White/Blue at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club

Shenandoah Valley is well laid out, maintained with the fervor of a club anticipating a tour event visit, and affordable to golfers of every stripe. Staff is friendly, the refreshment carts go around daily until around 3pm, and COLD water coolers are found regularly at 4-hole intervals.

If I were forced to find a criticism, it would have to be that the nines are rather short, and that their carts don't yet have GPS integration. Despite the shortness however, there are several holes whose tee-shots require a good measure of precision, and present genuine difficulty.

I really can't say enough good things about the courses, facilities and staff at Shenandoah Valley, it's very simply a first-rate golf experience at a cost short of commensurate to the value obtained. Golf HERE! You won't be disappointed.

Course was in very good condition and the price was excellent!! Will definitely play again!!

They just punched the greens, so it wasn't a great experience....usually the course is very good...

The best course in the valley. Can't say enough about the friendly staff. Mr Oates is a top of the list pro instructor and I highly recommend him for any beginner or intermediate player.

Mark Joyner

The red and white are the better of the 3 courses, good conditions and with some challenging holes.

all good; pace of play good; conditions of course good. equipment good.

Great, well worth drive!

Short in yardage but small greens make it a challenge for any golfer.

Played 11/13. Had an 8:30 tee time & hot deal, but delayed till 9:30 due to frost. Staff should have communicated to the growing group of golfers what the status and plan was to a much better degree. We ended up guessing then teeing off after seeing others tee off first. Then the marshal chased us down to tell us cart path only till it warmed up. This all could have gone smoother by announcing over the PA. Once that was behind us, the conditions were good, with the exception of a few sand traps. Greens were good. Best of the 4 courses there in the Front Royal area. Worth playing for sure. No water at all to contend with, so that is always a relief!

I enjoyed playing this course, but the person at the pro shop was rather curt.

Like a hidden gym and great value

The course was in great shape and the staff is outstanding!

This is 3 different 9 hole courses in a square layout bordered on two sides by houses that you pass by on the road to the course. I played two of the 9's for 18 holes. Got a great golfnow hotdeal for $12 for the day with a cart. I could not complain about this deal. The 9's are relatively short but still challenging, good draws and fades off the tee, good elevation changes, not much waste or OB, some blind shots maybe the only "problem", but the greens, fairways and rough were in good shape...maybe the rough was a little long (I lost balls in the rough) but still overall the course was pretty good. And the clubhouse is really nice. Good bar in the clubhouse, nice little dining area, nothing shabby here.

A very sweet deal only marred by the fact that I had to spend so much time hunting balls in the long rough.

Lots of rain left things a bit damp but the greens were a treat, perfect shape and fairways as good as some country clubs. I will definitely play this gem again.

We played the red and white courses (there are 3 9s). This is an older style course and the pace of play was excellent as our round lasted only 3:30 hours (7:42 tee time on Saturday.) This is a beautiful course, shorter compared to more modern courses, and I suppose I like it so much because it really suited my eye on most holes (right handed who like to fade off the tee). The course is an excellent shape, too.

Scored a $14 including fees "Hot Deal" on a Friday afternoon, the course is easily worth $40 with a cart, mostly considering the distance it is from my home, if closer I would be willing to pay more. I ended up playing as a single as I had car issues on my drive out and the two-some I was supposed to play with had already went our B4 I arrived. Monte at the pro shop was very understanding when I told him I was going to be a little late due to my car issues and got me right out when I arrived. The course is one of the best conditioned courses I have played recently as the heat wave we have been experiencing has made it tough on a lot of the VA/DC metro area courses. Fairways were full and plush, rough was moderately tough, but not unplayable. Greens were terrific other than being a little slower than I prefer, never had one putt bounce off line. I played the Blue and the Red nines, I am good with any combo of their three nines, but I truly like the Blue to be one of the two I play. It offers a little more length and truly makes for a more challenging round, IMHO. I say if you have the opportunity get out to SVCC and give it a shot.

A friend and I decided to play 18 holes at Shenandoah Valley to catch-up after having not played a round together in a few weeks. Arrived to find a HS tournament being held -- not announced on the website, to the best of our knowledge -- on 2 of the 9 hole layouts; shotgun start, crossing over between White and Blue courses. After debating cancelling our tee time, we played the Red, ate lunch, and, when HS kids were done, played the White. Fairways and greens in good condition, if not a little slow and wet (relative to what I had most recently played). Sand traps on Red and White were in fine shape. We also went on to play the Blue for $10/per player. I believe the greens on the Blue were slower than those on either the Red or White, and several of the traps held water from either prior rain(s) or watering the course. I don't mind fixing others' ball marks, and I got the opportunity on each of the 9 hole layouts.

Pace of play seemed to be a concern for the players here (note: not the staff) -- those behind our twosome wanted us to play absurdly fast rather than correctly fast (good cart golf, carrying multiple clubs, keeping pace with the foursome in front of us), which was off-putting (to me). "Hurried" golf is not necessarily fun golf, and we played 27 holes (and ate lunch) in 6 hours; I'd say we played appropriately fast!

Friendly starter, Pro Shop staff, and at the turn, where where we ate lunch while waiting to play our 2nd nine holes.