Magnolia Green Golf Club

pretty course. sloped greens on the back 9. fun and challenging.

Love this track...greens and fairways are in awesome condition. Greens can be a tricky if you are above the hole - so buy the yardage book - it will help you immensely. Well done Magnolia Green!!

The glacial pace of play was a real downer for everyones game rhythm . And on a weekday !!!!

We were trying to play here for my friends birthday. We showed up and we're waiting in line, however the woman running the cash register spent 5-qp minutes just talking to the person in front of us. Due to this we were slightly behind on when we were supposed to tee off. When she saw that we were now late she told us that we could no longer play. There was a 4sum walking in front of the 2 of us who were riding. There is no way we could have slowed down anyone. The woman working was very rude to us.

Course was in decent shape. Was never a fan of the layout and overall design but it's close to home. They raised the prices to a level that is not justified. Pace of play was fine till I made the turn. There is alot of distance between nine and ten. They allowed a twosome to go out in front of us and it brought the pace of play to a screeching halt. I don't know why that's allowed.

I think Magnolia green is the only course that would be worth the hour and a half Drive I took to get there!

Course maintenance staff has done a great job with the course keeping the greens and fairways in great condition. Couple spotty parts around the edges of greens, but over all great course that warrants the $60+ weekday rate.

This is a great course in excellent condition. The course is not easy but it is fair. Staff is excellent

Course is in awesome shape. Greens, fast and firm. Pin placements today were ridiculously tough.

Course is pricey but you get what you pay for. Magnolia will put smile on your face. Great round of golf.

I last played here a month ago when the greens were blazing fast and the pin positions in objectively silly locations. There were also a lot of bare spots and many of the bunkers were a mess.

Today's round showed improvement in all these areas. Much of the course is fleshed out, bunkers were better but still need work, and the pin positions were mostly fair. Add to that the speed of the greens were noticeably slower and the result was a score 15 shots better without playing any better.

But the shape of the greens, especially on the back nine continue to make playing here more of a chore than a leisure activity. This course beats you up, regardless of how well you play it.

The staff continues to be the best part of this course, among the friendliest group of people I've encountered on any course. I really wish the course was as kind as they are.

The course was in great condition. Greens were consistent and fairways although had a few bare spots was also plush. Planned to play 18 but quit after 9; pace was really slow. Took 3 hours for 9, not what I was expecting. Will be playing again next week in a tournament, looking forward to it.

Magnolia Green was building momentum last year despite horrific weather as there was a lot of noticeable effort being put into the condition of the course. But that’s fallen off again after my most recent visit, a golf outing that included 20 other guys from Harrisonburg. They too weren’t thrilled with the many bare/GUR spots in the fairways and many of the bunkers needing attention.

Perhaps the greater sin, though, was the placement of the holes on the day we played. Yes, the friendly starter warned us before we went out that ‘the super must have been mad at something this morning”. Well that’s funny as a punchline but when you pay the kind of money this course demands to play here (about $80 on the weekends), it gets a lot less amusing.

My playing partners and I had good putts roll off the green on several holes and just getting to the putting surface seemed an undue hardship. One particular bunker shot by a 13 hcp player that he was quite pleased with landed softly in front of the hole and proceeded to roll 25 feet past and into another bunker. He ended up picking up after another bunker shot failed to get the ball on the green. We saw this frustration time and time again from not only our group but the foursome in front of us.

This unnecessary silliness had other negative effects, particularly on pace of play. Magnolia Green is known for its heavily tiered and fast greens, there’s no reason to add to the difficulty by placing the holes right on the ridge on every hole.

The end result is I came away with no motivation to come back and play here despite living just 8 minutes away. I am scheduled to participate in another outing here next month, let’s hope the conditions improve and the superintendent cheers up.