American Dream Courses: Mid-Atlantic
There have been times the boundaries of the regions we’ve covered in this series have been rather stretched. The Northeast featured Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey—states I have since discovered could actually be considered part of the Mid-Atlantic. So not only does this article about the Mid-Atlantic not include Pennsylvania, New York, and New […]
Links Living: Bay Creek
The perfect antidote to the crowds and clutter of coastal destinations, this beachfront community on Virginia’s Cape connects its members to the natural beauty that surrounds them It’s not often that you hear of a golf community eliminating nine holes from its award-winning lineup and improving the golf experience. But that’s exactly what Bay Creek, […]
Governor’s Land at Two Rivers
Member owned and managed, and home to a highly heralded Tom Fazio-designed course, Governor’s Land at Two Rivers is as ideal a private community as you will find anywhere. Bordered by more than four miles of river in culturally rich Williamsburg, Va., this premier private golf and waterfront country club offers a fun, active lifestyle […]
Southern Comfortable: The Virginian Golf Club
By James A. Frank At The Virginian, the atmosphere is relaxed, the surroundings are majestic, and the quality of life at its highest. You can tell a lot about a golf club from its driving range. Not just the obvious things like attention to detail, what the maintenance practices are, and if the players are […]
Two Rivers Country Club, Williamsburg
For all the attractions of Williamsburg, there is only one private golf and waterfront community. If that’s a surprise, wait until you learn that Two Rivers is no newcomer struggling for acceptance, but recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The member-only club has a unique composition—equal parts young families, working couples, and retirees—hailing from around the […]
Happy 250th Birthday, Homestead
America’s oldest resort celebrates its sestercentennial
First Peek at Pete Dye’s Full Cry, Keswick Hall
Pete Dye’s creation at Keswick Hall is worthy of Thomas Jefferson
Stay and Play Golf in Colonial Williamsburg
Congress should pass a law that every American school child—and probably most adults, as well—visit Colonial Williamsburg. The capital of the Virginia Colony, restored with stunning accuracy to how it was just before the Revolution, is a living, breathing museum bursting with the latest technology circa 1770. Tinsmiths, scullery maids, apothecaries, peruke makers, printers, tavern keepers, and politicians—loyalists as well as rebels—do their thing exactly as it was done some 250 years ago in the Tidewater region of southeastern Virginia, a few hours south of what is now but wasn’t yet then the nation’s capital.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Revisited
Of the 500 courses designed by one of the biggest names in course architecture, only one offers a golf experience that is special enough to be worthy of carrying his name
Cascades Course, The Omni Homestead Resort
The training ground for one of the game’s greatest players, Virginia’s Cascades Golf Club is a Golden Age delight that is still a stern test for modern players
