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3.9
468 Reviews (468)
5 Stars
138
4 Stars
238
3 Stars
69
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
11
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.0
87.7%
Recommend this course
423 out of 468 reviews
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4.1
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
14 out of 14 reviews
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3.9
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
84.9%
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45 out of 53 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6075 yards
Slope 117
Rating 68.7

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1988
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Virginia (2016 #13)

Reviews

3.9
468 Reviews (468)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 27
Bunkers 26
Forced Carries 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 33
Beginners 15
Advanced Golfers 14
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 32
In the 'Burbs 12
Worth the Drive 11

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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
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Reviews 192
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Top 250 Contributor

Car path on three holes

Didn’t mind so much the car path only on three holes .. we didn’t like the golfer hitting down on us … he knew we had a foursome in front of us … very rude

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Covered in mud.

It seemed as though maintenance was lacking a bit. Most of the sand traps had more than a foot of standing water in them. This usually isn’t the case for Honey Bee. It’s early in the season though. I love the course and will be back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 111
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Reviews 30
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Good place 👍🏻

Golf course is good and always in good shape slow play for November but it is what it is

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Let’s gooooo

Pace of play let’s speed it up we
Are not pro’s hit and go it’s ridiculous how long sometimes it takes to play a round

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

A good test at a good price

It's a good track, variety of holes, used most of the clubs in the bag. Not overly long, but it makes up for that with relatively tough greens - quicker than you'd think, and with more subtle breaks than you see. Well, than I thought and than I saw! I had 41 shots and 39 putts (including 6 three-putts). Never could get the speed right.

Anyway, I'll be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Honey Bee is Sweet!

Our group of 3 enjoyed a great round of 18 on a Sunday that started out gloomy but for the last 9 holes it was a sunny beautiful fall day. The course is top notch with beautiful groomed fairways and greens. The highlight of the day was trying to navigate the last part of the back 9 through the challenging Bee Hive holes. We enjoyed the entire course and definitely will be back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 80
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Bad luck

We got paired up with two college guy who had never played golf...we had to constantly tell them it was their turn to hit...four groups played thru us in the first five holes...we finally left the buy then had to wait on other slow groups...not the courses gailt

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor Pace of Play

In general Honey Bee is a good course. On the 1st hole I saw a Marshall. I thought great, the pace of play should be good, but boy was I wrong. He didn't do anything to speed up the pace of play. My tee time was at 9:28 , I finished at 2:45 PM. So Saturday golf is probably closer to 7 hours. I will play this course again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 111
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect day for golf

Course looked great! Greens were in good shape except that golfers today do not clean their marks. Pace was very slow.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 76
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Dog leg heaven

There’s 6 par 3’s, and 4 par 5’s. No 150 yard poles, most greens are sloped pretty steeply from back to front, staff was friendly, sand not too bad but kinda pebbly, greens mostly ok, houses and huge trees line most fairways, fairways & tees a bit overgrown.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good track to play but tee boxes and greens need some attention.

Enjoyed the round here and love the course layout. The course was in good condition except tee boxes were chewed up and not even and the greens had so many unrepaired and repaired divots. Fairways were descent.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great day on the course

Played while visiting from Canada. Had a great day course was in amazing shape. Pace of play was perfect. Will be returning in a few weeks and cant wait to play it agaian

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great day

Played while visiting family. I am from Niagara Falls Ontario Canada. Had a great time very peaceful and relaxing round of golf. Great value great layout great conditions. 2 greeens had minor burn areas other then that course was perfect. Challenging but great for all golfers. Cant wait to go back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 76
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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