Algonkian Golf Course

I am a beginner and found this course to be very forgiving. Great place to practice and perfect your play.

Most recently played in mid-July. Here's a photo of the 12th hole--a scenic par three that plays slightly downhill.

The course was nice but kind of boring for me for $60. No holes that wowed me!

It was a good round of golf. Back nine bunkers good have been softer.

For a public course it gives you all you want. Several holes on the front are very tight and there is definitely a premium on keeping it in the fairway. In some cases even that isn't enough because of the trees that frame the holes. Par threes are very challenging due to length, even from the white tees. All in all it was in good shape and we had a great time as our round only took 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon teeing off at 12.

The price is right and the course is very well maintained. The staff goes out of its way to make sure you have a good experience - from the starter who greets you as you walk up, to the counter folks who take care of you inside.

Course is super shape...greens a bit slow..but overall in lovely condition. Golf Now rate of @$28 was great deal.

greens were somewhat slow, but due to recent rain... fairways were good but poa in them? Bunkers could have been better raked....some bunkers had no rakes... but over all course was very good condition....

Fairways are wide and easy to drive . Greens are not difficult. Great course with a great view.

Except the course is unexpectively wet. I am satisfied.

I don't mind playing in bad weather but course conditions are completely another thing. I realized it rained but to lose 4 balls - 3 in the middle of the fairway - because your ball plugged so much it completely buried in mud and standing water shows to me the course wasn't playable. Standing water on the greens made for inputtable surfaces in quiet a few areas. Don't have to worry about me coming back, spend your money somewhere else

Weather was great but it rained two days prior. All the tee boxes were closed so we played temporary tees that were also extremely wet, almost every shot plugged in the fairway. It is probably a good course in the summer.

Love playing this course. Well maintained. Just wish the people that played there were faster. Got stuck behind two slow players. Thanks and I will come back

played with a member of the staff who was off on that day very friendly helped us find our way around the golf course since this was our first time

This course is essentially in my back yard, and I've frequently visited it because of convenience and the challenge the the course presents each time I'm there. The facilities are in very good condition, with the clubhouse and other small course aesthetics kept up in good knick. The course itself has been maintained well, and has many different challenges, incorporating water, sand, rough, and wooded areas in order to create a unique challenge to every hole. The front 9 and back 9 have two different personalities, with the front containing many fairways that parallel each other and generally flatter terrain. The back 9 is more rolling, with a greater risk of hazard involved in your play.

We were not informed about aeration prior to arrival and were told we had to play the front nine twice. Once we finished the front nine we were informed it would be an hour wait to play our second nine. Management was unfriendly and overall treated us like the aeration was our problem. I will not return to this course.

There is an issue between making the tee times sometimes and the course condition, usually is just fine, this time there was nothing on the tee times site about the course was only using 9 holes.

I got there I pay and when I check in the starter say, you playing the back nine twice the front nine is close, g thanks at lot how about a sing or something before you pay.

then I say sure OK he say you has to go the tee box you suppose to go out with mr. pong pong pong, yes those were the names I saw them.

I go to the tee box, there is no 3 some, they are all 4 somes, and it since they are just finishing 9 and turning around and re-pairing themself with their friends.
So I waited, the started guy walk a few times took a look at me and say nothing, I kept using the practice green, trying to see if there was a 2 some so I can walk to but nope that never happen, by 11:10, I decided to just leave, my tee time was at 10:27
I figure I had no chance I was going to go anywhere.

So this time was just terrible, so I lost my money and wasted half of day for no reason., since I decided to just walk away, there was no reason to go inside and try to get a refund, since it was my choice to leave.

when is that bad and crowded and there is no control at the tee box, you guys might want to keep an eye on things, is not the first time that I has to go alone because the "oriental looking crow" doesn't want to play with me, they want to play with their own.
and this time is exactly what happen, they finish the 18th hole which is back nine and repair with the ones waiting on the tee box.

A solid parkland course well insulated from roads and houses in an area regional park. It's right next to the Potomac river but no views, just a nice setting with wildlife.
Course can be difficult because of narrow fairways and thick trees lining most holes. I played in the spring and the rough was very penal but in late summer it had thinned out a bit is more playable.

Front nine is flat with a few doglegs and long par fives while the back nine has some elevation changes and a creek that comes into play on two or three holes with two reachable par fives. I particularly like holes 11-13

11: lay-up tee shot to a wide open landing area since the creek comes in at about 250 yds, then a mid-long iron approach uphill.

12: gorgeous slight downhill par -3 with a tough bunker short of the green

13: dogleg right par-5 that's very reachable with a good tee shot. A ton of room to the right of the green for the uphill approach.

These holes epitomize most of the course, need to keep it straight and long to have a good look at birdie, but there is not too much trouble to blow up your round. Expect to make some bogeys, but very few hazards or OB.

Greens were good early in summer but bumpy and slower last weekend, hopefully they are rolled/cut soon.

Looked forward to golf at this course on a beautiful day. First impression was quite negative as had to deal with a rude guy at the counter. While the place was nearly empty, he seemed upset for some reason. After snarling a few mumbled words, he chastised me for "checking in too early" (30 minutes before tee time) and advised I shouldn't come in until 20 minutes before my time.

Starter was gruff but not rude. Overall though, not the most personable people to represent the course.

Paired with some nice guys and the golf was fine. The greens are very slow. Many holes on the front nine are quite tight and good drives are at a premium. Overall layout is nothing special.

Not a course I'll play again anytime soon.

One of several by the Fairfax Parks department, Algonkian was in excellent shape this weekend, with hardly even a divot in the fairways and greens well-manicured. Only drawback is that the bunkers tend to be quite hard. Superb value for the money and a great course for intermediates.