Guests staying at the nearby Colonial Williamsburg resort as well as area residents enjoy playing the two 18 hole courses at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club as well as its nine hole executive course Robert Trent Jones Sr designed the Gold Course a tight layout with rolling fairways and is designed to play around a five acre lake across ravines and through woodland glens The greens are large and undulating This course features dramatic changes in elevation so expect some interesting lies in the fairways The Gold Course is known for its spectacular collection of par threes all four play over water and require a well played strategic shot Water hazards come into play on every course The Green Course was designed by his son Rees Jones and it is a more traditional resort course offering plenty of forgiveness with a sprinkling of challenges The shoulder mounds tend to kick errant tee shots back into play A challenging nine hole executive course the Spotswood Course is named for a colonial Virginia governor Alexander Spotswood who lead an expedition to explore the far reaches of the Virginia territory in 1716