Reston National Golf Course

Misleading information on Golfnow since the golf course does not honor the inclusive cart fee stated on Golfnow deal.

I've been hearing a lot of grief about Reston National lately, so I wanted to give it a try and see for myself. I booked a 7:40am Saturday tee time, showed up about 15 minutes beforehand, and hit a few balls off the mat before heading out to walk the course ($20 to ride... no thank you).

In terms of pros, the course is in pretty good shape. The holes have some interesting layouts (crossing a major road twice and the tee box by the road on 17 is a little weird though). The blind shots aren't crazy, the greens are in pretty good shape, the bunkers were ok for a public course after rain, and generally I felt like the course is a fair play for the price.

In terms of cons, there were two big ones. The first was the pace of play. While I really appreciated that a ranger was out there trying to move people along, a near 5 hour round that early in the morning was rough. Having to wait so much throws off your game, which then backs everyone up. I know most public courses are experiencing long round problems, but 5 hours was just too much.

The second big problem was the bugs. We had constant swarms of gnats around our heads constantly to the point that I would have to step back from shots on several occasions after one flew in my eye. I know it is nature, but I don't encounter those type of problems at places like Herndon down the road.

Overall, Reston National played pretty decent. If you can catch a good deal and avoid busier times, you can have a good time.

Alright at best but needs a lot of improvement to justify $90 range. Greens were bad--lumpy and extremely extremely slow. Fairways are green but need to be cut and sharper cut at rough edge, it just bleeds together. Bunkers are a little firm, they need a good raking each morning.

4:40 minute round with no marshals. 2:30 front 9 alone. At times there were 3 groups on the same hole. You shouldn’t have to worry about a 5 hour round in 2023. The course conditions were about as good as they can be at that course. Still don’t think it warrants the full rack rate of $75.

Very bad condition of green. Too much dead leaves, not ready to play.

Only had time to play the front 9. Course was in good condition. Greens seemed like they were recently worked on but still playable, so I’m sure they are great when in proper conditions. Fairways were in good condition and spacious. Staff was kind and helpful. Overall a great experience.

Coarse should have been closed due to the aeration of the greens. At least note the coarse has been aerated and impose a discount to play it. It took us over 4 hrs to play which probably could have been done in 3.5 hrs. We waited on many tees and fairways. No Marshall. We only saw the cart person twice. Once at 2 nd hole and 18th hole.

Glizzys are $8.50. Not worth it.

Everything else was very worth it. 4.9/5 would go again without glizzys.