A list and telephone numbers for 9-hole and military courses. Virginia Fairways will serve avid golfers in search of the best courses in the state, as well as business professionals, tourists and vacationers looking for a place to play during their travels. In our capsules, we have included the rating and slope from each set of tees. A USGA course rating is based on the score a scratch golfer should shoot from a certain set of tees.
Rating is based mostly on yardage.
Courses with the highest ratings are the ones most difficult for scratch players. Slope defines a course's degree of difficulty for the average golfer. Ten categories are used to determine the slope. Courses with high slopes are the ones most difficult for average golfers. The average slope is 113.