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Few municipal courses carry a name with more meaning. Dr. Charles Sifford — the man this Charlotte course honors — broke the PGA Tour's color barrier in 1961, becoming the first Black player to earn a Tour card, and his legacy gives this everyday public layout a weight and significance no scorecard statistic can convey. Playing here is a small act of remembrance, a nod to a Charlotte-born pioneer whose perseverance reshaped the sport entirely.
The course sits within Charlotte's park system, offering accessible, unpretentious golf in a city that has grown dramatically over the past two decades. Mecklenburg County's piedmont terrain — rolling land, hardwood canopy, Carolina clay — shapes the playing experience in the way that honest municipal courses do: straightforward, unadorned, and rooted in the community it serves. A par-70 layout rewards ball-striking and course management over raw length.
For Charlotte residents, this is neighborhood golf with genuine historical resonance. For visitors, it offers something rarer than a polished resort round — a chance to play a course that actually means something.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Tees · men | 5,872 | 68.2 | 120 | 70 |
| Middle Tees · men | 5,490 | 66.6 | 110 | 70 |
| Middle Tees · women | 5,490 | 72 | 118 | 72 |
| Forward Tees · men | 4,222 | 62.6 | 95 | 70 |
| Forward Tees · women | 4,222 | 64.6 | 105 | 72 |
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