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Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club
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8 reviews for Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club
8 reviews in English
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Review from John K.
Rockville, MD
10/13/2010
Fantastic course that's challenging and fun to play. Hole #3 and Hole #18 have fantastic views. Free range balls before you play. It really is an immaculate course. I just don't want to know how much it is full price. I was able to play here with the Living Social Deal where I got to play for $40.
My only gripe was the stink bugs, but this was 2010. The year where every golf course has been overridden by these things. -
Review from Kieran T.
Alexandria, VA
Updated - 12/2/2011
Played 18 one Saturday in late October and the pace of play was disgraceful. We went off at 2pm thinking that would get us in before the 6:20 sunset time with just enough time to spare. However, by 6:20 we were still coming down the fairway at 15, on track for a 5 hour plus round. We tried to play a couple holes in the diminishing light, but ended up leaving before the 18th in almost pitch black.
Something must have happened to the running of this facility. We saw no marshalls on the course watching the pace of play, and the carts no longer have GPS. I like the course, but they have to fix their pace of play issues before I'm willing to shell out on these green fees again. I'll be playing Westfields more next year.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/16/2011
Fun course that has some of the most challenging greens in the area. They are lightining fast with… Read more »
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Review from Ross R.
Arlington, VA
Updated - 10/24/2011
I played Raspberry Falls on Sunday, half of it any in 2 hours and 40 minutes. I had to abandon my round, because there was simply no way I was going to come even close to completing the back 9 in a reasonable amount of time to meet my commitments at home which were predicated on completing my round in less than 5 hours. Its really sad that under 5 hours is now the benchmark for the amount of time I allot to a round of golf. My friends finished the round in 5 hours and 20 min.
At the first tee, I was greeted by a very friendly and cordial starter who assured me that, "players will be pulled off the course at any point, if they are not moving at a 4:20 pace". Those were his exact words and I found them to be music to my ears, unfortunately there was no follow through, what so ever. Quite frankly, I wish courses would do this, even occasionally, because the only thing worse than local golfers are local courses when it comes to issues of slow play.
On the 4th tee, after nearly an hour on the course I called the pro shop to alert someone to the problem. I explained the manager who answered the phone that I was going to be waiting on the tee for some time and that 3 holes per hour was an unacceptable pace of play. I don't feel that the issue was taken seriously by the manager in the club house who eventually assured me that he would come out there and check out the problem. One of the rangers appeared at the 4th green while we were putting out. He seemed to be about as unfriendly of a ranger as I have come across. At other courses I play, the rangers are proactive in talking to groups in these kinds of situations. He offered no explanation as to the situation behind the delay. I would later find out that the ranger was not the person whom I spoke to at the pro shop. This same ranger turned up as we were waiting on the 9th tee. The group in front of us cleared the fairway and as I was over the ball to tee off, he came cutting across the elbow of the fairway to take up a position to observe play. I was able to sort of able to abort the swing and topped a ball into the hazard, in order to avoid putting a ball in play that might endanger someone who was riding out close to my intended line of play.
I got back to the clubhouse and went to vent to the manager on duty. He was apologetic and generous with an 18 hole replay and an midweek buy one get one. The manager told me that his ranger informed him that there was nothing wrong with the on course conditions or pace of play. The on course rangers obviously are not paying attention to the groups/tee times or it would have been obvious that something was wrong before I phoned in from the 4th tee. The clubhouse manager was also quick to point out that we were a threesome so thats why we were waiting a lot, but 2 hours and 40 minutes to play 9 holes is still easily half an hour too long, no matter how many golfers are in the group. He went on to lament that the course had sold a lot of Groupons to lesser golfers who don't know the etiquette and while I can appreciate the problems associated with that, its incumbent upon the golf course to enforce pace of play, especially one as expensive as Raspberry Falls. I stopped playing Bull Run last year after successive 5 hour rounds. I drove 45 minutes out and hour back to the course from my home in Arlington. The rest of our group comes from Rockville and Gainesville. It was a similar commute for me to play Bull Run. Its roughly the same drive to Blue Mash, Whiskey Creek and less of a drive to Westfields who all charge about the same amount of money and haven't had the same pace of play problems as I have experienced at your courses.
To be blunt, I expect better from one of the most expensive courses within 50 miles of DC, especially when the putting green is closed and the rest of the greens have been verticut. I play all around the country and almost every place I go, I find better courses and better values, from Bethpage ($120), Harding Park ($120), Cog Hill #4 ($150), Tiburon Gold/Black in Naples ($90 summer rate when its cooler in FL than it is here in DC). Last week in LA, I played a no name course in the suburbs that was every bit as nice of a layout as any DC course with similar amenities for a whopping $50 with a cart at 8am on a Sunday.
I've given the midweek buy one get on to a co-worker, because I simply don't have that kind of room time in my schedule and when I do, I am playing as close to home or the office as possible. And I am not likely to get back in the next 90 days to use the 18 hole replay so thats down the drain too.
Have some respect for your customers.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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6/4/2010
Only 4 stars for the following reasons ....
1) Too many houses along the course, but not in play.
2)… Read more »
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Review from Quest F.
Reston, VA
5/24/2010
Raspberry Falls is a challenging and overall very nice course. It feels and looks like a private course. As a result it is pricey but worth playing here at least once in your lifetime. You wont regret playing there.
If this place was cheaper, I would give it 5 stars. -
Review from Elliott S.
Gainesville, VA
6/24/2011
Overall, I had a bad experience at Raspberry Falls. It took us 5.5 hours to play and the worst part about it was how rude the staff was. There was a golf outing that were wedged between without notice when we reserved the tee time. I thought the course conditions were good, but they were not enough to make up for the pace and staff.
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Review from jenn h.
Washington, DC
10/5/2006
*4 1/2 stars* This almost doesn't feel like a public course. Like other favorite courses, Raspberry Falls is also well-maintained and has fast greens. Their clubhouse has great food and free coffee. It's a challenging course, so if you really get too frustrated, you can leave to hit the nearby outlets for some retail therapy.
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Review from Andrew H.
i'd have to agree with all the previous comments made about raspberry falls. for me, the only thing holding it back from a 5 star rating was the cost. it is expensive for a public (though very easily could be a private) course. the only reason why i ended up there this weekend was because of a great deal i found online...though tee time was almost 4 pm.
as for the course, i was a bit worried when the marshal mentioned that the fairways had been taking a beating, but they turned out to be just fine. i'm nowhere near a level where i'm looking for pristine grass and measured roughs, so i felt that the course was just fine.
from the course design to the high-walled bunker (made me feel as if i was playing out of the roadside bunker at st. andrews...almost) to the elevated tees on a couple of holes, i was a big fan of raspberry falls. though i didn't play my best golf, i definitely enjoyed myself out there...which at the end of the day is all that really matters. -
Review from aj k.
Ellicott City, MD
2/4/2009
im glad jenn h brought up free coffee
a general rule of thumb is if a course offers free coffee, they have a good course and you'll pay for it.
but raspberry is worth what they charge, (around a $100).
get past the pretentiousness of the guy taking your money, and the smug starter, and your on your own. i dont think they even have rangers.
needless to say, the gary player designed holes challenge everything. distance, blind shots, accuracy, shot shaping, and putting. however, even if you mastered all these shots, where do you go to practice the kind of bunker shots gary left you.
pick a bunker, any bunker. it will have plush sand which is great. but it will also have a 5ft to 9 ft wall for you to compromise. forget where the hole is, just get it on the green or you face a double par to ruin your bid to break your best score.
the bunkers and the drainage is what keeps this gc from being a 5 star.
when it rains there, stay away for a week or else your dry cleaning bill will get you with mud all over it. as for the bunkers, i dont see these walls on the pga... maybe in china, but not the pga.
