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Best Public Golf Courses in Virginia

Experts + Golfers + Story + Architect + Challenge + Access = the Total Score

Top 10
  1. 1The Club At ViniterraNew Kent · PublicRees Jones (with Greg Muirhead)UnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  2. 2Golden Horseshoe Golf Club - Gold CourseWilliamsburg · Resort · Est. 1963Robert Trent Jones Sr. (restored by Rees Jones)UnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  3. 3Independence Golf ClubMidlothian · Public · Est. 2001Tom FazioUnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  4. 4Belmont Golf Course & Recreation CenterLakeside · County · Est. 1917A.W. TillinghastUnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  5. 5The Links at City parkPortsmouth · Municipal · Est. 1919Tom Clark (renovation, with Curtis Strange)UnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  6. 6Stonehouse Golf ClubToano · Public · Est. 1996Mike StrantzUnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  7. 7Keswick Golf ClubKeswick · Resort · Est. 2014Pete DyeUnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  8. 8Kingsmill Resort - River CourseWilliamsburg · Resort · Est. 1975Pete DyeUnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  9. 9The HomesteadResort · Est. 1923William Flynn (Cascades Course); Donald Ross (Old Course, 1913)UnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.
  10. 10Primland ResortMeadows Of Dan · Resort · Est. 2006Donald Steel (with Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert)UnchartedNot enough reviews yet. Go see for yourself.

How we rank

Public courses only — anyone can book a tee time (public, municipal, resort, semi-private, university). Each course gets a Formula 18 Golf Total Score out of 10 with one word (Legendary, Destination, Memorable, Playable, Unsolved), cited on its page. Not enough to go on yet? It reads Uncharted. Expert lists, golfer stars, challenge, access and threads make the score. A notable architect and a real story add bonus points, and missing ones never count against a course. See the full formula →
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