Colonial Heritage Golf Club first opened for play in the fall of 2006. The course was designed by Arthur Hills.
The layout takes advantage of the natural terrain and landscape of its southern Virginia surroundings. Meandering through 175 acres of densely wooded grounds, the 6,889 yard, par 72 championship golf course offers five sets of tees and immaculate playing conditions. Strategically placed bunkers, undulating fairways and carefully planned water features create as an enjoyable golfing experience for all playing abilities from novice to expert. This 175-acre beauty winds its way through the neighborhoods of Colonial Heritage.
Colonial Heritage Golf Course plays to a par of 72 and a maximum distance of 6,889 yards.
$26 (cart included), played on Thursday, August 2014 at 4pm
A challenging course requiring finess, not for the meek.
$46 (cart included), played on Saturday, July 2014 at 6am
I liked the course and I would play it again. Maybe this time from the forward tees.
Member (cart included), played on Wednesday, April 2014 at 4pm
A challenging course. A must play. You will hate it., but learn to love the challenge.
$21 (cart included), played on Saturday, March 2014 at 10am
Our group of travelling seniors played here 3-15-14 during our escape from the wintry north. We paid $26 with Tee Time book, which is a great price for this outstanding golf course. Tim, the young staffer in the pro shop, was very cordial and made us feel very welcome: he is a credit to the organization!
Weather the day we played was a factor, as the wind was really howling, though the temps were not bad: nonetheless, our play was greatly influenced by the gale, so that may color my comments.
First, several holes are surrounded by houses (e.g., we counted 30+ houses along the #11 fairway), which diminishes the ambiance considerably. Otherwise, it's a really interesting design, some excellent visuals, and a couple of really diabolical holes, notably #5 and #17.
#5 is a dogleg uphill par 5, with a fairway split laterally by a bog, tempting the bold (and the unwary) to try to blow across it from the tee: good luck with that shot! The fairway then wends its way steeply uphill, such that one's third shot (or fourth, or whatever) is almost certainly gonna be a severely uphill lie to a humped green sited behind a bunker.
#17 is similar: it's a longish par 3 uphill at least 70 feet from the tee box, and the landing area is crowned, so that balls can easily carom off into the ravines on e sither side. The green is deep, but narrow, with two distinct tiers with about eight feet of vertical separation between them...and the whole green slopes from back-to-front. Good luck with that downnhill putt!
Generally, we found the coucrse to be a nice challenge, and enjoyable. Fairways are typically wide enough to work with, the bunkers are plentiful, but playable, and we thought the greens were excellent, especially considering the time of year. Course is VERY hilly, and not walkable except by ironmen/women-in-training.
A negative: no hole diagrams on either the tee box or the scorecard: for first-timers, that means a $6 yardage book is essential: none of the various GPS' we had with us had enough info in it.
Course is a bit north of Williamsburg proper, and just a few hundred yards from the Williamsburg Pottery Factory, which has legendary status in the minds of some kitsch-seekers I know. That may be a good "staging point" for a non-golfer spouse while enjoying this fine course. I highly recommend.
(cart included), played on Wednesday, January 2014 at 6am
I play this course 70+ times ayear. I would highly recommend it to any golfer in the Williamsburg area. I have played most of the courses in the area and feel this course is the best in the area even better than the Golden Horseshoe courses.
$41 (cart included), played on Thursday, June 2013 at 10am
I rank it in the top 3 courses in the area.
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(cart included), played on Friday, June 2015 at 1:00 PM
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