Old Hickory Golf Club

We played mid-afternoon on a Saturday and finished in near darkness because of the pace of play. The course is built through a housing development. The holes are generally tight as a result and some of them would challenge PGA players from the tips -- i.e. 465 yard par 4 with a tight landing area with OB on the left and a hazard on the right and a well-guarded green and a 630 yard finishing hole. I love a challenge but it wasn't that much fun to play. There were some fairways that sloped into drainage areas that were pockmarked with divots because virtually every ball ends up there. Being in a development, it wasn't scenic. So all in all, this is a one and done for me.

I drove over an hour to play this course and would do it again. Great atmosphere for those looking for challenging golf, great greens, and great customer service.

Though it was recently aerated, the green was pretty fast. We were happy with overall condition of the course but ran into obnoxious neighborhood kids on # 7 tee box. They were literally on the black tee box and being loud & rude. Even got louder when we asked them to quiet down. As paying customer, no one should face that kind of experience playing golf. Anyways, the marshal finally came out and asked them off the course.

This is a great course. The greens were in very good condition. My one complaint is that the fairways had a lot of chunks taken out of them in a few spots. It looked like a lot of wear for early in the season. But, as I said, greens didn't seem to struggle at all.

Certain a favorite if I feel like making the drive to Woodbrige.

Beautiful course but not that easy to play!
Always a challenge when we play there.

Good condition.
staffs are very friendly.
food is good.

Course in good shape after winter weather, even greens since recently aerated. One of the best courses in the area.

Tough, challenging course. It is definitely one of the better Raspberry Trail courses, and one of the best public courses in Northern VA. The one criticism of the course would be the number of homes on the course and how visible the homes are throughout your round. Apart from that, there is an excellent mix of holes and the various tee boxes really do make a difference in the level of difficulty.

Enjoyable experience, and makes it a go to course.

Course was in decent shape considering we are in mid November but aside from that, the 5 hours and 20 mins to finish 16 holes was ridiculous. I understand a weekend tee time may take awhile to finish but to have a tee time at 12:00 and not be able to finish 18 was a bit much for me. I saw no marshal at all dictating the pace of play, we waited on every hole for at least 5 min.

I will not be returning to this course anytime soon.

Great challenging course. Well maintained. Pace was slow, but very busy. Best course I the area.

You'll use every club many times. Love the elevations. Some traps/bunkers need work. Need more ball washers. Great course for ALL levels.

Decent layout with nice greens.
Some holes are far apart and very hilly - a tough walk.
Driving range is limited but adequate.

I was skeptical at first, about how great I have heard this course was, but I have to say it was one of the best courses that I have played in Virginia!

One of my favorite and best courses in the DC metro area. A bit pricey, but worth the cost. Very challenging. Always in excellent condition.

Played Old Hickory this past week with a deal from Golf Now. The course typically costs $70 on a weekday, so the Golf Now Hot deal of $24 was a steal!

The good:
The clubhouse is amazing and the staff is very friendly and attentive. I played as a single and the starter asked if I wanted to play alone or play with another twosome that was familiar with the course. I chose to play with the two some for some course insight.
Play was relatively quick... most likely cause it was the middle of the day in the middle of the week.
Generous landing areas and not many holes where you have to worry about keeping the driver in the bag. I found myself hitting driver (240 yards) and wedge or 9 iron on a lot of holes. Good elevation changes also.

The not so good:
The course was built around a subdivision, so all most every hole is bordered by houses... Could be trouble if you have a wayward driver. The course was also extremely wet, which was odd because it hasn't rained in the DC area in about 2 months. Most of my drives plugged and I was hitting out of a soaked fairway on many of my shots. The day i played the temperature was in the mid 90s, so Im not sure if the superintendent was worried about burning out. The front 9 and back 9 are almost like 2 separate courses. Neither are anywhere near the clubhouse which means walking this course is just about impossible.

The bad:
The amount of divots in the fairways and tee boxes is absolutely absurd. They provide a sand mixture in the cart, but all the bottles on all the carts are empty. On the par 3's, there are no boxes to repair your divots. I know this has been mentioned in previous reviews, but it really takes away from the overall experience of the course.
The green were fast, but littered with ball marks. I had quite a few putts knocked off line.
The range is pretty horrible. Cant hit woods (must hit into net), and it is far away from the clubhouse.

This is the first of the Raspberry Golf Trail courses that i have played. I hope the other highly touted courses are in better shape.

Overall, I would play this course again, but not for the regular greens fees. Definitely not worth spending that kind of money!

Challenging course, at times narrow off the tee easily causing penalty stroke, hard to find yardage on fairway, lots of uneven lies in fairway, poor driving range

I am a big fan of this course, I think it is one of the more challenging courses in the Northern VA area, and I also believe it has the toughest finishing hole around. Greens were really quick today, which is OK with me, but with aeration schedules coming up I think that will slow them down. I just wish it was a little more affordable (usually in the $90s for wknd green fees).

This course will make you use almost every club in your bag. Fairway bunkers will grab wayward drives. The bunkers around the greens are huge and large faced. You have to swing HARD to get out of those things. The greens were very fast as the day got warmer and warmer. They were a bit beat up over the course of the year but never lost their speed. I'd like to suggest that you have flagsticks with reflectors on them so that acquiring distances would be easier for those of us who utilize laser rangefinders. Overall, this is a very nice course that I would play again in the near future.

The course is great, I've played it at least a handful of times. Some interesting holes, fairly forgiving on most tee shots and pretty well maintained.

However, I'm a little upset with management at the moment. It started raining right as we finished #9, so we decided to grab a sandwich and a beer while we waited for the rain to stop. We were told we had to either a) go back out and start playing immediately or b) take rain check because they had an outing (with a shotgun start) going out at a certain time. Didn't really appreciate that as I paid for my round and would have preferred to wait for the rain to let up. We took the rain check ( we were told it would cost another 30 bucks to play a full 18 with the rain check) and I'm now being told it will cost $55 (more than my original greens fee) to go back and play the full 18. Needless to say, I'm a bit annoyed.