Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center is located near the city of Richmond and adjacent to The Crossings Golf Club. A Hilton Tapestry brand, the hotel opened in 2000 and has 183 guest rooms and suites, a small outdoor pool and 20-acre green space in addition to the golf course grounds. Amenities for guests include a fitness center,…
Williamsburg Lodge is located near the historic Colonial Williamsburg and adjacent to Golden Horseshoe Golf Club. Golden Horseshoe features 45 holes of golf, starting with the fabled Gold Course, one of Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s most acclaimed public designs. It is also home to the 9-hole Spotswood Executive Course. It is joined by the Green…
The Club at Viniterra in New Kent, Va. was established as a private club in 2009, but it was recently opened to the public and is fast developing a reputation as one of Virginia's best golf courses. At 7,725 yards, the Rees Jones design is the longest course in the state. But don't be intimidated, Kevin Dunleavy writes.
Well regarded as one of the best resort courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., the Gold Course at Golden Horseshoe is better than ever after a 2017 restoration by Rees Jones.
Playing Independence Golf Club is like being in Texas. Everything there is big. The course, in the suburbs west of Richmond, Va., has big fairways, big greens, big bunkers, big trees and a big clubhouse. With rates that top out at $75, Independence is a bargain considering its pedigree as the lone daily-fee golf course in Virginia designed by Tom Fazio. Like many of his courses, Independence is both visually pleasing and playable with its wide fairways and five sets of tees.
With a unique water conservation and irrigation scheme, Hunting Hawk Golf Club, located 20 miles northwest of downtown Richmond in Glen Allen, Virginia, represents the future of golf. In a game threatened by the increased scarcity and rising cost of water, Hunting Hawk serves as a case study of how to create an outstanding golf course using natural sources of water. Surrounded by farmland, the golf course stays true to its pristine setting.
The Mike Strantz-designed Tradition Club at Royal New Kent in Providence Forge, Va. offers no easy shots. Yet there's nothing unfair about the golf course.
Hunting Hawk Golf Club, located 20 miles northwest of Richmond, is all about golf. The Bill Love design traverses woodlands, wetlands and rolling land in a surprisingly secluded property (there are no homes at Hunting Hawk). Water conservation and environmental protection are paramount as Hunting Hawk -- as is good golf.
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