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2.5
Value
3.1
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
3.5
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 7198 yards
Slope 133
Rating 74.2

Course Details

Year Built 1966
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1966) Ault, Clark & Associates (1978)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required . No cutoffs allowed.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Reviews

2.8
206 Reviews (206)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 9
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 18
Water Hazards 11
Forced Carries 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 19
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 18
Advanced Golfers 12
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 19
Near the Airport 10
Worth the Drive 10

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Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improved condition

Of the two courses at Deer Run, the Cardinal has been considered inferior to the other course. I found the course much improved from two years ago. Well maintained hazards, and greens make this course as challenging and rewarding as the other course. Good value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 06/16/2021

Hi, Tommy3973268. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/09/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, lloydnd54! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 129
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

SUPER SLOW!!!

It took nearly 5 hours to play this course!! The Marshall came by once, making excuses but did nothing to help. Ridiculous!!!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/07/2021

Hello, STyson1975. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. With that in mind, we are working to best control pace and allow everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve. Thank you for playing and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best layout in the area.

Best in the area, real golf course. Plays like a classic.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/09/2021

u314161638251, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Paired what a person that hardly ever played golf.

Terrible being paired with a terrible golfer. Took forever for me to hit a shot and get into my play routine. Never really did get into any routine except hurry up and wait. Will never do this again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/01/2021

Hi, u314159962613! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 192
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/21/2021

Hello, uCXDO1834CX. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 109
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Tee boxes need watering

Th e greens were in good shape in comparison t the rest of the course. The tee boxes were extremely dry and difficult to get your tees pushed into the ground. I broke about 80% of the tees that I used. Fairways were dry and were getting weird bounces.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/19/2021

Hi, tmban! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/01/2021

Hello, Carnak. Thank you for visiting us at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Using COVID as an excuse

Using CIVID as an excuse for not having rakes in the sand traps is a terrible excuse for not maintaining the sand traps.. COVID was an issue in March of last year when rakes were removed and tending the pin was a issue. Now its May, the traps need to be playable not hard pack, and rakes should be available.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/17/2021

Hi, u858630396! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/12/2021

Hello, nighthawker. Thank you for visiting us at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

decent a day of golf.

the main problem is the course of play is slow. other than that its a good course

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/17/2021

Hi, u00000604004. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 129
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Barely worth $20.99!!!

Other than perfect greens, this course needs a lot of work!! The fairways are all incredibly hard with no consistent grass. They had a guy out there mowing the dirt uselessly!!! I enjoyed hitting 300 yd drives but it was impossible to stop a ball going at the greens. Someone needs to combine Stonehouse's fairways with Newport News' greens!! Oh wait, they did!! It's called ROYAL NEW KENT!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/07/2021

Hi, STyson1975! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

trip

The course was dry and the tee ball ran a lot , which was good. Greens were in okay shape. Tee boxes needed a lot of work.
Overall a nice course to work on your game

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/05/2021

Hello, protek. Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review. We're so glad that you enjoyed your round at Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club. Please visit us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Cardinal Course OK but Nothing special

This course is undergoing repair. Conditions were very dry. It has an insufficient number of restrooms. No wonder only one or two middle aged women were playing! Staff were friendly enough. The people in front of us were playing so slowly that two other people behind us caught up to us and joined us. Very nice people. I usually play 18 in about 3 hours. This took 4 1/2 because of the slowness of play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/30/2021

Hi, Lois8650742! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 192
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/29/2021

Hello, uCXDO1834CX. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
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Commented on 04/26/2021

Hello, u00000604004. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 79
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Something different

Had a good time playing this track.Staff inside clubhouse were friendly not so with the starter.
Never played here before and started on the back 9 for some reason.
The pace of play was good.4 hours to play 18 on a Saturday. Fairways and greens in good shape not so for the bunkers.They all need some work and some sand.
Didn't see a beverage cart all day which was strange but maybe because of Covid.
The back 9 is pretty open and a lot longer than the front which has some short par 4s.
Hole 8 is probably the best hole on Colonial, a good par 5 with trees and water coming into play.
Enjoyed playing here and would recommend to anyone in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/26/2021

Hi, Hill16. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

decent course. greens are in good shape

decent course. the fairways had bare spots. but the greens were in good shape

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/26/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u00000604004. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 192
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Very slow today

The course is drying out ... greens are nice today ... the pace was ridiculously slow

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/15/2021

Hello, uCXDO1834CX. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff. Thanks for visiting Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

DEER RUN FOR THE WIN

GREAT PLACE TO PLAY ! THE STAFF IS GREAT AND THE COURSE IS IN GOOD SHAPE EVEN AFTER RAIN FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. OF COURSE A FEW SOFT SPOTS BUT THAT IS EXPECTED. HOME TOWN COURSE FOR ME HERE EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN KILN CREEK DEER RUN HANDS DOWN BEST BANG FOR BUCK

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 04/15/2021

GregS23602, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Cardinal at Newport News Golf Club.

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