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Algonkian Golf Course

Location icon 47001 Fairway Dr, Sterling, VA
Phone icon (703) 450-4655
18

Holes

72

Par

7,015

Yards

73.0

Rating

126

Slope

Yes

Driving Range

Description

Algonkian is a staple public course in Northern Virginia, set along the Potomac and routed through mature parkland terrain that feels surprisingly scenic for how close it is to major suburbs and the airport corridor. The front nine is typically more tree-lined and “classic,” while the back nine brings in more movement and water/stream influence that can flip a good round quickly. It’s long enough from the tips to challenge better players, but it remains playable for a wide range of handicaps because the holes generally give you room to find grass. A lot of the scoring comes down to approach shots and staying disciplined around the water that creeps into play on multiple holes. It’s a course locals return to because it’s dependable, varied, and has a true “regional park gem” feel.

Tee Times

Tue, Apr 14
Last updated 20 minutes ago

Great fall golf for the beginning of November! With a frost delay of about an hour the starter was able to have the course operating on-time by noon. I even went off a few minutes early for a 1:50 tee time. Course is in good shape and they were actively blowing leaves from the fairways and greens. Staff was great, no complaints from me!!

William

5

5 months ago

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Great public course. Amazing place to learn how to play and enjoy the sport. Kenny, Rachel, and the Proshop staff are awesome couldn’t be more welcoming! Wish they still had a teaching pro, but there are some nice people at the range that can always give some nice advice.

Kevin

5

6 months ago

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This place sums up “Local Muni” as it is a fine course but nothing special. I’m just gonna keep it short and sweet. Brought my wife out in spring of 2015 and had a pleasant time. Decided to come back with my kids in June. The greens are straight dogwater. An arnold palmer can be purchased for the “cheap” price of 3.50 cents. The range balls were bought of tiktok shop. The pin locations aren’t the best. But it’s a great place to learn how to play the game.

jamal

2

7 months ago

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Second time to Algonkian, and remembered why I haven’t been there since before Covid - the starters. The starter was rude, did not listen to me, and was weird about which golf cart for me to take. He ended up giving me two keys (I gave one back) and continued to lecture me on things he already lectured me on (cart path only, when to have the cart back in, etc). We were on the tee box for our last hole a 5 minutes before we had to have the carts in and he demanded we pick up our bails and pack it up. The cheaper rates than other areas courses are not worth the lackluster experience with the starter’s poor customer service. The time prior to this, I was like others, arriving to the starter station 10 minutes early and was lectured by the starter that I wasn’t early enough.

Colin

1

6 months ago

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Unfortunately had to change my rating since it was several years ago that I wrote it. I would recognize that the course is in great shape. My experience was extremely poor, maybe at the age of 55 I'm getting old. I don't think people should be allowed to play music so loud you hear it from 200 yards away (I'm being conservative). I also do not believe the port o potty on the 15th tee has been cleaned since pre-covid. There is a tree growing inside of it, full of ticks. So if you need to be infected, that's a good place to start. I asked for it to be cleaned, and two weeks later it is untouched.

Fredrick

3

8 months ago

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