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The Club At Viniterra
Played On 07/07/2018The best public near RVA, but low bar
Was excited to play my first Rees Jones course on the first cool(er) day of the week. Played horribly, which was compounded by the 1.5-2 club wind that was blowing all day. This made the 7100 yards from the Blue tees even more challenging. My biggest complaint about the course was that the greens were SLOW and inconsistent. Large parts of the fairway were either burnt out or damaged, but not a total deal breaker. I understand that this is meant to be a large golf community, but I cannot stand courses that are entirely unwalkable. Gas carts are an interesting choice for what is marketed as an upscale public course, but more for the fact that they have to burn more gas (and $$$) by forcing those carts up and the large hills across the course. I guess I would go back to give it another try, but I did not fall in love with this course.
Stonewall Golf Club at Lake Manassas
Played On 06/13/2015First Trip to Stonewall
Played Stonewall on a Saturday in the 3 pm hour as a single. Cruised through the course no problem, and even caught a foursome on 18 that teed off at may 1:30 pm or later.
Stonewall is a fair course, and it's very very pretty. I paid $69 to play, but some of the rounds cost upwards of $100. I would not pay that much to play this course (or many courses). Stonewall is challenged by heavy play. As a semi-private course, there is a ton of play from folks who aren't invested in the course, and do not repair divots or ball marks. It was very frustrating to see such a nice course with so many empty divots and unfixed ball marks. In order to go from good to great, the course needs to get this under control.
Also, carts have GPS, but were wrong on the par 3s. Found out the hard way twice.
Thank you for playing Viniterra. We are sorry you felt our greens were inconsistent as many feel our greens are some of the best around. As you may know most courses up and down the East coast were decimated by the Winter weather but Vinterra actually held up better than most to the winter kill, mainly because of the practices by our superintendent over the Fall and Winter. The course is stretched out over 9 1/2 miles with lots of elevation changes. The ravines and hills dictated the design of the course so that is why we are stretched out. As for the carts. We felt that gas was the way to go as we had battery carts for our last fleet but the hills took a toll on the batteries .
Again, thank you for your interest in Viniterra and we hope to see you again soon.