353 golf courses in Virginia, 5,816 holes between them, 286 with published USGA tee ratings.

353

courses

5,816

holes

286

rated

7,793

longest (yds)

155

steepest slope

Every Virginia course

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Every figure here is a published one, gathered from the course and public records — nothing on this page is estimated.

Virginia standouts

Toughest testpublished fact

Ballyhack Golf Club

slope 155 · from 257 courses

The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope measures difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure, not an opinion. Men’s ratings only: a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare, so mixing them would rank part of the field on one scale and the rest on another (see peakSlope in course-metrics.ts).

Longestpublished fact

Trump National Golf Club Washington D C Championship Course

7,793 yds · from 347 courses

The longest published tee set, in yards from the tips.

Virginia by the numbers

Virginia courses ranked on the figures they publish themselves. Each list counts only the courses that publish that figure, so the totals differ. Slope and course rating measure difficulty, not quality — nothing here ranks how good a course is.

Longest

— the top 25 of 347 courses with a published scorecard

#	Course	Longest
1	Trump National Golf Club Washington D C Championship Course	7,793 yds
2	Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech	7,685 yds
3	Rock Harbor Golf Course Boulder	7,547 yds
4	The Club at Viniterra	7,513 yds
5	Royal New Kent Golf Club	7,440 yds
6	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club	7,425 yds
7	Spring Creek Golf Club	7,389 yds
8	The Golf Club at Creighton Farms	7,365 yds
9	Cutalong at Lake Anna	7,343 yds
10	Lansdowne Resort The Norman Course	7,332 yds
11	Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club	7,315 yds
12	Rock Harbor Golf Course Rock	7,299 yds
13	Ballyhack Golf Club	7,294 yds
14	Brickshire Golf Club	7,291 yds
15	Bay Creek Resort Club Palmer Course	7,250 yds
16	Nansemond River Golf Club	7,241 yds
17	Trump National Golf Club Washington D C River Course	7,234 yds
18	The Dominion Club	7,229 yds
19	Belmont Country Club	7,221 yds
20	Kinloch Golf Club	7,203 yds
21	Chantilly National Golf Country Club	7,201 yds
22	Deer Run Championship at Newport News Golf Club	7,198 yds
23	Raspberry Falls Golf Hunt Club	7,191 yds
24	Cedar Point Country Club	7,160 yds
25	Wintergreen Resort Stoney Creek Shamokin Tuckahoe	7,158 yds

The longest tee set the course publishes, in yards from the tips. Compared against every course that publishes a scorecard — length is a measurement, not a verdict on the golf.

Toughest test

— the top 25 of 257 courses with a USGA slope rating for its men’s tees

#	Course	Toughest test
1	Ballyhack Golf Club	slope 155
2	Royal New Kent Golf Club	slope 154
3	The Golf Club at Creighton Farms	slope 153
4	Rock Harbor Golf Course Boulder	slope 151
4	Spring Creek Golf Club	slope 151
6	Colonial Heritage Club	slope 150
6	Potomac Shores Golf Club	slope 150
6	The Highland Course at Primland Resort	slope 150
9	Trump National Golf Club Washington D C River Course	slope 148
10	Magnolia Green Golf Club	slope 147
10	Virginia Tech Golf Course	slope 147
12	Lake Chesdin Golf Club	slope 146
13	Beacon Hill Golf Club	slope 145
13	Lansdowne Resort The Norman Course	slope 145
13	Laurel Hill Golf Club	slope 145
13	Old Hickory Golf Club	slope 145
13	Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech	slope 145
13	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club	slope 145
13	The Federal Club	slope 145
13	Trump National Golf Club Washington D C Championship Course	slope 145
21	Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club	slope 144
21	Lansdowne Resort The Robert Trent Jones Ii Course	slope 144
21	Olde Mill Resort	slope 144
21	Stonewall Golf Club at Lake Manassas	slope 144
21	The Piedmont Club	slope 144

The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope rates difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure issued by the golf association, not an opinion about the course. Men’s ratings only, because a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare; a course rated only for women is not in the running rather than converted.

Hardest from the tips

— the top 25 of 234 courses with a USGA course rating for its men’s tees

#	Course	Hardest from the tips
1	Potomac Shores Golf Club	rating 78.4
2	Trump National Golf Club Washington D C Championship Course	rating 77.9
3	Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech	rating 77.5
3	Virginia Tech Golf Course	rating 77.5
5	Royal New Kent Golf Club	rating 76.8
5	The Golf Club at Creighton Farms	rating 76.8
7	Spring Creek Golf Club	rating 76.6
8	Ballyhack Golf Club	rating 76.1
8	Stonehouse Golf Club	rating 76.1
10	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club	rating 75.8
11	Rock Harbor Golf Course Boulder	rating 75.7
12	Trump National Golf Club Washington D C River Course	rating 75.6
13	Lansdowne Resort The Norman Course	rating 75.5
14	Nansemond River Golf Club	rating 75.3
14	Olde Mill Resort	rating 75.3
16	Bristow Manor Golf Club	rating 75.2
16	The Club at Viniterra	rating 75.2
18	Green at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club The	rating 75.1
18	Sabot at Hermitage Country Club	rating 75.1
18	The Highland Course at Primland Resort	rating 75.1
21	Brickshire Golf Club	rating 75.0
21	Poplar Grove Golf Club	rating 75.0
21	Rock Harbor Golf Course Rock	rating 75.0
24	Chantilly National Golf Country Club	rating 74.9
24	Dominion Valley Country Club	rating 74.9

The highest USGA course rating published for any of the men’s tee sets — the score a scratch golfer is expected to shoot. Men’s ratings only, for the same reason as slope: the men’s and women’s ratings of one tee are different measurements. It measures difficulty and nothing else; it is not a quality score and never orders these pages by how good a course is.

Widest tee spread

— the top 25 of 341 courses with two or more tee sets of different lengths

#	Course	Widest tee spread
1	Bay Creek Resort Club Palmer Course	4,184 yds between tees
2	The Federal Club	4,029 yds between tees
3	Rock Harbor Golf Course Boulder	3,986 yds between tees
4	Kingsmill Resort River Course	3,707 yds between tees
5	Rock Harbor Golf Course Rock	3,607 yds between tees
6	Old Trail Golf Club	3,572 yds between tees
7	Washington Golf Country Club	3,308 yds between tees
8	Army Navy Country Club Arlington Blue Red Course	3,267 yds between tees
9	Birdwood Golf Course	3,260 yds between tees
10	The Club at Kingsmill Woods Course	3,228 yds between tees
11	Orchard Creek	3,093 yds between tees
12	The Country Club of Virginia Westhampton Course	3,066 yds between tees
13	Cutalong at Lake Anna	3,037 yds between tees
14	The Club at Viniterra	2,984 yds between tees
15	Stonehouse Golf Club	2,878 yds between tees
16	Heritage Hunt Golf Club	2,799 yds between tees
17	Kingsmill Resort Plantation Course	2,758 yds between tees
18	The Golf Club at The Highlands	2,720 yds between tees
19	Lake Monticello Golf Course	2,701 yds between tees
20	Eastern Shore Yacht Country Club	2,650 yds between tees
21	Spring Creek Golf Club	2,608 yds between tees
22	The Water S Edge Country Club	2,598 yds between tees
23	Blacksburg Country Club	2,585 yds between tees
24	Pendleton Golf Club	2,568 yds between tees
25	Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech	2,543 yds between tees

Yards between the longest and shortest published tee sets — how far the course moves to fit a different player. Courses publishing a single tee set are not in the running, because one set is an unmeasured spread rather than a narrow one.

Oldest

— the top 25 of 279 courses with an opening year

#	Course	Oldest
1	The Omni Homestead Resort Spa Old Course	opened 1892
2	Washington Golf Country Club	opened 1893
3	Crabapple Dogwood at Roanoke Country Club	opened 1899
3	Dogwood Redbud at Roanoke Country Club	opened 1899
3	Redbud Crabapple at Roanoke Country Club	opened 1899
3	Roanoke Country Club	opened 1899
7	The Country Club of Virginia Tuckahoe Creek Course	opened 1908
7	The Country Club of Virginia Westhampton Course	opened 1908
9	Belmont Golf Course	opened 1916
9	Princess Anne Country Club	opened 1916
9	Woodlands Golf Course	opened 1916
12	Links at City Park Golf Course The	opened 1919
12	Salem Golf Course	opened 1919
14	Blue Hills Golf Course	opened 1920
14	Ole Monterey Golf Club	opened 1920
16	Jefferson Lakeside Country Club	opened 1921
17	Boonsboro Country Club	opened 1923
17	The Omni Homestead Resort Spa Cascades Course	opened 1923
17	Winchester Country Club	opened 1923
20	Belle Haven Country Club	opened 1924
20	Farmington Country Club	opened 1924
20	Lonesome Pine Country Club	opened 1924
23	Fredericksburg Country Club	opened 1925
23	Galax Municipal Golf Course	opened 1925
25	Spotswood Country Club	opened 1926

The year the course opened, as published. Ranked oldest first. An opening year is not a design credit and not a renovation date — a course that opened in 1921 and was rebuilt in 1998 still opened in 1921.

Highest above sea level

— the top 25 of 353 courses with a coordinate we could sample

#	Course	Highest above sea level
1	Wintergreen Resort Devils Knob	3,539 ft
2	Skyland Lakes Golf Course Resort	3,024 ft
3	Dan Hall Mountain Resort	2,807 ft
4	The Highland Course at Primland Resort	2,803 ft
5	Needles Eye Golf Club	2,742 ft
6	Olde Mill Resort	2,644 ft
7	Fincastle on the Mountain Golf Course	2,634 ft
8	Longview Golf Course	2,609 ft
9	Galax Municipal Golf Course	2,516 ft
10	Blue Ridge Country Club	2,443 ft
11	Wytheville Golf Course	2,369 ft
12	Great Oaks Country Club	2,358 ft
13	Tazewell County Country Club	2,354 ft
14	Swannanoa Country Club	2,326 ft
15	The Hill at Blacksburg Municipal Golf Course	2,303 ft
16	Wolf Creek Golf Country Club	2,280 ft
17	The Omni Homestead Resort Spa Old Course	2,265 ft
18	Draper Valley Golf Club	2,251 ft
19	Holston Hills Community Golf Course	2,190 ft
20	The Omni Homestead Resort Spa Cascades Course	2,143 ft
21	Deer Field Golf Course	2,124 ft
22	Auburn Hills Golf Club	2,090 ft
23	Giles Country Club	2,075 ft
23	Thorn Spring Golf Course	2,075 ft
25	Glenrochie Country Club	2,060 ft

Height above sea level at the course’s own published coordinate, sampled from the USGS 3DEP elevation model. THIS IS A FIGURE WE DERIVED, not one the course publishes — anybody can re-query the same public dataset at the same coordinate and get the same number, but no scorecard states it. Because every course carries a coordinate, this is the only board here whose field is nearly the whole database rather than the courses that publish a particular figure. Elevation changes how far a ball carries; it says nothing about whether a course is good.