Best golf courses: Norfolk / Virginia Beach

Norfolk / Virginia Beach: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
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Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Palmer, Arnold

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An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Findlay, Clark & Strange

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Original design by Fred Findlay. Redesigned by Tom Clark (of Ault, Clark & Associates) in collaboration with Curtis Strange.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Couples & Bates

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Fred Couples & Gene Bates
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Palmer, Arnold

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An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Doak, Tom

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Tom Doak

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Dye & Strange

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Pete Dye in consultation with Curtis Strange.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Palmer, Arnold

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Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
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Jones, Rees

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Rees Jones
5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
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Jones, RT Sr & Rees Jones

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Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr with later modifications by his son Rees Jones (1997 and 2016).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
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Jones, Rees

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Rees Jones

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Nicklaus, Jack

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Original 18-hole design by Jack Nicklaus; back-nine loop closed in 2020.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
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Dye, Pete

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Norfolk / Virginia Beach

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Pete Dye

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Tournaments

124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.

79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).

Who's Who

Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.

Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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