Derby-quality horses like Avatar and Native Uproar once lived on the farm that became Windy Knoll, and legend says a well-known horse from those days is buried on the course. There are full-size steel horse sculptures, miles of black rail fence and a creek, and the holes have names like The Pasture, Stallion Row and Starting Gate.
Brian Huntley, formerly with Arthur Hills, designed the links-style layout, which was built in 2001. At The Saddle, a par 3, a raised bunker splits a very large green, and a tee shot that drifts right drops into a swale well below it.
The Stables has outdoor seating by a pond. Behind the pro shop there's a room with a bar Francis Ford Coppola used in scenes from the first two Godfather films.