Forest Greens Golf Club

Course overall needs work on the fairways grass cut to low it seems

I enjoyed our round today at the Tourney we played. I found the greens and fairways to be in great shape - I would play here again in a heartbeat.

The course was generally in good condition it rained very heavily the night before and the course handled pretty well. The cart path was probably the worst of the course. Between the rough condition of the blacktop and the mud/dirt...the golf path needs most of the attention from the staff.
The couse has a hand full of blind tee shots which if u haven't played the course before makes it some what difficult. Greens and tees were in great shape, even after a couple of inches of rain. All in all a good course to play

This course always has their tee times start on time, almost always less than a 4.5 hour 18 hole round. If you are in the area this is a must play.

Nice layout, but fairways don't have any grass at all. Mostly dirt. Greens will be fine once temperature warms up to help overcome aeration. But I repeat, the fairways are totally unacceptable. I have played other courses with dormant bent grass but this is not dormant, it is non existent.

We had beautiful weather. The course is in reasonable shape following a hard winter and late spring. There were many other foursomes wanting to play and so the course was crowded. Pace of play was slow, but the marshals kept things moving. Too many people playing from the long tees when they should have been playing from the white or gold tees..

Somewhat challenging course with plenty of hills and tight fairways. It seemed like at least half of the holes were either 20-30 feet higher or lower than where I would have my approach shot. Very hard fairways which makes the ball roll forever. Played in late spring and fairways where very brown with a lot of dirt spots.

I have played this course about 5 times and this was by far the worst condition it has ever been in. The fairways have little if any grass on them. It is like playing off of clay. The rough is incredibly thick.

I would not recommend anyone to play here until they get the course in a decent condition.

I've played this course two dozen times over the past 10 years or so. It is just a hard round of golf. Each and every one of the holes has something a little "extra" to it that makes it out of the ordinary in terms of toughness. If you can get through this 18 without reaching desperately for a beer, you'll be lucky. I would not say that it is the hardest course that I have ever played, but it's in the top 5. It just keeps you grinding and grinding and grinding for 5 hours. And eventually...you're going to break down. Right about the 15th hole. And you're just going to be glad to finish. The problem with it is that it is not just long, a lot of courses are long. The thing is that all of the holes have some weird funkiness to them which makes them tough AND long.. And in the summer? It gets obscenely hot. A hot, long, tough 18? That's not "recreation" it's self-abuse. This course borders right on self-abuse. Even when it's not that hot. When it *is* hot? It's just ridiculous.

Course in good condition ( Earlly spring). I love this C. Johnston design. We play it every time we come from south.Not for beginners neither walkers.

Good test of your skills. Several good par 4 and 5s. Fairways still brown and thin. Greens better. Bunkers need work and better sand.

The course was wet, due to circumstances. You can tell it drains well. Greens were great, I rated the food, but they weren't open do to the weather. I guess they didn't anticipate the turn they actually had. I'm a 3yr experience guy. Made me think, had to spots,so pretty challenging to me. I shot 103. Only flaw I seen was the amount of range balls you get for a large purchase. Me and two other played in Petersburg last weekend and got about 90 balls on a large purchase, here it was about 30-40. Comeon guys, tthey're recyclable. You're gona make your money. Give up more balls so your guest can enjoy the range. Thank you for the nice round.

Arrived to find a frost delay. Would have liked a notification on my phone. No range balls were available, not picked the night before, and no coffee!!!! Should have been more organized. Guy in clubhouse did manage to get a bucket of balls after I complained, I think he picked them by hand :( Girl working in the restaurant had not worked in 4 months and they left her with no coffee??????? Not fair to shoot the messengers. Found out that the pro shop guy was filling in! Not their fault at all ! For $180 dollars, get your act together Forest Greens!!!

I used to play here a decade ago in high school but rarely go now due to such bad traffic on 95N & S 7 days a week. Went this week there was a frost delay so we got pushed back an hour. Once we started, we waited 3-7 minutes per shot on every hole. There was no visible Marshall and the pace just got to be too much. Four hours and 9 holes later we threw in the towel and the staff happily gave us a rain check.

Pros: Challenging terrain and layout, course was in good condition for December.
Cons: I experienced an extremely slow pace of play which was very frustrating. There was no one in the café in the am or even at the turn. Staff was professional and pleasant.

The fairways are manicured yet dry - the greens and tees are green.
The course is challenging and the fairways tight.

Play the right tees for your skill! Missing fairways on this course will prove to be a CHALLENGING 18 holes!
Some fairways have hard surface. Couple blindshots. Overall good course. Find a good deal to play it.

Beautiful course, especially in the fall when the leaves turn.

Can't beat this course for the price. Got it as a Hot Deal and was not disappointed.

The most challenging thing about this course would have to be the greens. All the pin locations seemed to be on the side of a slope.

Course lay out is good but greens are too long glasses.

First time at Forest Greens this year. One of my favorite courses, with some of my favorites holes in NVA. Stop going as often a couple of years ago because of the often horrible traffic between home (Alexandria) and the course. Was looking for something different and decided to give it another go. Entire group arrived early, easy Golfnow reserved transaction in the Pro Shop, and we're on the tee box about 20 minutes early. From tee to green, course is in great shape, but that's where the problem starts. I guess they're on a different schedule for aerating greens. Most courses I play aerated weeks ago and the greens have healed. No so at Forest Greens. My group essentially conceded every putt within five feet, it was so bumpy. Otherwise, enjoy the great layout and conditions of the course. We had a good time.