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Cedarbrook Country Club
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Rich History
Built among the
rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
Cedarbrook Country Club is the creation of one of
golf’s legendary architects. The demanding
Ellis Maples design is shaped out of land once
reserved as a private hunting retreat for the
founders of Hanes Hosiery, and their invited
guests.
The beautiful,
undulating terrain was home to the Blue Ridge
Lodge, a Quail hunting retreat built by the
Hanes family in the 1920’s. The Blue Ridge site
was adjacent to two other hunting lodges which,
along with Blue Ridge totaled more than 1200
acres of prime Yadkin Valley property.
In 1962,
Cedarbrook Country Club, for many years located
in adjoining Yadkin County, moved to its current
site near Elkin, NC.
The move was made possible by Chatham
Manufacturing Company, which provided the land
and oversaw the construction of the new golf
course.
The original Blue Ridge
Lodge was used as the Cedarbrook Clubhouse. It
is fitting that one of the leading names in golf
course architecture, the late Ellis Maples,
design a golf course on land with such a
distinguished history. The Maples family roots
in golf course construction date back to the
first four courses at Pinehurst Country Club,
including the famed Pinehurst No. 2.
Ellis Maples
apprenticed with his father and later became
renowned for his own outstanding designs,
including Grandfather Golf and Country Club, The
Country Club of North Carolina and Pinehurst No.
5. Ellis saw potential for an outstanding golf
course on the Blue Ridge Lodge site, and created
a fair but demanding nine holes of golf. The
Maples reputation was built with golf courses
that are at once strategically interesting and
fair. Cedarbrook Country Club is no exception.
Seven years after the first nine was completed,
Maples returned in 1969 to complete the second
nine.
Today, Cedarbrook
members and visitors enjoy a beautiful clubhouse
completed in 2005. The classic clubhouse
features clapboard siding, shingled gables, and
a distinctive rooftop cupola, paying tribute to
the early 1900’s origins of the location. After
a round of golf on the challenging Ellis Maples
design, enjoy a meal in our main dining room, or
on the veranda overlooking the golf course and
picturesque foothills. Or retire to the second
floor “Crows Nest Lounge”, offering an even more
spectacular view of the property. Fully
appointed Men’s and Women’s locker rooms, a
well-stocked golf shop, a comfortable Grill Room
and Lounge, and a welcome staff, all contribute
to a memorable visit to Cedarbrook Country Club. |
