Waverly Woods GC: #10
View of the 10th green at Waverly Woods Golf Course.
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4.3
680 Reviews (680)
5 Stars
433
4 Stars
194
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
11
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.1
90.6%
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636 out of 680 reviews
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4.2
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
1
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2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
3.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
86.7%
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13 out of 15 reviews
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4.3
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
1
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2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.3%
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25 out of 28 reviews
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Course Highlights
Waverly consistently delivers well-maintained fairways, solid greens, and a layout that rewards drivers with plenty of open opportunities. Friendly staff and a reliable pace of play make each round a smooth and enjoyable experience.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7024 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.0
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Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arthur Hills (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

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Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

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4.3
680 Reviews (680)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 11
Forced Carries 8
Undulating Greens 8
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 13
A Weekend Splurge 8
Locals 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 11
Convenient to the City 9
Worth the Drive 8

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Reviews 2
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3.0
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Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Sandy Green

The green was in bad condition.

Very sandy with less grass due to rain probably.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/15/2018

Hmmm, sorry to hear the "green" was in bad condition - they have thinned out a bit with all of the rain.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Used GolfNow for early, quick round

All employees are friendly. Course was in decent shape, greens were consistent except for one hole that was a bit slower than the rest. Played early, so course was still a bit wet.

Was a single who joined a group of 3, had no issues with the group. Finished round in less than 4 hours.

Will def. recommend this course..

Will return in the future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wide open fairway!

Wide open fairway allows easy tee shots! Fairways, Green and tee boxes were in great shape! Rough was long and hard to get out. It was fairly easy course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/26/2018

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

what happened to Waverly?

this use to be the course that you would travel out to from Baltimore / Towson to get an upscale experience. Greens used to be pristine - quick, consistent. Not this year - just horrible the 2 times i have played, back in May and now this past weekend. the rough is a mess, around the greens are awful - have to hit and chip off of bare spots, all over the place. It use to be a gem - but not any longer. seems to to have been a slow slide backwards for 2- 3 years now. Staff is stuff in general. I will continue to head up to York, when I can. Not worth the trip nor cost any longer.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course with reasonable price

I booked very first tee time of the day but my partner was running late and the staff was reasonable and accomodate the situation wth other players. Overall, the course was in a great condition. I definitely felt that the management really takes time and effort to keep the fairways and tee boxes in best shape. The only downside for today’s roudning was aeration of fairways at 17 & 18 without any notification. Especially, 18th hole fairways were all covered with dirt from aeration. Otherwise, I would consider Waverly as top public course in the area

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/22/2018

Thanks for the nice review Ryan, and sorry about the communication hiccup. I have forwarded this to our staff to make sure we communicate any unusual maintenance activities for the day. Cheers!

Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

nice course; fair value

This is a well designed course; fun to play albeit a bit pricey. However, tow complaints - the course today was cart path only; purportedly because there were still wet areas on some fairways. Well, no wet areas anywhere and, in fact, the sprinklers were running on several holes. So we got to, in effect, walk in 90+ degree weather for no reason. And, related, way too few drinking water opportunities (3 in total and just one for our first twelve holes - started on 10; that's just not ok in august. But, did enjoy the course which is in pretty good shape given we're far into summer weather.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/08/2018

Thanks for the review. There are multiple turf concerns at the moment - the biggest being what is called wet wilt. The fairways are wet from all the rain but also very hot. In some cases, we have to water just a bit to cool off the grass, even though it is wetter than we would like it to be. Many courses are suffering from these conditions. In order to avoid massive turf loss, we have to be a bit cautious with carts on fairways. Hope you understand a little better now. We have water coolers every three holes, so , not sure what happened there. Cheers!

Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What rain? Kudos to the Grounds Crew!

With the amount of rain this area has received over the past few days, this course is in fantastic shape! Cart paths only but no big deal. Pace of play was around 4 hours.

I expected standing water & plugged balls but not much to be found. Bunkers in good shape with little or no washout.

I was paired with locals Warren & Dave & we had a great time. Thanks for the book Warren! Great read so far.

I recommend this course. It’s enjoyable & a bargain for the greens fee.

Great layout, great practice facility(practice balls included)

Friendly staff.

Watch out, some of the holes bite if you don’t know the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/29/2018

Thank you for your nice review. We are really glad you enjoyed your day!

Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great first time day

As this was my first time, things turned out great as I was paired up with a couple. Jim and Carol were members of the club and provided me with great detail of each hole.

The course has a great layout and challenges every shot. Jim had mention that the roughs were cut the lowest in a while, which were still pretty thick, but not long. Greens were firm and fast, and read true.

I look forward to returning. The Hot Deals makes returning very apealing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/11/2018

Thanks for the nice review. We are glad you enjoyed your day! You can book great deals on waverlywoods.com, with no prepayment necessary.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great day, course in great shape.

The one minor gripe, the ruff was longer than, what I consider, normal. Easy to lose a ball just off fairway. Really minor, since I hit 10 of 14 fairways.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/10/2018

Fantastic! "Loved" hitting 10-14 fairways!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

One of the best courses in MD

This course is consistently one of the best public courses in Maryland. Every hole is different and you will play all the clubs you have in you bag. Beware wooded areas, and blind landing spots that will eat your ball up. The rough was pretty thick, and it is hard to find your ball if it settles down at all. Overall, I love playing this course even though I find it to be a challenge. The more you play this course, the better off you will be in understanding where to hit your ball and how to play the holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/04/2018

Thank you for your very nice review - we are so glad you enjoy playing the golf course.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Good condition despite recent rains

Course was in very good condition considering recent heavy rains. Some tee boxes were pretty muddy.

Fairways were in good shape. Rough was extremely thick and not mowed for several days on some holes, which unfortunately I found occasionally :). Staff was friendly. Pace of play was 4 hr 10 minutes, which is better than expected for a Sunday starting @ 3:30 PM. Round cut short by heavy T storm.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 24
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Should have been an aeration special

After I arrived and checked in at Waverly Woods this morning, I chatted with the starter. The very first thing he told was that the greens were not very good, certainly not up their standards. He attributed it to the significant rainfall we had right after core aeration about 1 month, which could very well be the case. However, given the knowledge of the condition of the greens the Waverly Woods staff obviously has, and believe me, how poor they are was understated, anyone playing Waverly Woods should NOT be charged full price. It is the responsibility of the course to be fair and open with their patrons about the state of the course, and to 3rd party booking sites like GolfNow, and that definitely was NOT the case today. Shame on Waverly Woods. I will not be back any time soon and will encourage my golfing friends to do likewise.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/28/2018

Sorry you did not enjoy your experience that day. The day you played was after some heavy rains and they were rolling slow. Everyone has differing opinions at times, but overall the course looks wonderful and the greens are rolling fine. Cheers,

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overall good

Course was in good shape, some greens were a little sandy. Love that they have a grass range.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/25/2018

Thanks - glad you enjoyed it!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course has excellent staff

The course is very good, but the staff make it excellent. The starter was very helpful, and the marshal was very friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/20/2018

Glad to hear it - thank you!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Waverly Woods first time playing

People were very friendly, course was in excellent shape except for 3 or 4 Greens showed signs of issues that could get worse with the heat that is coming. Other than that it was a premium course and love to play it again, I would play it better the second time around.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Baltimore area brute

Much surprised we were able to play after heavy overnight and morning rain. Cart path only wasn't a problem, as we were both old and slow, but the course wasn't crowded until the afternoon as we were leaving.

When you stand on the tee boxes, your options are clearly laid out on most holes.

With the wet rough, we were clearly over matched, but I'd welcome the chance to return.

Check in made us feel welcome.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/14/2018

Thanks so much for your nice review. We look forward to serving you again.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The range appeared great....

....but balls that were supposed to come with the round were never offered in the shop which I learned when at the range. Perhaps next time because I’m not a fan of hitting balls after the round.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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