Forest Oaks Country Club
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The Forest Oaks Country Club is located near Greensboro, North Carolina
. It is primarily known for its golf course and the PGA Tour
event held there from 1977 through 2007: the Wyndham Championship, formerly the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, and the Greater Greensboro Open (GGO). The club was established in 1965.
at Forest Oaks has five sets of tees making it accessible for golfers of varying skill levels. In addition it has a six lane swimming pool, eight tennis court
s (six clay court
s and two hard courts). It also offers the standard range of country club
resources: meals and drinks at the clubhouse bar and restaurant, golf
and tennis
lesson
s, and event hosting.
was hired to redesign it. The fairways are grassed by Tift Sport Bermuda grass and the greens with a mix of A4 and A1 bentgrass. Par
for the course is 72 and it has a slope rating
of 135. Golf World Magazine gave the new course a 4.7 rating out of a possible 5.0.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
. It is primarily known for its golf course and the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event held there from 1977 through 2007: the Wyndham Championship, formerly the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, and the Greater Greensboro Open (GGO). The club was established in 1965.
Amenities
The golf courseGolf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
at Forest Oaks has five sets of tees making it accessible for golfers of varying skill levels. In addition it has a six lane swimming pool, eight tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s (six clay court
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
s and two hard courts). It also offers the standard range of country club
Country club
A country club is a private club, often with a closed membership, that typically offers a variety of recreational sports facilities and is located in city outskirts or rural areas. Activities may include, for example, any of golf, tennis, swimming or polo...
resources: meals and drinks at the clubhouse bar and restaurant, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
lesson
Lesson
A lesson is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur. It involves one or more students being taught by a teacher or instructor...
s, and event hosting.
Golf course
The course at Forest Oaks was originally designed by Ellis Maples and opened in 1962. It underwent only minor alterations until 2002, when golfer Davis Love IIIDavis Love III
Davis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...
was hired to redesign it. The fairways are grassed by Tift Sport Bermuda grass and the greens with a mix of A4 and A1 bentgrass. Par
Par (score)
The word "par" is a term in the game of golf used to denote the pre-determined number of strokes that a scratch golfer should require to complete a hole, a round , or a tournament...
for the course is 72 and it has a slope rating
Slope rating
The slope rating of a golf course is a measure of its difficulty for bogey golfers. The term comes from the fact that when playing on more difficult courses, players' scores will rise more quickly than their handicaps would predict. The "slope rating" of a course thus predicts that rise...
of 135. Golf World Magazine gave the new course a 4.7 rating out of a possible 5.0.