Spring Creek Golf Club
Spring Creek Golf Club
109 Clubhouse Way
Gordonsville, VA 22942-6960
United States
Overview
There’s an admirable polish and sophistication to the holes at Spring Creek as they wind attractively through a quiet property of hardwoods and pine, with the first nine circling out broadly through undisturbed nature and the second moving out and back along the Spring Branch stream. Winner of Golf Digest’s Best New Public Course Under $75 in 2007, the scale and positioning of the bunkering, for reference, bring to mind Bethpage Black, while the topography of streams and ravines recalls Mike Strantz’s no-longer-open Stonehouse on the opposite side of Richmond, which won the magazine’s Best New Upscale Course in 1996. Most greens are angled to the line of play and present a decision between playing to a safe, open side or a challenging side only accessible through strategic positioning and precision.
About
Awards
ranking history:
Best in State: Ranked top 15, 2011-'26.
2025-'26 ranking (and previous): 14th.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
Review
“Spring Creek overcomes a nondistinctive stretch early on the front nine and presents a pleasant, if not predictable, golf experience. Repetitive bunker patterns occasionally detract from a nice layout down the stretch. Green contours are well done and large square footage provides ample pin locations. Spring Creek's best holes stand up to any other public option in central Virginia but its lesser ones, including two nearly identical and consecutive ones early in the round, achieve at a much lower level."
Read More2025
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“Spring Creek overcomes a nondistinctive stretch early on the front nine and presents a pleasant, if not predictable, golf experience. Repetitive bunker patterns occasionally detract from a nice layout down the stretch. Green contours are well done and large square footage provides ample pin locations. Spring Creek's best holes stand up to any other public option in central Virginia but its lesser ones, including two nearly identical and consecutive ones early in the round, achieve at a much lower level."
Read More2025
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“Only a few true doglegs, but strategic elements created with fairway bunkering, mounding and terrain elevations; routing feels secluded due to routing through dense forestry; land features from Camp Creek feeding into the Spring Branch Lake impact the design and strategy throughout the final seven holes; No. 18 provides the best esthetics of the round and dramatic change from tree-lined corridors to an open, lake-side expanse."
Read More2024
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“Good variety of hole design, elevation, sand, water, and good condition make this course a hidden gem with both stone walls and bridges."
Read More2023
Review
“Solid design -- nice setting, but not especially strategic."
Read More2023
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“Spring Creek is a fun, modern public design located between Charlottesville and Richmond. One of the best public courses in Virginia, the conditions here are excellent and the bunkering is reminiscent of what you'd find on a Fazio course. Hole 18 is a wonderful closing risk-reward par 5."
Read More2022
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“Spring Creek is a well-designed, challenging course that strikes a good balance between driving, approach shots, and short game skills. From the right tee box, it is a truly excellent test of golf. You need to navigate around giant bunkers, wetlands, and thick woods. The front nine is walkable, the back nine is less so but still doable if you are fit. Nice overall facility. The houses are generally set back from enough from the course that they are an afterthought, which is often not the case with housing development courses. Holes 14-16 are terrific."
Read More2021
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“Terrific layout with lots of shot options and fun risk reward holes. Great value for the quality of golf. Nice practice facilities as well."
Read More2019
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“This is one of the finest public courses in Virginia. The shots into the greens are exhilarating and the course conditions are very good. The course is built on some hilly terrain which makes picking the right club difficult at times. It is a good place to spend the day.place"
Read More2018
