
Par 3 Course
Olde Beau Golf and Country Club
About this course
The Par 3 course at Olde Beau Golf and Country Club sits in Roaring Gap, a small mountain community in the Blue Ridge range of northwestern North Carolina. Bruce Satterfield designed this short course as a complement to the club's regulation layout, providing members with a walkable option that emphasizes iron play and green reading in the mountain terrain. The elevation changes and natural contours typical of this region shape the character of the holes. Roaring Gap developed as a summer retreat in the early twentieth century, and the area's golf facilities reflect this seasonal resort tradition. The Par 3 course serves both as a practice ground for members working on their short game and as a social venue where families and groups can play a quicker round. The mountain setting means the course experiences cooler temperatures than the Piedmont courses to the east, and the growing season and playing conditions follow the rhythms of the high country. Satterfield, who has worked on various courses in the Carolinas, designed the layout to fit naturally into the wooded mountain landscape. The routing takes advantage of the available terrain without requiring extensive earthmoving. For members of Olde Beau, the Par 3 course offers variety within the club's golf program and a way to enjoy the mountain environment in a more relaxed format than the full eighteen-hole course demands.
Quick facts
- Location
- Roaring Gap, NC, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1992
- Designer
- Bruce Satterfield
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 27
- Length
- 1,004 yards
Getting there
The journey to Olde Beau Golf and Country Club begins at Greensboro International (GSO), roughly ninety minutes southeast through the rolling Piedmont before the landscape rises into the Blue Ridge foothills, or alternatively from Charlotte Douglas (CLT) via a two-hour drive northwest through increasingly mountainous terrain. Private aviation finds its closest option at Greensboro's Piedmont Triad, though the remote character of Roaring Gap itself speaks to the club's deliberate seclusion in the high country of northwestern North Carolina. The final approach winds away from main thoroughfares into a quieter realm of ridge roads and dense forest, where elevation climbs steadily and the air itself seems to shift - a fitting prelude to one of the region's most intimate and exclusive retreats, nestled among the peaks where the mountains begin in earnest.

FAQ
Common questions about Par 3 at Olde Beau Golf and Country Club
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Par 3 was designed by Bruce Satterfield.
Yes. Par 3 at Olde Beau Golf and Country Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Par 3 is 27.
Par 3 plays 1,004 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
Par 3 is a 9-hole course.



