From Fields to Fairways

Rock Barn Country Club & Spa brings together championship golf, a European-style spa, inviting dining, and a welcoming community. Perfectly crafted for members, guests, and families who love memorable experiences. Read on to learn more about where we have been and who we are today.

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Who We Are
Rock Barn Country Club & Spa, located in the foothills of western North Carolina, offers public access to our award-winning Tom Jackson Golf Course, European-style Spa, and Fresh Chef Café. The Robert Trent Jones course was the home for the Senior PGA Championship Tour for 12 years.

Rock Barn is also the perfect venue for weddings, proms, corporate meetings, holiday celebrations, and family gatherings. From small, intimate gatherings to large corporate celebrations, “Fine Occasions,” our in-house event planner, will work with you to plan and execute a customized experience just for you.

Membership at the club affords exclusive access to amenities such as golfing on our members-only Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Tom Jackson Course, preferred member rates at the Spa, fully equipped fitness center offering group classes ranging from yoga to spin as well as personal training, outdoor aquatic center, court sports complex, fine and casual dining venues, and social events for the entire family.

During the past 50 years, Rock Barn has grown to become the premiere social and athletic club in our region. As a full-service, family-oriented club you will find that our first-class facilities, programs, and services are unlike any other in the region. Our dedicated staff are committed to providing exceptional customer service in all areas of the club.

Highlights
Championship Golf
Tom Jackson (public) and members-only Robert Trent Jones course, instruction and events.
European-Style Spa
Signature therapies, pools and saunas, plus the Spa Café for a full day of relaxation.
Gatherings & Events
Weddings, meetings and celebrations with in-house planning by Fine Occasions.

Our History
Not far from the entrance to Rock Barn Country Club and Spa stands a once splendid, Pennsylvania-style bank barn. Built in the early 1800’s, Squire Frederick Hoke fashioned this impressive structure from the stones of Lyle’s Creek. It became a community landmark and now is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Weathered and almost forgotten, the barn no longer serves as a place for communal congregation.

But others had a grand vision for the bucolic land along Lyle’s Creek, taking it from fields to fairways. And, today, the Rock Barn story endures.

In 1966, not far from the old barn, Billie Younce purchased land to establish a golfing community. Bob Mathews joined him, and together they built The Rock Barn Club of Golf. A group of investors from Ohio bought Rock Barn in 1979. But in 1983, a local group, led by John Hemmings, took ownership of the golfing community. Over the next fourteen years, Rock Barn grew in size and stature.

Big changes occurred in 1997, when local businessman Don Beaver acquired Rock Barn. His dream was to create a premier golfing community and resort destination, with two championship courses and first-class amenities. In 2003, Rock Barn hosted its first PGA senior tournament. From 2003 to 2014, Champions Tour favorites did Battle at the Barn.
— Michael & Sharon Smith, Rock Barn: from Fields to Fairways.

In 2019, Rock Barn Country Club & Spa celebrated 50 years of history, honoring the past while moving forward towards a modern vision: a resort dedicated to providing hospitality; celebrating, creating, and supporting community; and offering a lifestyle where members, residents, and locals play, relax, dine, and live.