Honey Bee Golf Club
About
Nestled in the heart of Virginia Beach, Honey Bee Golf Club is one of the area's most popular daily-fee golfing venues. Rees Jones designed the course, incorporating water on 10 holes as well as intricate bunkering throughout. The challenging layout has several tricky doglegs and some treacherous blind shots as well. It's a golf course that demands careful course management and some strategic thinking. Accurate shot placement is also key when maneuvering the rolling fairways and contoured greens. While it's by no means an easy golf course, it is an enjoyable round for players of all skill levels, making it a popular venue for tournaments and corporate outings. For golfers looking to get an entire day of golf in, Honey Bee's sister club, Stumpy Lake, is only about half a mile away.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 70 | 6075 yards | 68.7 | 117 |
Black | 70 | 5667 yards | 67.0 | 113 |
Blue | 70 | 5207 yards | 65.2 | 109 |
Silver | 70 | 4929 yards | 68.5 | 118 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 69.6/125 W: 76.1/138 | 525 | 172 | 347 | 180 | 303 | 374 | 545 | 180 | 374 | 3000 | 465 | 179 | 339 | 190 | 363 | 446 | 196 | 399 | 498 | 3075 | 6075 |
Black M: 67.9/121 W: 73.9/134 | 510 | 152 | 326 | 164 | 284 | 357 | 510 | 160 | 348 | 2811 | 443 | 162 | 319 | 165 | 335 | 427 | 166 | 371 | 468 | 2856 | 5667 |
Blue M: 65.6/116 W: 71.3/128 | 404 | 146 | 315 | 136 | 277 | 336 | 456 | 130 | 336 | 2536 | 424 | 140 | 306 | 131 | 323 | 393 | 148 | 348 | 458 | 2671 | 5207 |
Silver M: 64.6/114 W: 68.5/118 | 400 | 128 | 296 | 130 | 262 | 326 | 442 | 123 | 325 | 2432 | 367 | 128 | 294 | 111 | 299 | 384 | 138 | 325 | 456 | 2502 | 4934 |
Forward M: 64.6/114 W: 68.5/118 | 402 | 128 | 306 | 124 | 259 | 327 | 445 | 125 | 324 | 2440 | 368 | 130 | 298 | 110 | 304 | 377 | 138 | 328 | 436 | 2489 | 4929 |
Handicap | 4 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 70 |
Handicap (W) | 8 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Virginia (2016 #13)
Reviews
Reviewer Photos
goose crap
My first time at this course, my wife and I were playing on our anniversary. Beautiful weather. The problem was so much goose crap everywhere! Totally gross. we are used to some around on local courses, but this was the worse I have ever seen. Several tee boxes were almost unusable. They should do something about these migratory birds that dont migrate. Don't think I would go back or recommend it to others.
Nice but crappy
Appeared to be a nice course, but the amount of goose crap everywhere was disgusting. Some tee boxes were almost unusable. The geese were in the way everywhere. I doubt if I would go back because of that. They really should take a look at that, because it really turns people off. Especially when they have to pay a premium price.
So many geese and bare patches
Course isn’t in bad shape, but for $60 should be quite a bit better.
Greens really shaggy and have bare patches on them, tee boxes are ok but need a lot more maintenance. Standing water on a few holes even though it hasn’t rained in a few days, bunkers rocky in some and others great.
Pace of play! And players: pace of play finished 18 in about 4 hours so pretty good for a full course, Players… a lot of “hey a ball grab it” had my ball picked up 4 different times. One time it was in the other fairway and the guy just played it without looking at it and other times just off my own fairway and someone shanked across their hole and then took mine in the process. Pretty crazy greedy.
Overall it’s ok but not worth the money. Needs actual maintenance on it. If your a really bad golfer this course is for you.
Great Day, Bad Golfers
Course was great! Conditions were great! All of that was overshadowed by the guys that were behind us. Our group was keeping up with the guys in front of us the entire round but the guys behind us hit up on us several times. We tried to be understanding but after the 2nd time it became very annoying. there was nowhere for us to go. The Marshall came by and warned them twice and then on the final hole they did it again and we had about had it at that point in time. It definitely took all the fun out of the entire day especially after paying almost 60 bucks a person.
Missing Care and Attention
I feel bad being critical because I really love this course, but even though I broke 80 for the first time ever here on this visit, it really was a struggle to get round.
Where to start... Well for February weather was amazing, sunny, temperatures in the mid 70's the only down side was that it was quite windy which made conditions tricky.
I took advantage of the driving range and putting greens beforehand so I could best enjoy my round and this might have been where I should have known I was in for a tough day. Driving range was very wet underfoot, but it's February so I just used an all weather mat. Putting green was lighting fast, actually took me by surprise just how fast.
Issues with the course...
Tee Boxes. It must be some time since they were last adjusted, between the complete lack of any grass underfoot to the dozens of broken and discarded tees it really just looked awful. It's not just on one or two holes either, there isn't a tee box fit for purpose on the whole 18.
Bunkers. I say bunkers because you cannot call them sand traps, more clay and shale than any actual sand (except maybe for the large greenside bunker on 16). It's amazing how poor the sand traps are for a course that has so much sand nearby.
Pace. I'll split blame for this on golfers with poor etiquette and a club with no marshals or starters. By the time I got to the fifth hole there were five groups behind a threesome that wouldn't have hit water if they fell out of a boat. The problem was they were not allowing smaller, quicker groups to play through and there was nobody around to sort it out. At least other courses in the area will pair smaller groups together to keep pace of play up to where it's acceptable (nothing enjoyable about sitting in your cart for 10 minutes while a foursome hacks out of the woods 60yards away).
Now don't get me wrong, this was not a bad day of golf, I love the challenge of this course (especially the last four holes that make up the Beehive). It was just disappointing to take over four and a half hours to get round.
Hot Day on the Course
The course is in very good condition, the layout is nice. Very nice place to play..
My favorite VB course!
Course is always in great condition. Challenging layout makes you use every shot and club in your bag.