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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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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.
Great Course
Fantastic venue, friendly staff great course design. I plan on playing here again soon.
early spring round at Honey bee
The course was in decent shape for early spring. The amount of rain and snow we got in the area was high, so the course was expected to be a little soggy. The fairways were really brown. The greens however were in great shape. Putted true and were a decent speed. Tee boxes were flat and well taken care of. The driving range needed a little more tlc as the hitting area was torn up some. Practice putting green was as true as the course greens. All in all it was a good day. We will be back to play again. Great value from Golf Now!
Great Value for a Great Course
Played 3/17 tee boxes/greens/bunkers were in great shape for mid march!! course held a lot of standing water is my only negative, course is definitely worth the $15 I paid on Golfnow...would recommend to all...going to be beautiful in a month or so
winter rough
Player this course in the pass was in alot better shape. Hasn't held up well to winter weather. Would give it until May to recover.
Love this Course
Honey Bee is always in excellent condition no matter what time of year it is. The staff is great !!
fairway
The course is very clean..they constantly blowing leaves off the course throughout the day.
Cold Day but Great Golf!
It was about 40 degrees and windy. The course was in great condition. They were working on some of the bunkers but otherwise the course was in great shape for the wintery conditions.
Best of Hampton Roads Golf Facilities
Honey Bee Golf Club is the best of the seven (now six) Hampton Roads Golf Facilities. For the value it is way better than Cypress Point and Stumpy Swamp. Not the best views around the outskirts of the course, but it is easy to play and enjoy. Most of the bunkers have been redone since the days of hardpan and sea shells. Greens were rolling great for mid November too! If they had a decent membership besides the associate one, I would make Honey Bee my home club!
Awesome value
Course was empty due to not so good weather conditions. Under 4 hours for the round. Course was in excellent condition. Even though it is fall, there were no leaves on the fairways or even most of the rough. Greens were in great shape. Bunkers on back 9 seemed to have been stripped and being prepared for new sand?? Front 9 bunkers were excellent. Overall fun course.
Good conditions and course was in good shape.
Pacer was slow because a tournament was finishing up and a lot of groups were ready to go out. A lot of groups went off as singles and two's but ended up getting together to speed up play. Course was in good shape but few of the traps had been raked. Greens were quick and grass on fairways was cut short. Weather started getting cool with Nor'easter coming into area. Overall good day.
09/28/2014 - Honey Bee
Nice cool weather with sunshine. Course was in great shape. Fairways did not roll to much because of recent rain. Greens were slow and held well with approach shots.
Overall one of the better public courses in the Virginia Beach area.
Consistantly Nice
Got a great Golf Now deal but would be happy to play here anytime for regular price. Always in nice condition, a few bunkers were ground under repair because of recent heavy downpours. A fair test of golf but not overly long so it's good for all levels of golfers Played in just about 4 hours today also..
honey bee
Course looked good. A little wet with some holes cart path only. Biggest issue was that sand traps were not groomed at all. Lots of standing water in them.
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