3700 Gleneagles Rd,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Undulating terrain.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
Original design by George Cobb (1961); modifications by Arnold Palmer (1986), and Tom Fazio (1997 & 2016).
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8 mi S of downtown Charlotte.
From Charlotte's Douglas International Airport head east on Josh Birmingham Parkway, then onto the Billy Graham Parkway heading south toward I-77. Go straight over I-77 onto Woodlawn Rd before turning right onto South Blvd (US-521). After 4 mi turn left onto Sharon Rd West, which becomes Gleneagles Rd once you cross over Park Rd. Quail Hollow is a right turn off Gleneagles Rd, o.8 mi after crossing over Park Rd.
Quail Hollow, NC
Quail Hollow Club, home to a top-rated championship golf course, is located 9 miles south of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The excellent tree-lined parkland layout contains a wealth of wonderfully crafted, memorable and testing golf holes ... and is home to the notorious "Green Mile".
Throughout, this excellently manicured course follows the folding contours of the terrain to present a challenge at every hole. The front-nine is predominantly played through graceful tree-lined fairways. The signature hole on this outward nine-hole loop is the testing par-5 7th, which is flanked on its right side by a snaking pond and accompanying rock walls and gently cascading waterfalls.
On the demanding back-nine the fun starts with a short driveable par-4 at 14. The closing trio of holes, infamously known as the "Green Mile", comprises the par-4 16th and par-3 17th, both flanked by the same small lake, and the long par-4 18th. Your drive at the final hole needs to find a tightish fairway; the hole is defined by a creek running up its entire leftside from the tee-boxes to the green.
Quail Hollow is definitely a course that will delight the golfing senses while challenging your all-round game. However, this is a private course generally playable only by its members and their guests.
Quail Hollow is a private club. Guests may only play if hosted by a member.
Excellent
Quail Hollow Club has hosted numerous top-level tournaments, including the PGA Tour's Kemper Open from 1969 until 1979. After nine years hosting the Champions Tour (1980-88), the PGA Tour returned for a regular annual stop from 2003 onwards (2003-08 Wachovia Championship; 2009/10 Quail Hollow Championship; 2011 onward Wells Fargo Championship). 2017 saw the Club host a major championship, the U.S. PGA Championship, for the first time in its history. (See our Tournaments section >by Venue >Quail Hollow).
2019/20 Golf Digest rating: 115th best course in the USA and 7th best course in North Carolina.
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
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