Bide A Wee Golf Course

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Portsmouth's challenging Bide-A-Wee Golf Course was a vision conceived by PGA Professional and Virginia Sports Hall of Famer, Chandler Harper in the early 1950's. Harper retired from competitive golf and hired Fred Findlay to build the new Portsmouth course. The name originated from a conversation Mr. Harper and Findlay had about potential names for the new course. Findlay said "when I was a boy in Scotland, I started to run away from home. My Mother advised "you had better bide-a-wee." To a Scot, that meant "stay a little longer or linger awhile." Portsmouth native and Virginia Sports Hall of Famer, Ace Parker, joined Harper, Dizzy Dean and Tommy Bolt for the Opening Day Exhibition at Bide-A-Wee Golf Course in the Spring of 1956. During the next 37 years, the course was managed by Chandler Harper and was four times the site of the Virginia State Open and six times the site of the World Senior Championships. Virginia State Open Champions include Tom Strange, the late father of Curtis Strange. Senior Champion players featured Sam Snead, Max Faulkner, Kel Nagle, Julius Boros and Christy O'Conner. Bide-A-Wee also hosted an annual Portsmouth City Amateur Tournament, believed to be the oldest city amateur golf event in the United States. After 37 years of managing Bide-A-Wee, Chandler Harper retired in the early 1990's and the City of Portsmouth decided to fully renovate the facility. On April 6, 1999 we witnessed the Grand Opening of the new Bide-A-Wee Golf Course. The original course routing has been preserved and the narrow greens that were the signature of the former course were integrated into the new design. Bide-A-Wee also features a 3500 sq. Pavilion, new entrance, Clubhouse, restaurant, cart storage and maintenance facility.

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09/13/2026

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Congratulations to this evening’s Friday Night Mixer winners and a huge thank you to everyone that participated on this ...
09/12/2026

Congratulations to this evening’s Friday Night Mixer winners and a huge thank you to everyone that participated on this beautiful September 11th day at The Wee! ⛳️🇺🇸

Honored to host the Jack & Katie Twine Memorial Golf Tournament again today! ⛳️
09/12/2026

Honored to host the Jack & Katie Twine Memorial Golf Tournament again today! ⛳️

Ladies Only Clinic this evening at The Wee! ⛳️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️
09/11/2026

Ladies Only Clinic this evening at The Wee!
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A great group on a beautiful evening for PGA HOPE session last night! ⛳️🇺🇸
09/10/2026

A great group on a beautiful evening for PGA HOPE session last night! ⛳️🇺🇸

Please join us in congratulating, Adam Horton as our Champion Golfer of the Year! This is a very impressive 5th Portsmou...
09/07/2026

Please join us in congratulating, Adam Horton as our Champion Golfer of the Year! This is a very impressive 5th Portsmouth City Amateur Title for Adam Horton. We our extremely grateful for all of the participants this year and will be posting more photos and results from our Centennial Championship this weekend.⛳️🏆

Please join us in congratulating Dexter Ledbetter on making a Hole-In-One today on the Par 3, 16th Hole here at Bide-A-W...
09/06/2026

Please join us in congratulating Dexter Ledbetter on making a Hole-In-One today on the Par 3, 16th Hole here at Bide-A-Wee GC during the second round of the Centennial Portsmouth City Amateur!!! ⛳️🏌️‍♂️🎯

09/05/2026

The Centennial Portsmouth City Amateur Championship is officially under way!

Thank you to our honorary starter, 13-time Portsmouth City Amatateur Champion JP Leigh, for teeing things off!

You can follow the championship all weekend long here...
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Grateful to get our Friday Night Mixer in before the storms! Congrats to all the winners and we look forward to The Cent...
09/05/2026

Grateful to get our Friday Night Mixer in before the storms! Congrats to all the winners and we look forward to The Centennial Portsmouth City Amateur Championship this weekend! ⛳️

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09/03/2026

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Address

1 Bide A Wee Lane
Portsmouth, VA
23701

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 7pm
Thursday 7am - 7pm
Friday 7am - 7pm
Saturday 7am - 7pm
Sunday 7am - 7pm

Telephone

+17573938600

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