The Virginian is on the northeast side of Bristol on Old Jonesboro Road and is open to outside play to guests of the nearby Nicewonder Farms & Vineyards Resort.

The layout is on a sprawling, hilly tract of land in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with an upscale residential community featuring massive homesites dominating the margins. The fairways are generous, but sloping and hilly. the greens are of varied sizes with tiers and undulating surfaces, and there's 70+ sand bunkers lining the fairways and defending the greens. There's tees from 5,073 yards to 7,025 yards at the tips, the white tees are 6,022 yards, 69.2/127, course/slope ratings, designed by Tom Fazio.