course will get you.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fun and Easy Layout

I played one of my best rounds of the year on this course. It is fairly short, par 4s easily have a short chip, very short par 3s and the 5s are reachable in 2. Greens are well maintained and true.
This course is a little rough around the edges. The tee boxes need some work and being fall the rough was very rough/ long. It does have some of the best bunker sand I have played in NOVA though the bunkers do not come into too much play. Overall this is a great course to spend a mid week afternoon on. Not sure how play would be if it is busy as you need for players to be on the green for most holes before you can tee off. Good Groupon pricing.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Skins 1979

Course was in fantastic shape I thought. Greens were receptive . My only two issues were there was no water in the coolers and we had a crazy lady that jumped ahead of us on 16 without paying. When we told her there was 3 foursomes on 15/16/17 and we were trying to finish before dark she started yelling at us. All and all it was an average experience. Course was great but facilities and lack of Marshall made it average

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Don't waste your time or money

I played on a Sunday morning and was extremely disappointed.

First complaint: The place didn't have anyone working their concessions area so you couldn't take anything out onto the course. They didn't have the snack shop open at the turn nor did they have a cart girl. Smart choice on a busy and warm Sunday.
Second complaint: The course did not have any form of a Marshall or any type of employee monitoring the pace of play. This easily could have been a 4 hour round but the lack of monitoring led to a couple slow groups (one of which was a 5 some) to take their time and hold up many others. How do you allow a 5 some on a busy Sunday?
Last complaint: the starter, and only visible employee besides the girl in the pro shop, was incredibly rude, pushy and completely unprofessional and unaccomodating.

I realize that the round was only $60 but considering the other problems experienced you better have one great course to make up for the rudeness, pace of play and lack of F&B options, and they most certainly did not. The course is decent at best. It is not maintained well, dying fairways and beat up greens. Take your money elsewhere until this place reads a manual on how to run a golf course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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