Old Hickory GC: #4
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3.3
867 Reviews (867)
5 Stars
213
4 Stars
340
3 Stars
151
2 Stars
86
1 Stars
77
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
60.7%
Recommend this course
620 out of 867 reviews
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4.1
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.7
92.9%
Recommend this course
13 out of 14 reviews
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3.1
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
8
Conditions
2.6
Value
2.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.2
53.8%
Recommend this course
21 out of 39 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns praise for its strategic bunkers, subtle doglegs, and elevation changes that challenge golfers without feeling overwhelming. Staff friendliness stands out across recent visits, with welcoming and accommodating service from arrival through the round.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7077 yards
Slope 145
Rating 74.5

Beaver Creek divides Old Hickory Golf Club with nine holes sitting north of the creek and nine holes south. The course has a classic parkland layout that plays across gently rolling hills. The fairways were cut through forests of mature hardwoods but they are wide and carefully sculpted to direct balls toward the middle. Skillful players could even try to use the contours to their advantage. Each hole has a bunkers but the bunkering is not excessive. In addition to the mounding and bunkering, the undulating terrain provides natural elevation changes. The golf course finishes with what is arguably its toughest hole. This monster par 5 is 620 yards from the back tees. It requires a drive over a ravine with a natural waste area to the left. Many consider it to be the toughest golf hole in northern Virginia.

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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Fairways Bent grass
Greens A4 bent grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Timothy Freeland

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Raspberry Golf Academy"
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Men: all shirts must have sleeves and a collar. Women: shirts must have either a collar or sleeves.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.3
867 Reviews (867)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 33
Patio Dining 18
Brunch 16
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 54
Undulating Greens 47
Elevation Changes 40
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 43
Locals 43
A Weekend Splurge 21
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 52
Worth the Drive 30
Convenient to the City 20

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Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Place to Play

My wife and I really enjoyed our round. The course was pretty packed so it took a little longer than normal. They had marshalls out doing what they could to help the pace, but with 200+ golfers there's only so much to be done. The course itself was in great shape and I can't wait to play it again. The only thing I would like to see them do is add a slope/rating for a tee box which combines the 5980 and 6670 tee boxes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Great Course

All good. The staffs are nice and course layout is fun and in good condition. The bunkers need some work but I know the most public courses in NOVA have the same issues.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

A Pleasant Surprise

My first time playing Old Hickory and hopefully not my last. Greeting nicely by the pro shop staff and then headed out to the range. The driving range was the only 4 out of 5 stars for the entire day. They need new hitting mats and a better overall setup.

The course was in great shape. Greens rolled awesome, everything was green and lush. A challenging course, yet very fair.

Jocelyn, the beverage cart girl was amazing and she came around 4 times in one round. Superb! It would help if she had “tap and go” available for her tablet or a credit card reader to help with her speed and efficiency. She is a gem!

I am a single digit handicapper and rate this course very high with the conditions it was in yesterday. I know it will get beat up a lot over the next few months, but hope the greenskeepers can keep this course in the shape I much enjoyed.

I wish you fairways and one putts!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First in Hickory

It was very pleasant 9 hole game with my wife on a sunny Saturday. The landscape was calm and beautiful, and the course was very fun. We really enjoyed the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Old Hickory rocks

Great course , wonderful staff and great time all around

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Great layout, not in great condition

Given the premium price for this course, I was expecting a lot more in terms of the course conditioning. The bunkers were absolutely terrible and it was like hitting out of dried concrete. The fairways were definitely on the patchy side, and a lot closer to what I would expect at a county course that gets a lot of play versus an upscale public course. It is not comparable to other nearby gems like Stonewall in terms of the quality.

The greens had recently been tined and top dressed, and pace control was extremely hard to find over the course of the round. The greens seemed very hard (surprising given all the recent rain) and it was very tough to get approach shots to stop on the green even if they landed 5-6 yards before the hole. I'm not sure I've ever hit so many approach shots that hit the green and ended up off the back of the green. I'm usually a very good putter and chipper, and it was very tough to get anything hole high given the variable green speed/hardness - on some greens chips would check, on others they would roll out 10+ feet.

The course layout and design itself was really interesting and a lot of thought needed for approach shots and tee shot placement.

Given the course seems to run $100 for midweek rounds, and closer to $125 on weekends, this is not one I would revisit until someone tells me it is in far better shape. I'm expecting pristine greens and bunkers for any round north of $100, and unfortunately that wasn't the case. The layout is excellent, but the course condition was not. I would not recommend walking as it's 7.4 miles all told.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Neighborhood course

Old Hickory sits quietly back in a residential neighborhood. But feels like your out in the woods alone.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Awful

The tee boxes, fairways, greens are all the same. BAD. Oh, I forgot the bunkers, worse than bad. It’s an absolute crime that they charge $125 for this.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Eclipse Day

Course was empty on a Monday, solar eclipse day. I sped through in about 2 1/2 hours. In pretty good shape. Tee boxes a bit scuffed up.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Not a bad course for the money, layout was a lot of fun. Conditions weren’t terrible for the most part, just a lack of grass on some of the holes. Makes for extra tight lies in the fairway. Pro shop staff was okay, lady working behind the bar was fantastic. Good for under 80 bucks

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs help

I understand we’re at the beginning of the season, however bunkers are in absolute terrible conditions, tee boxes spotti, almost better to hit from rough than fairways. Driving range is a joke. Greens were only saving grace.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

A work in progress

The greens are back to where they used to be. They are working on the bunkers,adding white sand. Fairways are starting to come to life.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great, challenging golf course

Pace of play was great. Course in good shape considering the rain the day before. Recommended and I will be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout and pace of play

Great layout and pace of play. Course still recovering from the winter but I would imagine in the summer it perks up. Doing a lot of bunker maintenance around the course which will be nice in a couple months.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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