Fort Lee, VA

Fort Lee Rec. Park - Old Layout

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zewski12
Experience: 12 years 93 played 7 reviews
1.50 star(s)

FT LEE 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 23, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Not too difficult to navigate, there are signs with hole info but no map.
-Kind of course the you can test out your arm strength.
-Wide open course if thats your thing.

Cons:

-I got bored with this course very quickly, nothing spectacular about it.
-No difficult, or unique holes.

Other Thoughts:

I was stationed at Fort Lee so it was nice to be able to play right on base but otherwise i would not have played this course more than once. But it is nice to see that the military is supportive of our sport. this is the second course ive seen on a base neither were great but they are there which is better than nothing.
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.50 star(s)

BK Lounge 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 31, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Having a Burger King within a disc's throw of basket-5, and not too far from baskets 9 and 18, is quite convenient.

Baskets and signs in good shape.

Cons:

Roads, walking paths, parking lots, fences possibly come into play on a number of the holes.

Other Thoughts:

The course is located in sections of open space located between crossroads, and near athletic fields, of a military base. The course uses what little elevation changes and obstacles (scattered large trees) that it has, but it is fairly flat and open. The first five holes are a bit jammed together, with some definite cross-fairway potential, and, ignoring number-7, the front nine averages ~250' in length. The newer back nine is much more spread out, and the holes are longer than those on the front, maybe by 75'~100'. The increase in trees forces some shot-shaping, but the back continues the flat theme.

The map is quite good for navigating the front nine. Until/unless someone creates a map of the back nine, the white-painted spoke on a basket will point you in the direction of the next tee. From tee-9, if you look towards the hardwoods to your right, you may see basket-18. Tee-10 is located to the right of basket-9, and basket-10 is towards the corner where right-field and the track meet, so you end up throwing across fairway-8. From basket-10, the course runs in more-or-less a counterclockwise fashion, crossing roads a few times

Teesigns and flush-to-ground coloured boards will identify the natural tee locations. Holes 14 and 18 have two tees. The lengths from the short tees are similar to the remainder of the holes, while the two longs tees add a lot of length.

If accuracy from 300' and in is your strength, you should have a few ace runs and multiple birdy chances, as nearly all the holes fit that description. Quite suitable for beginners.
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