New York executive John Cobb bought 3660 acres for a hunting preserve he called Sedgefield for sedge broom found there.

[2] Southern Real Estate built the first 18-hole golf course and Tudor style inn at Sedgefield Country Club in 1929, intending it to be like Pinehurst Resort.

[1] Still, the community became a town, though not an incorporated one, with its own sewage service, water system, and sheriff's deputies acting as its police force.

[1][3] Sedgefield was the first home to the Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament when it started in 1938, alternating with Starmount Country Club until 1961, and hosting every year until 1976.

High Point Road, later renamed Gate City Boulevard, is a route that drivers can take from Four Seasons Town Centre and from the Coliseum to downtown Sedgefield.