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Grandfather Golf & Country Club Championship Course Hole 18
January 22, 2016

The Grandeur of Grandfather

The Championship Course was recently the topic of a piece by CyberGolf.com's Dave Droschak. Learn what makes the golf experience at our Club so unique. Read the full article...
Golf Cart On Course
January 04, 2016

A Championship Course That Meanders The Mountain Offering Golfers 18 Picturesque Signature Holes

Linville, NC –Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder and The Grandfather Golf and Country Club course has what makes many lovers of the game salivate – not...
Championship Course Hole 4
January 04, 2016

A Lady of Vision Creates a Great Lady of Golf A High Country Masterpiece

Linville, NC – Fifty years ago Agnes “Aggie” Morton Woodruff, had a vision for a golf course on Grandfather Mountain and, with the aid of hand-picked architect...
North Carolina's High Country Magazine cover
December 01, 2015

High Country Magazine: A Hero for the Hemlocks

More than two decades into a war on the deadly hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), hemlock trees and forests are re-growing and thriving up and down the East Coast. Dr. Richard McDonald...
Palm Beach Life article
November 01, 2015

Politicians, sports figures, celebrities enjoy mountainside Grandfather Golf and Country Club, but Member’ list closely guarded

Grandfather Golf and Country Club is owned by 445 members who include politicians, retired NFL players and other noteworthy celebrities whose names are zealously guarded. A quarter...
Triad Golf Today cover
October 01, 2015

Grandfather’s Grand Plan

By DAVID DROSCHAK Bobby Weed must feel somewhat like a storm chaser the past 17 years. While most Linville residents are leaving behind what was a peaceful summer to return to...
Hot Links article
August 01, 2015

Great Courses: Grandfather Golf & Country Club

If one test of a great course is that you can clearly recall each hole, then the Ellis Maples layout at Grandfather passes with flying colors. The beauty of the setting is one...
Triad Business Journal logo
June 01, 2015

Triad Members Fuel Growth at Grandfather CC

Zach Platek admits he's not tuned into the Triad economy. As general manager at Grandfather Golf and Country Club in the North Carolina mountain town of Linville, he's...
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March 29, 2015

Charlotte Observer: Hope for NC Forest Hemlocks Comes in Shape of Tiny Predator

More than half of North Carolina's millions of hemlocks have died in the past 15 years. But now, a tiny insect - the Lari beetle - is helping spark a comeback that could save...
Golf Digest February 2013 cover
January 01, 2013

Golf Digest names Grandfather Golf and Country Club to its Top 100 Courses in America for 2013/2014

Grandfather Golf and Country Club recently received outstanding news from Golf Digest’s Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Jerry Tarde. Grandfather has been...
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