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3.2
260 Reviews (260)
5 Stars
50
4 Stars
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3 Stars
54
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
24
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
2.8
68.2%
Recommend this course
203 out of 260 reviews
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3.5
2 Reviews (2)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
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Conditions
2.5
Value
4.0
Layout
4.5
Pace
5.0
Amenities
5.0
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
2 out of 2 reviews
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3.0
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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3
Conditions
2.4
Value
3.5
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.1
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
68.4%
Recommend this course
13 out of 19 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6500 yards
Slope 138
Rating 72.3

Previously known as Somerset Golf Club and Rapidan Golf Club.

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Somerset Farms Golf Course (formerly Rapidan Golf Course)
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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jerry Slack (1997) Rick Robbins (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Gentlemen: Shirts MUST have a collar. NO jeans, cutoffs or camouflage. Ladies: NO short shorts. Appropriate golf shirt/blouse

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Reviews

3.2
260 Reviews (260)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 16
Forced Carries 15
Narrow Fairways 14
This course/club is great for:
Locals 17
Advanced Golfers 10
Beginners 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 10
In the 'Burbs 8
Convenient to the City 6

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The course is horrible and in horrible shape it looks like a field

The course is horrible and in horrible shape it looks like a field
The staff is not friendly at all.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/01/2015

Actually, I amend my previous response now that I know who you are. To those reading this review, these "Gentlemen" arrived an hour early for twilight and wanted to tee off early, which we could not do. When ready to play, they had two coolers of alcoholic beverages which, according to Virginia State Law, is prohibited on golf courses who have ABC licenses. When advised, they begrudgingly returned to their vehicles where the proceeded to pack their golf bags with said alcoholic beverages. I advised again they could not bring their stash onto the course. I will not print their response. When asked for a refund, it was denied.

Very childish to write a false review and we respectfully request Golf Now to remove this review from our course.

Any questions, please contact me, 540-547-7274.

To other golf now participating courses, beware if this group books with your facility.

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Commented on 10/31/2015

I have to admit you must have your courses confused. Rapidan Golf Club in NO WAY can be considered in horrible shape. If you did in fact play here, please contact me, Matt Callaghan at 540-547-7274 so we can discuss your play and your expectations. Would like to know what time you played as you did not book through Golf Now.

Rapidan Golf Club is committed to the highest standard of customer service and providing a product everyone can enjoy. Again, please contact us to discuss.

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

What happned???

This course uaed to be in such a good condition but what in the world happened??
Tee boxes are still ok [was much better but still good] and fairway is average condition for February. But, WHAT IN THE WORLD happened to the Green???
You have to give yourself a 2 putts on every hole since it's Not Puttable.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hidden Gem!

Pro shop lady is awesome. She went up and beyond for my 2some double booking on GolfNow.com. Got me a refund and excellent customer service. Without her, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy this quiet and relaxing course.

We love the course. The greens need some love but it’s November and the staff do their best with what they have and that’s why we keep coming back. Any complaints can suck it and play elsewhere. Thank you.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are terrible

The greens are dying and have ball marks all over them, you can’t putt without it bouncing off marks in the green. Looks like people hit shots off the green and left huge divots. They close at 4:30 which makes no sense, considering it doesn’t get dark until 8. It’s almost like they don’t want to make any money.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

great course

This was my first time golfing here, and I love this course. The staff was very friendly. The golf patrons were friendly too, everyone expected each other. the course condition was good in my eyes; yes the tee box, green and fairway has weeds, but so what, all other course I played in my area were like this, but extremely expensive. I love this course, and will definitely come a few times more before the golf season ended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

One of the worst experiences in golf

I have played here before and it was an average course to play on. But this time around it was absolutely horrible. The tee boxes were like concrete. The greens were in horrible shape with crab grass, bare patches, and divots that were never fixed. The fairways were not well taken care of or cut. I will not be returning here. If you truly appreciate the game of golf, save yourself the trouble and go somewhere where they actually care about and take pride in there course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course needs help

$30 for the round and I over paid. The greens are just about gone. Weeds and crabgrass everywhere. The fairways and bunkers are ok, but when you can putt it's hard to enjoy the round. I hope they can fix this problem because it's a fun course to play.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

You get what ya paid for.

This course has so much potential. Good luck putting as they have small fern like patches all over the green. Felt like I was putting in my front yard. On rare occasions, the fairways will have good quality grass in areas. By far the best pace of play cause my nephew and I were the only ones out there. Only paid $21 for 18 holes. So it’s really hard to complain. But only play here if ya really need to

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ok for inexpensive practice round.

Course has seen better days. Fairways are a little rough as are the greens. Greens are slow.

This course has no golf range, just a putting green for a pre-round practice.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Old Rapidan SSFARMS GC 07122023

Fairways in great shape. Some greens have had possibly crabgrass pot marks and balls bounce.
Bunkers are unplayable, lack of sand.
They have taken down many of the off fairway vegetation and trees.
The course is very golfer friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course

I have read some negative reviews on this course and I don't get it. The course was in fine shape and the staff was very friendly. Yes the clubhouse could use some freshening up and there was no bev cart available, but that seems to be common these days. Guess I'm not a golf snob. Going back to play again in a couple of days.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good for the money

Nice layout and some challenges.

Local knowledge will help🇺🇸

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course in rough shape

The course was in pretty rough shape. The tee boxes barely had grass on them and it was practically concrete packed clay. It was extremely hard to get the tee into the ground. The fairways had large area of exposed clay and rock solid.

The greens were very slow and have seen better days.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

They let it go

Terrible greens . No grass on tees. Completely neglected . New owners , bad result. Used to be nice

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First time experience

This course needs help,with out a big improvement players will stop coming.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Had a lot of fun golfing. Staff was great and very helpful. Only problem we had was that the dining room was not open, so we were unable to get anything to eat except for snack stuff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Balls galore

If you are ever low on balls go to this course. The course is in good condition, not great.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Good time

As always the staff very friendly the t boxes need serious work the fairways are coming in nice. All the greens rolled true though a little fury and some had dead spots I will definitely play again

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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