Inside the course: Greenbrier’s Old White Course (PGATOUR.com)
July 26, 2010
Tim Clark hits a shot at TPC Deere Run in the 2007 John Deere Classic.
The PGA TOUR heads to The Old White Course at the Greenbrier Resort for the inaugural Greenbrier Classic this year. Learn more about this historic venue.
Fast facts Original architect Charles Blair Macdonald (1914) Course remodel Lester George (2006) Yardage history 7,020 yards (2010) Course tour Click here Hole Par Yards 1 4 449 2 4 440 3 3 205 4 4 396 5 4 344 6 4 471 7 4 405 8 3 217 9 4 404 10 4 385 11 4 470 12 5 568 13 4 475 14 4 399 15 3 215 16 4 445 17 5 570 18 3 162 Course origins The Greenbrier’s first 18-hole golf course, The Old White Course, opened in 1914. The course was named for the well-known Old White Hotel, which stood on the grounds from 1858 to 1922. One of the first golfers to play The Old White was President Woodrow Wilson in April of 1914. The course features generous fairways and challenging, undulating putting greens. Every hole has an obvious and well defined strategy that allows for either a very challenging approach to the green, or one that has less risk, and a higher chance of success.
Charles Blair Macdonald, a dominant figure in the early history of American golf, designed the course and modeled several holes from some of the most famous European holes. The Old White’s No. 8 hole was styled after the Redan at North Berwick, No. 13 after the Alps at Prestwick and No. 15 after the Eden at St. Andrews.
Over the years, golf greats including Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson have played these challenging greens. Sam Snead shot his final hole-in-one on The Old White Course’s No. 18 in 1995. To ensure the future of this traditional course, The Greenbrier began a multi-year restoration process, which was done by Lester George of George Golf Design and was completed in 2006.
The Old White Course, along with The Greenbrier Course and The Meadows Course, the two other championship, 18-hole courses, begins and ends at the Golf Club.—Source: Thegreenbrier.com Tournament course history Course Location Years The Old White Course White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 2010
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