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Winston-Salem, NC
Old Town Club
Charlie and Mary Reynolds Babcock set out in 1938 to establish a golf club beside Reynolda, their Winston-Salem home. Clifford Roberts, familiar with Perry Maxwell’s work at Augusta National, recommended Maxwell for the project.1
- Location
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Course
- 18 holes · par 70
- Club website
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Golf on the Reynolds estate
Construction began on December 6, 1938. Offered a choice across the estate’s 1,003 acres, Maxwell selected a 165-acre horse farm for the course.1
The resulting 1939 layout later became an important reference for Bill Coore. Coore and Ben Crenshaw restored its bunkering in 2013, renewing the connection between Maxwell’s original work and a later generation of architects.2
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Sources and editorial notes2 references
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- Golf Old Town Club
Babcocks, Clifford Roberts, December 1938 construction, Reynolds estate and course terrain.
Consulted 2026-09-17 - Textbook: A Masterclass in Routings Old Town Club
PDF pages 1–2: 1939 course, Coore and Crenshaw restoration in 2013, connected fairways and double green.
Consulted 2026-09-17