2875 Old Town Club Rd,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106
The Course:
18 holes.
Designer:
Original design by Perry Maxwell (1939); restored and modified by Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2013).
36.124373
-80.271577
3 mi NW of Winston-Salem.
Old Town Club
Old Town Club: It was in 1938 that Charlie and Mary Reynolds Babcock, scions of the Reynolds Tobacco family, set out to establish a private golf club next to their homestead. Renowned golf course architect Perry Maxwell was commissioned to craft the layout, which to this day exudes an open linksy feel, with its expansive fairways, meandering Silas Creek, and uneven undulating terrain.
The sweeping cross-course vistas at Old Town Club are punctuated by artistic bunkering and bold green contours, widely known for their trademark “Maxwell rolls.” Exclusively for the use of members and their invited guests, this private club is located a stone's throw to the south of the Wake Forest University campus, a few miles north of Winston-Salem. The Club serves as the University's official home course.
Private club; visitors/guests may only play if hosted by a member.
Old Town Club has served as the official home course of Wake Forest University golf for many decades. Over the years the university has produced many outstanding golfers, several of them major champions. Amongst its most notable golfing "Demon Deacons" are Arnold Palmer, Curtis Strange, Jay Haas, Lanny Wadkins and Webb Simpson ... and not forgetting Billy Joe Patton, Leonard Thompson, Jack Lewis, Joe Inman, Jay Sigel, Eddie Pearce, Scott Hoch, Gary Hallberg, Billy Andrade, Len Mattiace and Bill Haas.
North Carolina's 3rd best course (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
USA's 54th best course (Golf Digest, 2023).
World's 84th best course (GOLF Magazine, 2023/24).
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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