Massanutten Resort – Mountain Greens Course

Massanutten Resort‘s Mountain Greens Golf Course is truly a mountain course. Virginia Golf Course Reviews did an initial review in November 2023 with the leaves falling! It was beautiful, but make sure you take extra balls in the fall – or just about anytime. Most of the fairways will slope away from the mountain, some more than others. Opened in the early 70s, this course has gone through at least one renovation to improve the sloped fairways, but you still must play the course as it’s designed – rarely should you use driver off the tee. As our proshop staff said, “Massanutten Resort is a resort with two golf courses, not a golf resort.”

The resort also has a water park, ski slopes, bike trails along with 2200 timeshares, 1100 homes (most of which have been converted to VRBOs or AirBnB facilities. There are also several really good eateries – namely Fareways Restaurant at the Mountain Greens Proshop. There is trouble awaiting on nearly every hole. Keep the ball in the fairway, using caution off the tee, and you’ll have an opportunity to score. If you blast away, you’ll likely loose your cool and your ball. There are great views from nearly every tee or green, along with wildlife throughout – especially deer, groundhogs and foxes. Make sure to pick up the yardage book before heading out to play – you’ll be glad you did. Favorite hole? No 7 – listed as the No 1 handicap. It’s a dogleg left 427 Yard, Par 4. Long hitters might actually blow through the dogleg. The approach to the green is over water. So, take enough club to make sure you get across the creek. Most challenging hole – No 4, 401 yard, Par 4 with an hour-glass shaped fairway with trouble on the left and right through the narrow part of the fairway. The approach to the green – trouble on the left with a creek, and protected on the right with several bunkers! Par is a gift! Prepare for beauty, challenge and lots of risk/reward opportunities.