Matching the ease of the course are the truly affordable fees for both unlimited weekday and 36-hole weekend play. Designed by Rees Jones, Honey Bee is a 6700-yard challenge, what with its 80 monstrous sand traps, elevated tees and water on 10 holes. Honey Bee is privately owned but open to the public and is home to the Virginia Beach Golf Academy, an assemblage of four of the finest teaching professionals in the area. Get there early or hang around late to practice on the driving range and putting and chipping greens. Carts are required at peak time on weekends.
Golfing is a year-round passion in Hampton Roads' mild climate.
Virginia Fairways Owl's Creek Golf Center 415 S. Birdneck Rd. Designed by Brook Parker, this is a great course for the golfer who wants to pack 18 holes into three hours or less. Red Wing Lake Golf Course 1080 Prosperity Rd. The greens are large and the fairways wide, but you'll still have to face water hazards on 10 holes and 84 traps along the fairways and long sloping greens. 5 No. 18, the ninth-toughest hole in the area.