Though the Scottish shepherds who invented golf liked it for its challenges, Scottish sheep liked it because it gave them ample time to nap in shepherds’ pickup trucks. Find your own reason to enjoy golf with today’s Groupon to Mill Quarter Plantation Golf Course in Powhatan. Choose between the following options:

• For $19, you get 18 holes of golf with a cart rental (up to a $39 value), valid Monday–Friday.<p>
• For $24, you get 18 holes of golf with a cart rental (up to a $49 value), valid Saturday–Sunday.<p>

Designed by prolific golf-course architect Edmund Ault, Mill Quarter Plantation Golf Course nestles a par 72 championship course into the rolling Virginia hills, fitting 18 holes between lofty pines and restful meadows. Golf carts zoom over the slopes to a par 5 hole next to Fighting Creek, then ramp over hills to Hole 4, which guards its putting green with a sand bunker and a three-headed, fire-breathing german shepherd. The long stretch of grass at Hole 10 rewards long iron players, and the sneaky dogleg of Hole 14 curves strongly to the right, with a sand pit in the crook of its elbow and an audience of trees on either side.

Mill Quarter Plantation Golf Course’s rates vary throughout the day and week. Though the course sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.