The 18-hole "Championship" course at the Grandfather Golf & Country Club facility in Linville, North Carolina features 7,010 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 74.7 and it has a slope rating of 136. Designed by Ellis Maples, ASGCA, the Championship golf course opened in 1968. John Cunningham, CGCS manages the course as the General Manager/COO.