Overview
The tragically short career of the late architect Mike Strantz, an understudy of Tom Fazio, netted less than 10 of his own designs. Royal New Kent is one of them, and it earned Golf Digest’s Best New Upscale public course in 1997. The links-inspired course tips out at 7,400 yards and features more than 100 of Strantz’s artistically designed bunkers, hand-stacked rock walls and tall fescue. The course re-opened under new ownership in 2020 after new ownership is currently ranked 15th in state.