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Conditions
2.7
Value
3.5
Layout
3.6
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.8
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 5917 yards
Slope 123
Rating 68.8

Course Details

Year Built 1960
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms

Reviews

3.2
245 Reviews (245)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It gets the job done

This course is literally a 5 minute walk from my front door, huge plus. It's a great course to gage how you are improving or not especially, if you play BC a lot. The down falls are as follows. 1. Spotty tee boxes, some are ok and some seem as if they just placed them in the fairway randomly. 2. The greens have no skirt/first cut, or at least that's how it seems. 3. The yard and hole markers, some holes have them some do not, and based off my range finder the yardage is off on a few holes. With all that said I don't really expect a 5 star course for the very reasonable price of 20 bucks. All in all its a great course to go practice at!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/27/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Bow Creek Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/02/2021

Thank you for reviewing us, We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Bow Creek Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bow dotch

Nice course nice greens but construction makes it a little tricky on the front side, unfortunately they won't let you start on the front, I do not like that

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Better shape

The course was in very good condition.
, but bunkers are terrible. Greens in best shape this year.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/30/2021

Hi, thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Bow Creek Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice municipal course

Nice municipal course. 3rd hole is shortened for a municipal drainage project. Lile most area courses the sand traps are hard-packed, cart paths are broken, and poorly maintained.
An abundance of Par 3's and blind doglegs may require irons of the tee box depending on your game.
Fairways and greens are in good shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

UNKNOWN CONSTRUCTION

There is major excavation in process next to / right side back id second green and Nr 3 par 5 excavation in middle of fairway. This former very nice Par 5 , 3rd hole tees are moved up to be a 140 yd par 3 now. They did not post any information about this major construction going on on the Golf Now app to inform one at time of reservation. Please remove this course for any future reservations or put a big warning sign about ongoing construction.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/28/2021

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We understand your frustration with the construction projects underway. Please bear with us as we work diligently to make improvements. We hope you'll give us another try in the future. Thanks for choosing Bow Creek Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 111
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Pass for now

I agree the course was not in good condition. I would skip this course until it got some favorable reviews.

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Commented on 07/22/2021

Hi,

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.

Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.

Thank you for visiting Bow Creek Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad course

The course conditions are just awful. The tee boxes are trash. There is no difference between rough and fairway all cut the same length. The bunkers are terrible. The greens are shaggy and slow as molasses. Thank god it only costs 20$ on a hot deal but not even worth that if you are even a tad serious about golf. I’m here for vacation from Michigan and thought I’d check out the golf in Virginia Beach and I chose this course because it had decent reviews and the tee time was ideal. Wish I had seen a review telling me it’s not worth my time. Unfortunately will probably be my only time golfing in Virginia Beach.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/21/2021

Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback of your recent round with us. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience you experienced at the course with us. Your feedback is extremely important to us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and apologize if we missed the mark. For further resolution in this matter, please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop. We hope to hear from you soon!

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Commented on 07/21/2021

I agree.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

hot july day on the front 9

good to see greens and tee boxes being watered. fairways were all green and playing hard and fast. not crazy about what they have done with #3 but that's out of their control. the young man in the pro shop was very nice and helpful. couldn't of been nicer

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Back 9 in Great Condition

Only played the back 9, but it was in excellent condition. The staff was outgoing and the snack bar went out of their way to make sure our group had a great lunch.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/09/2021

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Bow Creek Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

hot june day on the back 9

recent rains perked the greens up. some tee boxes very shoddy looking. asked the young man in the pro shop why i couldn't start on 1 and didn't get much of an answer. enjoy playing there but tired of the back 9.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/25/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Bow Creek Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

There were several construction going on around the course . Pace of play was very slow

I do not want to be unfair to this place since this was my first time playing at this golf course. I was not impressed. There were construction onsite, the pace of play was very slow and the course condition was not the best.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/22/2021

Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing Bow Creek Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/24/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Bow Creek Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible

Greens weren’t cut down and had a blitz go off the back slowing pace of play down significantly.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/14/2021

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve, and we are working towards getting things up to par. Thank you for playing Bow Creek Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bow Creek 6/12/21

A very good course for the money ($26 w/ cart). We were the first group out due to rain. Even though the course was wet the conditions were fine. The layout was good with a mix of dog legs.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Priced accurately

Had one rude staff member. Course was okay. They didn't have any range balls. Would play again for the price I paid.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/08/2021

Hi, Andy We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are sorry to hear your customer service experience was not up to par. Please reach out to our management team at (757) 431-3763, and thanks for visiting Bow Creek Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

A Beautiful June Day At The Creek

They started me on 10 which was surprising, and the gentleman in the pro shop told me 3 was now a par 3. Playing hard and fast, and didn't see a sprinkler greenside come on the whole time i was playing. Ball marks on greens not repaired

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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