The club has trained and sponsored renowned golfers such as Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thompson, Billy Burke, Betty Jamison, Reynolds Smith and Harry Todd.

Plummer’s post World War II changes significantly improved the layout and they remained in place until the mid-1990s Today’s clubhouse, which faces Gaston, was constructed in 1959 after a fire at the original property.

[3] They reinvigorated the layout by repositioning tees, improving the bunkers, and changing the playing surfaces to Bermuda fairways and bent greens.

Further renovation work took place in the new millennium, so that Lakewood is now more of a Coore and Crenshaw track than a Bendelow and Plummer layout.

Bill and Ben recreated the driving range in 2011 then returned three years for a facelift which saw the installation of a new irrigation system, the removal of trees and the redesign of bunkers.