The 18-hole "Cowans Ford" course at the Cowan's Ford Golf Club At Lake Norman facility in Stanley, North Carolina features 6,954 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.0 and it has a slope rating of 133 on Bermuda grass. Designed by (R) Kris Spence, the Cowans Ford golf course opened in 1964. Scott Brannan manages the course as the General Manager.