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The River Course served as a popular PGA Tour site for 22 years and is currently home to the LPGA Tour’s Michelob ULTRA Open. Television viewers are familiar with the course’s signature 17th hole a par 3 hole perched on the edge of the James River. In 2004, original architect Pete Dye returned to Kingsmill to oversee changes to the River Course layout and green complexes. The renovation included the addition of tees from which golfers of all abilities can enjoy, redesigned fairway bunkering on several holes presents new and exciting challenges, and resurfaced greens allow for faster and smoother putting on the recontoured surfaces.
Born in 1925 in Urbana, Ohio and hailed as the father of modern golf course architecture, Mr. Dye earned his Doctoral of Landscape Architecture from Purdue University. Mr. Dye has served a President of the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architect�s and is an honored recipient of the ASGCA�s Donald Ross Award, and the Golf Course Superintendents Association�s Old Tom Morris Award. Inspired early on in his career by a tour of the great course of Scotland, Mr. Dye�s work in the United States includes an outpouring of challenging and exceptional golf course designs. The River Course is among his most noted and memorable.
The Plantation Course
Golf legend Arnold Palmer created a sister course to The River Course to appeal to golfers of all abilities. The Plantation Course recently named by Golf for Women as one of the top ten Best Courses based on course design, playability, aesthetics, practice facility, and amenities. The Plantation Course is more wide open, less demanding of pinpoint accuracy, but it’s certainly no pushover. At 6,543 yards, there is less emphasis on well-positioned drives than accurate and consistent iron play and perfect putting on the undulating greens. Water comes into play on eight of the 18 holes, and there is no shortage of rolling terrain.The Plantation Course is fun, challenging and meticulously maintained. Historical landmarks from a 1736 plantation are woven into the landscape.

The Woods Course
Two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange and golf course architect Tom Clark combined forces to create a parkland-style golf course tucked away in its own private corner of the resort.

The Woods Course, Kingsmill’s newest addition, was honored by GOLF magazine as one of the “Top Ten Courses Available for Public Play” when it opened. With rolling terrain, plenty of trees, and even a double green with a bunker in its center, the Woods Course provides a truly memorable round of golf.

Bray Links

The nine-hole, Par-3 Bray Links is available to all Kingsmill Resort guests. Located between the Conference Center and the James River, this sporty layout is played by everyone from children to CEO’s.

Designed by Tom Clark, the Bray Links is serious golf, however, with bentgrass greens and Bermuda rough maintained by the same grounds keeping staff as the adjacent River Course. Lush and colorful ornamental landscaping changes with the seasons, complementing the course’s sweeping views of the river.

As Golf Digest recently stated, “The most opulent pitch and putt in the country must surely be Kingsmill Resort’s terrific Bray Links.”
Whether you’re playing a fun round with your kids, taking a break from a meeting or sharpening your short game, The Bray Links will provide challenging fun.

* Nine-hole, par-three course

* Located directly behind the Resort Center

Bray Course Fees:

* Adult: $10

* Children (17 and under): $5

The Spa at Kingsmill offers a complete spa experience in state-of-the-art facilities designed with your complete comfort and privacy in mind. A comprehensive array of restorative services are available, including massages, body and skin treatments, and specialized nail and hair treatments.

* Complete spa and salon services
* Large massage studios
* Facial rooms
* Wet treatment room
* Hair and nail salon
* Spa shop