Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia

West Virginia State Parks runs the golf at Pipestem and Twin Falls. Its 2026 season passes cover both, plus Cacapon and Canaan Valley: $709 plus tax for any day (weekend and holiday tee times after 10 a.m.), $459 for midweek, which is Monday through Thursday at Pipestem and Twin Falls, and $399 for any day from June 1 to August 31. Each includes two guest passes. At Glade Springs in Daniels, the Cobb Course is the one on the 2026 public rate card, and Raleigh County residents can play it up to three times a year.

Public courses worth knowing in Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia

• Pipestem Resort State Park: State park course by Geoffrey Cornish on the rim of Bluestone Canyon, plus a par-3 course.
• Twin Falls State Park Golf: Wooded state park 18 with Cornish and Cobb design elements; on the state season pass.
• Glade Springs Village - Stonehaven: Tom Clark design, 7,203 yards around 69-acre Chatham Lake.
• Glade Springs Resort - Cobb Course: George Cobb layout, 7,121 yards from the back; open to public guests and Raleigh County residents.
• Sleepy Hollow Golf Club: Club history dates to 1921 at Nitro; in Teays Valley since the 1955 land purchase.

Booking tee times in Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia: the local rules

State park season passes are non-transferable and still depend on tee-time availability, so a pass is not a reserved slot. At Glade Springs, the Cobb Course accepts the WVGA VIP Card for two plays at $60 plus tax in the off-season (January through March and mid-October through December).

Why tee times in Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia are hard to get

The season in Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia 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.

Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.

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 Greenbrier & Southern West Virginia

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. Daniels has 2 courses on Yoink and Pipestem has 2.

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