By Chris Lang/VSGA Communications
For more than 50 years, Mill Quarter Plantation Golf Club has provided the Powhatan community a place to gather, play, and learn the game. That run is set to come to an end, as the course will close permanently after a final day of member play on Wednesday, November 4. The last public rounds are set for Saturday, October 31.
Founded in 1974 by David Daniels, Mill Quarter was most recently run by Daniels’ son David Patrick Daniels. Both men died in 2025, leaving the status of the course in limbo. The Daniels family was no longer able to run the day-to-day operations of the golf course and put it up for sale.
Diane Daniels, the widow of founder David, penned a letter to the community in June noting that “after 52 wonderful years, the Daniels family has made the difficult decision to sell the course. The future of the course, whether it will continue as a golf facility or be developed for housing, rests with the new owner.”
The letter was released shortly after the Daniels family announced they were under contract to sell the property to an unnamed local developer. Per Richmond BizSense, the deal has since fallen through, leaving the family to move forward with the closure.
Two of Mill Quarter’s most notable members were longtime Powhatan High School football coach and four-time VSGA champion Jim Woodson, along with his son, Virginia Golf Hall of Famer Jay Woodson.
“My family has been at Mill Quarter a long, long time, I’d guess it’s been 40 years or more,” Jim Woodson said. “My kids grew up playing there. The school golf team played there. I won a lot of club championships and made a lot of great memories. It’s just a shame that it’s closing.”
The elder Daniels, who served as a sectional chairman for the VSGA, was instrumental in getting what was called the “VSGA Supporter Program” off the ground in 1983, and Mill Quarter was a mainstay on what would later become the VSGA-VIP Golf Card.
Mix that with Mill Quarter’s standing in the Powhatan community, and it’s easy to see why the course will be missed.
“It’s been very important to the community,” Jim Woodson said. “Very reasonable prices for a public course. And it’s such a great track. It’s not overwhelmingly hard – though if you want to tip it out and play from the back, you can make it as hard as you want. From the normal tees, it’s fun for everybody. We’ve had a great time, and it’s a shame to see it go.”