Twin Lakes Golf Course

THis review is for the Lakes Course, I have not tried their other newer course.
I have played this course 5 – 6 times this year. LOVE this course. Good friendly staff, and the conditions are always very nice. Lots of water if you’re into that sort of thing.
This is my favorite course around the Washington DC/​MD area. Great price for the fantastic condition.

The Oaks Course is a great public course along with the Lakes Course as a part of the Twin Lakes golf complex in Chantilly, VA. A driving range and short game practice area make this a must visit facility for Nova golfers. Both courses are in top notch condition and are managed by a top notch maintenance team. Multiple tee boxes accommodate all skill levels for a changeling round. Prices offer a good value for your golfing dollars.

Played the Lakes course on June 12, 2015. Found it to be in very good shape. The greens were the best that I’ve ever seen them and I’ve played this course a half dozen times over the past few years. Fairways were also in very good shape as I found very few dried out, brown areas. The bunkering is good, not too penal, and were in good shape with plenty of sand.
The course is enjoyable to play with wide fairways and generous greens. There is decent variation in holes with a short par five (#9) and a short par four (#15). Hole #8 is a fun par three over water. I will play there again!

I have played over 30 rounds at Twin Lakes. There are two courses. The Lakes is the oldest one. If you are looking for a wide open track, this course is very golfer friendly for people who spray the ball.
The Oaks is a tighter course with more challenging holes. I find both courses easy to play. The greens get a lot of feet on them, very bumpy rolls when putting. I’d like to see more sand in the traps and someone tell super to roll the greens.
There is a pro shop, cafeteria type food, beer, and putting/​driving range.
Walker friendly.

Twin Lakes is a solid golf experience, it has (2) courses which allows more opportunities for someone who is trying to walk on without a tee time.
The Lakes course is open and forgiving, wide fairways, longer rough, less water, more forgiving, larger, flatter greens. The back is more challenging than the front.
The Oaks course is a traditional «walk in the woods». Demanding in every way with the test starting on the first two holes. The last four holes are great and provide a nice finish to this wonderful County course.
Pro’s– easy access, reasonable pricing, conditions are usually pretty good.
Con’s– untrained staff, if there’s a frost delay their response is unpredictable, bunkers are usually in bad shape, no one fixes their ball marks for some reason?
I keep coming back and I’m pretty picky about how I spend my golf dollars.

I’ve only played the Lakes Course so my review is based on that course. I like the layout of the course and it’s generally a good challenge. The hazards are visible which allows you to strategize properly except for hole 10. For this hole, there’a a creek that’s not visible from the tee which is easily driveable. The other water hazards though are easily visible and the course is fairly forgiving toward errant drives. The course is very walkable as well. The distance between the holes are short and the course isn’t terribly hilly. The course condition is pretty good — fairly lush without a lot of dead patches. My main complain is the terrible customer service. I arrived 15 minutes before my time. There are two starters on the course — an initial starter and then another starter by the first hole. For the initial starter, I checked in and he mentioned that my group was «waiting for me» with an annoyed tone. I was told to then check with the clubhouse which I did and then I started to walk back to the tee when the starter called me over. In an patronizing tone, he said Twins Lakes had a 30 minute prior to tee time check in policy and if I ever pulled this crap again, he would immediately cancel my tee time and I would lose my money. Stunned, I said OK and walked away. I’ve been playing golf for a long time and I’ve played at many different public courses and this is the first time I can recall a starter being an utter jerk. He could have politely mentioned the 30 minute policy, their cancellation policy, and then reminded me to check in earlier next time instead of lecturing me like I was a high school student. I wouldn’t say I will never come back but I’m definitely reluctant to give Twin Lakes another try after that experience.

You have to rate things for what they are: This is a municipal golf course. For that it’s excellent.
In Fairfax, golf tends to be on the expensive side. Pleasant Valley wanted $ 67 — for a twilight rate… With Twilight rates of only $ 30 walking, I was excited and ready to go.
(It’s $ 17 more for riding.) With its beautiful views, well kept fairways, (carts come with actual green divot repair sand) this place is a good value. We’ll kept course (except for the sand, which was really just from the rain_​— most NoVA courses under $ 80/​round have «dirt» sand, that I generally just pick up from. These guys have actual sand.
Greens still showed some signs of aration, but overall they are kept clean. Pro shop guy was friendly as was the starter. I played the Oaks course, which now that I’ve straightened out my drive, was moderately narrow and actually fun (for higher handicappers, recommend the Lakes course.) Also, the greens on the Oaks course had some undulations that made for a good challenge.
Twin Lakes has 36 holes — One course named Lakes, the other is called Oaks. I will say I was tired by the end of walking all 18 on the Oaks. However, next time, I’ll likely rent a hand cart. There are nice changes in elevation, several places where you’ll be hitting above/​below your feet if you don’t hit it just right.
Overall, a really good golf course! It was so pretty, actually whipped out my cell camera and took a picture on 17^th hole; it was a really zen experience — (maybe just cause I live in DC, and it’s nice to see nature)– and it’s nice not to be playing East Potomac Golf Couse (Haynes Point) for a change.

Played: Oaks Course — Once 11/​09/​2012 (Friday)
Price: $ 39 (walking) + $ 7 (range balls)
Pace of Play: 4 hrs. 15 min.
The Oaks Course is a beautiful golf course. We had the pleasure of playing it on a Friday afternoon with no groups ahead or behind us, allowing us to fully appreciate the beauty of the course on a nice fall afternoon. The course was in EXCELLENT condition for a municipal course and was a VERY reasonable price. The greens could have been a bit faster but they were well-​maintained.
This course isn’t very long — even from the blue tees — but there are some long holes, namely #2, #10, #13, and #16 (par 4s) as well as #8 and #15 (par 3s). The fairways are plenty generous but if you miss the fairways you will likely be in trees and 1 foot of leaves. So if you don’t hit it straight you’ll need to bring extra golf balls.
I didn’t appreciate being charged $ 7 for about 35 range balls, though. Other than that, I don’t have anything negative to say about this course.
We actually took our time (since we had nowhere to be) and played in 4 hours and 15 minutes. I’m sure it takes a LOT longer to play on a summer weekend, though.

I have played the lakes course and the oaks course many times. I really enjoy playing here as it is not very backed up most times even on the weekends. The cost is also very reasonable for the quality of courses they are. Will be back many times before year end.

I’m surprised at the lackluster reviews of Twin Lakes. I played here at the beginning of July and thought the course was in great shape. I played the Lakes course, as the Oaks course was hosting a women’s tournament.
I found the pro shop staff to be fairly friendly, if they had been friendlier, I would have given them one more star. The starter was very nice though, and offered us balls that he had found to use during our round. I’ve never seen a starter do that before. The course was in nice shape. The greens are slow, but it forces you to really practice your touch with the putter. I found the tees to be pretty lush and the range markers accurate.
I even saw a few deer grazing around a couple of the holes. There are a few lakes on the course as well. This course seems to demand that you think about your yardage, club choice, etc, which to me is what golf is all about. The pricing was also very reasonable for the area. I would definitely play here again, and recommend that people try it at least once!

36 holes of your typical muni golf. The starter is usually a prickly old geezer as is the pro shop staff. Pretty much the anthisis of what you want. The fairways burn by July, the greens are less receptive than a snooty tri-​delt. The tees get a lot of play and are usually more burnt than Jerry Garcia.

POO-​POO. Twilight with cart on a weekday is $ 50?! Me thinks not! Yardage markers are very VERY off. When you’re at the 150 yard mark and I swing with a pitching wedge choked up AND I still overshoot the green… something is very very wrong. I do like the fact that it’s a 36 hole course, but it’s the little things that frustrated me throughout the day…

I probably play golf here (on the Oaks course) 25 – 30 times a year — it is one of the best courses in the area for the money.
It can have some of the muni issues (slow play) — but is usually in very good condition and a very accurate test of golf — playable, but pretty difficult — long and fairly open.
My only complaint is that the greens are usually a bit slow and not a lot of contour.