History of the Front Royal Golf Club
Built in 1938, the Historic Front Royal Golf Club and Recreational Center is the second-oldest golf course in the State of Virginia and Virginia’s only golf course with four holes right on the Shenandoah River.
While technically a 9 hole Course, the Front Royal Golf Course will challenge any golfer with it’s 18 tee boxes, all with different slopes and designs that give the course a true 18 hole feel.
Constructed based on the “County Courses” in Ireland, the Front Royal Golf Club and Recreational Center was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps under President Franklin D. Roosevelt on land donated by Mr. William E. Carson in honor of his late son, Will. It was designed by Mr. Carson, and, to this day largely reflects Mr. Carson’s original design.
The Front Royal Golf Course is “America’s Golf Course” as it reflects three centuries of history in America and the American spirit.
Beginning as a family farm in the 1700’s the land on which the course was built was later repurposed into to a stone quarry for the Riverton Limestone Company in Front Royal, Virginia and later into the Front Royal Golf Club and Recreational Center.
The Historic Front Royal Golf Club and Recreational Center is the ultimate example of American ingenuity, American efficiency, American creativity and American zeal.
