The Greene Hills Club
The signature green at Greene Hills with a GHC hedge topiary set into a bunker and the Blue Ridge Mountains behind.

The Course · Par 71 · 6,400 yards · 1968

Par 71, 6,400 yards, mostly the way Raymond left it in 1968.

Raymond F. Loving Jr., ASGCA, designed the course around the natural ridge that the property sits on at the foot of the Blue Ridge. The routing is unchanged from his original drawings, which we still have in the office in case anyone wants to see.

Designer

Raymond F. Loving Jr., ASGCA

A Virginia-based architect with a quiet body of work across the Mid-Atlantic. Greene Hills is one of his earliest commissions and still one of his most-played.

Opened

1968

Members have been walking it for fifty-eight seasons. Roughly six hundred thousand rounds. Roughly nine hundred thousand encounters with the oak on seven.

Handicap policy

VSGA

We post under the Virginia State Golf Association handicap system. VSGA VIP cardholders are welcome Monday through Wednesday.

Hole by hole

Eighteen holes, from the air, in the order you'll walk them.

Aerial frames captured during the course-flyover film, 2014–16.

Aerial view of hole 1, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

01

Par 4

An honest opener. Long iron in is plenty.

Aerial view of hole 2, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

02

Par 4

Plays uphill the second half. Club up.

Aerial view of hole 3, par 3, at The Greene Hills Club.

03

Par 3

Short. Wind matters more than yardage.

Aerial view of hole 4, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

04

Par 4

Blind landing. Trust the post.

Aerial view of hole 5, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

05

Par 4

Significant elevation change. The downhill view is the reward.

Aerial view of hole 6, par 3, at The Greene Hills Club.

06

Par 3

Water short and left. The prettiest hole on the front.

Aerial view of hole 7, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

07

Par 4

The oak. Right of it, left of it, or over it.

Aerial view of hole 8, par 5, at The Greene Hills Club.

08

Par 5

Reachable for some. Three good shots for everyone else.

Aerial view of hole 9, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

09

Par 4

A turn worth the walk back to the grille.

Aerial view of hole 10, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

10

Par 4

A fresh start. Stay below the hole.

Aerial view of hole 11, par 5, at The Greene Hills Club.

11

Par 5

Risk-reward, depending on the day's pin.

Aerial view of hole 12, par 3, at The Greene Hills Club.

12

Par 3

Mid-iron. The green has more than you think.

Aerial view of hole 13, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

13

Par 4

Driver-iron for most members.

Aerial view of hole 14, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

14

Par 4

A mid-handicapper's favorite.

Aerial view of hole 15, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

15

Par 4

Four sixty-six. Handicap one. Bring the big stick.

Aerial view of hole 16, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

16

Par 4

A breather before the closing two.

Aerial view of hole 17, par 4, at The Greene Hills Club.

17

Par 4

Position matters more than length.

Aerial view of hole 18, par 3, at The Greene Hills Club.

18

Par 3

Closes under the grille deck. Don't be short.

Three features you'll remember

The course is fair, the course is honest, and the course has opinions.

No. 7

The oak in the fairway.

A mature white oak that's been there longer than any of us. The fairway runs straight through it. Right of it favors a fade, left favors a draw, and over it favors confidence.

No. 6

Water short and left.

A Par 3 with one good place to miss and one bad one. The wind off the ridge changes the club almost daily.

No. 15

Four sixty-six. Handicap one.

A long Par 4 that gets longer when the wind comes down off the mountain. The members who par this hole talk about it for a week.

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