Penderbrook Golf Club

Course is ok… very short but had some tricky holes. «Driving range» could use some love as there are 4 mats in a birdcage far from the clubhouse. Would pay around $ 30 max for 18 here. Sign up for email alerts and get discounted rates.

Went here 4÷1÷15 and ran into the rudest Assistant super intendant claimed that we drove across the green which was a complete lie, and drove up to us and was yelling «leave my fucking golf course» along with other very vulgar statements. I will definitely NOT be coming back to this golf course nor will I be having my large group come here for our annual golf tournament. Also note as soon as we got back to our car he was in his car and left immediately, meaning we were one of the last groups on the course. Extremely disrespectful, I do not recommend golfing here, save your money or go somewhere better

I come here multiple times a year, and after today it will be tough to return. we were approached by the «assistant superintendent» (as he referred to himself multiple times) and rudely kicked off the course. from the start he screamed from the top of his lungs about my partner driving on the green. believe me, I’m aware that’s a no-​no. our foursome tried to
reason with this guy, and he continued to curse and scream. it was truly shell shocking. we left without incident, and had a word with the clubhouse about him.
also, to be clear: we did not drive accross the green as he repeatedly accused. imagine how ignorant someone has to be to drive accross an actual green. he was 150+ yards away, accross the lake on the ¹²⁄₁₃^th when he made the U turn and came back for us. it was truly infuriating.

After researching a new course to play at in NOVA, we decided to play here on a Wednesday afternoon with a tee time at 250. This course plays plays long and narrow. If you hit a ball of the fairway, good luck finding it. I hit four off the fairways but between the leaves, bushes and creeks on the course, I can see why speed of play is a big problem at penderbrook. The group ahead of us was two foresomes together and it seemed that they were looking for balls on every other hole! So this caused a delay which started people complaining behind us.
Allegedly this course is under new management but something is wrong. They warned us about there being no beverage cart out but they said they were filling up the water coolers before we even started to play. By the 14^th hole and our 6^th empty water jug, my friend was calling them! Totally unacceptable for a golf course in the summer! They totally blew us off.
Our group decided even with a low cost of $ 30, we will not return here to play! Cheap cost but not worth it still.

I’ve played here a few time the last month and Penderbrook has won me over. During the week, there are great specials on Golfnow. I think I’ve made more than $ 25 including a cart. Since I’ve only played on a weekday, I can’t really comment on the speed of play. The course is pretty good shape and a modest challenge. It might be a little tough for beginners but it’s probably manageable. Unfortunately, this course is not really walkable. The back nine has a lot real estate between holes for several holes including a monster walk between 17 and 18 through a neighborhood. The front nine is kind of walkable as most, but not all, of the holes are kind of the close to each other. It’s sort of hilly but manageable. There are plenty of water dispensers, but I noticed that a lot of the wash washers don’t have towels on them. As noted by others, the course is tight but it’s not unfair. Only the 17^th hole require a drive with little margin of error due to OB. Other holes are tight, but can still be played with a wild drive. Overall, I plan on playing many more rounds at Penderbrook.

My four sum went there to play as a new Commonwealth Club member, which is entitled for so called their famous advertisement of «free replays while spaces available». After our first play, we were lined up in the first tee box for replay because the tee box was empty. But after the starter called a manager Jim he said replays are not available today because they are fully booked up. So we decided to have lunches in the club house to cool down a bit, and asked him again for replay after confirming no one in the tee box again after one hour lunch break. This time Jim said replays are available after 4:10pm. I asked him how you had said one hour ago that replays are totally not available at all today. What he said was that because he’s wanted to be nice to me this time. I told him that I am not asking for your mercy but an equal manners.
We think he treated customers based on his own emotion but an equal management policy. After our several conversations which he kept saying that «I can do whatever I want as a manager», I asked him to cancel my membership, but he refused to cancel my membership instead he asked me to leave or he will call a police for disturbance. All I could get from him was that Devon is a general manager of Penderbrook Golf Club.
What a disappointed trip from the very poor management. we felt like we’ve been cheated by their free replay advertisement. They should stop hooking new members with their «free replay» advertisement since not applying what it says literally.
Before leaving the first tee box, we confirmed again and taped the scene that no players-​not even one player– were near the tee box except six empty carts.
I am going to call Devon to see what he says.

Played here again for the first time in years. It is apparently under new management as of a month ago. The course is in decent shape. Rates are decent for weekdays as I only paid $ 35 for a 2pm tee time. Pace of play on the week day was fine but I’ve heard horror stories on the weekends of 6 hour rounds.
This place is close and cheap so I will be playing here quite often.

This course has it’s pros and cons, but I played a round here recently and really enjoyed it. The course was in pretty decent condition. The fairways and greens were nice and green. The sand wasn’t hard and matted down. The tees were a little spotty, but overall they were in pretty decent condition.
They have pretty reasonable prices here that includes a cart. They have a $ 10 loyalty card that gets you some bonuses, though I didn’t join as I’m not sure how often I’ll get a chance to play.
The play here is pretty slow. I was playing in a foursome and we were all pretty slow golfers in general looking for lost balls and such, but even so, we were often still waiting on the twosome in front of us to finish the hole.
The golf carts are gas operated, and though that doesn’t really bother me much, they may need to do some cart maintenance. One of the carts we had was backfiring all day.
Overall I liked the course, though the layout makes it more difficult than I expected. I’m not sure if the rough was higher than what I usually see on other courses or what the deal was, but I probably lost more balls here than anywhere else that I’ve played in quite a while. One hole in particular, you better be able to hit a decently long drive off of the tee or you are pretty much guaranteed to lose a ball in the water. Even with the lost balls though, I still had fun and would go back and play again. I also got to see a fox run out on one of the fairways behind me.

Tbh, I don’t even know why I’m giving this course 2 stars and not 1, but I guess it wasn’t a complete disaster, and normally, I wouldn’t blame the course for the speed of play, or lack thereof, but when you tell me you guys arent busy at all on a monday afternoon, and there’s literally a group of 12 in front of me, slowing EVERYBODY down, then yes. you can get blamed for that.
Being that this is in the middle of Fairfax, I guess I can understand the nearness of all these houses, but hole 17 with residences lining both sides of a very narrow fairway will make any average golfer reach for an iron instead of a driver on a 400+ yard fairway.
Like others have said, drive your ball a few feet off the fairway and good luck spending less than a handful of minutes searching for it in the unkept edges.
Greens are ok.
And gas golf carts? still?

Course is difficult, mainly due to the fact the grass beyond the fairway is poorly maintained. You will likely lose balls without even hitting them too far off the fairway. No driving range makes it difficult to give this «club» any rating higher than a 4.

The starter was very unhelpful and a unprofessional. Couldn’t be bothered to answer a simple question. Terrible place and unprofessional people. They wouldn’t let me walk to the first tee box and grab car keys from my friend. When I asked the starter he said my friend who was golfing would need to stop his game and skip the hole so people didn’t get backed up.
Never had this kind of awful customer service from another club, everyone’s usually very accommodating. Another customer even offered to drive me up on his cart and the starter said no.
It’s possible it was just this one person or he was having a bad day, but that’s really unacceptable when your job is to provide great customer service.

The only reason I go here is if I am looking for a cheap tee time and don’t want to drive far from my house.
The course is always in horrible shape year round compared to any other public course in the area. Bare fairways, duck poop everywhere, un-​manicured bunkers on a lot of holes, although I will say the greens without poop are pretty nice and green.
Pace of play, oh boy, don’t even get me started. You will not, and I repeat, will NOT finish a round here in less than 5, usually 5.5 hours. They jam in groups every 8 minutes or something like that and the rangers are never on top of everyone. If management were to actually put some time between groups and have the ranger, oh you know, Do His JOB, this would probably help things a lot, like every other course in this area.
So if you have lots of time to kill (looking at Facebook or texting on your phone between shots, sitting in your cart), and don’t mind unkept fairways, this is the course for you.

WOW — This course has come a long way in a year or two. New sand in the traps, greens in good shape, pace of play is fast during the week and decent on the weekends (I can’t name a course that is fast on weekends and holidays). The clubhouse is really pretty nice, pro shop is organized and has lots of new clubs, clothing and accessories. Someone has turned this place around. Oh, did I forget to mention I played 18 for $ 20 and got two beverages FREE! I will play here a lot!

Worst round of golf I’ve ever experienced. We started 15 minutes late, and had to wait at every hole we played. We just quit after three hours and nine holes because there was a back-​up of eight groups on the tenth hole. They offered a nine hole rain check, but I’ll never use it because I will not go back. This place over books tee-​times which makes the course over-​crowded. Do not waste your time here. It’s not worth $ 40.

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… With Penderbrook’s centralized Fairfax location, the course sees a lot of traffic, and the course conditions often make that abundantly clear. Too many rounds recently have met grassless, unmarked tee boxes, spotty greens and long waits on par 3’s. The practice area is minimal with one green for putting and chipping along with an aging net to hit balls into. One nice extra, comes on afternoons during the week when a hamburger bar is often included in your greens fee which i am guilty of taken advantage of one several occasions. Overall, Penderbrook is a convenient challenge to all levels of golfer, but needs a bit more tlc to warrant frequent returns.

Great course
Lots of fun
Great food from the club house or the turn house
Join loyalty club for 2 complimentary beers with round
Friendly and professional employees
*only one issue with penderbrook golf club* they have the worst TVs ever in the club house. Its 2011 and these clowns are dealing with some 20″ tube from the ice age, frankly its embarassing penderbrook management should be ashamed. After a long round I want to come to the club house and drink my beers and actually be able to see what’s happening on sportcenter. I hope someone in penderbrook management will finally retire the 25 year old tubes, man up and get flat screen, 40″ at least.
Btw food is awsome. Get the wings or buffqalo chicken wrap!

Nothing positive to say about this round except easy to ealk on late afternoon. Some fairways looked good like #1.
Hole #3 closed due to extreme heat (high was only 90 w/​low humidity). Empty water coolers at #5, #7, and another tee. I picked up and walked off after seeing the temporary green on #11 (6″ hole in fairway with a flag). Heard there was another temporary green on the back. The 1^st cut rough was patchy in a lot of areas… I shouldn’t be hitting off off dirt 2 ft off the fairway. The tee boxes and fringe looked beat up and full of divots.
Very disappointed that I left work early only to waste the best weather day in the last 2 weeks. Don’t think I’ll return unless it’s a really cheap rate (b/​c it’s right next to my office).

No crazy clubhouse, no pushy elitist club feel — just you, the tee, free coffee and a $ 10 member card!
So here’s the deal. The course is great, well maintained, well designed, and fair. The fairways are in good shape, and the greens roll true. There’s some ground under repair, but its a great course none the less. The offer a $ 10 preferred player card that gets you $ 5 off a round, and two free beers a round — plus — the advantage of a free play again, and again. Assuming you can get more than 18 holes in on a Saturday.
The clubhouse is no-​frills. and I mean that in the most un-​jerk kind of way. They do have free coffee, and on a cold morning, that’s a good thing!
The price is fair. The Facility is great. I don’t think you can go wrong here.

Conditions are suspect by mid summer and there are to many houses on this course for the average golfer to feel comfortable. Pricing is high, even for the DC area.

Thanks to some weird, random voodoo, I always play super good at this course: D My first time I played here was last year and at the first tee there was I was setting up to drive… with 15 people all watching. *sweating bullets*
Swish. PING. my best drive on record ever. *gentle golf claps* I played like poo the rest of the day but no one was watching so that was a-​ok with me: D :D :D
Overall the course is pretty well-​maintained, difficulty isn’t that high but still fun. Great specials including cart fees: D I haven’t run into them pretentious bastards who think they should be on the PGA tour but I wouldn’t mind either since it’s always fun to laugh behind their polo-​laden khaki colored behinds.
Location-​wise it’s a good choice, not too far away from civilization and close enough to make it worth it. So if you ever get into golf, this is a great spot :) Make sure to join their e-​club!