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Few private clubs in the American South carry quite the same elevation and atmosphere as Grandfather Golf & Country Club. Situated in the North Carolina High Country near the base of Grandfather Mountain — one of the oldest mountains in the world — the club sits above 3,500 feet, where summer temperatures run 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the lowlands and the air carries a genuine mountain sharpness. The course is part of the Linville community, one of the region's oldest planned mountain resorts, and the surrounding landscape of hardwood forest, rhododendron thickets, and exposed granite ridgelines is as distinctive as any golfing setting in the Southeast.
Ellis Maples, the noted North Carolina architect behind several well-regarded Tar Heel State layouts, designed the course, and it plays as a genuine mountain test — tight corridors, elevation changes that complicate both club selection and reading of the land, and views of Grandfather Mountain's rugged profile appearing throughout the round.
Membership here connects to a broader Linville tradition of Appalachian summer retreats that stretches back generations. For those with access, it represents mountain golf at a serious, unhurried level.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Tees · men | 7,021 | 74.2 | 148 | 72 |
| Gold Tees · men | 6,639 | 72.7 | 144 | 72 |
| Gold / White Hybrid · men | 6,410 | 71.5 | 143 | 72 |
| White Tees · men | 6,219 | 70.9 | 142 | 72 |
| White Tees · women | 6,219 | 76.9 | 148 | 72 |
| White / Blue Hybrid · men | 5,974 | 69.5 | 136 | 72 |
| White / Blue Hybrid · women | 5,974 | 75.5 | 144 | 72 |
| Blue Tees · men | 5,725 | 68.4 | 129 | 72 |
| Blue Tees · women | 5,725 | 74.2 | 139 | 72 |
| Blue / Green Hybrid · men | 5,532 | 67.4 | 126 | 72 |
| Blue / Green Hybrid · women | 5,532 | 72.9 | 137 | 72 |
| Green Tees · men | 5,252 | 66.4 | 123 | 72 |
| Green Tees · women | 5,252 | 71.6 | 134 | 72 |
| Green / Red Hybrid · men | 5,002 | 65.3 | 121 | 72 |
| Green / Red Hybrid · women | 5,002 | 70.2 | 128 | 72 |
| Red Tees · men | 4,771 | 64.5 | 120 | 72 |
| Red Tees · women | 4,771 | 68.8 | 123 | 72 |
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