Longest/Waterfall

Locust Grove sits in Orange County, Virginia, in the rolling Piedmont countryside between Fredericksburg and Charlottesville — Civil War ground, farm country, and second-home territory where the pace slows considerably from the Northern Virginia suburbs an hour to the north. Golf here draws a local and regional crowd rather than destination travelers, and courses in this part of the state tend to offer straightforward, unpretentious rounds set against mature hardwood forests and open meadow land.

The name Longest/Waterfall suggests a layout with at least one genuine wow-factor hole — a water feature dramatic enough to serve as an identity, alongside a stretch that tests distance. Without overstating it, a waterfall feature on a course this far inland is an unusual calling card, hinting at a property that makes use of natural grade changes and perhaps a creek corridor threading through the back nine.

As an 18-hole par-72, this is the kind of course built for a full afternoon's golf — approachable enough for the everyday player, but with the land itself doing enough work to keep the round interesting.