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 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great bang for your buck!

Greens were in pristine condition, but the leaf buildup was a bit much. Overall it was a great course, just keep it on the short grass or you will struggle to find your ball! The one bad thing I noticed was the pace of play. Monday pace of play was like a spring Saturday afternoon.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Golfnow does it again!

Incredible value at <$25 through a Golf Now hot deal. Course was in decent shape, and there really wasn't anyone out on a Monday afternoon. Also, if available, they allow you to replay for free. Really can't beat that.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course, Great Price!

My 1st time playing this course but won't be my last. This is nice course and great value.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Penderbrook is a value course.

Penderbrook is a value course. It is a comfortable round, with some non-standard holes stretched between the association town homes. How different some of the holes are dictated by the real estate. Number one a driver friendly hole with the green guarded on the right by a deadly bunker. The green on one is tricky and finally living up to it potential given the new greens keeper. Two needs less than a driver. And three will make you wonder if it was ever in good shape; it looks as picked over as anything at Pohick Bay. Take enough club to get there. The rest of the front is a standard with really interesting holes on 8 and 9. Both have carries over water. Eight requires less that driver off the tee: Nine all you got with a driver and don't go right.

The tenth in the summer months is a 200 plus yard carry over water. One the most challenging three pars in NoVa. Eleven and Twelve are irons off the tee no matter who you are. If you are a golfer that runs on testosterone count on a big score on both holes.

The bunkers are better maintained than than Twin Lakes, that is to say most have sand in them, brown industrial sand, but at sand none the less.

As mentioned before, the greens have improve dramatically. The last day I played they where finally fast enough to protect the score card. If the players keep fixing the ball marks the greens will compare favorably with the local private clubs.

What this course has going for it is a lot of target golf. Keep your ego in check look at the score card for distance and you will have fun.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Yet

Yet need some time to re do .att the faiway green banker

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course at a low price

Course is not long but is challenging when played from the back tees. Good amount of water and well maintained. Recommended

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

short course

The course is well maintained with difficult greens to read. Unfortunately the home owners have taken away the best hole on the course. A down hill par 4 with the second shot over water. Not anymore, the green is now on the fairway side of the water and makes for a much easier hole. The course can give you problems for a course that only measures less than 6200 yds.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Not worth the money.

Played a scramble on a Saturday morning. Moved pretty quick and didn't have to wait on many shots. However, the course wasn't in great shape (especially for what they are charging) and the layout isn't overly interesting. Can easily find a better course for similar money or a much better course for a couple bucks more. Bugs were terrible for most of the round.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is way over crowded

I had not played at this course in a long time so I thought I would try it again. Now I remember why I quit going back there. They put so many golfers on the course that it takes forever to play a round. We waited at evey hole. The Marshalls were out riding around but they never stopped to ask the slow groups to pick up the pace. It is a nice course but if you go you had better pack a lunch. The foursome I played with said they would never go back there again. It is not worth playing there at any price.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Now in good shape

There is new mgmt. and the course was in outstanding shape!I get a senior discount and with that it's a very good value.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 63
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course need maintenance of the bunker.

I hate of too much wating at every tee box. I feel bed. someome push to me.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bring bug spray!

The course was fairly maintained. I definitely wouldn't pay the normal $50-$60 price. The bugs were horrible! Until I was able to get some bugspray from the beer girl I was miserable. Also, there were way too many Canadian geese. It would be one thing if they just walked around but they make a big mess everywhere. If you take the geese and the bugs out of the equation it was a decent course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Still hurting

For $70 I expected more. Fairway were not very good. Tee boxes needed to be moved. Greens were ok. Layout is cool with me, but could have gotten nicer golf with the money. I think it's worth about $49 tops as it is now.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needed Attention!!!

The condition of the coarse was not so good! Greens were actually OK and not terrible but the fairways and overall condition were poor. Lots of rain in the previous 12 hours did not help but some of the fairways were absolutely awful! If I had not paid $70 it would be OK. I play $35-$40 courses in better condition.

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

Good course when discounted

Wouldn't pay rack rate. Good course when discounted.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

don't be fooled be lack of distance.

this course is moderately priced and in much better condition than normal, as are most courses in May/June before the summer heat and humidity bake it. Amen corner here is holes 8,9,10. 8th hole 2nd shot is over water if you can even land your tee shot on the narrow fairway with water on left. 9th hole is a tee shot of 200 yards or you're wet. 10th hole may be the most difficult par 3 in northern Virginia - 190 yard carry over water to a well bunkered green. If you get past these 3 holes without losing a ball you've really accomplished something.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great experience, friendly staff, great value.

I enjoyed the experience at Penderbrook Golf Club. The staff was attentive and friendly, the course was well-maintained, and the pace of play was adequate. The course could use more water dispensers... it was a very hot day and I remember seeing only one water station. Thanks Perderbrook, thanks Golf Now!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Kind of a poor range of responses in the survey, I would say value is better than average, but not great. My friends thought it was too challenging.

My friends thought the course was too challenging, but they are beginners. Been playing the Brook since the late 80s. I understand Palmer mgmt is being replaced next month, so hopefully they'll restore number 12 to its former high difficulty. It would be nice if the new crowd required the former pro, who was a nice guy, though all the folks currently there are also nice.

Course was in decent shape the usual issues, no grass on the 8th tee, a few favorite trees didn't survive winter, scum pond on #3, and the white tees were moved up to the red tees on number ten c'mon that's no fun!

Anyway, always like the track and for $56 seemed fair

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Do not play this course

The course was greatly overcrowded. I did not tee off until more than 30 minutes after my scheduled tee time. My playing partners had to wait for a cart. The pace of play was ridiculously slow. I only completed nine holes in four and a half hours. At one point, there were four groups stacked up waiting on hole number four. Will not play this course again anytime soon.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great course but requires tons of maintenance

the course is very challenging but the course condition is getting worse and worse since the new management.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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