The 18-hole "Emerald" course at the The Emerald Golf Club facility in New Bern, North Carolina features 6,924 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 74.0 and it has a slope rating of 125 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Rees Jones, ASGCA, the Emerald golf course opened in 1988. Jerry Briele, PGA manages the course as the Director of Golf.