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Few public courses in Virginia's I-95 corridor carry a name that sets expectations quite the way Gauntlet does — and by most accounts, the layout earns it. Opened in the mid-1990s and designed by P.B. Dye, the course brings the family's trademark confrontational design philosophy to the rolling terrain south of Washington, D.C.: steep banks, dramatic bunkering, and enough forced carries to keep even experienced players honest. P.B., son of the legendary Pete Dye, shares his father's taste for peril and visual intimidation, and Gauntlet leans into that lineage fully.
Fredericksburg sits roughly halfway between Richmond and Washington, a city defined as much by Civil War history as by its position as a commuter crossroads. The golf market here draws from a wide suburban radius, and Gauntlet has long served as the area's answer for players who want something more demanding than a typical public-access round.
The course plays to a par 72 across heavily contoured ground, rewarding accurate ball-strikers while punishing those who simply try to overpower it. It's a public layout that plays with a private club's sense of consequence.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold · men | 6,723 | 73.8 | 143 | 72 |
| Gold · women | 6,723 | 80.6 | 149 | 72 |
| Black · men | 6,320 | 71.8 | 140 | 72 |
| Black · women | 6,320 | 78.2 | 145 | 72 |
| Green · men | 5,843 | 69.5 | 136 | 72 |
| Green · women | 5,843 | 75.5 | 143 | 72 |
| White · men | 5,351 | 67.2 | 130 | 72 |
| White · women | 5,351 | 72.7 | 136 | 72 |
| Red · men | 4,901 | 65.3 | 125 | 72 |
| Red · women | 4,901 | 70.3 | 130 | 72 |
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