Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club

From the remarkable layout to the top-tier conditions, friendly and attentive staff, exceptional practice facilities, and a very reasonable price, there is no area in which Raspberry Falls does not excel.

This is a Gary Player design and there’s no doubt the legendary South African can design a great golf course. I’ve played nearly 1,500 different holes of various golf courses and Raspberry Falls holds four of my absolute favorites: the par-4 3rd, the par-5 11th, the par-3 13th, and the par-5 18th. There are several other features from other holes that I really love, especially the deep bunkering around many of the greens. With a relatively flat landscape, rolling undulations on the fairways and greens, tall native fescue on either side of many fairways, and numerous pot bunkers, the course has a Scottish links feel to it even if it plays nothing like one. Depending on which of the five tee boxes you choose you may have several forced carries, fairway bunkers, and bodies of water which may alter your club selection or aiming target.

Many golfers in this area have a strong opinion on courses built around housing developments, but apart from driving through one to get to the course, once you get on the course the houses are few and far between.

The maintenance crew at Raspberry Falls do a great job keeping the course in fantastic shape. I played on the hottest day of the year with the heat index well into triple digits and the course played beautifully. The greens were semi-fast with just enough break to make a long made putt satisfying. The course is very popular and gets heavy use, but even still the greens roll mostly smooth and there are signs encouraging everyone to repair ball marks, which is nice. The tee boxes were well kept and the rough was lush and even. Some of the bunkers had a different type of sand but none of them were particularly difficult to get out of despite the steep banks on many of them.

The staff is incredibly friendly and attentive, only Westfields Golf Club in Clifton has a better one. There’s a starter, rangers, and cart attendants that even wipe your clubs down for you when you get to the 18th green, a nice touch.

The aforementioned facilities are truly exceptional with free range balls, a nice putting green, a separate chipping/pitching green complete with a large bunker, three dozen balls, and a ball collecting tool. The clubhouse is also really nice.

Pace of play is pretty good for this area and this style of course. I was actually the last scheduled tee time at 4pm and playing by myself it took me 16 holes to catch up to the next group. Maybe I just got lucky; it was very hot.

This course can be very expensive for a lot of people but the rack rates are very reasonable for the quality of the course and they do have some great GolfNow pricing, especially on short notice. I cannot recommend this course highly enough, it is a must-play for anyone within an hour of Leesburg--I drive two and it’s absolutely worth it!

The course is great as usual. We just happened to be playing on a day after the greens were aerated and top dressed making putting pretty rough. Other than that, top notch golf course in a couple weeks again! I will be back!

This is an excellent designed course that is very forgiving considering the amount of trees all over. We will definitely be back. Beautiful course!

Managed to avoid most of the rain that was forecast when I played RF with my beginner grandson. Surprisingly, we were permitted to 90 degree cart access. Even damp, the greens were quick and had plenty of break. Bring your A game to have success on these immaculate undulating greens. Since it’s very early in the year some edges of the fairways haven’t grown in completely but mostly they were lush and freshly mowed. Bunkers are a special feature at RF, often with steep stacked sod faces, they were the primary defense to the rather soft and large greens. It was almost a joy to be in one and test your skills, almost.. Many tee boxes let you dial in your favored length. In addition to a great layout and beautiful club house the friendly staff and affordable rate makes Raspberry Falls one of my favorite Northern Virginia courses.

I saw a a lot of bad reviews and I cannot follow that trend due to the fact it was March and conditions are still winter type. I thought the layout was fun and would love to see what the summer conditions will be. It is a bit expensive for this time of year. The conditions would have to be immaculate to pay over $100+ for a round

I’m new to the area and have seen a lot of negative reviews but I truly enjoyed the course for Mid March. The layout is great and I’m sure with a little TLC the course would be great. I would like to play it when it’s in top shape. Staff was great and the overall golf was also great.

I am first time be this course. It is beautiful layout, staff is very friendly, good service . pro shop is very clean and organize. I meet a few nine golfer which help out for first time here. I love this course , but it is a little bit far from where I live. however I will come back to play sometime. High recommendation to everyone .

Beautiful lay-out with a great mix of tee lengths that were easily accessible (long hitters didn’t have to hike up a hill to get to their tees).

Way better courses for the cost within an hour of here. Unwelcoming staff. Carts only, you can't really walk the course due to the layout. Overall course is decent, most holes favor a fade - They've done some construction in the past couple years to improve the course for the better. Driving range is probably one of the worst in the immediate area and last time I played it was $20 for a large bucket of balls. I'd rather drive an hour to the Frederick area for better courses for less money.