PB Dye Golf Club

Reviews 4

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Quenton Clarke

NEVER HAVE A WEDDING HERE EVER (unless you want disrespectful staff, empty promises, slimy business-like managers, and a disorganized mess of people scrambling to figure things out last minute) The only thing good about this venue is that its beautiful. Heres my quick and dirty list of things that went wrong on our wedding day: 1) Kelsey. If shes still working there, she has to be the most disrespectful of the staff. Not only did she WEAR YOGA PANTS TO OUR RECEPTION, she was given specific instructions for our center pieces and our couples table that were nothing like we had asked her to do. Luckily we were friends with our photographers, because they let us know that while we werent around, Kelsey went around to our third party vendors and talked poorly about us and how she didnt want to do our wedding. She was also given instructions to refrigerate our leftovers from dinner since we had a buffet, and we were planning to have some leftovers the next day since we didnt eat a lot with the craziness of the wedding. Completely neglected them, and thousands of dollars of steak and chicken were left out and had to be thrown away. And she WORE YOGA PANTS TO OUR WEDDING RECEPTION. 2) Terrible management. They dont care and try to back out of promises. We got lucky and booked our wedding right before the club changed owners, so we got a really good price on our contract. Whoever it was that worked on our contract told us we could have an indoor reception with 175 people, failing to inform us that their capacity is 82. So months later, not a few months before the wedding, they give us a call and tell us we have to pay $1800 for a tent to hold all of these people since their capacity is so low. So we told them no, and they offered a meeting to discuss and STILL had the audacity to tell us theyd be "willing to split the cost of the tent." $900 to fix something they screwed up (if renting a tent even actually costs that much). We told them no, and they finally caved, but that should never have even come up in discussion. 3) False advertising. We were so excited to have pictures on the waterfall with our bridal party, and on the bridge. Didnt find out until we had been standing on the waterfall for 20 minutes waiting for them to turn it on that they were working on the piping that day and it was not functional. THEN, they were supposed to have someone come guide us around the golf course for pictures to save time and get the best shots. Instead, they dropped off two golf carts for us and our photographers after we had to track someone down to help us, no guide to help us, and no map, running 30 minutes behind schedule. We ended up getting lost and taking an hour to get back so all of our guests were waiting to eat. And we came back to all of our center pieces completely wrong and a bland table for us. After spending hundreds of dollars on decorations that we found still in boxes unused later on. 4) Free champagne toast/cake cutting? Again, insanely false advertising and disorganization. We were probably a couple hours behind schedule at this point. Our DJ had announced a good while ago that we were doing our cake cutting soon. No plates. No utensils. Nobody to help us, just a crowd of family and friends, random handfuls of them with champagne and no defined toast. The bartender ended up having to leave his spot to carry out stacks of plates for everyone because no one else was around. He was about the only good that came out of this venue, and one of the only ones NOT in yoga pants. Oh, and speaking of the bar, we were to have wine and beer all night, and they ran out of cab BEFORE DINNER. After my dad spoke to a manager, they happened to find another crate of wine, but why should the father of the groom have to ever chase down someone for a glass of wine before dinner even starts?? I could go on and on and on, but Id like to remember the good parts about the happiest day of my life. Happy to get a lot of this off of my chest, and I hope this is a helpful review for most of you looking at wedding venues.

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6ssteinbach

This review is centered around perceptions and perceived value. The staff is great and were fun to be around. I love and have always loved the target rich design of the golf course. However, the advertisements, rates, and perception of the course and clubhouse when you arrive do not lead you to believe what you will see on the course itself. Some inconsistencies were: 1) There was only one bucket size for range balls- about 40 by my best guess- tough to warm up after driving an hour. 2) The range was not well marked for your distances 3) Some cart paths 200 yard stripes were off by 20-30 yards with my gps and the course poles. 4) Most glaring were the greens- i love the challenge of dead elephants being buried in greens. However, if you want to advertise yourself as a pristine course you cant have half repaired ball marks. One of my playing partners had a ten foot putt hit one of these and knock it 6" offline. 5) Some bunkers had more rocks than sand This course has the bare bones and was once a great track. However, it looks to be at a crossroads for the type of golfer they want to attract. With a little TLC it could be amazing next year.

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Sam Long

I use to play PB Dye "regularly" but a couple of years ago the course seemed to be falling into disrepair. The greens had large bare spots, fairways were dried out, tee boxes seemed pretty chewed up, etc. Its probably been two years since my last time playing there but I couldnt pass up a living social coupon for it and played today. My expectations were a little lower than normal after reading some recent reviews that seemed to indicate the course was still in poor condition. Let me assure you that on September 2, 2014 the course was in GREAT shape and I had a blast returning. My playing partner had also read the other reviews and agreed that those people must have played a different course. The greens are in GREAT shape - rolling true, fast, and just as challenging as ever. Fairways were gorgeous as were the tee boxes. A couple of the bunkers were holding water from the big rains lately but aside from that I couldnt have asked for better conditions. Im happy to be putting PB Dye back on my normal rotation - its well worth the drive up 270.

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Iggy Mac

Only thing better than the gorgeous course and views are the staff. The general manager Jeff is great and very welcoming. Jeff and his staff spent a lot of time and attention making sure we had a great experience. The course is about an hour away from us, but worth the drive to return regularly with the friendly staff and beautiful set-up. The course is challenging and flows well. The management is making considerable effort to improve the tee box conditions and is up front about any prior issues people may have had, based on some of the past reviews on here. Greens were some of the best weve played in the DC area. Playing in mid-September we did not experience any notable issues with the playing conditions. Playing on an in-season weekend mid-day, we never felt rushed or on top of another group in front of us. We are relatively new to the sport, shoot in the high 90s and found it to be our favorite place to play in the DC area and are sure to return.

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