Highlands Country Club

In 1928, when Robert Tyre “Bob” Jones, Jr. struck the very first ball christening the Highlands Country Club golf course, the founders had a feeling history was being made. Those founders, including the Colonel Robert P. Jones (Bob’s father), had engaged well-known Scottish architect Donald Ross to carve a golf course out of the beautiful Appalachian Mountains. Using the natural terrain, Ross designed the course with a high demand for accuracy that became the perfect practice ground for the young Bob Jones. In the summer of 1930, the amateur Jones accomplished a feat that has yet to be equaled. He won the Grand Slam, four major golf tournaments in one year.