The Golf Club at Mattaponi Springs

Nathan Cook

I’ll start by saying I don’t feel comfortable giving a Star rating because it doesn’t reflect the beauty of this place from tee to almost the green…. The reviews I read prior to booking my tee times mentioned the greens being in bad shape. When I called I was told they were forced to punch them because they were pretty beat up, assuming just from a lot of play and unfixed ball marks. I booked anyway because the tee time would be about 2 1/2 weeks from the punch date. I called back 2 days prior to my tee times to check on the progress. I was told the greens came back fine other than a few rough spots on the outer edges of a few of the greens. The guy followed up by saying that they were manipulating pin placements so that those areas wouldn’t come into play. The layout is beautiful, tall pines line just about every hole but done really come into play unless you’re hitting it poorly. A few ponds with beautiful rock walls are a great addition. The tee boxes are in great shape and the fairways are great to hit off of and were pristine, I don’t think I saw a divot all day. The distances of the holes are very fair, you’re forced to hit your spots on a few holes. The undulation in the fairways challenge and punish long hitters that miss their marks on some holes. The greens…absolutely atrocious. Zoom in on the pic I added. They are unplayable with both disease growth AND crabgrass on every hole, not on the edges as I was told but on a majority of every green. They just covered the growth with sand. We had a lot of putts tracking in and hit a bump or sand patch inside of 2 inches and kick sideways. I don’t believe they can save these greens and will need to shut the place down in order to replace them. This is a real shame and great failure by the GM of golf and greenskeeper, if they have either. I feel as if I was lied to and pretty much cheated out of my money. It’s as if they took the greens from a cow pasture course and transferred them to a beautiful destination golf course. I would LOVE to play this course again on playable greens, and would probably do so multiple times a year if they fix things but for now I’d recommend staying away until things are fixed. The only reason I give 2 stars is because the good mentioned doesn’t deserve to be associated with the greens. Otherwise I’d give 0 stars because the greens are truly unplayable unless you’re ok with picking up and giving yourself a 2Putt once you hit the green.

Sam Harrison

Don’t believe them when you call to make a tee time and they say the greens are doing better. They are completely destroyed to the point of unplayable and it has nothing to do with aeration. The layout is good and fairways are great but the greens are completely gone. I’ve never seen worse greens anywhere in 25 years of playing golf.

Rob Dewald

Nice fairways, ok bunkers. Greens are trash rite now. Crab grass, many bare spots, 3 Greens are gone, just sand. Because of Greens not worth the price

Phak Pen

Great times with my boys! One hasn't played in 2 years and out shines us all. Greens needed a little more love in maintenance but we are definitely coming back for the awesome views, great pace and friendly staff.