You could spend an entire retirement visiting the hundreds of historical sites in the great state of Virginia, from Washington's Mt. Vernon and Jefferson's Monticello to Colonial Williamsburg to the Civil War battlefields of Manassas and the historic Appomattox Courthouse. What better way to do that than from one of Virginia's many classic golf communities. Choose among a combination ski and golf community, such as the Wintergreen Resort; a colonial style community with many brick homes like Glenmore, just east of Charlottesville and the renowned University of Virginia (also built by Thomas Jefferson); or a modern community like Viniterra, which features a working winery next to its front gate. With Richmond and the metro D.C. area, an urban fix is never more than a few hours from anywhere in Virginia.
What started on Friday as a simple quest to book a room at a Virginia golf resort and arrange to look at some real estate turned into a day of phone calls to a golf shop, restaurant and Virginia...
The Federal Club golf course outside of Richmond, VA, has been sold for just $2.6 million, just twice the asking price for one of the brick mansions in the upscale adjacent neighborhood. A local...
Shopping for a home to suit your golfing lifestyle is a little like eating in a fine Parisian restaurant. You can choose the prix fixe meal, where the courses are served for a set (fixed) price, or...
Fredericksburg, VA, was named for a prince (Frederick of England), but a King’s name is on the golf course at Fawn Lake. When I visited the golf community in June, plenty of folks at the 20-year old...
A for-sale listing at the Ashley Plantation golf community outside of Roanoke, VA, describes the home on offer as follows: “Beautiful house overlooking 11 Green, 12 Tee at Ashley Plantation. Watch...
There are a couple of reasons I don’t hit more than just a few limbering shots on a practice range before I head for the first tee. One, I really do leave all the good ones on the range. Unfettered by...
“Hey Buddy, wanna buy a golf course?” These days, most any of us could afford to buy one of the dozens of distressed golf courses that are on the block. Private club members and municipalities alike would...
A golf course slope rating measures the difficulty of a layout for the typical bogey golfer, one who shoots around 90 over 18 holes. A course of average difficulty has a slope rating of 113; the...
This is the second and final part of our review of Bay Creek Resort & Club in Cape Charles, VA. Part one is available by clicking here. The cart path on Bay Creek's Jack Nicklaus course moves...
The Arnold Palmer Course at Bay Creek opens with a stunning par 5 that moves toward the Chesapeake and a replica lighthouse. Bay Creek Resort & Club may be the best golf community you’ve never...
Not every golf course operator is running for the hills, metaphorically speaking. One is running to them. Jim Justice, who picked up the famed Greenbrier golf resort a year ago at the relatively...
Developers of golf communities that are well established and with all amenities in place have fared pretty well amidst the carnage of the last few years. Sometimes, though, the golf clubs at their very...