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Portsmouth · VA

Bide-A-Wee Golf Course

Est. 1956 · Fred Findlay (original); Tom Clark with Curtis Strange (1999 renovation)

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Par
72
Rating
73
Slope
128
Length
4,928–6,863 yd
Holes
18
Par 72Out 36In 36Full card ▾
Hole123456789Out
Yds5024343861786084182254433143508
Par54435434436
Hole101112131415161718In
Yds5272931754444533272065373933355
Par54344435436
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About Bide-A-Wee Golf Course

Bide-A-Wee was conceived by Portsmouth native and 1950 PGA champion Chandler Harper, who hired Fred Findlay to build it. It opened in spring 1956 on city land and was run privately under Harper's lease, opening to the public in 1988. The city took it over in 1992, and Tom Clark and Curtis Strange fully renovated it. It reopened in 1999 as an 18-hole, par-72 municipal course.

Via American Society of Golf Course Architects — “Physical and Fiscal Renovation: Bide-A-Wee Golf Course”

Via Where2Golf — “Bide-a-Wee Golf Course”

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