Walden Golf Club

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"

We booked this tee time on Wednesday afternoon, for Thursday play. Arrived and were told that the bridge leading to the front nine was condemned and that we would have to play the back nine only. We were told the knew about the bridge on Tuesday, but that no one had communicated this to Golf Now. We were the second group out in the morning and finished as a threesome in 1 1/2 hours, but had to then wait behind several groups starting play. The back nine took 3 hours to play. We would not have driven and hour from Gainesville to play nine holes twice.

Played 9/19/2015. Course was not in good shape. Layout is fine.

As a local resident I have truly seen the ups and downs of Walden over the years and to see what they have done here in 2 years is amazing. The staff is awesome and willing to help you out. The course is in great shape it was punched recently and had came out of it amazing. The greens run true and at a great speed. Yes they know they need to keep working to make it what they want it to be but it truly is in great shape and is the best deal by far in the area

Had not played this course in two years because conditions had deteriorated. Saw promotion for the best 18 hole price we could get on Sunday morning and it was Walden. New carts greeted us who along with Walden Community Association president who reported spending more than one-half million dollars on the course during the past few years -- and that with recent aeration of the greens the promo price was offered. He also reported that the course had the second largest number of rounds played in MD during past month. My advice -- wait for the course to get better and wait for the course to learn how to manage the number of rounds it books. This is a 4 four course that took nearly 5 1/2 hours to play on an early Sunday morning. The course needs rangers to move foursomes along, the course needs to mow the grass near the greens and along the fairways to keep players from the extending the time of play looking for balls. It could be a good course, still needs LOTs of work, and pace of play is a killer! Will stay away for another two years and hope it gets better. The Walden association needs to see how well run, how well maintained is the similar course Fairway Hills in Columbia.

17 out of 18 greens were immaculate. They were so good you really can't walk on someone's line. Tee boxes were in bad shape but as long as i can put a tee in the ground i can care less what the tee box looks like. Fairways were so so. I really enjoyed playing this course. It challenges your ability to make great shots.

course was in fair condition overall. Greens rolled pretty well, but rough was bare, crabgrass, and very inconsistent, and fairway quality varied widely. course is very narrow and quirky; a few holes--numbers 2, 5 and 13 in particular stand out--are of pretty questionable design. overall not a bad course for the money, but i wouldn't rush back.

Greens were in great shape. Had a bit of a wait on a few tee boxes, but other than that no problems.

I enjoyed playing Walden this summer.
The staff is always friendly & accommodating.
The course is one of my favorites.
I highly recommend playing Walden.

Most of the greens are in good condition with various breaks and mound. The fairways are not well kept. The layout is narrow and requires accuracy. The course gives you various looks and option off the tee.

Fairways does not look like fairways, greens are not maintained. Last time i played here its okay but now it looks like a cheap golf course.

I've played this course a number of times starting last year. Really enjoy the interesting layout. Staff is always friendly. Course is always in good condition. The greens were in excellent condition except for #15, which is getting better as time goes by. Tough job keeping that one up to par. Tip of the cap to the greens keeper on the job done since last year. Hole #2 has got to be one of the toughest holes on this course and deserves the rating of #1 handicap. It could also be in the running for one of the most difficult holes in the area.

front 9 terrible condition...balls in so-called fairway but could not find... cannot tell where to play ball...greens ok...played at discounted golf now rate but not worth the drive or the money....hard to figure out how the course got good reviews unless staff wrote them...

18 holes; 3.5 hours
Greens; excellent
Fairways; very good
Tee boxes; need some work

Overall, a great value. The new management has turned the course around from where it was a few years ago.