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12 reviews for 1757 Golf Club
12 reviews in English
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Review from Matt C.
Arlington, VA
5/14/2012
I can see the fairways from my office window across the street. On nice days I stare longingly at them, wishing I was on one of them, drunk, laying in the grass.
This review is for the restaurant. I have never played golf here.
My boss took the team out to lunch here on a gorgeous Friday afternoon. We sat outside on the patio. Great place to sit outside and have lunch.
I was surprised how reasonable the prices are - everything is under $15.
We ordered buffalo wings, calamari and egg rolls for starters. The wings and egg rolls were fine and the calamari was breaded and fried very well. Plenty of tentacles - who doesn't like lots of tentacles? The calamari also came with a few sauces in addition to the standard marinara.
I had the burger - it was subpar. Requested cooking temperature = medium rare. Delivered cooking temperature = well done and then cooked some more.
The homemade cookie ice cream sandwich was very good as was the service.
Everyone else's food looked great tho - especially the chicken salad sandwich. I am giving 3 stars b/c it was a nice outdoor dining experience and the calamari was great. Will return for HH ASAP and to try something different. -
Review from Blair T.
Ashburn, VA
5/16/2012
This course could be wonderful in many ways. The food is great & so is the pro shop (staff/mgr).
The Manager's of Op's and on food side have a lot to be questioned. Total staff turn over happened often on this course and leaves the members wondering why can't mgt get their act together? Total unfit work conditions and unjust mgt. I have a total of 14.5 years of managing people as my background in both fair & ethical manors. Plus, this club promotes mgr's to yell at other employee's in front of customers. One employee reacted with a customer watching in a positive manor. The customer felt bad and new that the employee did the right thing & MGR didi the wrong thing, so the employee got a $20 tip. This company needs to inspect & change their ways, before they are suited by an employee even over "color" of skin jokes was doing done towards another employee.
Please feel free to check out my back up for support of this review on Linkedin. I'm Blair Thompson & located in the Real estate section which is in the Washington, DC area. I worked for these people but them quit do to ethical reasons. -
Review from Bobby R.
Fairfax, VA
4/24/2012
Add a half. Decent place to play. Good fud. Very nice practice range. Kelly is very nice. The layout of the course is the reason to lose a star or so. Are we a links course? Are we a woodland course? Should we just mix it up and have our golfers drive in front of each other on every other hole to make sure we aren't tied to any one concept? And since we have limited land, let's make every hole as tight as possible. Practice facility is better than most. Conditioning is very good. The staff is courteous to the point of being almost...friendly. If it was a better layout, this would be on the regular 'drink beer with your buddies to escape housework' rota. If long and wrong is your game, go elsewhere. If you can (intentionally) shape shots and like a tight course, here's your gem - hopefully not a gem in the rough.
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Review from Adam A.
Arlington, VA
2/27/2012
Boring layout, mediocre condition. Decent pace of play. They do make a fine bloody mary.
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Review from Kieran T.
Alexandria, VA
5/15/2011
Nice clubhouse, friendly staff and a nice practice facility. The course is in great condition, I just have a few issues with it. First, the layout is very tight - it feels like they tried to cram 18 holes onto a plot for about 14. There are several greens right next to tee boxes and several long drives between holes. There is also far too much water in play. I like the occasional stream or pond, but water comes into play on what felt like 15 of the 18 holes. Cramming the course onto such a small plot probably takes a lot away from the course visually, particularly on the back 9 where you can see 4 or 5 holes at any given time. Other than that, the greens and fairways are well kept, rough is fair.
So that brings me onto my second point - the green fee is $95 before 11 on weekend. That puts it into competition with a course like Westfields, and I know I would rather drop $100 at Westfields any day (heck, Bulle Rock in MD is $130!). Your $95 doesn't even give you practice balls - a big no no when you get up toward $100 green fees. Competitor courses like Raspberry Falls and Westfields give you complementary range balls.
I may play there again - but would try to avoid weekend rates. I think 1757 is probably worth about $60, not much more. -
Review from RenVenAshburn V.
Ashburn, VA
2/5/2011
My review isn't about the golf, it's about the event planning and food, and they are as good as it gets in Loudoun County. I planned my husband's surprise 40th birthday party here and the team gave me an organized, classy, perfectly run event. I wrote a review of that entire experience:
http://aphioni.com/hom...
The food here is prepared with care and it shows, even something as simple as the pulled pork sandwich rises above average with savory spices and a crisp, tangy coleslaw to set off the flavors just right. I also give high marks to the crab cakes- not greasy or packed with so much bread crumb that they are less crab than cake.
All of the dishes that were part of my event there were superb- nothing tasted like it came out of a can or a jar. I'm glad they are beginning to host events and highlight the restaurant more, because it's the same price as other Ashburn eateries that have the same type of menu but MUCH lower quality. Foodies, rejoice! -
Review from Chris C.
Arlington, VA
8/12/2011
Pros - decent condition and friendly staff.
Cons - course is ridiculously tight and forces long hitters to keep the driver in the bag on numerous holes or risk running out of fairway.
- the greens are rock hard and even a high wedge will release significantly. Forget about keeping a long iron on the green unless you run it up.
- ridiculously slow pace of play. When i arrived they informed me that the tee times were running about 20 minutes behind schedule. When they finally sent us to the tee there was a group on the tee box another in the fairway and yet another on the green. Worst of all, although a marshal occasionally drove by, there was no attempt on his part to speed play. Granted I was there on a Friday afternoon, but a 5.5 hour round is unacceptable.
- layout is poorly conceived. As others have mentioned, it is obvious that they crammed this course into a piece of property that is too small. There are many holes where groups driving by to get to their next hole pass another group on the green or tee box. And there are at least 3 holes where golfers on the green must contend with the unsettling noise of carts crossing bridges.
Verdict: my experience here was frustrating on many levels. Dont waste your time and money playing at this place. -
Review from Paul M.
7/10/2009
I was disappointed. This is a work in progress and might eventually turn out to be something.
It's called 1757 as that was the year Loudon County was founded. Funnily enough it also corresponds to the number of ball I lost in the god-awful rough and water.
This is a storied course as it is the former Presidential Club - $60K to join, no families allowed, business only. They got 40 Northern Virginia Execs to cough up and then they went bankrupt. It has now been bought by Billy Casper Inc and is a daily fee course , golf clinic and practice facility.
Right now they only have 10 holes and it is $39 to ride for 10, $59 for 20. You really cannot walk because of the crazy lay-out. This is steep and Herndon Centennial at $26 for 18 to ride is a much better value.
Here's what I liked:
- some of the holes are gorgeous and overall you can see it is going to be a great place - eventually
- the drving range is massive and looked great
- some of the fixtures - range caddies, water coolers, are all private club expensive teak and look good
- a couple of nice holes bordering the Washington & O.D. path
Here's what I did not like:
- screwy layout as they have closed off some holes and are building others so you drive all over the place
- bad signage so it is tough to figure out where to go
- inaccurate and inconsistent distance markers
- killer rough and narrow fairways - it is a tough golf course, with screwy dog legs at every turn. This is not for the casual golfer.
- No frikkin bar ! No food - a refrigerator in the pro shop with $3 water and gatorade
- too many elevated greens with cliffs off the back
- a lot of wear on the tee boxes
It's close to my office so I might be back to check out the practice range, but it will be a year or so before I play here again - Herndon Centennial is a far better bet. -
Review from Matt R.
Palo Alto, CA
2/21/2011
I've played 1757 a couple times now and have enjoyed both experiences overall. Certainly as others have commented it's a pretty tough course and it's a given you'll go through a sleeve of balls with the tight fairways, water, and swallowing rough. With all that said though the conditions of the greens and fairways are in much better shape than a lot of courses in the area for the price you'll pay. Personally I think it's a little too expensive during in-season normal times, but if you can get a twilight rate it's a nicer course than say Brambleton, in my opinion, for the money.
I would downgrade the course some because of the practice area, considering you have to pay or have a membership to really use the best benefits. -
Review from Anthony G.
VA
7/11/2009
I'll caveat this whole review by saying I'm not a great golfer and haven't been to many other courses around here but have been to some decent courses in my life.
I played 10 holes this past Thursday during the afternoon. I called two days before and was able to get a tee time pretty easily so that was nice. Knowing that it was formerly planned to be a private course and seeing it the many times I drove past it, I figured it would be a nice course. There's definitely a lot of potential for the place. It could definitely improve, but at this point, only 10 of the holes are open, the layout is screwy, the clubhouse isn't open (although it's supposed to open in a few weeks and I think they are still securing their liquor license).
That afternoon, I called to move my time earlier as my schedule cleared up so I figured it wasn't that busy since they easily moved me. I checked in for my twosome at 1:45, was sent to the starter, and the starter said we'd have to wait until 2:10 but we could hit the range if we wanted. I was ok with that, my buddy thought we deserved a courtesy bucket of balls for the almost 30 min wait - so we got 12 balls. Yay.
It didn't end up being that long before the starter called us back, saying he just wanted to space us out properly so there wasn't much waiting. Ok - that's cool. So we take the long drive out to the 1st tee. And bam - there's a foursome still waiting to tee off ahead of us. Why did you let a foursome go off instead of letting my twosome go off on time? Fine. So we finally get up to the 1st tee and another twosome pulls up right behind us. Where's the "spacing"? again, whatever.
So we weren't caught in between, we had the next guys join with us and everything was ok after that. The course was pretty hard - 8 out of the 10 holes had water in it. Not really a complaint, it's just dangerous for a novice golfer. As the first reviewer said, screwy layout - long drives between the holes - and I'm not sure that will be remedied looking at the future layout on their website. The course itself was looking nice although if they don't keep up on it - I can easily see it falling apart.
All in all - it's got potential. I think I'll be back - for the driving range, practice area, and the golf was challenging - it'll make me better. I do hope the clubhouse turns out nice and their logistics get a little better (one of the other guys I played with had similar issues before too). If so, this place will easily move up another star by me. -
Review from Ross R.
Arlington, VA
6/21/2010
We just played here 2 weeks ago, so my review is fresh.
I pulled in, there was no sign of any staff at the bag drop, around 7AM. This is not what I expect from a facility pretending to be a $95/round joint.
I took my bag with me to their gigantic range and proceded into the proshop, where I informed that their putting green was closed, but I would be expected to pay for range balls. Other high end coursesinclude the range balls and have a putting green. They also have ample staff at the bag drop, range, first tee. When I complained about paying full price for a place and expected full service and ammenities, the club manager comped my range balls.
The range facility would be 5 stars, except for one thing, its turf and there are no places to put a tee in the ground for hitting drivers. The range is large, well marked and has a number of targets. Their grass range looked small and wasn't offered to me.
On course, I thought that they did a good job with the construction. The biggest problem is that they crammed 18 holes into a space which is meant for 15 holes. The tees were in good shape, but the back 9 obviously hasn't been laser leveled like the front 9. The fairways are in good shape, but on the back 9 there are some holes which were soft and we haven't seen much rain. The greens are an enigma. They weren't receptive the full swing short iron approaches, but they rolled fairly slowly. Their sand traps were a little inconsistant, some were well filled others needed a fill.
A little local knowledge, GPS or yardage book would have really helped my score and playing experience. At 6200 yards, there were a lot of 3w/3i tee shots, but its not nearly as annoying as Avenel.
When I encountered staff on the course, they were very good and well trained. Pace of play was almost exactly 4:30 and we could have been a little faster. All around the course, we saw maintenance staff raking traps, trimming around the green, etc. Most local tracks are not doing the small things to keep the course in the kind of condition that warrants a top end greens fee.
There isn't a golf course in DC that isn't over priced and this place is no different. I don't know where people are coming up with $95-120 rounds of golf, but I have to wonder when someplace is going to close. -
Review from D L.
Washington, DC
7/28/2010
Went with a buddy of mine to 1757 a couple of weeks ago. There are a lot of good things and a lot of bad things about this club. First it's pricey for what you get. I paid $91 on a weekend which didn't include golf balls or GPS. The carts are also gas which are loud and unnecessary for a course that's flat. The range was a little pricey itself and is all artificial turf for non-members. It was nearly impossible to put a tee into the ground too even though they said you can. Also they told me the putting green was closed; of course when I passed it going to the back nine there were three people on it. It did look nice though and had a nice looking chipping area. Too bad I couldn't use it.
The course itself is a tale of two halves. The front nine is wonderfully plotted out and has some gorgeous holes. The back nine has some good holes too but seems to be crammed all on top of each other. You end up driving right by a lot of tee boxes over and over again so I wouldn't want to play it when it's crowded. The greens were like trampolines which makes it tough to get it close but the course conditions were great overall.
Lastly there is no way to walk this course. Although the back nine is on top of each other there are long stretches between greens and tees. Plus the ninth hole and tenth tee seem to be a half mile from each other. I would say there is good golf to be played here but I would probably only play it once a year.
