Kingsmill Resort
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| 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] |
Kingsmill Resort is a vacation, conference, and
With facilities overlooking the
The area features the three main sites of the
Development history
Beginning in the early 1970s, largely on a 2,900-acre (12 km2) tract of property which was formerly part of the
The St. Louis-based brewer invested in the area following negotiations held between August Busch, II and Winthrop Rockefeller, a son of Colonial Williamsburg's initial chief mentor, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Winthrop Rockefeller had been serving as both governor of Arkansas and chairman of Colonial Williamsburg in the 1960s and 1970s. (Water Country USA, a local water park, was acquired by A-B in the 1990s, and added to the company's theme park activities, which include a number of SeaWorld properties in other states as well).
Divestiture by A-B, InBev
In the last part of the 20th and early into the 21st century, as a brewer, A-B found itself increasingly in tough competition in an increasingly global market.
In 2008, after initially resisting an unsolicited stock bid, A-B announced it had reached an agreement to be acquired by the even larger Belgium-based InBev, the world's largest brewing company. The newer owners announced plans to sell-off the portions of A-B activities which were not part of the core beverage business as it worked to reduce debt incurred to fund the acquisition.
As A-B had been a major employer and strong community supporter for many years, there was widespread speculation and more than a little apprehension about who might ultimately acquire and control the theme parks, the resort, and other Busch developments in the region.
New owners, future
Since then, the
In July 2010, it was announced that Xanterra had entered into an agreement,[11] to purchase and operate the Kingsmill Resort. In 1968, Xanterra became the successor to the Fred Harvey Company established by entrepreneur Fred Harvey in 1875.[12] One of Xanterra's locations is at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Xanterra (owned by Anschutz since 2008) has operated in national and state parks across the United States, especially in the Western regions. Other operations include Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.[10] Owned by Denver-based billionaire Philip Anschutz since, 2008, prior to the Kingsmill announcement, Xanterra was operating about three dozen hotels and lodges with more than 5,000 guest rooms combined, with over 8,000 employees.[13]
In March 2017, Fort Worth-based Escalante Golf acquired Kingsmill Resort.[14]
References
- ^ a b "LPGA Kingsmill Championship" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. May 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "River and Plantation scorecards" (PDF). Kingsmill Resort. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Kingsmill: River". USGA. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Kingsmill: Plantation". USGA. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Woods scorecard" (PDF). Kingsmill Resort. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Kingsmill: Woods". USGA. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
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- ^ a b "Blackstone to buy Busch/InBev theme parks for up to $2.7 billion". 2009-10-07. Archived from the original on 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
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- ^ "Xanterra Parks & Resorts". Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ^ "Xanterra Travel Collection | A World of Unforgettable Experiences".
- ^ "Kingsmill Resort Sold for $29.3M". 2 March 2017.