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Value
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4.0
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About

Holes 9
Type Public/Municipal
Style Links
Par 34
Length 2789 yards
Slope 124
Rating 34.4

Lambert's Point Golf Club in Norfolk sits along the banks of the Elizabeth River, offering scenic river views from every one of its nine holes. The course is located on Old Dominion University's campus, doubling as the training facility for the school's golf team. The layout has a traditional links-style design that will challenge even low handicappers. It has all the challenges of a full-length golf course with dramatically rolling terrain that causes tricky uphill, downhill, and sidehill lies. It's a very tight course, which means that shot placement will be an important factor on every hole. While you may not need a driver, accuracy is a necessity. Even slightly errant shots will be severely penalized. Before tackling Lambert's Point golf course, you can use the impressive double-story, covered driving range for warming up.

Course Details

Year Built 2005
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Architect Lester George (2005)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.4
94 Reviews (94)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 9
Narrow Fairways 6
This course/club is great for:
9-Hole Rounds 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 7

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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Know where to hit

Good course, good water views, good greens for putting very challenging. Sand traps were in terrible condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Challending course with interesting layout

This is a fun course with some challenging landing areas. You have to be precise with not many opportunities for driver.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

beautiful

Great place in great shape with cool views. I hope to play there again in the near future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Very challenging but exciting course

Hang up the driver you won't need it for this course. Lambert's is a very challenging links style golf course that requires accuracy and careful navigation. Had a great time out there for the first time but you will need someone with experience there or a GPS to get around without losing dozens of balls. Can't wait to play there again, only downside for me was driving range is mats only but they had an excellent short game area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hidden Gem!

Bought this on GolfNow, completely surprised at how much fun this course is to play. Granted, this isn't Torrey Pines, but for the price, you can't beat it! They've got a great chipping area and putting green, a fair driving range though you hit off mats. Very reasonably priced and if you get a "hot deal" it's a no brainer. The views were beautiful too!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good pratice.

People were very nice and appreciated the business. Course is tight with a lot of elivation changes.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Interesting layout...out of the norm

I played this course in about 2-1/2 hours on a Saturday AM. This course is" out side of the box" in terms of layout. You have to think your way around it, but it's fun! I like that there are some blind shots and you have to use your imagination. It was fairly windy when I played, and since it's on the water and boasts the highest point in the City of Norfolk, that was an added element to have to deal with. The greens appear to have been aerated about 2 weeks prior to my round so there was still some top dressing on them which caused them to be a little slow, but they putted true to the break. I'll play again for sure. It's a nice change from the straight away par four dominated flat courses in the Tidewater area.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

a challenge

Lots of blind shots so get some tips from the staff before you take on this challenging course

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hit straight or bring alot of golf balls!

Fun course. Narrow fairways require accurate shots. The view down on the harbor was neat, but the sewage treatment plant wasn't. I recommend you bring your buddies over here and the winner will truly have bragging rights that mean something. The course is easy to follow except for hole #3. I didn't know where to go after my tee shot. So go 90 degrees left after your drive (over the ravine). I'll be back again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging course

This course challenges your accuracy and short game.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Value

This course is a great value and is very challenging for a 9-hole course. With so many people using GolfNow discounts, the course was very crowded on Friday. Since there is only 9-holes, the first tee was backed up.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

9 Challenging Holes

I was surprised to find out that this course was only nine holes. I didn't know until I got there. What makes this course challenging is that most shots are blind; you can't see the green from your drive. Additionally, the wind off of the bay makes a straight drive difficult. Bring lots of balls because you are bound to lose at least two. In fact, if you can make it through the round without losing a ball, you are not going to enjoy the challenge.

I enjoyed this round. I was thankful to join a threesome who knew the course otherwise I may have actually got lost on this short 9-hole.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day out on the links.

I have always liked the course and staff. Marcus is a great manager and his staff, especially Andrew, was very accommodating on my last visit. It is a course with a circle of players that always make you feel like home.

Stephen

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pleasant Surprise

This is a very fun course to play! I happened to be in my hometown of Chesapeake, VA and decided to play a quick 9 with a childhood friend who plays this course often. The first thing he says is "wait until you get to hole #3!" As he was saying this, another patron who overheard us looked and started chuckling and said "have fun, you are in for a treat!" The comments weren't made in a condescending way or anything like that.

So, there we are on the first tee. Straight uphill! Unfortunately, the net for the driving range has a huge hole in it so you have to be careful when teeing off on the first tee. Upon look UP at the pin I knew that this was going to be fun/interesting round. Then comes the infamous third hole. It is a HARD dogleg left. It took me a few minutes to actually find the pin. I kept looking at another pin and my buddy kept telling me nope, that's not it. Ironically, the same gentlemen who we saw earlier was finishing up an adjacent hole and chuckled, LOL!

This course was indeed a treat to play. The views are very nice. The pace was very nice. You have to be careful of players from the Old Dominion University golf team practicing, but it wasn't distracting. This will be a regular course for me whenever I visit my old hometown.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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