Holston Hills Country Club

Holston Hills Country Club opened in 1927 in East Knoxville, Tennessee, with a golf course by the great Scottish architect Donald Ross and a handsome clubhouse from the firm Barber & McMurry. On arrival it was hailed as the finest course in the state and hosted the region's important events. What sets Holston Hills apart today is preservation: it is widely regarded as one of the most untouched Ross designs anywhere, with nearly all of the original bunkers, green sites and routing intact. Fittingly, the club sat on the less-fashionable side of town, so it never attracted the money that funded the modernizations that altered so many peers, an accident of geography that saved the architecture. Ross's trademark crowned greens and subtle contours still reward precise, thoughtful golf. It has hosted PGA Tour satellite and prominent amateur events.