Kingsmill Resort
Resort in James City County, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kingsmill Resort is a vacation, conference, and golf resort in the eastern United States, located in James City County, Virginia, southeast of Williamsburg. It is located on a portion of the Kingsmill Plantation; the original plantation structures and their successors have long been in ruins. It was founded in the 1970s by Anheuser-Busch as part of related developments near Colonial Williamsburg. In 2010, Kingsmill Resort, which sits within a large residential planned community of the same name, was slated to become a vital piece of the entertainment and hospitality system operated by Xanterra Parks and Resorts, one of many enterprises owned by Denver-based billionaire Philip Anschutz. Anschutz bought Xanterra in 2008 after it was a Fred Harvey hospitality company dating to 1876.[7]
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Coordinates | 37.225°N 76.668°W / 37.225; -76.668 |
Location | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Elevation | 50 feet (15 m) |
Established | 1975; 49 years ago (1975) |
Type | Resort (River, Plantation) Private (Woods) |
Total holes | 37 |
Events hosted | Kingsmill Championship (2012–present) Michelob ULTRA Open (2003–2009) Michelob Championship (1981–2002) |
Greens | Bentgrass |
Fairways | Bermuda / Ryegrass[1] |
Website | kingsmill.com/golf |
River Course | |
Designed by | Pete Dye (1975, 2004)[1] |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,831 yards (6,246 m)[2] |
Course rating | 73.2 |
Slope rating | 136[3] |
Plantation Course | |
Designed by | Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,254 yards (5,719 m)[2] |
Course rating | 70.7 |
Slope rating | 129[4] |
Woods Course | |
Designed by | Tom Clark, Curtis Strange |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,659 yards (6,089 m)[5] |
Course rating | 72.2 |
Slope rating | 133[6] |
With facilities overlooking the James River a few miles east of Jamestown, the Kingsmill Resort has 425 rooms, five restaurants, 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2) of conference space, a spa and fitness center, marina, and a 15-court tennis center. Three championship golf courses (two at the resort, one private) surround the resort and are nestled within a large planned community (management of which is not part of the Kingsmill Resort). The resort has hosted a total of 29 professional golf tournaments from 1981 until 2009, among them LPGA and PGA Tour events.[8] The resort has also been a perennial favorite for political conferences, such as national governors conferences and congressional caucuses.[9]
The area features the three main sites of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia which are linked by the Colonial Parkway (Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown), as well as the Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA theme parks, joined by smaller attractions, hotels, time-sharing developments, restaurants, retirement complexes, and other venues.