Virginia Golfer May / Jun 2018 | Page 33

GOLF LOVERS IN VIRGINIA ARE SPOILED when it comes to how quickly you can travel to play elite golf. Within a day’s drive, you could play one of Pinehurst Resort’s nine layouts, explore the numer- ous courses in Myrtle Beach or even head farther south to Georgia to investigate what Sea Island has to offer. But what if you want to stay home and play great golf at a public course right here in the Commonwealth? You’re in luck. Four of the top 100 public layouts on Golf Digest’s listing of the best public courses in Amer- ica for 2017–18 are in Virginia—and another is inside the top 10 of Golfweek’s 2017 state-by-state ranking of courses you can play. Where to start? Pick a part of the Commonwealth and start playing. ➽ M AY / J U N E 2 0 18 | V I R G I N I A G O L F E R 31