Old Town Club
Old Town Club · North Carolina, Winston-Salem
Por Top 100 Golf Courses ·
The story began on the 1,000-acre R.J. Reynolds estate in Winston-Salem. The property was referred to informally as "Reynolda," the property was later handed down by Reynolds to his daughters Mary Reynolds Babcock and her husband, Charlie.
In 1938 the property was allocated 165 acres to establish a small, exclusive golf course.The time was when Clifford Roberts, co-founder of Augusta National was working for Babcock's investment firm Reynolds & Co. Roberts had recently hired Alistair MacKenzie's former designer partner, Perry Maxwell, to redesign the greens of Augusta to be used for The Masters.
The results were awe-inspiring, and Roberts naturally suggested Maxwell to take on his Old Town job.The course was instantly hailed by the media as being among the most prestigious course within the USA.The landscape is characterized by wide, sloping fairways flowing creeks, and the famous green contours that are known for their distinctive Maxwell rolls. However, it's the fairways that slope to the sides that offer the greatest diversity and awe, with swaying stances, and hanging fairways that are the standard.
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