The 18-hole "Balsam Mountain" course at the Balsam Mountain Preserve facility in Sylva, North Carolina features 6,824 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 73.0 and it has a slope rating of 147 on Bent grass. Designed by Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay, ASGCA, the Balsam Mountain golf course opened in 2007.