Old Town Club

Perry Maxwell's 1939 course on the old R.J. Reynolds estate in Winston-Salem, revived by Coore & Crenshaw's 2013 restoration of its rolling greens and wide fairways.

Old Town Club opened in November 1939 on part of the R.J. Reynolds estate in Winston-Salem, next to what is now Wake Forest's campus. Perry Maxwell routed it with little earthmoving, making the most of rolling, varied ground. Later work by Bob Cupp in 1996 and Bobby Weed in 2002 covered up much of his style, from bunker shapes to green contours.

Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw's 2013 restoration rebuilt Maxwell's jagged-edged bunkers with tufts of native broomsedge, widened fairways to restore angles and brought back the small rolls, or 'Maxwell rolls,' in the greens. Golfweek moved the club up 43 spots in 2014. Width and green contour drive the strategy: the best side of the fairway changes with each hole location. The 8th and 17th share a huge double green.

Holes to know

12

Par 4 · 454 yd

The left side of the fairway gives the better angle to the green but a blocked view; the right is open but sets up a tougher approach.

17

Par 5 · 629 yd

A creek cuts diagonally across a fairway about 80 yards wide with several levels, before the shared double green.

8

Par 4 · 417 yd

Plays to the largest and most contoured green on the course, shared with the 17th.

Design history

• 1996: Bob Cupp renovation
• 2002: Bobby Weed renovation
• 2013: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw restoration of Maxwell's bunkers, greens and fairway width