Rivanna Golf Club

Rivanna is southeast of Charlottesville, exit 136 off I-64, then south a few miles to Palmyra. The course is part of a real estate development that's been slow to take off, and rates on weekends are high, but during the week, very reasonable. It's a parkland style layout through the trees. The course was originally Laurel Ridge, designed by Brian Smith, but changed to Rivanna with the real estate development, and the course re-designed by Ed Carton, playing to a par 71, 6,375 yards, 126 slope and 70.9 course rating. Very difficult course, sloping and hilly fairways, small, elevated and undulating greens, tight fairway landing zones, need to play it a couple of times to understand the layout and appreciate the design. Conditions have suffered a bit in the last few years.