Editors' Choice
Best Golf Resorts In The Mid-Atlantic
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Virginia
Not just a destination but an experience in history with lodging interwoven in the Revolutionary City. The 45 holes of golf include Golden Horseshoe Gold and Spotswood, both by Robert Trent Jones. His son Rees did the Green 18.
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THE GREENBRIER
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Robert E. Lee's wife stayed here for medicinal treatments before the Civil War. Golf arrived 50 years later, and there has been a ton of history since. The Greenbrier 18 hosted the 1979 Ryder Cup.
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KESWICK HALL AND G.C.
Charlottesville, Va.
Rolling Greens Photo/Ken E. May (Keswick Hall Resort)
The 1912 hotel has been updated and expanded, and the 75-year-old course has been totally redesigned.
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NEMACOLIN
Farmington, Pa.
A full-service 2,200-acre resort (host to the Bachelor in Winter 2021) features lodging at The Lafayette and 36 holes of golf on the 15-year old Mystic Rock 18, formerly site of a PGA Tour event, and the recently opened Shepherd's Rock course, both designed by the legendary Pete Dye and his longtime associate Tim Liddy.
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OMNI BEDFORD SPRINGS RESORT
Bedford, Pa.
The resort's Old course, built in 1895, had separate remodels done by A.W. Tillinghast and Donald Ross. Ron Forse, who specializes in renovations, restored many Ross features in a redesign about 10 years ago. Located about two to two-and-a-half hours from Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. in a valley of the Allegheny Mountains, the 225-year-old resort was purchased by the Omni group and redesigned over 10 years ago.
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THE OMNI HOMESTEAD RESORT
Hot Springs, Va.
Courtesy of Omni Homestead Resort
One of golf's oldest and grandest hotels overlooks the Old Course, which dates back to the 19th century and has been remodeled by Donald Ross, William Flynn and, most recently, Rees Jones. But the jewel of The Homestead is its Flynn-designed Cascades Course, ranked 31st among Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Public Courses.
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PRIMLAND
Meadows of Dan, Va.
Courtesy of the club
Besides the spectacular setting over the Kibler Valley gorge and the intriguing Donald Steel-designed course, the resort offers three "tree houses" on the cliff's edge, plus tree-climbing lessons.
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