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Honey Bee Golf Club
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Nestled in the heart of Virginia Beach, Honey Bee Golf Club is one of the area's most popular daily-fee golfing venues. Rees Jones designed the course, incorporating water on 10 holes as well as intricate bunkering throughout. The challenging layout has several tricky doglegs and some treacherous blind shots as well. It's a golf course that demands careful course management and some strategic thinking. Accurate shot placement is also key when maneuvering the rolling fairways and contoured greens. While it's by no means an easy golf course, it is an enjoyable round for players of all skill levels, making it a popular venue for tournaments and corporate outings. For golfers looking to get an entire day of golf in, Honey Bee's sister club, Stumpy Lake, is only about half a mile away.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 70 | 6075 yards | 68.7 | 117 |
| Black | 70 | 5667 yards | 67.0 | 113 |
| Blue | 70 | 5207 yards | 65.2 | 109 |
| Silver | 70 | 4929 yards | 68.5 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 69.1/126 W: 74.9/137 | 511 | 170 | 338 | 178 | 304 | 373 | 524 | 160 | 379 | 2937 | 461 | 179 | 341 | 190 | 361 | 435 | 197 | 400 | 495 | 3059 | 5996 |
| Blue M: 67.5/121 W: 72.8/132 | 475 | 159 | 321 | 162 | 286 | 359 | 494 | 145 | 348 | 2749 | 443 | 161 | 319 | 173 | 343 | 415 | 166 | 368 | 472 | 2860 | 5609 |
| White M: 65.3/116 W: 70.2/127 | 459 | 146 | 299 | 138 | 276 | 340 | 455 | 128 | 329 | 2570 | 374 | 132 | 299 | 121 | 322 | 394 | 143 | 328 | 465 | 2578 | 5148 |
| Green M: 64.3/114 W: 69.0/124 | 400 | 128 | 296 | 130 | 262 | 326 | 442 | 123 | 325 | 2432 | 367 | 128 | 294 | 111 | 299 | 384 | 138 | 325 | 456 | 2502 | 4934 |
| Red M: 61.8/109 W: 64.8/115 | 350 | 110 | 246 | 111 | 250 | 275 | 420 | 110 | 265 | 2137 | 333 | 110 | 240 | 90 | 254 | 329 | 96 | 215 | 366 | 2033 | 4170 |
| Handicap | 4 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 8 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Virginia (2016 #13)
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solid course
This course is just a solid course in very good condition. The greens were consistent throughout the course. The fairways and roughs were properly maintained. Almost all bunkers that we experienced were soft sand rather than packed hard(one exception). The only negative thing I can say is that it has no real wow factor. You're not going to be telling your buddies about that beautiful hole number x. Its just solid all round. Very enjoyable.
Great conditions
Is a great course challenging and forgiving great for any level golfer
course in good condition
course in good cindition but wait on each hole. bunkers raked smooth, greens nice
No five somes please!
Pace of play was fine until we ran into a five some on the back nine. Before we could go around them it took forty minutes to play two holes. Not good. We had to go around them and come back to the hole we missed in order to complete the round. The overall condition of the course and the greens were excellent.
Nice!
Very nice course! Well kept and peppered with hazards in all the right places. Fun for the average golfer....... Staff was friendly and play was steady throughout......
Honey bee
I always have a good time here as long as it is not crowded
Average golfer
Excellent course to play for the money, very forgiving for an average player. Greens are excellent condition.
An interesting course
The course was in good condition except bunkers were very hard on some holes. Bunkers need work to give them a depth of sand.
A good course for the average golfer.
Whats a Lovely Please
I was visiting the area from Vermont and stumbled across this delightful course. From the moment I stepped out of my car I was greeted by many nice people included members, staff, and other non-members.
Once on the course I enjoyed the beautiful fairways and the well kept greens. The sand traps that day where very wet and hard because of a rain the night before. The majority of them on the back 9 where unplayable because of pools of water. Otherwise the course was amazing.
There were a couple of challenging holes and water strategically placed throughout the course. Some very solid par 3's and tough but fair par 5's. If you are looking for friendly people, and a nice relaxing round, this is the place for you.
The course was in very good condition and was a challenge. Don't let the short distances fool you....
My son and I both enjoyed this course. It makes you think. You won't be pulling out the driver on every hole but the course design makes it a good challenge. I wish I lived closer......... oh - there really are tiny honey bees everywhere. Great course and a very good value...
Nice
Enjoyed my round with my sons. We played in the heat of the day so he course was wide open. We will definitely be back and the bargain rates on Golfnow.com cannot be beaten!
Slow play an issue
The course is not bad the people that work there need to be a little more friendly they pack you in every seven minutes so every group is on top of each other and it takes you 5 1/2 hours to play which nobody wants to do so pack a lunch if you plan on playing there but overall not a bad place
One of my favorites in the area
As always, I enjoyed a challenging round at Honey Bee. The greens were very fast and in great shape. I think the winter cold may have had an adverse effect on the fairway grasses, though as those were not as nice as in the past.
LocalGolfer
Overall condition of the course was good. The pace of play was horrible. Slow play needs to go.
Staff was very nice and good price
Good course The greens are go green good very nice people and staff
Very early season
The course was in rough shape but that's because the season had just started. We enjoyed the layout and would play there again.
Very Nice Course
The course is fairly short with wide fairways. There are large multiple sand traps around almost every green. Water can come into play of 8 holes.
Great course
one of the best kept city courses in the area. Affordable
Love this place
Course was a bit saturated but I love this course. Played this course almost a dozen times
EXtremely Problematic back-up
I like this course and have played it once before. However, when we arrived on Sunday of Masters, we were told it was a 10 minute or more delay and we saw 15 carts backed up to start on number one. The delay was actually 40 plus minutes. When we got to the second hole, we waited another ten minutes.
We decided to quit since the back-up appeared to run through the course. I asked for a rain-check and was told that Golf Now gets all the money so no rain-check was possible. I understand I booked a pre-paid rate that was non- refundable, but no where did it say to expect delays of more than 40 minutes for tee -time.
I won't be returning to Honey Bee and I won't be returning to GolfNow. I'm not sure if they overbooked, but the day was ruined.
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