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The 18-hole Championship course at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons features 7,018 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. The course is nestled along the Yadkin River in North Carolina's Piedmont and has consistently ranked as one of the top public courses in the nation since opening in 1958. Each hole is built on gentle rolling hills surrounded by nature and guarded by many of the course's 78 bunkers. The seventh and 12th holes, both par 3s, play over 230 yards from the back tees, and the par-4 11th hole is 490 yards. The course was designed to test the best golfers in the world and fits Jones' design philosophy of "easy bogey, hard par." The signature hole is #14, a 424-yard, par 4, requiring a tee shot from off an elevated tee, then an approach shot over water to an elevated green that is surrounded by bunkers.

The course has a deep, rich tradition of hosting some of golf's most prestigious tournaments; the most notable being the 1974 PGA Championship. Tanglewood Park's Championship course has hosted a PGA Championship, a U.S. Amateur Public Links and a PGA Tour Champions event. The historic Championship Course, site of the 1974 PGA Championship and the Vantage Championship (1988–2002), underwent a major 2018 renovation led by Robert Trent Jones II and Richard Mandell. Five sets of tees offer golfers of all abilities a fun, challenging and memorable day of golf on the storied fairways.