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4.7
542 Reviews (542)
5 Stars
389
4 Stars
105
3 Stars
33
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.9
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.6
99.1%
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505 out of 542 reviews
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4.7
7 Reviews (7)
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.6
Layout
5.0
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.7
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7 out of 7 reviews
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29 Reviews (29)
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Conditions
4.7
Value
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Layout
4.9
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.9
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Course Highlights
Whiskey Creek's stunning layout features elevation changes, multi-tiered greens, and a challenging design that consistently earns top marks from recent golfers. Attentive staff, excellent food, and well-maintained fairways and greens round out an outstanding public course experience.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7001 yards
Slope 138
Rating 74.6
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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Golf Season April 4 - June 3
Architect Mike Poellot (2000) Ernie Els (2000) Brian Costello

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.7
542 Reviews (542)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 25
19th Hole Scenic Views 13
Patio Dining 12
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 35
Undulating Greens 25
Bunkers 23
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 28
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 27
A Weekend Splurge 23
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 30
In the 'Burbs 17

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Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

If you like hills, you'll love this course.

Difficult but fun to play. Uphill/downhill ... and through the woods. Course in good condition in mid-May after terrible winter. Fairways smooth; roughs long; greens slow, bumpy & hard to read. GoPlay!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Aesthetically beautiful layout and design

very challenging course with some beautiful holes. the rough is penalizing and longer than most courses. you have to hack it out...so stay out of it!!
Greens are fast and contoured.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

Well worth the drive!

This is an awesome course. The pace of play was myself and one other player finished the round in 3 hours! The staff members were very professional and friendly. Great place to spend an afternoon!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Local Favorite

Personal top 3 course within an hour of Baltimore County.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Called our tee time when lightning was overhead.

I have traditionally recommended this course as my favorite in the DC area. It is a beautiful layout and very well maintained.

This past weekend I played and was dismayed by their lack of concern for the safety of their golfers. As I was warming up, I was told to leave the practice tee because of lighning in the area. Then, as the storm approached - and the ligthing was more directly overhead - they continued to send golfers off the first tee onto the two most exposed holes on the course. It began raining five minutes before my tee time, but I already told them I was not going off it it was lightning nearby. However, I should not have been placed in the position.

This is very different than what I have seen on other courses where they just have delayed starts and in many cases ordered golfers off the course. And, in my view it is different than when golfers tee off during good conditions and are actually on the course - because in this case management can exercise some judgment on the first tee for everyone. The manager said "we can't stop people from going off" - but that also is different than calling their tee time and sending them to the tee.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course but slow pace

Every time I'm here it's a guaranteed 5+ hour round. Course is in decent shape. Greens still recovering from airation. Only play this course when I get a good deal on Golfnow, otherwise this course is way overpriced.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Best course in Md!

Just a tremendous course! Played Easter morning with my son. We played 18 holes in about 2 hrs and 20 min! Fairways were immaculate - even the rough was great, which I wasn't sure was going to be the case with the hard winter. They had aerated the greens a couple weeks ago, and they were a bit bumpy, but the ball still rolled true. Left my birdie putt on 18 about an 1/8 of an inch short!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Extremely Rude Staff - DO NOT RECOMEND

I was excited to play this course, after having heard good things from friends, but that excitement quickly turned into frustration and anger shortly after arriving at Whiskey Creek.

Let me start off by saying the conditions were rough; approx 15-20 mph winds, AND the greens had recently been aerated. Also, they were cart path only on the vast majority of the holes. I was playing in a foursome with everyone being around a 10-15 handicap.

About hole No. 5 is when we were politely told to pick up the pace. The group ahead of us did separate from us a little but the group behind us were not waiting for us at all. But whatever, I understand they wanted us to keep pace. Then, a hold later, the course officials start HARASSING us by sending alerts and messages to our court through the GPS screens. 1-2 times a hole they would send us these messages. THEN, when we made the turn another course worker told us that we needed to "Hurry, and make the turn quickly. You guys are a hole and a half behind", with a raised voice! And still, the group behind us were not waiting for us.

On the back nine, they assigned a ranger to follow us around practically the entire 9 holes. Just staring at us, watching us and harassing us for the entire time. We were basically fuming for 2 hours while we were getting harrassed and bullied.

Then came the final alert message they sent us. It said something like, "YOU ARE HOLDING UP THE ENTIRE COURSE, YOU MAY BE ASKED TO SKIP A HOLE IF YOU DONT PICK UP THE PACE." And still, the group behind us were always at least one hole behind us, never waiting.

I will never return, and never recommend this course. We paid $75/round, and to get harassed like that was really frustrating and unfortunate.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great for this time of year

Although the greens were airfied they rolled smoothly. My only gripe is that golf now did not mention that. Overall course in great condition

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Whiskey Creek is a well-maintained course with a scenic & challenging layout. However it's expensive & the Pro Shop staff are rude.

The course is fun to play with a great variety of holes and a lot of scenic hills & elevation changes. It's also set up to play very difficult or somewhat easier depending on which tees you play from. The gorse is mostly cut down this time of year but in the summer it can be chest high and punishing.
However, everything is expensive here from the green fees to the $7 hot dogs. The problem is that at these prices the staff in the pro shop should be friendly and accomodating instead of rude and dismissive. One of them actually verbally insulted one of my playing partners without any provocation. Inexcusable in my opinion.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

course was in great shape, the course is fun to play

it was in great shape for a november golf. will play this course again truely enjoyable course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

WOW

Fantastic layout and super fast greens, even in November.
You'll need all the shots in your bag here. Precision off the tee
and some greens you have to hit or it'll be a bogey (at least)
No goofy, tricked up holes. You can see what lies ahead on each hole, you just need to execute. I live an hour away and i'll be back.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course; a MUST play

The course was in great shape considering the time of year we played. The staff was very helpful and friendly. I do not think you can ask for much more from a course that is not on the PGA list of host courses. This course will challenge you on every hole, even the par 3s. Although the fairways are wide, and it is somewhat easy to find your ball on a shank, they make you pay for missed shots. The trees are trimmed to allow a punch out, but that is about it. A must play; bucket list course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Track; Even better deal!!

Absolutely love this layout! This course is one of the 10 best in Maryland and Golfnow offers it at a great price. There are elevation changes galore, wide fairways on many holes, and no "tricked-up" holes. Almost every hole looks like you can attack, but by the end of the day, you know you've been challenged to play your best!

HIGHLY recommended for all levels of golfers...just make sure you pick the right set of tees.

Thank you, Whiskey Creek for working with Golfnow to make this course available for affordable play!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worthy of the praise

Played Wednesday 10/9, cool overcast and course received enough rain in prior days to have around 6 or so holes cart path only. Staff on and off duty were very friendly and helpful including tips on playing some of the holes when going over what holes were cart path only. Even with the restrictions the pace of play was very good and the people on the course friendly and accommodating (so much that 2 groups invited our twosome to play through). The course is beautiful, each hole different but a nice flow to it and the tee boxes, fairways and greens were very well maintained. Speaking of the greens they told us they stimp them around 10 and it is believable. For the $55 fee we paid I'd probably play it once a month since it's a bit of a drive but at full price it's a special occasion course on my budget. BTW, the wings are as good as advertised. lol

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautuful Course, But Too Expensive For Me

A beautiful course designed by Ernie Else. I always wanted to try this course, but didn't because it was normally too expensive for me. This time GolfNow gave me an award and I went one round with my friend for free. What a deal! The course design, setting and maintenance are almost perfect. I was impressed. Each hole was challenging, but was not arbitrarily made difficult. Natural surroundings are spectacular. I couldn't find anything to complain about this course. However, it was the hottest day of the year with high temperature going up to 96 degrees. You could imagine how awful it was to play 18 halls in sauna!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is in very good condition.

Whiskey Creek is a challenging course and fun to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fabulous views and course condition, friendly staff

We played Whiskey Creek on Rosh Hoshanna for $54 which is a lot for me. But I had played here once before and knew I would love the course, which I did. Everything here is top notch including the staff, the layout and the condition. The only drawback for us today was that the white tees were in a forward position and were more properly the senior tees. We could have just played the blue and had more of a challenge, but we decided to just hit a few short irons for a change. I can't afford it all the time, but love it once in a while with a Golfnow deal.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It's my favorite course in the DC area.

Very fun course to play, great layout and just the right mix of holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Best in the Metro Area

Whiskey Creek is, in my opinion, first among many good pay-for-play clubs in the metro area. Absolutely first-rate in every category and with the help of Golf Now a tremendous value. The day I played the greens had been aerated but still putted true.They even do that right. While other area courses are showing the August blues....not Whiskey. Good job Whiskey Creek.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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