WASHINGTON, D.C.—Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest historic hotels across America, has released the 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses list.
This unique list of historic resorts chronicles the history of golf in the United States through many of the most beautiful, prestigious, and iconic American golf courses that continue to attract both leisure seekers and serious athletes. Many of these golf courses were designed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often called the Golden Age of golf-course architecture.
The golf courses at these Historic Hotels of America resorts were designed and renovated by legendary golf-course architects, ranging from Golden Age architect Donald Ross to more recent visionaries, such as Pete Dye. In addition to claiming famous architects and championships, each course has earned a reputation, in part, based on the many famous people who have played on their greens: U.S. presidents, world leaders, golf champions, film and entertainment celebrities, and famous inventors and industrialists.
The golf courses included in the 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses list are some of the country’s most historic and treasured spaces. Today, guests can make their own history when they stay and play where champions have played. Nine golf courses within ConventionSouth’s coverage are among the golf courses named to the 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses: The Omni Homestead Resort (1766), Hot Springs, Va.; Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847), Point Clear, Ala.; Jekyll Island Club Resort (1887), Jekyll Island, Ga.; Pinehurst Resort (1895), Pinehurst, N.C.; Omni Grove Park Inn (1913), Asheville, N.C.; The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection (1925), St. Petersburg, Fla.; The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort (1935), St. Simons Island, Ga; Williamsburg Inn (1937), Williamsburg, Va.; Mission Resort + Club (1964), Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
Read the press release for the complete list of golf courses named in the 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses list.
