Williamsburg Golf, a Magical Place

Williamsburg Golf

Kingsmill get all the attention, in Williamsburg Virginia, but it’s another golf course that steals their thunder, Golden Horse Shoe. The whole area has great courses, but the three courses at Golden Horse Shoe offer the best golf, and value and bang
First let’s look at the long list of honors the course has received:

• America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses,” Gold Course, Golf Digest (2009, 2007, 2005, 2003)
• “Top 100 Resort Courses,” Gold Course, Golfweek (2007)
• “Top 100 You Can Play,” Gold Course, Golf Magazine (2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996)
• “State-by-State Public Access Courses – Virginia,” Gold Course, Golfweek (2007, 2005, 2003)
• “Top Short Courses in America,” Spotswood Course, Golf Range Magazine (2007)
• “America’s Top Golf Courses,” Zagat Survey®, Gold and Green Courses (2007, 2005, 2003)
• “Middle Atlantic 100 Must-Play Courses,” Gold and Green Courses, Golfstyles Washington (2007)
• “Best of the Best Design,” Gold Course one of Jones Sr.’s top six designs, Golf Digest (2004, 2000)
• “Top 500 Golf Holes in the World: Golden Horseshoe Gold Course 16th, Golf Magazine (2004)
• “Four and ½ Stars,” Gold Course, Best Places to Play, Golf Digest (2006)
• “Four and ½ Stars,” Green Course, Best Places to Play, Golf Digest (2006)
• “World’s Best” Readers Survey, Gold Course, Travel+Leisure Golf, (2003)
• “Top 500 Golf Holes in the World,” Gold Course, 16th hole, Golf Magazine (2004)
• “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary,” for commitment to environment (2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)
• “Best Golf Teacher,” Del Snyder named one of the best golf teachers in Virginia, Golf Digest (2005)

Three courses here, the award winning Gold Course, the Green course and The Spotswood course.

The Gold Course:

Opened in 1963 and the work of Robert Trent Jones Sr., who called it his “finest design,” this is one of the best examples of traditional golf course architecture in the world.
18 Holes
Yardage 6817

Par 71

Slope Rating 138



The Green Course:

Designed by Rees Jones, Jones Sr.’s son, and opened in 1991, this layout is carved from the same terrain but is simultaneously longer and more forgiving.
18 Holes
Yardage 7120

Par 72

Slope Rating 134


The Spotswood Course:

Named for Colonial Governor Alexander Spotswood, this is the elder Jones’s 1963 update of the Williamsburg Inn’s original 1947
nine-hole course.
9 Holes, 18 sets of tees
Yardage 3745

Par 31

Slope Rating 96
Contact information on these must play courses:

Gold Course Clubhouse and Grill
401 S. England Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Green Course Clubhouse and Grill
520 S. England Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185
http://www.colonialwilliamsburgresort.