Kingsmill Resort: Plantation Course

Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay's 1986 Plantation Course at Kingsmill Resort runs through the landmarks of Richard Kingsmill's 1736 colonial plantation, with actual 17th-century tabby-brick ruins and Colonial-era landscape features visible from the fairways, a course where history is genuinely part of the routing rather than a marketing layer on top. 6,432 yards par-72, modest yardage that belies the strategic demands. Palmer and Seay routed water into play on eight holes, with deep ravines, yawning woodlands, and generous fairway landing areas that reward accurate iron play and short-game precision over brute distance. One of the shorter and more historically-immersive resort cards on the East Coast. Peak green fee runs $85-135 for resort guests. Fits a Williamsburg trip as the 'Colonial-era scenery plus Palmer-Seay design' round between the River Course (Pete Dye) and Woods Course (Curtis Strange) at Kingsmill.