Walden Golf Club

Played Sunday afternoon, the day after torrential rains the night before, so expectations were low. The club acted like they were doing me a favor for only charging an additional $15 so my girlfriend could ride along. Bunkers were not playable. Fairways were choppy, greens were mediocre, tee boxes were junk, no cups at the water coolers. Then the back nine...showed up on number 10 with 4 groups on one hole. I got a nine hole rain check, and will probably never return.

Wow...what a disappointment My son, son-in-law, and myself booked a last minute time here. While the fee was reasonable, the course was a huge surprise. The greens were OK, but the fairways, tees, and bunkers need a lot of work. The tees were mostly sand based and weed infested. Fairways were thin in many spots, and the bunkers had thin sand coverage and many had weeds. Many on the teeing areas had openings that were so overgrown from the sides that it made hitting fairways very difficult. In my opinion, they need to get a tree service in to cut back this growth. There were many geese on the property and the goose droppings were everywhere. The weather was extremely warm, and three of the four fresh water coolers were empty by the time we got to them. With so much competition in this area, you must make yourself stand out form the crowd. Walden must step up their game. There are many interesting holes here, but if the poor conditions aren't addressed, they won't have any players.

Nice and friendly staff the greens we're in great shape the pace of play was excellent and the price was great next to other courses in the area

My first time playing at Walden, and for a $28 round, I really can't complain about anything. The greens are actually in really good shape. The fairways are consistently decent and the layout and doglegs are challenging. The course is real tight as it is nestled into a community, so watch your slice! The way this course could be a lot better would be to keep up the maintenance on the bunkers and watch the pace of play. It took us nearly 6 hours to play as a threesome. The course was really backed up. The bunkers mostly overgrown and not even a rake for the players to rake after a shot out of the sand. Other than that, it is a good course for the money you pay.

Booked through Golf Now and played for a super cheap rate. I like this course, good condition, fair green speed, and not too packed on a weekday. The food is superb.

I play here when I get too comfortable playing at Bowie golf course. The course is challenging but fun

Came from out of town. It is a nice course, the layout is not the easiest but still played well. The greens were great! The bunkers were overgrown, so much so that lots of the bunkers didn't even have rakes near them. Granted, it had DUMPED rain the day before so they didn't get a chance give them any maintenance before I got out there. I will say, for 40$ it was worth it! 3 hour round by myself which was great. Being from California, the sounds of the birds, ducks, geese, and turtles in the ponds were great! It is worth playing at least once that's for sure!

Course is in good shape, but sand bunkers aren't. Doesn't look like anyone has maintained them for a while, too bad. Expected more from a country club.

Course was in good condition (fairways & greens) on Father's Day. Pace was slower as one might expect. Lots of natural hazard carries and trouble. Course fairly narrow at points along the way. Traps needed a LOT of attention.

18th hole carry from the blue tee over water is more than a challenge for all but big hitters.

Front side quirky, back nine legit.

Let me start by saying, I am a high handicapper and far from a golf snob. I enjoy the game and play as often as I can almost wherever I can.

I have never played at Walden so I took a chance on the unknown. I did not do a golf now discount price because it was last minute and I reserved the right to change my mind at the last minute without penalty. So I paid full price, about $42 on a Tuesday morning about 10am. I played by myself, and had little wait time dealing with the groups ahead of me (though I started bumping into people after the turn) - The staff was beyond friendly and the clubhouse was very nice.

Its not a terribly long course, but it requires accuracy because once you go in the woods its over, very thick in there (trust me) - So I appreciate that challenge. I kept the big stick in the bag more than I usually do. The holes were well laid out and each presented a descent challenge as well.

The course itself left a bit to be desired. The part that sticks out the most was the overgrown grass on the fairways. It was often hard to tell where the fairway ended and the rough begins. Its like the whole place was covered in a 5 o'clock shadow. The track is nice and could be picturesque..if it had the benefit of a nice shave. The greens were recently aerated, a necessary evil, so I can't talk bad about the sand. The greens did look really good considering. I would like to see them at their full glory....and sand traps were the pits...

Also, the course weaves through the surrounding neighborhood and on many holes the proximity to peoples homes is a little too close for comfort. And I think because of this, the locals treat the course like the local park. I encountered a few dog walkers, power walkers, and kids playing in the fairway; also a group of young men fishing in the water hazard on #7 (I think it was 7) - this was a bit distracting, especially since the little girls didn't help me find my errand ball :)

Somehow though on the back nine it seemed like the course had gotten a little better manicured, but not much.

All in all if you want to play and have some fun, this place won't kill you. Its not worth full price though, if you can avoid it. Some improvements to the landscaping will go a long way on this one.

Would I play there again? Maybe, I am always willing to try most things twice, just to make sure - maybe I caught it on a bad day.

Waited a half hour for a frost delay in April when it never got below 44, and was currently 47. Then when we got to the back 9, they had started a number of groups on 10 so it really slowed down. Not the first time they did that to us (we are usually the first ones out, or close to it). Also, the greens were aerated, which is fine except the sand they used had lots of rocks so putting was impossible... big 5$ off - not worth it.

The Greens were Fast and True!!!!!

First off for this early in the year the greens were excellent, best I've played in Anne Arundel county. Challenging tight fairways are still fun for an average golfer as the length isn't overpowering. Fairways and tees are a little hurt but should recover well as the grass is just starting to come in. Well worth the money as I paid less then $30 with a hot deal.

Was my first visit there but NOT my last
I live in Mo.county. I have courses all around me but this was worth the drive........staff was very nice........fairway in great shape as well as the greens.........very nice country club setting
Can't wait to play again

Green is in very very good condition. But fairway and rough are not good at all.
If you are not a low handy player, don't play here till you are better with your score. Houses are surrounded and you may hit either cars or houses if you slice.

It is very tough to have a good score cause of the obstacles.

I play here a couple times a month. This course always has great Hot Deals, and even if you can't snag one of those the course is priced very fair. I have never spent more than 4.5 hours to play 18 even on the busiest of days.

I have lived in the community for 9 years now and have seen the ups and downs of Walden- I believe they had three management changes during this time- as of 2013, the course was a dog track but I still enjoyed playing it because it was affordable, challenging, and I could always get tee times.

Over the last two seasons, the course conditions have turned around completely- it's obvious that the new managment and the greens crew have been putting considerable investment of time, money, and effort into improving the golf course, and it's really paying dividends. Walden is in the best shape I've seen it in over the last decade, and it's an absolute joy to play. I have played it dozens of times over the last two seasons and watching the course transform has been great.

You can't really get a better value for your round than this course, in terms of the challenging layout, course conditions, and normal pace of play.

Unfortunately, no course seems to be immune from the hacker traffic that holiday weekends bring- I played here on Columbus Day and left after 13 holes and 4 1/2 hours of backups, but on a regular day I can play here as a single or double and expect to be on and off the course in three hours. There are VERY few other courses that I could ever expect to do that on.

Wow, this is not the same course from a couple years ago. A must see while the rates are FANTASTIC. They have brought this course back to life and is worth the trip out to see the character of this course returned to its beauty. Still challenging, but that's the nature of this design it forces you to play all 14 clubs in your bag and not go driver wedge every hole, it's a course of strategy and sport. It's daring, exciting and not your routine golf course.

This is a REALLY tough course in spots. It's just that simple.
The course has a lot of verticality and a lot of the fairways and approach shots are really tight and demand precision...and length, together. Part of the problem is that they have built condos right up onto the course. Part of the problem is that the front 9 and #10 are on hilly property. Put the two together and it is chaotic at times. There are some brilliant holes on this course but most of it is average and some of it is simply bogus, let us say, "very humble". In the end it's a decent round but you will remember it most for the brilliant holes and the condos that are almost everywhere, running right along most of the fairways.

A great course to play cheap on the weekend and usually on good weekends in good weather it gets very crowded. It's just too close to DC, smack dab in the middle of Crofton and too good of a deal for it to not get crowded. The clubhouse is pretty good though and goes a long way to make up for some of the "uninspiring" holes on the back 9.

The course was in fairly good condition and present a decent challenge. I hurt my back after about the 8th hole and tried to play through the pain. I then attempted to get a rain check after making it through the tenth hole while the pain creased. The gentleman at the Pro Shop said that he could not give me a rain check due to the amount of time that it took us to play the ten holes. I then ask the guy is he new to golf and if he could add or tell time. I arrived to the course at 10:30 to practice for my 11:30 tee time. I started to play at 11:18 and returned to the clubhouse at 2:00. I tried to tell this gentleman that the course crowded and the slow play was in effect during the entire time while on the course. I got impression that this guy did not want me back on this course. "SO I WILL NOT BE BACK"