I really like the setting -- just below its namesake, Grandfather Mountain. The course condition is always supurb. Also check out the stone-work. It appears so old and natural. All golf course accessories have been well thought out too. Here, Maples demands pinpoint accuracy from the tees. Unfortunately, however, recovery play does not exist -- either you are in-play or out-of-play in a thicket of vegetation. They had some trouble with creek flooding and erosion recently, but I think all is back under control following the hurricanes.