History

A timeless gem forged by vision, ardor and fortitude.

When George Erwin Stephens proposed a private club on a 1,200-acre tract of land owned by his wife Sophie’s father, John Springs Myers, he could not have imagined its future. After he inherited his land, Myers envisioned a Charlotte suburb where neighbors could live within minutes of a college, school, shopping, dining and worship. In 1911, son-in-law Stephens bought the family property and armed with Myers’ vision and John Nolan’s landscape design, Myers Park soon took shape as a neighborhood in harmony with nature. In 1915, Stephens announced the addition of a private club and a nine-hole golf course that would take advantage of the lush surroundings.

One year later, Suburban Country Club opened on Selwyn Avenue where Myers Park Baptist Church now stands. Encouraged by its success, the Club relocated to the former Horner Military Academy where a newly created Roswell Avenue met Queens Road East. By 1921, the Club opened on its permanent site with 350 members and plans for an 18-hole course designed by renowned Donald Ross. Delayed by war, economics, and the land needed for optimal layout, the course opened 23 years later. And in 1945, famed golfer Byron Nelson began his 11-tournament winning streak at the Club’s Charlotte Open, emblazing Myers Park and its Clubhouse on the map.

Despite weathering two World Wars, a Great Depression, a 1954 name change, many renovations, and Hurricane Hugo which claimed 900 of the campus’ trees, Myers Park Country Club remains as graceful as it is strong and a beacon of what determination and passion can create. Today, the Club shines in the Queen City’s crown and looks forward to an exciting tomorrow.