The Highland Course at Primland

Fourth on Golf Digest's 2025-'26 ranking of the best golf courses in Virginia and labelled "Public" in its own block, making it the highest-ranked publicly accessible course on that list. The resort's page reads "Highland Course | Open to general public, members and resort guests," and its booking system, called without credentials, offered 33 bookable tee times priced $325 for September 20 and 21, 2026, with no restriction on any of them. "Opened in 2006 by renowned golf course architect Donald Steel"; Golf Digest's designer field reads "Martin Ebert/Donald Steel." 7051 yards, rating 75.1, slope 153, par 72, at 2000 Busted Rock Road on the 12,000-acre Primland estate.