Situated within the Appalachian Mountain range, it is no surprise that West Virginia is nicknamed “The Mountain State”. Billed as “Wild and Wonderful” by the State Tourism Board, WV is all about the outdoors and golf is no exception.
West Virginia, United States
The course at Pikewood National Golf Club literally took years to carve out of dense forest and its mountain fairways tumble over a tortuous limestone landscape, making great demands of golfers...
West Virginia, United States
West Virginia, United States
The Pete Dye Golf Club is located in Bridgeport, West Virginia and is a private club which opened in 1994. Water, in the shape of ponds, creeks or streams, comes into play at nearly half the holes.
The Old White was the first of three 18-hole golf courses to be constructed at the famous Greenbrier resort, opening in 1913.
Established as a luxury real estate venture in 2000, the Greenbrier Sporting Club lies within the 6,500-acre Greenbrier property in White Sulphur Springs.
As part of Stonewall’s multi-million dollar improvement program, the resort acquired the talents of Eric Larsen, to lay out a championship golf course within the property.
Greenbrier's rejuvenated Meadows course re-opened for play in 2017 with a new design and routing, using six holes from the Greenbrier course.
Located in the Ohio River Valley, the course at Williams Country Club has been in play ever since the club was formed back in 1932.
Tom Clark’s Stonehaven layout became the second 18-hole course at Glade Springs and such was the acclaim that greeted this course, he was asked to add another 18 holes.
Gary Player’s design company has been involved in around 50 North American golf course projects over the years and the Raven at Snowshoe Mountain is one of their very best efforts.
Over a million cubic yards of earth was moved during the construction of the Cobb course at Glade Springs to shape many of the contours, with water incorporated into several of the holes.
The course at Guyan Golf & Country Club is a Herbert Strong layout dating back to 1922. Measuring 6,523 yards from the championship tees, it plays to a par of 71, with tree-lined fairways laid out on rolling terrain.
The Resort at Glade Springs boasts three 18-hole layouts, the latest of which, the Woodhaven course, was completed in 2010 with fairways routed across an undulating, forested landscape...
The Robert Trent Jones Senior course at Speidel Golf Club is the original layout at the Oglebay Golf Resort which opened its tees for play in 1969.
The Arnold Palmer-designed golf course is the newer of the two courses at Oglebay. More modern and less testing than its older brother, the Palmer offers a contrast to the other courses on property.
The Canaan Valley layout was designed by respected Canadian architect Geoff Cornish in two returning 9-hole circuits with open, forgiving fairways routed up, down and around a hill...
The Greenbrier course suffered major flood damage in June 2016. Some of the course is open, but Phil Mickelson Design has been commissioned to renovate eight original holes and build ten new ones.
West Virginia, United States
Opened in 2002, the course at Twisted Gun Golf Club occupies the site of an old coal mine near Gilbert, in Mingo County. Recently transferred to the municipal authority, it’s one of the county's most prized sporting assets. It has now been permanently closed.
