Penderbrook Golf Club
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6151 yards | 70.0 | 130 |
| White | 71 | 5760 yards | 68.1 | 125 |
| Red/Gold | 71 | 4977 yards | 64.6 | 116 |
| Red/Gold (W) | 71 | 4977 yards | 68.7 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 69.7/127 W: 75.4/135 | 420 | 326 | 155 | 548 | 205 | 369 | 554 | 339 | 340 | 3256 | 220 | 301 | 320 | 155 | 490 | 435 | 190 | 500 | 336 | 2947 | 6203 |
| Blue M: 68.1/125 W: 73.5/131 | 405 | 315 | 149 | 535 | 190 | 351 | 554 | 329 | 330 | 3158 | 200 | 301 | 320 | 140 | 490 | 402 | 170 | 500 | 321 | 2844 | 6002 |
| White M: 66.0/112 W: 70.6/127 | 365 | 300 | 142 | 474 | 155 | 340 | 533 | 303 | 284 | 2896 | 118 | 289 | 305 | 126 | 470 | 361 | 156 | 484 | 301 | 2610 | 5506 |
| Red M: 62.8/106 W: 66.3/116 | 325 | 280 | 115 | 450 | 120 | 245 | 461 | 265 | 275 | 2536 | 107 | 270 | 280 | 85 | 430 | 303 | 135 | 445 | 281 | 2336 | 4872 |
| Handicap | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
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1 green Photo submitted by u000005460048 on 08/17/2025
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A fairway Photo submitted by u000005460048 on 08/17/2025
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Putting green Photo submitted by u000005460048 on 08/17/2025
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Photo submitted by point4455 on 10/28/2024
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Photo submitted by point4455 on 10/28/2024
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Photo submitted by point4455 on 10/28/2024
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Photo submitted by ElGunny on 10/13/2022
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Photo submitted by u314160605664 on 10/15/2021
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Photo submitted by u000007783263 on 09/17/2021
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Photo submitted by djyoo on 08/25/2021
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Photo submitted by talsid on 04/07/2020
Layout was good
Got to play the course they Golf Now app and wasn’t disappointed on its reviews. I would play this course again without any hesitation. I’m visiting from South Texas and appreciated the weather and course. Staff were friendly and the starter was hustling making sure golfers started on time from the start.
Dog track
Greens were decent. Thats about it
Tiny fairways dug up all over the place. Bunkers were ok.
Goofy layout with a lot of blind tee shots. Definitely not worth $79
The course looks great
The people who are saying the course is in bad condition. They must play at the best of the best most of the time. For guys who frequent public courses, this course was in great shape compared to others in the area that are priced similarly. The greens were faster than most around here. The layout is a bit tougher than other courses which makes for great fun. I was here when a couple holes were almost out of commission because they were being redone. Those holes are excellent. We did start on hole 8 like the other review said. And no there is no driving range. The pace of play was great. We didnt want to hit on a tee once. Starting on 8 is harder because water on the first 3 holes from there. Thank god i got par,par,bogey. Had a great outing. Cant wait to go again. Definitely again before the end of the year.
Additional $11 for your own cart
Even when another single has already paid this course makes you pay an additional $11 to ride ! It’s the only course in the area that I have played that does that! I already v paid for a cart in my golf now fee snd then I pay an additional amount ONLY at Penderbrook!
Additionally, I have probably played here 10 times and it’s always cart path only snd it’s was sunny and dry
Penderbrook Golf Club,
Hello, we are sorry you feel this way. We have posted this policy on our website and all tee time notes to try our best to inform all customers before booking of the cart policy. Single rider cart fees are standard practice throughout the industry after COVID and rounds that include golf carts are based on two riders per cart.
We hope to see you again in the future.
Great Course! Always Fun
I have played this course 4 times in 2022. Each time I have been paired with very nice golfers! The course is fun and challenging. I love the 9th hole outpost. Bathrooms are clean and the staff is friendly and efficient. The course is in good shape considering it is late in the season and this is a busy course. Pace of play is on the slower side, but I’m generally not in a huge hurry to get somewhere else when I play. The beverage cart comes by at appropriate intervals. One of the best things about this course is Mulligan’s. Go see Donald and his crew you will leave very well fed! The food is excellent!! I’ll be back and will likely get some type of membership next year!
Penderbrook Golf Club,
Thank you for taking time out to review us and we are glad you enjoyed playing. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Bad service
Starter / doesn’t know how to service customer, bad attitude, and have to share of golf cart with another person ,, landscaping guy with machine follow of your back when you play in the fairway,,
Needs TLC
Love the layout at this tight course, but it isn’t a great experience. There are very pretty holes but also a handful of ugly holes. Fairways are in bad shape; greens were solid but slow.
Clubhouse guy was kinda rude. Weird they don’t take cash to buy a Gatorade. Zero water coolers on the course, zero ball wash stations. Signage is poor, and the tee markers look like they were cut with a butter knife and painted 40 years ago.
This course has SO MUCH potential in a historic Fairfax area, but they don’t put any love into the course.
As for the play, SO MANY blind shots. Thank goodness for 18 birdies app.
Price a bit high, a couple patches of bare ground but playable
A bit pricey for a late afternoon round. A couple of places turf needs to grow in but otherwise improving.
Quirky, decent and improving
I've played Penderbrook 5-6 times in 2022 with friends who have a regular group. Because the course is in the middle of a housing development in Reston/Herndon, it's a short course, with narrow fairways, some tight angles and short par 3s. Lots of forced carries over water. Precision is required on tee shots and approaches. I'm impressed by course conditions - it's obvious management is putting money into it. Bunkers have been restructured, some are now sod wall bunkers with steep lips, which provides an extra challenge. Tee boxes are in good condition and certain fairways are spongy, while others that get less sunlight can be patchy. Golf carts are new. Because my group always gets an early morning tee time, I've almost never had a problem with pace of play, but I note that many bunkers have been removed, perhaps to help pace of play and lower maintenance costs. Penderbrook's convenient location is also a plus. A downside is that there's no range. Overall a challenging course whose management seems to care about conditions.
Penderbook Golf Club,
Hello, thank you for taking time out to leave us a review.
As we strive for a 5-star experience, we would love to know how we could do better.
Please e-mail us at info@penderbrookgolfclub.com to tell us more about your visit.
Have a good day!
Miserable staff and course
Staff was rude and inconsiderate course had aerated greens without notice and no change of price. Pace of play was slow and Marshall yelled at groups to play faster while waiting on every shot. Starter puts groups out too fast without any consideration. Cool layout and course but would not recommend to anyone in the area.
Penderbrook Golf Club,
We are sorry you feel this way, but players are never allowed to play in groups of 6 and the ranger was informing you of this.
Greens were aerated 13 days ago and are almost completely healed at this point.
Have a nice day!
Penderbook Golf Club,
Hello, thank you for taking time out to leave us a review.
As we strive for a 5-star experience, we would love to know how we could do better.
Please e-mail us at info@penderbrookgolfclub.com to tell us more about your visit.
Have a good day!
Don’t know how you even call this a golf course.
Never written a review before but hopefully this can save some people some time/money. Easily the worst conditions I’ve ever seen, tee boxes fairways, greens, rough all in awful shape.
Saturday mid-morning was $80 on aerated greens and a 5+ hour round. I thought the staff was friendly so I can only surmise it’s run by greedy dishonorable owners.
In short this is someone who just stuck 18 flag sticks in a big yard and called it a golf course.
Not Worth the Money
I have played this course several times. The pace has always been slow but last night was absurd. They let a group of six go before my group of two early evening. We did not finish our round due to it becoming dark. Greens had been aerated which made putting extremely difficult. Bunkers need some love several looked like packed mud with others completely overgrown with grass and weeds.
I really want to like this course because it’s convenient for me to get to but there are others that are in better shape for far less money like Oak Creek in Maryland.
Penderbrook Golf Club,
Hello, thank you for taking time to review us. We looked back and saw that you had a tee time at 4:40pm which is during our twilight tee times. This means that there is a chance that you do not finish, sunset on your date of play was 8:03 and pace of play is set at 4:00. The groups in front of you were two threesomes who both had the tee times before you, we send groups out in order by tee time.
The tee time you book on GolfNow had an “aeration alert” on it which was to notify you that the greens had recently been aerated.
As far as the bunkers go, we renovated all of our bunkers except for two on hole 17, all other bunkers are in great shape.
If you would like to discuss your experience further, please e-mail us at info@penderbrookgolfclub.com
Have a nice day
Very Nice, Recommended!
No complaints on this course and I’ve played it multiple times. Pace of play was great, good general course conditions, great greens, nice clubhouse and good price! Food/drink shack at the turn is great for the obligatory hot dog and whatever other refueling needs you may have. Fairways do sometimes have an odd “green-like” strip with different grass than the regular fairway, but it’s actually nicer grass to play off of, so I’m not complaining about it.
Hello, Thank you for taking time out to review us and we are glad you enjoyed playing Penderbrook Golf Club. We are in a multi-year process of switching our fairways over to warm season grasses, which are those new strips you have noticed. We have completed some fairways and looked to do more each year. Again, thank you for the review and we hope to see you back out soon! Penderbrook Golf Club
Penderbrook Golf Club,
Hello, thank you for taking time to leave us a review and we are glad you enjoyed playing. We look forward to seeing you again soon!