Richmond Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in Richmond

There's no big city or county golf division here. Henrico County owns Belmont, and First Tee – Greater Richmond runs it along with two other sites: the Elson Redmond range in Richmond, which has a six-hole par 3 by Lester George, and the Tattersall Youth Development Center in North Chesterfield, a Lester George 18-hole executive course that opened in August 2000. Belmont is now a 12-hole course restored by Love Golf Design from Tillinghast's drawings, plus Little Bell, a six-hole par 3 of Tillinghast replicas, and The Ringer, an 18-hole putting course. In Glen Allen, The Crossings was bought by the Henrico Economic Development Authority in 2024 and is being rebuilt by McConnell Golf, with reopening expected in fall 2027.

Public courses worth knowing in Richmond

• Belmont Golf Course: Tillinghast's 1917 Hermitage Country Club, site of Sam Snead's 1949 PGA win. Now 12 restored holes run by First Tee – Greater Richmond; 2026 weekday walking rate $45.
• Royal New Kent Golf Club: Mike Strantz's third solo design. 7,440 yards from the Invicta tees with a 76.8 rating and 154 slope.
• Independence Golf Club: Public course just west of Richmond, renovated from 2013 and named in Golf Digest's Top 10 Remodels of 2016. Five sets of tees from just over 5,000 to more than 7,100 yards.
• The Crossings Golf Club: Joe Lee course from 1979 in Glen Allen, on land Hermitage Country Club once owned. Closed for a Kris Spence rebuild to 7,400 yards; expected to reopen in fall 2027.
• Tattersall Youth Development Center: First Tee's Lester George executive 18 in North Chesterfield, open since August 2000, with a three-hole Discovery Course. Bunkers redone in 2025.

Booking tee times in Richmond: the local rules

Belmont books online and charges $10 a player for a no-show without notice. Its 2026 rates took effect May 8, 2026, with 10% off for seniors 65 and over, military and first responders. We didn't find a published advance-booking window for Belmont or the area's daily-fee courses.

Why tee times in Richmond are hard to get

The season in Richmond runs roughly from spring to late fall. The first warm weekends in spring and the cool, dry weekends of fall are the hardest to book.

Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.

When tee time cancellations happen

Booked-up doesn't mean gone. Plans change: groups cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline (often 24 to 48 hours out), players drop when the forecast turns, and a group that shrinks leaves an open spot. Those times quietly come back on the booking page, usually for minutes, not hours.

How to get a tee time in Richmond

Doing it by hand? Here's what works.

1. Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
2. Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
3. Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
4. Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
5. Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Amelia Court House has 1 courses on Yoink and Fort Lee has 1.

Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked