Laurel Hill Golf Club

A well-designed course, LHGC takes advantage of the existing terrain and elevation changes. The course can play from about 5,500 to over 7,000 yards, so it is IMPERATIVE that golfers play from the appropriate tees.

I saw a foursome playing from the Blue tees; these guys should have been playing a pitch-and-putt course!

The pace-of-play issues are invariably because a couple of groups are playing from tees that are beyond their abilities.

I regularly play form the Gold tees (6,000 yards) in the early season and Blue tees (6.700 yards) in the warmer weather.

Hat-tip to the course superintendent and his groundskeepers for maintaining the course in good condition all year long. Last year's bunker renovation project was a huge success, in my mind.

Now, if golfers would only replace or repair their divots in the fairways, rake the bunkers and fix ball marks on the greens ...

The staff is pleasant and the marshals very engaging and helpful.

I can see why the USGA selected Laurel Hill for the 2013 Public Links Championship!

I was underwhelmed by the staff. It started with the lack of a welcome, through the check in, the starter, and ended with a grumpy reception at the grumpy reception at the club house. . The friendliest staff interaction was at the bar.
The course is wonderfully challenging. The fairways and greens were in great need of players filling divots and repairing ball marks.

Great shape, needed marshall to pick up the pace of play!

Very nice course. The staff was also incredibly friendly, helpful, and flexible. There also was a relatively good pace of play.

That said, the course is quite pricey for a municipal course. If I hadn't received a big discount, I never would have played the course.

This is the first time I played this course even though I drive by it daily and have always wanted to play it but was unwilling to pay the ridiculous green fees for a public, county course. Scheduled through GOLF NOW and got a reasonable rate. Course is magnificent, plays long, in great shape, extremly challenging. Several blind holes. Golf assistants travel the course to make sure you are playing in accordance with the time limits per hole posted on your cart. Assistants and staff are very courteous but you feel like you are being watched and pushed on every hole. If your pace of play is not what the group behind you thinks it should be they complain. At the end of 18 we (Foursome who had never played the course before) were 7 minutes beyond the projected completion time. If you don't mind being watched, monitored , and pushed along this course is for you, not for me. Not a good experience.

Definitely a tough track even playing from the middle tees. Top notch practice facility with everything you would need to sharpen your skills. I wouldn't really recommend playing this course if you are new to the game of golf but it is a must play for any links golf enthusiast.

WOW! First time playing Laurel Hill and definitely WONT be the last. Amazing layout, one of the best in the area. Definitely some memorable holes. I wouldn't say the course conditions were pristine, but very close to that. Amazing track, cant wait to play again.

From the friendly staff to the layout of the course one cannot go wrong playing this gem. Plenty of hidden and subtle breaks on the greens to keep you on you toes. Looking forward to playing this course again on my travels thru Virginia.

I was in D.C. on business and wanted to play some courses in the area so this is one that was rated high on GOLFNOW. After playing the course I can see why. It was is fantastic condition and the look and the history that the course has was great. It is defiantly a risk reward course and if your going to play it I would suggest looking at some pictures or at least an aerial shot. Some holes will fool you but they all have a great look. Loved the course.

First rate course in all respects. Always in great condition. Alway challenging. Friendly old guys running the place…. making the walk-in golfer feel at home.

Great course and incredible value on GolfNow for weekday twilight rate. Very difficult, must keep it in the wide fairways. In great shape as the prep for us amateur links championship.

Condition was very good.
Staff was very kind.
But too expensive green fee.

Laurel Hill is one of the nicest public courses in the area. The course is in really good condition considering all of the rain we had earlier in the week. Pace of play was good, a little windy but just the perfect day to get a Friday afternoon round in with my buddies. The food and drink cart lady was especially nice since she took our food order went back to the club house, got our food, and brought it back out to us! Very nice since we were starving.

What an outstanding facility. Great service and friendly staff. Course in outstanding condition for this time of year. Very appealing visually. Fairway carries make it interesting and requires good T shots. Greens in great condition and well protected by incredible bunkers which my playing partner spent a lot of time in (LOL). Weather was poor with very high winds adding to the difficulty of the course. Look forward to playing again with more favorable conditions.

For the middle of April the course was in great condition, and even though the greens had been recently air rated they still ran true. This course is long but it is very fair. If you hit good shots you will be rewarded and you will be penalized for poor ones. The fairways are wide and generous, and it's needed for a course of this length. It's not nearly as tough as everyone makes it out to be, but it is a blast to play. I will be back!

Met my expectatios. It's well maintained and very challenging.

Aerated green was not announced but course condition

Played with a big storm bearing down so the course was wide open for the front nine. Got stuck behind the only foursome on the entire course on the back nine that refused to let me play through. Kind of lame when it's 35 degrees. I figure most people will play on an average day though so I have no idea what pace of play would normally be like.

Course was in great shape and the greens rolled really true. I just wish I could have played it without the sleet and snow bearing down on the last five holes. It's just a little pricey for regular play.

This course is fairly challenging but has mostly interesting, fair holes.

Got out and played on a hot deal the first day after the course was reopened following the snow. Stsaff was friendly, and the course played fine. I think I was one of two singles out on the 18, so not sure if the pace was a realistic measure. Will be back in the future definitely!