Back in '04 I had a chance to play Sedgefield CC in
Greensboro, NC, former home of the PGA Tour's Greater
Greensboro Open. I believe Sam Snead won 4 of his 8 GGO
titles here, and 4 at Starmount Forest, which alternated sites
of the GGO from 1938-1961. Sedgefield hosted exclusively
from 1962-1976. It took me 2 tries to finish the entire
course, as the first time, I got rained out, downpouring while
on the 12th hole (and experiencing one of those 'golfers are
such nice people' stories, as the member I was playing with,
whom I'd just met, invited me to his house off the 13th hole,
as we walked there in the downpour, letting me shower and
borrow clothes until I got back to my car).
I didn't get any pics of the first 8 holes....too busy
chatting.... but you can see them on the club's web site:
http://www.sedgefieldcc.org/index.cfm?ID=79Also, you can see a description of the upcoming restoration
by Kris Spence here:
http://www.sedgefieldcc.org/UploadedFiles/linktofile_189.pdfOne thing I love about Ross courses is the natural lay of the
land, where hills are just left there and become sloped
fairways, as they should be.
Oh, and yes, it's a housing development course, with little of the housing in play.
#9, par 4:
Uphill approach toward the Tudor-style clubhouse, which, as
the Sedgefield Inn in 1953, was the birthplace of the ACC Conference:
#10, par 4:
Approach:
#11, par 4:
From edge of first tilted fairway, looking at another. The
bunker left of the green is actually before the green:
The fairway on the par 4 13th, which slopes away on both sides, as it doglegs left:
Tee shot on long par 4 14th, to blind landing area:
Approach. The cross bunkers are a good 60 yards infront of the green:
Short par 5 15th, with landing area diagonal to play:
Par 3 16th, to tilted green:
Green:
Par 4 17th. Tilt everywhere:
Approach to a very tilted green. Wouldn't be surprised if
that's a lost bunker in front.