The management firm will provide consulting services to the Sanford, N.C., property, which is located 20 miles from The Village of Pinehurst. Built on land previously used for tobacco farming, it features a Mike Strantz design that was once described on a list of the U.S.’s most unusual golf courses as “a visual overload [with] a series of raw sandy expanses and pits.”

A piece by the New York Times follows the Springfield, N.J., club’s journey to join the ranks of Merion Golf Club, Oakmont Country Club and Pinehurst No. 2 in their historic distinction. Baltusrol’s history dates to 1895, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.