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From Vision to Landmark by Lee Pace
Winter 2011   Carolinas Golf
Together, Agnes Morton Cocke Woodruff, Hugh Morton, and John Williams conceived, nurtured, and cultivated one of the Carolina’s foremost golf venues — Grandfather Golf and Country Club in Linville, N.C…Read More

Ellis Maples: doing more with less by Richard Mandell
April 27, 2010   Golf Course Architecture
A protégé of the great Donald Ross, Ellis Maples was a key part of one of golf’s most enduring dynasties. Architect Richard Mandell, who originally trained with Ellis’ son Dan…Read More

Grandfather Golf and Country Club Hires Wood as Broker in Charge
March 18, 2010
Wood to Oversee Community’s New Realty Company, Grandfather Club Properties, LLC…Read More

• Golf Club Atlas

  Grandfather demands it all from the golfer, from accurate drives to a deft touch around/on the greens. Bunkers aren’t the primary hazard with which the golfer must contend; that distinction ... Read More.

• Grandfather, The Crown Jewel of the Mountains.

  July 2008 | Harris Prevost, High Country Magazine

  Most historians say the game of golf originated in Scotland in the 1400's. One version of the game's beginning maintains that bored sheperds started hitting small rocks into rabbit hole ... Read More.