Needwood Golf Course

A gorgeous day for golf, Needwood is still in pretty good shape after all these years, first time I’ve played it in tens years.
We got around in just under 4 hours, my score is not important, just felt good to knock the rust off.
Kudos to the ranger who help us find some errant tee shots on 9. The cart person was kind enough to wait for us to putt out on 7. Price for a bottled water and a small bag of peanuts, not outrageous.
The only blemish was the starter. Someone pissed in his cheerios this morning. Takes our tickets and then reassigns us to a different cart. Not, «excuse me, but would you mind taking this cart please.» It was, «NO, not that cart this one!» with an eye roll.
So we load up the cart sit for a few minutes, our tee time was in two minutes, figure we are good, so we ask if we can go, he just looks at us for a couple seconds and give us an emphatic «No» with another eye roll.
A minute goes buy and then he deems us worthy to leave his presence with a «you can go now».
Just a douche bag.

Update: We received three free rounds due to the experience that I previously mentioned. I went back a second time and had a completely different experience. It was a good time on a very nice course. I plan to go again this weekend.

I play here most often. it’s conveniently located to my house and it’s one of the better courses in this area. came with my brother and played the first nine on the main course. got right in with only a couple groups ahead of us. no one was above average, and me and my brother are definitely below average. pace was fine and had a better experience than my last time on the executive course. greens and fairways are well kept and the course is designed for beginners to pros. will return and the prices are very reasonable.

Overpriced, grumpy staff, and they rush you through the entire time. Save your money — go to Red Gate.

Went golfing here for the first time and loved the executive nine holes! They are short enough to use your putter, but great for a beginner golfer! Although, I must say, it was a little confusing to figure out the path from the 8^th to the 9^th hole, but the setup makes sense! Oh and the driving range is right next to the parking lot which is a plus! You can hit your balls further with drivers, etc given the driving range has a hill backdrop! I also like the little educational signs about the types of grass they use on the field! :) Will be coming back!

Montgomery County Maryland does a great job maintaining the nine MC Public Golf Courses. Needwood has become one of the local favorites with its signature 18^th hole.
The staff at Needwood has turned over in recent years but their courtesy and professionalism has not changed. The course is challenging but fair. I believe I have Parred every hole just not in the same round.
Needwood clientele mirrors the residents of the County. It’s a good place to build your golf skill and make new acquaintances along the way.

Executive course review:
I love good executive courses — when I only have two hours or the main course is too busy a good par three does the trick and reminds me of where I learned to play. Needwood’s exec course is one of the best (of a small list) that I’ve played. There are 7 par threes (two of which are pitch and putts) and two par fours (which are legit par fours but pretty basic) which makes for a nice variety. The greens were well kept, the pace was good and the chance to use more than a wedge was nice. The only course complaint is that the area near the greens are overly flat — only a few bunkers, ridges and dells — so you don’t really get a good test of your short game. For $ 14 this was a great value.

I’ve played all over the country but mostly in FL since about a year ago. Grew up in NJ.
For the life of me, I cannot understand Unilocalers not giving this five stars. Muni Courses are not Augusta, so please get over yourself griping about this and that. The course has been in very good to excellent shape the past three times I played it. The pace was fine for the time of year. Seriously, this is a gem for the nickel.

These bunch of Bitches are retarded.
I have played here in the past… probably 6 – 7 years ago past, and this place is a typical Municipal course. They are cheap and have a fairly challenging course that is fun to play.
My shitty review for this course is based on my less than stellar experience coming back here for the first time in 7 years.
I called and booked a tee time for the same day. All was well, I showed up about a half hour early went to pay then proceeded to the green for some putting. Its slowly getting closer to my tee time and so I head up to the carts to check-​in. I am probably about 5 – 10 minutes away from my designated time, however I see a bunch of people ahead of me lining up to tee off. I ask the guy who is monitoring the time that I am here but he says that he called my name several times and I didnt answer so he gives my tee time away…1. I call bullshit and 2. Its 5 minutes until I tee off how could you give away my time when it hasnt passed yet?
Did I mention I was just playing by myself, so it wasnt like a group of 4 people that would take up a bunch of time?
So as the guy is looking into this dilemma that he has gotten himself into, I am trying to patiently wait until he figures this cluster fuck out. After about 5 minutes he comes out and tells me that the next time that is available for tee off is 45 minutes away… BULLSHIT AGAIN! I tell him that that is crap and that I should be able to be squeezed in between some other party.
He goes back inside and tries to figure something out… comes out 5 minutes later and goes about his normal business. It wasnt until I asked him what the deal was that he says he will squeeze me in after the next 2 carts go. I wait and he starts to call more people up to tell them that they are next. I question him again and he says that I will be in after that.
At this point Im fed up, pissed off, and in no mood to play. I walk inside to go get a refund and to talk to the Manager. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL FUN HAPPENS. As the Manager comes out to talk to me, the Ass Clown outside comes in and begins to yell at me calling me a liar. I dont give two fucks about if you called my name or not, you come in to yell at a customer? Any other place and you would have been fired on the spot, yet this nut sack goes on his merry way in front of the Manager.
An apology from the Manager, a refund and I am sent packing… nothing else… no im sorry about the mixup please come back and play again… no let me buy you a hot dog while you wait, no nothing.
Like I said at the beginning… what a bunch of ass clown bitches.

This is one of the better golf courses in Montgomery County that is considered public. The fairways and greens are well maintained. The course can get crowded but everyone is patient usually. The front 9 seem to be a little easier than the back 9.
The course offers holes with varying degrees of difficulty. The price is right, especially for afternoon hours approx $ 25.

Good course layout. Well maintained fairways and short rough, especially for a county course. Had a couple holes with higher than normal rough, made it a little difficult to find the balls. The water is really only in play on the Par-​4 18^th hole, which got my only 2 lost balls of the round :-(Can get backed up in mid-​to-​late weekend afternoon when it’s nice out.
Clubhouse is basic and don’t expect much from the café /​restaurant. Definitely a course I would play again.

Being from Rockville, this has become my home course. I really started playing a lot here in the past year and therefore this review may be a bit biased.
The rates are very competitive. If you purchase a tee time on
(I wish I had a free round for every time I plugged this site), you can get 18+cart for around $ 22 – 28. Weekends are usually $ 30+. The twilight rates are hard to beat — at $ 15, you can walk as many holes till the sun sets, which, more often than not, is a full front or back 9. The executive course is great too (7 par 3’s and 2 par 4’s that play pretty challenging) and it’s all for $ 14 to walk.
The driving range is nice and it’s $ 5 to get about 50 balls. The markers extend to about 225 with the net running into the 11^th fairway. The proshop isn’t somewhere I’d shop, but they have a decent selection of goods available. The grill on the 2^nd floor is relatively cheap, offers good food, and provides nice views of the 18^th green.
The course is usually in very good shape. The greens are very large and easy to hit. Unfortunately, they are a bit slow and I don’t have a lot of success putting on them. The course offers a nice array of holes, including a beautiful par 3 over water and two long back-​to-​back par 5’s. There are nice elevation changes off the tee box and many holes are much more complicated than «hit it straight and long.» The layout is definitely fun and challenging.
I’ve also taken a lesson here and I must say that in just over 50 minutes, I added 15 yards to each club and was able to start correcting the devastating slice i hit with driver.
All in all, worth it. Give it a go, you won’t be disappointed.

I learned to play golf in 2006 here. They have a driving range (mats only), putting green (no chipping) and another putting green near the Exec Course.
The main course is an 18 hole course. It’s relatively short, but the rough is unforgiving. Fairways are wide. The course is well kept for a municipal course. The clientele are not pretentious and I have made a few friends just joining other groups. The clubhouse has a snack bar and grill. They serve beer and soda. The Pro Shop is limited but they can order anything for you. Staff are helpful.
Greens are in OK condition because the greenskeepers work at it, despite the people who don’t fix their pitchmarks.
Overall, it is a good public course without the «Country Club» wanna be attitude of other courses.
I still consider my Alma Mater my Home Course.

It was alright. 2 holes was underconstruction. one of the hole is behind someone backyard, i didn’t like that. the condition is good. over all between northwest park and needwood, i pick northwest park.

Too crowded, every time I play here, so I stopped.

Outside of being a distant location for me, this course is great on all accounts.
The price is right and the course is beautiful. I appreciate how well maintained Needwood is and the fact that there is a good mix of par 3, 4 and 5 holes.
The crowd Needwood attracts is pretty good. Warning to beginning golfers though, this is an intermediate-​to-​advanced amateur course.

Just a tad better than Northwest which I use as my benchmark for golf courses (since it’s my home course). The conditions are very well kept and it’s a good meeting point for all my friends who live in Gaithersburg. Twilight fees aren’t that unreasonable. And the course isn’t too tough. My favorite hole is 15. There’s something about Par 3’s with a big water hazard in the front that makes it fun to hit.

Good public golf course that is owned by the county. Prices for both the full course and the executive course are reasonable.
Full course is not incredibly difficult. This is where I learned how to golf and was able to manage the course reasonably well after several weeks of playing. Fairways are well kept, roughs are not too bad. Greens depend on the season.
Unfortunately like most DC course, it gets dried out over the winter. Luckly this winter I spent most of my time in San Diego and San Francisco.
You can make tee times online, with good discounts. just google montgomery county golf.