6. The Club At Viniterra

The Club At Viniterra

4.3976117647 4.4 stars from 5 (365)
  • Holes: 18
  • Par: 72
  • Length: 7496 yards
  • Slope: 142
  • Rating: 75.2
  • Layout
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Location
  • 8647 Angel’s Share Dr, New Kent, VA 23124, New Kent County
  • (804) 932-3888
  • www.viniterragolf.com
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Year built: 2009
Architect(s): Rees Jones (2009), Greg Muirhead (2009)
Type: Semi-Private
Golf Season: Year round. High Season: April 1st – October 31st

Rentals/Services

Carts: Yes
Pull-carts: Yes
Clubs: Yes
GPS: No

Practice/Instruction

Driving range: Yes
Pitching/chipping area: Yes
Putting green: Yes
Teaching pro: Yes
Golf school / academy: Yes

Policies

Walking allowed: Yes
Metal spikes allowed: No
Singles allowed: Yes
Dress code: Proper golf attire. No denim allowed
Credit cards accepted: Yes

Tees | Layout | Full Scorecard

Tee Par Length Rating Slope
Black 72 7496 yards 75.2 142
Blue 72 7087 yards 73.1 137
Green 72 6698 yards 71.4 133
White 72 6117 yards 69.8 129
Gold 72 5504 yards 68.7 127
Gold (W) 72 5504 yards 74.9 136
Burgundy (W) 72 5122 yards 71.1 128

Situated between Richmond and Williamsburg, the Club at Viniterra sprawls across abundantly wooded hills. There is no shortage of elevation changes on this Rees Jones and Greg Muirhead-designed golf course. There is a difference of as much as 70 feet from the tee to the green on most of the holes. When combined with the mature trees, the result is a tough layout that demands accuracy. Thankfully though, there are not many water hazards to contend with but there is strategically placed bunkering throughout. The golf course also provides a scenic round with working vineyards running alongside the lush fairways. In addition to being challenging, the Club at Viniterra prides itself on their environmentally sensitive practices. The golf course saves as much as 80 percent of the water used on traditional courses thanks to the use of a drought-resistant grass hybrid.

Accolades

Rating Snapshot

GA Rating Index 4.4 stars from 5
Off-Course Amenities: 3.3 stars from 5
Value: 4.5 stars from 5
Pace of Play: 4.2 stars from 5
Staff Friendliness: 4.3 stars from 5
Course Layout: 4.7 stars from 5
Course Conditions: 4.3 stars from 5
Rating Breakdown 365 Reviews
5 stars:
190
4 stars:
142
3 stars:
25
2 stars:
3
1 stars:
5
95.5%

recommend this course

348 out of 363 reviews

What Golfers Are Saying

Location is worth the drive convenient to the city near the airport   Great for advanced golfers wildlife/ scenic views locals   Challenges include bunkers elevation changes forced carries  
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FEATURED REVIEW

"Great course"

u000006444236's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a month
Handicap:  10-14
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/14/2018
Previously played Used cart Perfect weather Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Great course that is challenging and in great shape.

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Excellent

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Good

Course Difficulty:  Extremely Challenging

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"always nice"

jonnybear77's avatar
Age:  35-44
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a week
Handicap:  10-14
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/12/2018
Previously played

Reviewed on

viniterra is beautiful. consistently great. Dante from clerks is the pro. hes not even supposed to be here today! top notch design...go get some!

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Excellent

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Punched Greens But Plays As Well As Any Local Course"

MizunoBen's avatar
Top 100 Contributor
Age:  25-34
Gender:  Male
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
Handicap:  10-14
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/10/2018
Previously played Used cart Perfect weather Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

*This is an updated review. For more thoughts on this course, see my full review from 5/28/17*

This is my first time back to Viniterra since last summer, and not much has changed but I wanted to give an update on conditions. The greens have been aerated so they are a little bumpy and much slower than normal but generally your putts will roll true. Otherwise, the maintenance team has done a great job with the conditions here despite minimal rainfall the past month or more. The Bermuda grass in the fairways and rough is still dormant and that can occasionally be a pain. But the bunkers are raked and smooth and the fairways are devoid of divots.

I’m still not crazy about the change they made last year to flip the nines. You start and end with a par-5 which can be challenging. More daunting is the fact that a large group of fairway bunkers now greet you at the first hole before your driver is fully warmed up. If you land in them it’ll be good practice since it takes some fine shot-making to not land in bunkers on every hole here.

Something I seemed to have overlooked in my first review: this course plays loooong. I generally play from the second-longest tees on any given course but here that means 7000+ yards! I’ll accept that I didn’t play from the correct tees for my distance (I was hitting 3w and hybrids on every par-4, save 17) but the tees in front of me still measure nearly 6700 yards, so just reaching the green in regulation can be quite a challenge.

For me the challenge is a fun one and I still highly recommend this course to others. Just come prepared to spend a lot of time digging out of bunkers and using those longer clubs in your bag!

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Good

Staff Friendliness: Good

Value for the Money: Good

Off-Course Amenities: Good

Course Difficulty:  Somewhat Challenging

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Cold and windy"

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4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/08/2018
First time playing Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Never a fan of cart path only and don’t think it was needed. Course layout is amazing! Still needs a month before it’s worthy of 65$

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Good

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Good

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Punched Greens"

Pete1221's avatar
Age:  55-64
Gender:  Male
Skill:  Advanced
Plays:  Few times a week
Handicap:  10-14
3 3.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/06/2018
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Reviewed on

The course played hard. The greens had been airated , some of the sand traps had sand that was not ranked. The sand was heavy as if they just dumped a truck load of sand in the trap. The replay was $15 dollars from 9 holes.

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Average

Course Conditions: Average

Staff Friendliness: Average

Value for the Money: Average

Off-Course Amenities: Average

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Be good in two weeks"

WykaglBermingham's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a week
Handicap:  20-24
3 3.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/06/2018
Previously played Windy weather Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Greens were aerated not that long ago and cold weather not helping grass grow in yet. At least the fee for playing was commensurate with the conditions. Greens still sandy and grass around the greens is still dormant. Should be in good shape in a few weeks. Wind was brutal and made it an extra challenge.

Pace of Play: Poor

Course Layout: Good

Course Conditions: Fair

Staff Friendliness: Fair

Value for the Money: Good

Off-Course Amenities: Fair

Course Difficulty:  Somewhat Challenging

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Holes Sanded"

u4187119's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 04/03/2018
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Reviewed on

All holes on course still had sand, preventing true putting.

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Average

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Average

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Course Work"

u4187119's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
3 3.0 stars from 5 Played on 03/29/2018
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Reviewed on

The course was getting worked on which resulted in all holes having sand slightly placed on preventing true ball travel to hole

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Fair

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW
u4077563's avatar
Skill:  Advanced
Plays:  Few times a week
3 3.0 stars from 5 Played on 03/29/2018
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Reviewed on

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Average

Staff Friendliness: Good

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Average

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Good Time"

u4187119's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 03/16/2018
Previously played Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Overall course was in good shape. Pace. Of play was great. Enjoyed the day.

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Good

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Cold but fun"

JoeNew's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a week
Handicap:  15-19
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 03/11/2018
Previously played Used cart Cold weather Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

We played on a day that never broke into the 50's. Course was in very good condition considering all of the recent wet weather the area has had. Greens played a little slow but I know they will be in great shape when the weather breaks. All in all I will definitely play this challenging course again! Makes you hit the driver several times.

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Good

Course Conditions: Good

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Average

Course Difficulty:  Somewhat Challenging

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Great course, unfriendly counter"

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Age:  25-34
Gender:  Male
Skill:  Advanced
Plays:  Once a week
Handicap:  10-14
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 03/02/2018
Previously played Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

I played this course two Fridays in a row. I dont know if the second Friday (March 2) was “grumpy day” but the dude working the counter pretty much made it seem like he didnt want ANYBODY to be there that day. It was a day of high winds. Even after we were done 18 and at our cars, he came running out of the pro shop and rushed us to get our stuff out of our cart and hustle us into our cars. Ive never felt like i was less welcome on any other course. I tried to make small talk, you could easily tell the guy was agitated, and will not recommend this course to anyone based off of this experience. I loves the course too, but in this day and age, if you are a golf course, you need golfers to stay in business. Not a rude counter jockey who is on his high horse.

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Good

Staff Friendliness: Poor

Value for the Money: Excellent

I don't recommend this course

clubatviniterra's avatar
clubatviniterra

Commented on 03/06/2018

Thank you for your review. I am glad you enjoyed the course. As for staff we are working diligently to make sure all patrons get treated as they should be, WITH RESPECT. I hope that you will take in consideration our great course conditions and return again. Again, thank you for your review and I am sorry you were met by a staff member on a off day. We thank you for your patronage.

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clubatviniterra

Commented on 03/06/2018

Thank you for your review of the course. We appreciate your patronage and hope to see you soon. As for our staff we are working diligently to try and make sure we treat all customers as they should be, with respect. I hope that you will let the course speak for itself and return soon. Again, thank you for your review.

FEATURED REVIEW

"Damper Day"

u4187119's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 02/22/2018
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Reviewed on

Course was wet due rain. Cart path only but overall was not bad. Finished 18 holes in 4.5 hrs. Had a great day despite the wet conditions.

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Average

Staff Friendliness: Good

Value for the Money: Good

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW
u438960962's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 02/21/2018
Previously played Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Excellent

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Average

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Unusual Hot Golf in February"

KFByrnes's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a month
Handicap:  20-24
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 02/21/2018
Previously played Used cart Perfect weather Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

I enjoyed record-setting temperatures playing golf at Viniterra. Unfortunately the course was still pretty wet and play was restricted to cart path only for carts. Consequently, this meant extra walking and several ball drops to avoid standing water conditions. I've played this course before in the summer under normal conditions and it was great. I won't be back without knowing that carts are allowed on the fairways.

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Good

Course Conditions: Fair

Staff Friendliness: Good

Value for the Money: Fair

Off-Course Amenities: Fair

Course Difficulty:  Extremely Challenging

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"A good day"

1957kit's avatar
Age:  55-64
Gender:  Male
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a week
Handicap:  Don't know
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 02/16/2018
Previously played Used cart Wet weather Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Winter time, little grass in the fairways but always a fun track

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Average

Staff Friendliness: Average

Value for the Money: Average

Off-Course Amenities: Fair

Course Difficulty:  Somewhat Challenging

I recommend this course

clubatviniterra's avatar
clubatviniterra

Commented on 02/20/2018

I'm sure it was soaked but we are drying out now. See you soon.

FEATURED REVIEW

"Cold Day"

u4187119's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
4 4.0 stars from 5 Played on 02/08/2018
Previously played Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Was cold and Course was wet due to rain. Path only access. Nice and sunny and had a great time was the day warmed up

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Average

Staff Friendliness: Good

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

FEATURED REVIEW

"Viniterri"

u4187119's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 01/27/2018
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Reviewed on

Pace of play was good and Course was maintained and in good shape.

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Excellent

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Excellent

I recommend this course

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clubatviniterra

Commented on 01/30/2018

u4187119,

Thanks for the kind words! See you again soon.

Sincerely,

Viniterra

FEATURED REVIEW

"RWD @ Viniterra"

russelld1948's avatar
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Few times a week
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 01/26/2018
Previously played Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

This is a great course; but you must select the tee boxes that fit your game. No harm in moving up!

Pace of Play: Good

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Excellent

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Excellent

Off-Course Amenities: Good

I recommend this course

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clubatviniterra

Commented on 01/30/2018

russelld1948,

Great advice! Thanks for coming out!

Sincerely,

Viniterra

FEATURED REVIEW

"Distance, bunkers, and a blast!"

lccrossgaze's avatar
Age:  25-34
Gender:  Male
Skill:  Intermediate
Plays:  Once a month
Handicap:  10-14
5 5.0 stars from 5 Played on 12/20/2017
First time playing Verified Purchaser

Reviewed on

Viniterra is wide open. You can play as far back as you want. The course is designed for fun, but scoring chances will be hard to come by if you can’t stick it on the greens. All the greens are guarded by bunkers, with each bunker having a different grade of fluffiness (or hardness). Unless the practice range bunker is freshly raked, you may not want to base your sand shots on it. Still, it is a great course with a great staff!

Pace of Play: Excellent

Course Layout: Excellent

Course Conditions: Excellent

Staff Friendliness: Excellent

Value for the Money: Good

Off-Course Amenities: Average

I recommend this course

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clubatviniterra

Commented on 01/03/2018

lccrossgaze,

Thank you for the kind words! Rees Jones really constructed a gem out here in New Kent. Thanks for driving from Glen Allen!

Sincerely,

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