The best public-access and private golf courses in Virginia, ranked

Looking to play the best golf courses in Virginia? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.

Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.

• Best public-access courses in each state
• The best private courses in each state
• The details: How we rank courses

The courses on the first list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required.

KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.

* indicates new or returning to the rankings

Best public-access courses in Virginia

Omni Homestead Resort’s Cascades Course (Courtesy of Omni Homestead Resort)

1. Primland (Highland)
Meadows of Dan (T92m)

2. Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades)
Hot Springs (T98c)

3. Golden Horseshoe (Gold)
Williamsburg (T190m)
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4. Keswick Hall and GC (Full Cry)
Keswick (m)

5. Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech
Radford (m)

T6. Boar’s Head Resort (Birdwood)
Charlottesville (m)

T6. Kingsmill Resort (River)
Williamsburg (m)

8. Spring Creek
Zion Crossroads (m)

9. Royal New Kent
Providence Forge (m)
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10. The Club at Viniterra
New Kent (m)
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11. Omni Homestead Resort (Old)
Hot Springs (c)

12. Laurel Hill
Lorton (m)
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13. Golden Horseshoe (Green)*
Williamsburg (m)
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14. Potomac Shores Golf Club*
Potomac Shores (m)
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15. Stonehouse*
Toano (m)
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Best private courses in Virginia

Kinloch Golf Club in Virginia (Copyright USGA/Russell Kirk)

1. Kinloch
Richmond (28m)

2. Robert Trent Jones GC
Lake Manassas (44m)

3. Olde Farm
Bristol (T86m)

4. Bayville GC
Virginia Beach (m)

5. Trump National Washington D.C. (Championship)
Potomac Falls (m)

6. CC of Virginia (James River)
Richmond (c)

7. River Bend
Great Falls (m)

8. Governor’s Land at Two Rivers
Williamsburg (m)

9. Creighton Farms
Aldie (m)

10. Cutalong
Mineral (m)