Sedgefield Country Club (Donald Ross Course) - Greensboro, North Carolina

On Sunday Patrick Reed was victorious for the first time on the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship, hosted by Sedgefield Country Club. This week’s course review looks at the history and design of this vintage course in the lush interior of North Carolina.

Located just south of the Greensboro city centre, the Sedgefield Country Club is one of North Carolina’s premier golf facilities. The Donald Ross course first opened to the public in 1925, and has provided eighteen holes of exciting golf to club members and visiting tournament players for almost a century.

In 2007 the time-weathered course underwent a $3 million refurbishment which restored the original Donald Ross design, making Sedgefield a must-see for golfers who want to experience the layout at an early American course.

Designed in the 1920’s, the course differs from modern American links courses in several ways. The most noticeable features are the small greens and rolling fairways that are similar to those found in Scotland and the British Isles. The result is a course that calls for accuracy on every shot without punishing higher-handicap players with a stressful day on the course.

Superb par 3 holes are a feature of Donald Ross course designs, and Sedgefield is no exception. The par-3 third, seventh, twelfth, sixteenth holes call for a variety of clubs and approach shots, and golfers who take the 245-yard twelfth hole lightly may be headed for high scores – the lengthy par 3 calls for distance off the tee and precision on the fairway and green.

Despite its open layout and the homes that surround the course, Sedgefield Country Club is a private golf facility. Members may bring their guests along for a round of golf, making access to the course challenging but not impossible for visiting golfers – the club’s website has more information.

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