Old Hickory Golf Club
About
Beaver Creek divides Old Hickory Golf Club with nine holes sitting north of the creek and nine holes south. The course has a classic parkland layout that plays across gently rolling hills. The fairways were cut through forests of mature hardwoods but they are wide and carefully sculpted to direct balls toward the middle. Skillful players could even try to use the contours to their advantage. Each hole has a bunkers but the bunkering is not excessive. In addition to the mounding and bunkering, the undulating terrain provides natural elevation changes. The golf course finishes with what is arguably its toughest hole. This monster par 5 is 620 yards from the back tees. It requires a drive over a ravine with a natural waste area to the left. Many consider it to be the toughest golf hole in northern Virginia.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 7077 yards | 74.5 | 145 |
Gold | 72 | 6615 yards | 72.1 | 140 |
White | 72 | 5980 yards | 69.1 | 131 |
White (W) | 72 | 5980 yards | 75.1 | 135 |
Raspberry (W) | 72 | 5143 yards | 70.4 | 125 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 74.9/148 W: 81.5/154 | 340 | 356 | 532 | 396 | 215 | 529 | 217 | 426 | 465 | 3476 | 383 | 446 | 404 | 182 | 589 | 367 | 404 | 196 | 630 | 3601 | 7077 |
Gold M: 72.8/144 W: 78.9/149 | 326 | 333 | 509 | 373 | 184 | 497 | 162 | 407 | 444 | 3235 | 362 | 402 | 383 | 161 | 555 | 351 | 387 | 178 | 601 | 3380 | 6615 |
Middle M: 71.5/142 W: 77.3/146 | 310 | 321 | 496 | 347 | 177 | 491 | 149 | 402 | 418 | 3111 | 352 | 377 | 373 | 151 | 514 | 343 | 378 | 158 | 585 | 3231 | 6342 |
White M: 68.9/135 W: 74.2/139 | 306 | 294 | 470 | 347 | 157 | 464 | 149 | 370 | 391 | 2948 | 319 | 336 | 350 | 125 | 518 | 308 | 339 | 158 | 579 | 3032 | 5980 |
Raspberry M: 66.0/129 W: 70.7/132 | 253 | 258 | 425 | 263 | 131 | 386 | 137 | 337 | 335 | 2525 | 286 | 306 | 312 | 89 | 467 | 283 | 311 | 112 | 452 | 2618 | 5143 |
Handicap | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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"Old rates" Photo submitted by roboxygen on 10/05/2023
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"New rates" Photo submitted by roboxygen on 10/05/2023
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Hole #4 green Photo submitted by u000002774332 on 12/04/2020
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Tee box 1 Photo submitted by anjumar on 08/14/2020
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Fairway Photo submitted by anjumar on 08/14/2020
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Greens Photo submitted by anjumar on 08/14/2020
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Greens Photo submitted by anjumar on 08/14/2020
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Photo submitted by u444159189 on 10/25/2019
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Photo submitted by u444159189 on 10/25/2019
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Photo submitted by u444159189 on 10/25/2019
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Photo submitted by bhagadorn on 06/22/2019
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Photo submitted by Tim3817545 on 01/18/2016
Great layout, not in great condition
Given the premium price for this course, I was expecting a lot more in terms of the course conditioning. The bunkers were absolutely terrible and it was like hitting out of dried concrete. The fairways were definitely on the patchy side, and a lot closer to what I would expect at a county course that gets a lot of play versus an upscale public course. It is not comparable to other nearby gems like Stonewall in terms of the quality.
The greens had recently been tined and top dressed, and pace control was extremely hard to find over the course of the round. The greens seemed very hard (surprising given all the recent rain) and it was very tough to get approach shots to stop on the green even if they landed 5-6 yards before the hole. I'm not sure I've ever hit so many approach shots that hit the green and ended up off the back of the green. I'm usually a very good putter and chipper, and it was very tough to get anything hole high given the variable green speed/hardness - on some greens chips would check, on others they would roll out 10+ feet.
The course layout and design itself was really interesting and a lot of thought needed for approach shots and tee shot placement.
Given the course seems to run $100 for midweek rounds, and closer to $125 on weekends, this is not one I would revisit until someone tells me it is in far better shape. I'm expecting pristine greens and bunkers for any round north of $100, and unfortunately that wasn't the case. The layout is excellent, but the course condition was not. I would not recommend walking as it's 7.4 miles all told.
Neighborhood course
Old Hickory sits quietly back in a residential neighborhood. But feels like your out in the woods alone.
Eclipse Day
Course was empty on a Monday, solar eclipse day. I sped through in about 2 1/2 hours. In pretty good shape. Tee boxes a bit scuffed up.
Not a bad course for the money, layout was a lot of fun. Conditions weren’t terrible for the most part, just a lack of grass on some of the holes. Makes for extra tight lies in the fairway. Pro shop staff was okay, lady working behind the bar was fantastic. Good for under 80 bucks
Needs help
I understand we’re at the beginning of the season, however bunkers are in absolute terrible conditions, tee boxes spotti, almost better to hit from rough than fairways. Driving range is a joke. Greens were only saving grace.
A work in progress
The greens are back to where they used to be. They are working on the bunkers,adding white sand. Fairways are starting to come to life.
Great layout and pace of play
Great layout and pace of play. Course still recovering from the winter but I would imagine in the summer it perks up. Doing a lot of bunker maintenance around the course which will be nice in a couple months.
Awful
The tee boxes, fairways, greens are all the same. BAD. Oh, I forgot the bunkers, worse than bad. It’s an absolute crime that they charge $125 for this.
Great, challenging golf course
Pace of play was great. Course in good shape considering the rain the day before. Recommended and I will be back
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great course. fast greens. The desk pro was very helpful. I will be back.
Pace of Play Issues- An Understatement
5.5-6 hours to play 18 is ridiculous and then the group in front threatened one of the people in the foursome I played with bodily harm with a weapon. This place is too slow to be worth even $40 let alone $90+
Did not honor online pricing as confirmed by phone call
I have played the terrific Old Hickory golf course MANY times over the past 20+ years and I have ALWAYS enjoyed playing it, but because of how I was treated last week, I will never play there again. Online, the Friday rate for seniors was shown to be the same as senior rates for MON-THURS (see uploaded image). I emailed the GM to verify if this was accurate, but received no response. So, I called the course pro shop a few days later to confirm that the senior rate WAS in fact good for Friday 9/29 – I was told unconditionally that the answer was YES. When I arrived at the course on 9/29, I was told that Friday rate for seniors was NOT the rate that I found online and which had been confirmed by phone. It appears that the GM changed the rates online prior to my arrival on 9/29, but did not let me know of this change. To me, this matter was handled unprofessionally.