Chesapeake Golf Club

Conditions were good no complaints there. The absolute slowest pace of play I have ever seen. Left after 12 holes because I couldn’t stand waiting at least 10-15mins on ever single tee box.

We had an enjoyable day.. will definitely play again

5 1/2 hours to play 18. Three groups backed up at every tee box. Some of the nicest greens in the area as public courses go right now, but they apparently only space their tee times out 4 minutes apart.

Winter golf for a guy from England who spent 20 years in New Jersey brings with it either a vacation or a lot of layers and waterproof clothing. Not in Virginia though and for the last day of the year to play in 60 degree weather it was a blast.

Course is in absolutely fantastic condition for the time of year, greens are great (even if players aren't repairing their ball marks). Bunkers are just awful, but that is no different to any other time I have played the course. Overall though the great weather, great condition of the course and the grouping I had made for a great day.

The only problem I had all day was that I was there on my round all day. 11am tee time and I didn't finish the round until after 4:30. It was a packed course (everyone clearly had the same idea) but nobody from the golf club thought to put marshals out to maintain the pace of play. In fact we hit the turn at 2:30 to speak to guys wo were waiting for a cart for the 1:15 tee time.

Great day (if long) but I love this course and club and cannot wait to go back.

The setting for this course is among a nice neighborhood, yet not too tight. The reason for my title is, this was the first round I've played there and course conditions weren't great. While the days before there wasn't a lot of rain, it was enough to make it a cart paths only day. And while walking out to the fairways from the path, it was obvious there are some serious drainage issues that should be addressed. The course is lined with large oaks and given it was late fall, large amounts of leaves covered many areas. In some cases, if I was slightly off to the side of the fairway, it was a challenge to find the ball amongst the leaves. That combined with the crat paths only slowed our pace. The majority of the greens were in very good shape and the same can be said for the tee boxes. I definitely want to play this course again, perhaps next summer.

Odd layout - lots of opportunities to lose golf balls in water hazards often find yourself hitting a short iron off the tee followed by a hybrid or fairway wood

Some of the holes are a little odd to me, small shelfs on greens with a long shot in, forced to play short only to then play long stuff in particular. Few tees were a mess, and the fairways were shaggy. Not upset I played course, got done in 4 hours even with some waits on tees, not a bad course, conditions were average, Just don’t see me coming back.

Only made it to hole 14 after ~4.5 hours before my group decided to head home early.

Had recently aerated the greens without letting me know. Ignored twice by the beverage cart as well.

Disappointing round, caused by slow pace of play being unchecked. Started around hole four where a duo with a young child started the slow down and culminated in the frustration of leaving the round incomplete after 14 holes. When you get to the 15th hole and your the fourth group waiting to tee off behind a much slower foursome (mostly older players).

The course was in good condition for the most part and challenging as usual, but the slow pace of play just took the fun out of the round and made the course unplayable….

Think I’ll avoid playing the course on weekends in future.

Oh on the plus side, they did have cart service if only briefly!