ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, August 11, 1996 TAG: 9608090143
SECTION: DISCOVER ROANOKE VALLEY PAGE: 91 EDITION: METRO
Following is a partial list of golf courses around the Roanoke Valley:
Public courses
Blue Hills: Semiprivate. Membership through stock purchase. Associate memberships: $25. Greens fees: Associate members Monday through Thursday $15.50 (18) and $8.50 (9); Friday through Sunday $18 (18) and $9.50 (9). Public Monday through Thursday $17.50 (18) and $9.50 (9); Friday through Sunday $19 (18) and $10.50 (9). Cart fees: $20 (18), $11 (9). Starting times: Call at 8 a.m. Thursday for Friday-Saturday-Sunday times. Stockholders may call Wednesday for weekend times; others after 8 a.m. Thursday. Par: 71 (men), 74 (women). Yardage: 6,547 (blue), 6,095 (white), 5,755 (red). Call pros Johnny King and Jeff Sprinkel for appointments for lessons at $25 per half-hour. Phone: 344-7848.
Botetourt Country Club: Semiprivate. Memberships available. Family membership is $750 initiation, $875 dues. Individual membership is $750 initiation, $700 dues. Senior membership open for players 55 and over during the week. Cost is $750 initiation, $575 dues. Greens fees: $15 (18) and $8 (9) Monday through Thursday; $20 (18) and $10 (9) Friday through Sunday and holidays. Cart fees $10 (18) and $5 (9). Members may call for starting times after 7 a.m. Monday. Nonmembers may call for weekend starting times after Thursday at noon. Head pro Chris Rouse and assistant Tom Purnell give lessons at $25 per half-hour. Par: 71 (men), 71 (women). Yardage: 6,119 (blue), 5,796 (white), 4,940 (red). Phone: 992-1451.
Brookside: Semiprivate. Memberships: $250 (adult), $350 (husband and wife), $450 (family), $100 (students June through August); 10 percent discount for seniors over 60. Greens fees: $5 for first nine, $4 for each additional nine. Club rental $1 for bag of four clubs. Course open from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m., year around, depending on weather. Nine-hole course. Par: 27. Yardage: 840. Phone: 366-6059.
Countryside: Semiprivate. Memberships available by calling pro shop (563-0391). Greens fees: $21 (18, weekdays), $26 (18, weekends), $14 (9, weekdays), $16 (9, weekends and holidays after noon). Cart fees: $11 per half-cart (18), $7.50 per half-cart (9). Combination rate of greens fee & cart is $29 weekdays, $36 weekends. Special rate of $13 greens fee and cart for nine holes before 7:30 p.m. on weekdays. Special rates after 4 p.m.: $18 for greens fees and cart during the week and $24 for weekends. Pull carts: $3.50 (18), $2.50 (9). Starting times: Members may call 14 days in advance, nonmembers seven days in advance. Range balls: $8 per bucket, $6 per large basket, $4 per small basket. Range closes Sunday at 6 p.m. and p.m. rest of week. Par: 71 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,861 (blue), 6,028 (white), 5,293 (red). Assistants Brian Sams and Marshall Langhammer give lessons at $35 per hour. Series of five one-hour lessons available for $135. Phone: 563-0391.
Hanging Rock: Associate memberships available for $50, which reduces greens fees by $6 per round and reduces range ball price by one-half. No full-time memberships available. Players may walk anytime during week and after 1 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Greens fees $20 (18, weekdays), $25 (18, weekends), $13 (9, weekdays), $16 (9, weekends). Cart fees $12 per person for 18 and $10 per person for 9. Practice range with elevated greens at 100, 150 and 180 yards. Range balls $4 for small bucket (25 balls), $6 for medium bucket (50 balls), $8 for large bucket (100 balls). Teaching pro Chip Sullivan and assistant pro Billy McBride III gives lessons at $30 per half hour. Corporate outings available. Starting times can be made day in advance on weekdays and Wednesday morning for weekends. Par: 73 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,828 (black), 6,216 (blue), 5,669 (white), 4,691 (gold and red). Phone: 389-7275 (389-PAR5).
Hollyfields Golf Club: Semiprivate. Membership open. Initiation fee $250. Single $300 annual dues, husband and wife ($450). Greens fees: $14 (18), $7 (9). Carts: $5 per person per cart for 9 holes, $10 per person per cart for 18 holes. Full cart fee for single riders on weekends until 5 p.m. Land has been surveyed for an additional nine. Tee times required for weekends and holidays. Members may call Monday and Tuesday; public may call Wednesday. Pro Wes Swope available for lessons upon request on Tuesdays and Saturdays. $25 for 45-minute lesson and three lessons for $65, five lessons for $100. Buckets $4.50 (small, approximately 60 balls) and $5.50 (large, approximately 90 balls). Par: 36 (men), 37 (women). Yardage: 3,385 (blues), 3,087 (white), 2,887 (red). Phone: 929-4583; 344-0961.
London Downs: Semiprivate. Memberships available, but there is waiting list. Full membership $880 per year. Five-day membership (Monday through Friday) is $575 per year. $1,000 initiatian fee for full membership. Greens fees: $10 (9, weekdays); $15 (9, weekends); $16 (18, weekdays); $21 (18, weekends). Cart fees: $10 per person for 18; $6.50 per person for 9. Driving range and putting green available. Lessons arranged by appointment. Pros Jerry Conner and Berenice Fedder give lessons at $23 per half-hour. Assistant Tracy Newman gives lessons at $20 per half-hour, with series of three lessons for $54. Par: 72. Yardage: 6,913 (blue), 6,347 (white), 5,624 (gold), 4,953 (red). Located on Virginia 811, one-half mile off U.S. 460 12 miles west of Lynchburg. Phone: 1-804-525-4653.
Mariners Landing: Semiprivate. Memberships available. Membership information available by calling club office at 540-297-7888. Eighteen-hole Robert Trent Jones layout. Greens fees, including cart, are $24 weekdays, $27 weekends. Course rating: 72.8. Nine-hole fees, including cart, are $15 weekdays and $16 weekends. Special Monday 18-hole rate of $20 for greens fee and cart, $14 for nine holes. Par: 72 (men and women). Yardage: 6,904 (black); 6,437 (blue); 5,966 (white); 5,120 (red). Head pro Ed Cofino offers 45-minute lesson for $25. Assistant pro Eric Mintz also available for lessons. Located on Virginia 626, one mile from Smith Mountain Lake State Park in Huddleston. Phone: (540) 297-7888.
Ole Monterey: Semiprivate. Memberships available. Single membership of $1,200 per year includes initiation and dues. Six-month rate of $700. Greens fee and cart $25 (weekdays) and $28 (weekend and holidays). Ten-hole greens fee and cart for two: $15 per player. Walkers: $19 for 18 holes, $12 for nine holes. Walkers allowed all day Monday through Friday, after 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Carts required on weekends and holidays until after 2 p.m. Call after Monday for weekend and holiday tee times. Par: 71 (men), 76 (women). Yardage: 6,712 (blue), 6,297 (white), approximately 6,000 (red). Lessons available upon request. Phone: 563-0400.
Salem Municipal: Public. Greens fee: $6 (weekdays), $5 (senior citizens, over 60, weekdays), $7 (weekends). No motorized carts. Pull carts available for $1. No starting times. Nine-hole course. Sand greens. Par: 34. Yardage: Approximately 2,500. Proprietor Chuck Johnston conducts clinics through Salem Dept. of Parks and Recreation. Phone: 387-9802.
Sycamore Ridge: Public nine-hole course located in Goodview. No memberships offered. Greens fee $8 (9) and $12 (18). Cart fees $6 (9) and $10 (18). Formerly called Stone Manor. Course reopened for play under new ownership this year. Four holes on back nine are completed and maintained, but unavailable for play. Five new holes to be constructed sometime in next year making it a full 18-hole layout. Par: 35. Yardage: 2,527 (blue), 2,403 (white) and 2,171 (red). No tee times required but advisible on weekends. Located approximately 20 minutes from Vinton. Take Rte. 24 East, then take right on Rte. 757. Merge onto Rte. 653 and then take right on Rte. 655. Richard Martin is general manager. Phone: (560) 297-6490.
The Westlake: Semiprivate. Memberships open to property owners and nonresidents. Information available by calling club office (1-540-721-3845). Greens fees (includes cart): $29.45 (18, weekdays), $34.45 (18, weekends), $17.32 (9, weekdays), $19.80 (9, weekends). Reduced rates for 18 holes after 4 p.m. Starting times: Members may call one week in advance; nonmembers may call three days in advance. Course located off Virginia 122 in Franklin County. Head pro Kelly Crovo gives lessons for $30 per half hour and $50 per hour. Phone: (540) 721-4214.
Private courses
Bedford Country Club: Membership information available through club office. Guest fees: $15 (18, weekdays), $20 (18, weekends), $9 (9, weekdays), $12 (9, weekends). Cart fees: $8 (18), $5 (9). Members can call during week for weekend starting times. Nine-hole course. Par: 70 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,290 (men), 5,332 (women). Lessons available upon request. Phone: (540) 586-8407.
Hidden Valley: Membership information available through club office (389-8146). Guest fees: $30 (weekdays), $35 (weekends and holidays). Cart fees: $11 per person (18), $5.50 per person (9). Tee times required every day. During week, call after noon for following day. Sign-up sheet for weekends and holidays are posted one week prior to those dates. Par: 71 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,762 (blue), 6,179 (white), 5,335 (red). Head pro Tim Holbrook and assistant Thad Fields give lessons at $25 per half-hour and $100 for series of five. Pro shop phone: 389-8990.
Hunting Hills: Membership information available through club office (774-4427). Guest fees: $25 (weekdays), $30 (weekends). Cart fees: $25.08 (18), $14.63 (9). Single-rider fees: $13 (18), $9.41 (9). Starting times not required. Par: 70 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,105 (blue), 5,877 (white), 5,152 (red). Head pro Glen Roberson and assistant Yancey Dean offer lessons to members for $25 per half-hour or package of five for $110. Pro shop phone: 774-4429.
Roanoke Country Club: Membership information available through club office (345-1508). Fees for guests, who must be accompanied by a member, are $30 (weekdays) and $40 (weekends and holidays). Cart fees: $11.50 (18), $5.75 (9). Members may call for starting times as early as seven days in advance. Par for men: 35 (Dogwood), 36 (Redbud), 35 (Crabapple). Par for women: 36 (all nines). Yardage from blue tees: 3,162 (Dogwood); 3,310 (Redbud); 2,964 (Crabapple). Yardage from white tees: 2,960 (Dogwood); 3,086 (Redbud), 2,782 (Crabapple). Yardage from red tees: 2,795 (Dogwood); 2,775 (Redbud); 2,570 (Crabapple). Pro Phil Owenby and assistant Steve Slotterback offer lessons for $35 per half-hour. Series of five lessons for $100 for members and $150 for nonmembers. Nonmembers must be referred by member for lessons. Pro shop phone: 343-1330.
Water's Edge: Membership closed except to property owners. Guest fees: $60 (weekdays), $75 (weekends). Cart fees: $12 per person. Call one week ahead for starting times. Course is closed Mondays. Par: 72 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,906 (gold), 6,336 (blue), 6,041 (white), 5,312 (red), 4,201 (yellow). Pro John Snyder and assistant Eddie Moran give lessons at $30 per session for members only. Phone: (540) 576-3343.
Waterfront: Membership closed except to property owners. Guest fees with member: $30 (weekdays), $40 (weekends). Guest fees without member: $40 (weekdays), $50 (weekends). Cart fees: $12 per person. Call one week ahead for starting times. Course is closed Mondays. Par: 71 (men), 72 (women). Yardage: 6,684 (blue), 6,111 (white), 5,644 (yellow), 4,940 (red). Pro Ed Currin gives lessons at $25 per half-hour session, assistant pro Stuart Smith at $17 per half-hour session. Phone: (540) 721-2653.
Willow Creek: Membership information available through club office. Some play by nonmembers allowed during the week, but must be arranged through club office. Guest fees: $12 (weekdays), $15 weekends with member. Nine-hole rates are $7 on weekdays and $9 on weekends. Cart fees: $9 (18), $4.50 (9). Nine-hole course. Range facilities available. No starting times required. Located off U.S. 220 in Rocky Mount. Par for 18: 70 (men), 70 (women). Yardage: 6,097 (white), 5,304 (red). Pro R.E. Turner III gives lessons upon request. Phone: (540) 483-0797.
Driving ranges
Big Lick Golf Driving Range & Learning Center: Two-year-old facility owned and operated by longtime Roanoke professional Wayne Holley. Open 8 a.m. to dark. Features two massive tee boxes - one covered by rye and blue grass and other by Vermont-Bermuda grass. Nine artificial-surface tee stations and huge putting green. Sand bunker also available. Buckets $3 (30 balls), $6 (60) and $9 (90). All balls are new. Bonus cards can be purchased. Deal includes 10 buckets (any size) for price of eight. Pro shop includes deli. Holley conducts clinics on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for $50. Junior clinics run June through August on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11 a.m. Junior clinic cost $30, which includes lunch. Phone: 563-4699.
Drive-A-Way: Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Artificial surface, with 12 mats under shelter. Buckets $4 (45 balls), $5 (55-60 balls), $6 (80 balls) and $9 (140 balls). Pro Wes Swope offers 45-minute lesson for $25. Series of lessons also available. Also has miniature golf ($2.50 adult, $2 for for kids 12 and under). Also features batting cage ($1.50 per token for 20 pitches. Phone: 389-0095.
Glen Acres: Open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Natural grass. More than 200 yards of teeing area, including mats. Buckets $4 (60 balls), $5.50 (90) and $7 (120). Also has miniature golf. Rates for parties, too. Free junior clinic held every Saturday from 8 to 9 a.m. Phone: 387-9631.
Target Golf Range: Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during summer. Open daylight until dark during winter. Natural grass. Also mats with heated and sheltered tees. Practice putting green. Frequent users can inquire about frequency bonus plan. Buckets $3 (40 balls), $4 (60), $5 (100). Pro Troy Dixon gives lessons for $25 per half hour. Phone: 989-0808.
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