If you build it they will come! Melling contracted one of the leading golf designers, Robert Trent Jones Sr. to build the first course at the resort, The Jones Masterpiece. When Jones stood on what was to be the sixth tee and looked out over the hills all he could see was a thick growth of trees. Thus, Sylvan Knob became Treetops. When the Jones Masterpiece opened in 1986, Golf Digest named it the second-best new course in the country. The course features deep ravines, pesky sand traps, tough pin placements, numerous water hazards, and dramatic elevation changes. The Jones Masterpiece is the most challenging course at the resort, but take time to look back up each fairway, as the course is almost as beautiful backwards as it is forward. A great golf course isn’t always enough to draw a knowledgeable golf clientele. Melling understood the need for an outgoing and competent golf professional and hired a little-
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