Honey Bee Golf Club
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Decent Muni
Honey Bee is a decent muni course that was in a convenient location. The greens had been aerated and sanded, and there were some wet spots from recent rains. Overall it's a decent course and hopefully will be in great condition once the weather warms up and the grass greens up.
Greens inundated with sand. Unplayable
They aireated the greens, left tons of sand to the point of the greens being unplayable, and yet they didn’t discount the round or tell anyone at the clubhouse about it. Could not putt. Completely unacceptable.
Too many duck droppings on the chipping green
Trying to find a spot duck dropping free was not easy … it took away from experiencing and fun time at warming up before playing
Honey Bee is a Treat to Play
Challenging course with well maintained greens and difficult rough. Friendly staff. Will play again for sure.
Greens
Greens were punched aerated so the green fees as it is called should have been discounted
Shameful.
Greens fees were full price for aerated and sand dressed greens. No notification this was the course condition otherwise I would not have chose it for my round. Bunkers not maintained. Cart paths terrible. Overall would not recommend. Sadly won’t be returning.
Greens Areated
Beautiful 70 degree, sunny day. Light breeze and the course was not packed. But the greens had recently been aerated and the greens were very sandy. I don't understand why players are charged 'full price" for greens that are too bad to putt on.. Had I known the greens were punched, I'm sure I would've played elsewhere
Great course for the money.
This course has a great layout, the greens are fair & in good condition. I would highly recommend playing this course. The rates are very reasonable.
Honey Bee
Been playing here for many years but hadn’t played in about a year. Best condition I have seen the course in for a long time. A few greens have a few burned areas but all in all they were soft and fast. Loved it and will be back soon. Doesn’t hurt I shot my career low round!
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