Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club

BRS is a nice course. Scenery is A++++. Layout is nice with a nice variety of holes. One funky dogleg par 5. Condition was good for early November. Price is high compared to other area courses unless you can get a Golfnow or other booking for less. The $55-$68 regular price is not competitive. We will go back in the spring when we can catch a deal.

The course condition is great. Elevation is beautiful. Not too crowded. Staffs are nice and easy going. This course should rate no lower than 4.3

One of the better courses in the area for the price, difficult but very playable for the average golfer. I would recommend it to anyone.

The course is beautifully kept, the greens our fair. We played from the gold tees taking some of the most challenging obstacles out of the way.

It is challenging and fair for all skill levels. What a delightful place to spend the afternoon.

Three of us drove an hour and ten minutes to play Blue Ridge Shadows. We were greeted with a smile in the pro shop by the course manager who proceeded to offer us the senior rate. We clearly qualified but had forgotton to ask for it when we checked in. The practice range balls are included in there fee. The course is well maintained but there were some areas on the greens which were not pristine. Lots of elevation changes on the fairways and the greens were nicely contoured. It is clear that the designer of this course wanted to make the course fun to play as well as enjoyable to view as you play. The waterfall at the eighteenth makes it a memorable finishing hole. Finally, the nineteenth hole serves a great homemade smoked pork sandwich in an extemely friendly atmosphere. Nice course, great food and friendly people. We will be back.

Very interesting layout. Great shape, love the greens , very true.

Clean and green fairways and very good.
Golf Course Management was also quite good and the staff was friendly

Nice course, but it's not a place for beginners or 20+ handicap golfers. Very hilly, quite a few tight holes with trouble on both sides. Easy to lose a lot of balls here if you don't hit it straight. Couple of the par 3s look like they were jammed in just to get you from one place to the next, especially the brutally uphill 10th. Conditions are good, and it's a good challenge for good players. But lesser players will have a long day here.

First off, starter gave us wrong pin position for the day ... he said "C", but it was "A". We finally got cart service on the 18th tee, repeat 18th tee, after calling the pro shop / manager and asking for service many holes earlier -- never got service on front nine. Marshall stayed with our group for 3 or so holes, pulled up behind us 3 times with a member of our group on tee getting ready to hit ... never stopped, then wanted to talk. Overall, we enjoyed the course, but during our hour long drive back home all we could talk about was the service, or lack thereof.

Staff is fair and poorly managed; Starter more concerned with talking to buddies than getting people off on time with instructions. Tables in cafe not cleared 1 hour after people left. Carts were not available for 30 minutes after our arrival Though range balls were included in price, there were very few available on the range

Course: mixed. Greens were horrible, Though spiked, they we long and cut inconsistently. Many weeds and mixed grasses.

Fairways were ok. Challenging shots with few 'flat' area's. Beginners beware. Very scenic with undulating and significant elevation changes. Requires accurate, not long game to have success.

Good fun course if you can look past the staff and greens.

I have played this course several times in the last couple of years and there is a trend in the decline of the quality. Washed-out bunkers, mushrooms growing in the fairway, dead patches on several greens, and 5 hour (or more) for the round (last 2 rounds) are my reasons for not recommending the course. The staff are apologetic but realize that maintenance is not keeping up with mother nature. Three years ago the course was rated in the top 10 golf courses in Virginia, it is now well below that standard and has fallen off the scale. As other reviewers have indicated there are much better courses to play for the money. Even if they were to enforce the pace of play to 4 hours the failure to maintain the golf course represents an investment the managers no longer wish to perform. Unfortunate because it is a terrific layout.

The greens were a bit slow (she was just coming out off aerification) but great sizing with interesting, but not goofy, form.
All in all, there were some really nice risk/reward set-ups which made for good, fair challenges. First time playing here, with the help of several great putts, I shot a 90. Looking forward to coming back (its two hours from my house).

The course was very good and the course was in nice condition. The staff of Blue Ridge was really friendly.

We fortunately played with a Golf Now discount. We thoroughly enjoyed the course, but would not be willing to pay full price to play there. There are too many other courses in the area that offer a better value for your money. I've nothing bad to say about the course's design or condition. It was a very enjoyable golf outing.

A variety of holes with many elevated greens and blind shots. Hit on the wrong side of a mound/hill and you could be re-hitting. The front nine is quite "dry", but many of the last nine holes have water that is very willing to accept your shots. The worst hole is number 10 because it is a blind very uphill shot. Recent aeration made putting a joke due to very bumpy surfaces. I will play again when puncturing holes are not an issue. The round of golf took over 5 hours due to the issues mentioned above and probably one group playing from inappropriate tees.

I have played the course before and really enjoyed it. On Saturday I had a 2:22 tee time through GolfNow, but when I got there I was told that they did not have any golf carts. Eventually I was told that I had to wait until around 3:30 since they had a large group (16) doing a replay and I would be behind them. The staff was very good about giving me a rain check so I don't have a problem with that. I would suggest not playing on a Saturday at this course, but recommend it during the weekday.

COURSE IS CHALLENGING. GREAT CONDITION. Barbeque is excellent.

Had a wedding on the 18th green later in afternoon so had to start at hole 15 which was on the best holes on the course. Other than that, the staff was friendly, the pace was kept up nicely considering it was a. Saturday and I would definitely play again.

It starts with the 1st hole, you can't see the green from the tee. You also don't see the lake next to the green and the big left slopping hill that will take your ball straight down to that lake. It is more of the same through the front nine and it is a little more open on the back. I have to say that the starter told me all about the front nine before I left the clubhouse so it really wasn't a surprise. After playing this course once, if I, no when I , come back I will play several holes completely different.

Shot up I-66 and find Blue Ridge Shadows. Terrain elevation changes abound in course layout. Elevated Tee boxes and down some downhill greens make one think over club selection. Most holes generous landing areas off tee. Multiple tee boxes to adapt for skills levels. Water on back-nine provides final challenges on last 5 holes. 18th hole strategic and visionally different. Nice condition, greens rounding into shape and hold approach shots well. Only work that needs to be done is adding sand to some bunkers. Fair challenge in pleasant and quiet surroundings.