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| Club information | |
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| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Type | Private/Residential |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Events hosted | North Ridge Cup |
| Website | [1] |
| The Lakes | |
| Designed by | George Cobb Gene Hamm |
| The Oaks | |
| Designed by | George Cobb Gene Hamm |
North Ridge Country Club is a member-ownedcountry club located in northernRaleigh, North Carolina, along theNorth Ridge Estates neighborhood.
North Ridge has two 18-hole golf courses,The Lakes andThe Oaks. The Lakes was built in 1967 and The Oaks was built in 1972. The courses were designed byGene Hamm andGeorge Cobb, and later updated byJohn LaFoy and Kris Spence[1][2]The club hosts numerous charity events, golf tournaments, holiday parties, and other social events.[3][4] The Club also hosts annual Fourth of July Fireworks, apig pickin', and a garden club. North Ridge hosted theAmerican Defender Classic from 1975 until 1981.
Along with the two golf courses, North Ridge Country Club has a pool and swim clubhouse, a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) club house, tennis courts, restaurant, tennis club house, and a fitness center.[5][6]
The houses in North Ridge Estates are located along the golf courses, woods, and lakes.[7] An affluent neighborhood, many homes prices go up to the multi millions.[8][9]
In July 2001 theU.S. Department of Agriculture granted the country club permission to euthanize 150Canada geese that lived on the golf courses. The decision was protested by animal rights activists.[10]
In April 2009 a Raleigh police officer employed by the country club as security was part of an investigation into howRaleigh Police Department employees are paid for off-duty jobs.[11]
In 2013 North Ridge Country Club was named in an investigation regarding private North Carolinian country clubs that claimed non-profit status. That year the club took in $9 million in total revenue.[12]
In December 2018Leonid and Tatyana Teyf's $5 millionmansion in North Ridge was raided byFBI agents.[13][14][15][16] Agents seized over $1 million worth of property from the residence, including diamonds and cars.[17] The Teyfs, who immigrated to the United States from Russia in 2010, had been charged with money laundering and defrauding the Russian government out of $150 million.[18] Leonid Teyf was additionally charged with planning a murder-for-hire and bribing a federal agent to have his wife's lover, who was the son of their live-in housekeeper, deported back to Russia and killed.[16] The Teyf's home was pulled from an auction with Platinum Luxury Auctions in August 2024.[19]
Notable past and present residents and/or members of North Ridge include:
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