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Wintergreen
Resort Golf!
Overview
High in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains lies one of the nation's
premier golf and four-season vacation destinations; Wintergreen
Resort. Wintergreen's 11,000 acres extend from the Blue Ridge
Mountains to the valley below. With its mountaintop and valley
locations now featuring 42 holes, the resort
offers two distinctly different golf experiences. One at the
top of the mountains at Devil's
Knob, the other in the valley below along
Stoney Creek.
It also has a golf academy.
Devil's
Knob
Designed by Ellis Maples, a native of Pinehurst, North Carolina,
this challenging 18-hole course follows the surprisingly flat
ridges at the top of the mountain. At 3,850 feet it is the
highest in the state, with 40 to 50 miles views of the Shenandoah
and Rockfish Valleys. That elevation means summer temperatures
are cooler than in the valley below but also limit its season
to April through November.
Par: 70. Length: 5,101-6,300 yards.
Stoney
Creek
Unlike Devil's Knob, which is seasonal, this 27-hole championship
course remains open year-round. Rees Jones designed the original
18 holes (the Monocan and Shamokin nines), giving them roomy
fairways that meander along the valley floor and feature bold
mounding like that found on many British courses. He returned
10 years later to add the Tuckahoe 9, which
opened in 1998. He laid it out over the hills and through
woods, skirting meadows and preserved wetlands. Waterhazards
are plentiful and so are his trademark moundings. Golf Digest
ranks it in the top 40 of America's best resort courses.
Par:
72. Length: 5,500-7,005 yards.
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