The 18-hole "River Bend" course at the River Bend Country Club facility in New Bern, North Carolina features 6,499 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The course rating is 71.0 and it has a slope rating of 125 on Bermuda grass. Designed by R.T. Branney/(R) Frank Hoffman, the River Bend golf course opened in 1975. Karl Thurber, PGA manages the course as the Golf Professional.