Opened in 1974, the course helped to launch the career of noted modern architect Rees Jones, who made the course his first solo design effort. In the proceeding four decades, it has hosted numerous Carolinas PGA events, testing players with tree-lined fairways and undulating, well-protected green complexes with Sunday Ultradwarf Bermuda putting surfaces. In building the course, Jones drew on the “hard par, easy bogey” mentality for which his father, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., was world-renowned. The result is a course that is an excellent test for low-handicap players while also preserving a sense of fairness for the middle and high marker.