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Value
3.3
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6770 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.5

Course Details

Year Built 1994
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range 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

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Maryland (2015 #6)

Reviews

3.2
113 Reviews (113)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 23
Forced Carries 14
Plays Long 9
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 19
Advanced Golfers 18
Locals 14
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 21
In the 'Burbs 7

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Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent course. Not for beginners. Plenty of green to tee for environmental purposes. Staff, both golf shop and course maintenance excellent.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Bad Design

There should not be a golf course on this land. The land itself would make a great ski resort.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Wonderful Course

This is a great tract, well maintained and fun. If you enjoy courses with allot of elevation changes, you will love this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

a very tough challenge

It's a course where you need to understand the layout. Huge elevation changes. Many uphill drives or down hill par 3's. The par 4 and 5 remind me of Bethpage. The par 3's do not. I'm not a fan of severe changes on par 3 where you are simply guessing how much it drops by 20 - 30 yards. There's almost no bailout room as well. Hence the pace on our round was 5 hours just to reach the 18th hole. The course was in great conditions but the greens had too much poa anna to keep the ball online on touch putts. Gorgeous views of the mountains. So my guidance if you want a tough place to test your game, try the blue tees but you better bring have a long trust worthy driver and be ready for some target shots as well.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

Stunning natural beauty

Little Bennett is a beautiful course because the difficulty of the course is based on the natural hilliness and woods. It doesn't rely on the use of bulldozers to shape elevated greens and sand traps. Most of the par 4s have blind tee shots and all of the par 5s have blind 2nd shots (for a 250 yard driver). There is lots of wildlife. I wish that the greens on 3,5,9 and 13 didn't have such radical slopes, or were not cut nearly so short. Also, golfers have a nasty habit of tossing their beer cans off of the carts while driving through here. And, for avid walkers, like me, it doesn't seem reasonable to have be forced to pay the $15 cart fee to walk. It is still a fun and beautiful course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Well Done!

Played here as part of a golf group outing on Sunday- Shotgun start. Course was in EXCELLENT shape- Greens about 11 on the STIMP meter but rolled true, fairways well groomed, Tee boxes almost perfect. As a County Govt owned course, this blows away a lot of Private courses and Country Clubs I have played. Design and Layout are very imaginative- lots of blind shots. Play course management- a yardage book would have helped. Overall, an excellent course open to the public. Play it now!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great Value!

Played here a few times this year after haven't been back in a couple of years. Course was in a great shape. Nice fairways and greens.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Good course, great value

Overall, a good course. Conditions were very well kept, and each shot posed a different level of challenge. Pace of play was a little iffy, it seemed like a lot of people were smashed in together. The group behind us (a threesome) kept playing into our group (a foursome) and complained to the ranger. They were also playing from the very forward tees, so they were constantly waiting to play from 100 yards closer than us. Otherwise, great round!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

My Home Course

I haven't played golf in about a 2 months, but since is my home course and the weather was nice for November, I played around 11:00 and was glad I did. This course is always in great shape whether it's the beginning, middle or end of golf season. Really lucky to have this as my home course. Didn't play well, but didn't expect much considering the lapse of time since I've played.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course conditions

After a few days of constant rain the course was in excellent shape. I played as a single then hooked up with another single in the back 9. They were cutting the grass around the greens; lost my ball just outside a green because of tall and moist grass.
The leaves start to fall now and constant maintenace is required to blow away leaves off around the greens. I'll play this course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

long round for a friday

I was a little disipointed it ok us over 5 hours for Friday afternoon round. 210 tee time took us far into dusk. Course was in good shape for the dry summer we had. I will come back and play again at an earlier time.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Glad I Went Back

Had not been there for a few years. After a drought, conditions were very good. Holes 9 & 18 are challenging, but memorable. Glad I went back and will be playing again there soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good Place to Play

Of all of the County Courses Little Bennett should be ranked near the top with a nice variety of holes and shots. The conditions were nice despite a warm dry summer.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

An excellent course

The fairways,greens and what i know from firsthand experience the rough are in excellent shape. Pro shop staff got us in and out. The snack bar person gave us after hours attention to refill our drinks when she could have easily said no. The sights of the mountains, the barns and the rolling fairways were really nice. One of our foursome tied his lowest score so Im sure we will be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging but fair course

I enjoy playing on this beautiful golf course. It was my first time and we didn't know how the course condition and layout but the score card is very helpful. I found some of the par threes are more challenging than par fours and fives. The driving range is one of the best in the area....it's real grass and well maintained.Overall we had a good round and can't wait to go back and get a better score.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I recommend this course.

It was interested for my friends and me.
It was some difficult and easy.
Generly good course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

little bennett

Very hilly.Would not recommend walking.Course was in good condition.The Greens were slow.A couple of quirky holes.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beatiful course

Booked through GolfNow with a great rate and got there a little early and they sent us right off. First time ever here and there were quite a few golfers that date but not too much of a hold up on the tee boxes. Would play this course again when give the opportunity. Great time !

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

nice course but too much delay

I loved the course layout and condition. I recommend especially players who enjoy challenging hilly course. However, the pace of in 9 holes was really horribly slow. You will need lots of patience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Country Club conditions on a Public Course

This is a very challenging course that will test all aspects of your game. But, if you play well you will be rewarded. Conditions are superb. Greens are smooth and fast, but receptive. Bunker sand is good. The Par threes are all memorable and the holes that finish both sides...9 and 18...will have you talking to yourself on the ride home. A great experience all around.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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