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Few places in the American Southeast command the kind of elevation and seclusion that the Sapphire Valley area of western North Carolina offers, and Burlingame Country Club occupies that landscape with the quiet confidence of a long-established private retreat. The course sits within a gated community tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains, where summer temperatures run 15 to 20 degrees cooler than the piedmont below — a fact that has drawn lowland Carolinians and Floridians to this corner of Jackson County for generations. The mountain setting means dramatic changes in elevation between tees and greens, ball flight that behaves differently in the thinner air, and a round that asks for shot-making rather than raw distance.
As a private, members-only club, Burlingame operates on a scale suited to the surrounding residential community rather than a regional tournament circuit — a course where knowing the land is genuinely part of the advantage.
The broader Sapphire and Cashiers plateau is serious golf country, sharing the highlands with well-regarded neighbors, and the short, vivid mountain summers give members a compressed but intensely enjoyable season each year.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Tees · men | 6,664 | 72.6 | 146 | 72 |
| Blue Tees · men | 6,171 | 70.4 | 137 | 72 |
| Blue-White Hybrid · men | 5,803 | 68.9 | 129 | 72 |
| White Tees · men | 5,491 | 67.6 | 124 | 72 |
| White Tees · women | 5,491 | 73.1 | 141 | 72 |
| Silver Tees · men | 4,912 | 64.9 | 112 | 72 |
| Red Tees · men | 4,818 | 64.5 | 111 | 72 |
| Red Tees · women | 4,818 | 69.4 | 131 | 72 |
| Red/Green Hybrid · women | 4,140 | 65.4 | 122 | 72 |
| Green Tees · women | 3,882 | 63.8 | 119 | 72 |
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