Cherokee Hills Golf & Country Club

Cherokee Hills Golf & Country Club sits in the far southwestern corner of North Carolina, in Murphy, a small town near the Tennessee and Georgia borders within the Appalachian highlands. The course was designed by William Wells, a regional architect active in the Carolinas during the latter decades of the twentieth century. The setting takes advantage of the rolling terrain characteristic of this part of the Blue Ridge foothills, where elevation changes and wooded corridors shape the playing corridors. The routing moves through hardwood forests and across natural contours, requiring golfers to navigate uphill and downhill lies along with doglegs that follow the land's movement. Water features appear on several holes, typical of courses built in this era and region, and the design incorporates both risk-reward opportunities and strategic options for players managing the slopes. The greens are generally elevated or protected by bunkering, demanding accurate approach play. Cherokee Hills serves as the centerpiece of a residential community and country club, offering members a mountain golf experience without the extreme elevation found at higher-altitude courses in western North Carolina. The club provides traditional amenities including dining facilities and social programming. For visitors to the Murphy area or golfers exploring courses in the tri-state Appalachian region, Cherokee Hills represents the style of community-oriented mountain golf that developed across the Carolinas in the late twentieth century.