Chesapeake golf is Tidewater golf—flat coastal plain, water hazards that matter, and a climate moderated by the Atlantic and the Chesapeake Bay system. Cahoon Plantation Golf Club is a signature local name, and the broader South Hampton Roads circuit (including nearby Suffolk venues like Sleepy Hole) shapes how Chesapeake players spend their weekends. Warm seasons run long; winters are milder than inland Virginia, which keeps leagues alive when Richmond is frost-delayed.
The city’s sprawling suburban footprint means golf sits beside neighborhoods, military families, and Intracoastal traffic rather than mountain tourism. Wind can be a quiet third opponent on exposed holes, and summer humidity is relentless. Chesapeake’s game is practical Hampton Roads golf: accessible, water-defined, and tied to a metro that also includes Norfolk and Virginia Beach without sharing their waterfront postcard image.