Williamsburg National Golf Club - Jamestown Course

First time playing the Jamestown course....will have to play again when truly in season to get the best out of the fairways.

our first time playing this course was OK.... it had rained the night before so it was cart path ONLY.... which made for a loonngg 18 holes... greens where fast and readable .... 19th hole was a welcome sight.

We played this course again a couple days later with a little bit better results but the course had a thing about cart path only.....

this was part of a time share golf outing....

You can ride or walk. Better be in shape to walk the course.

The rough in Nov goes almost white and the ball disappears as it is very springy. Should be cut lower.

Course was still a little damp after tropical storm Sandy passed by. Greens were in good shape but many were in poor shape from prior damage. They rolled well enough but needed some attention.

First for those looking about golf only, the course was in okay shape, not awful certainly not great. And even being offered a second round for half price I'm still not going back.

The pro shop was scarce to say the least, I love to make purchases at golf shops and there was nothing to buy. A few clubs, but no clothes, no gadgets, no nice golf towels or even ball markers.

When I went outside to find the starter one man (notice I don't use the word gentleman) looked up from something he was reading and said "see him, I'm not the starter" so I saw "him" , later named by my group as the grumpiest man in Williamsburg. He said I know you're here now I'll find you later. Range balls looked like they were ran over with a lawn mower, seriously chunks were taken out of some of them. When we finally went out he gave us directions to the first tee, and he had been having his somewhat less that grumpy partner escorting all the other groups out.

We were behind 2 threesomes who were S L O W. No cart person or ranger was to be found on the front 9. On about eh 14 hole a ranger came up to us and said you have to pick up the pace. We would have loved to, if the people in front of us would have moved. he was not professional at all and said oh, I'll check when we told him it was the groups in front of us. At the end of our round he wanted to clean our clubs, we told him we had plenty of time to clean our own since we waited on every shot. He did tell us that the groups in front of us were the problem, perhaps he should have checked that out first.

Pace of play was excellent considering it was often difficult finding balls just off the fairway in the lush Bermuda rough. A very Fair but challenging lay out. This course will appeal to all skill levels and provide an enjoyable experience.