Salem Glen Country Club

Clemmons itself occupies the rolling terrain characteristic of North Carolina's Piedmont, where the land is neither the flat coastal plain to the east nor the dramatic mountain topography to the west, but something in between — gently contoured ground that gives a golf architect room to work without overwhelming theatrics. That kind of site rewards courses built on strategy and shot-shaping rather than spectacle.

At par 71, Salem Glen plays slightly shorter than a standard championship layout by design, which often signals a routing that prizes precision over pure power — a format that tends to reward members who know the course intimately.