HistoryThe course at Sunset Grove was designed by famed Scottish born golf architect Donald Ross (1872-1948). (donaldrosssociety.org) Ross designed over 400 courses in the US, but only 3 in Texas. Mr. Ross's most famous course is Pinehurst 2 in North Carolina. Mr. Ross's goal for each course was: to make each golf hole present a different problem, to arrange the course so that every stroke must be made with a full concentration and attention necessary to good golf and to build each hole in such a manner that it wastes none of the ground at one's disposal and takes advantage of every possibility. The story of the building of the course is worth re-telling. The two oil and timber magnates in early Orange were Edgar Brown and W. H. Lutcher Stark. Mr. Brown owned the only golf course. Due to a disagreement, Mr. Stark was banned from playing on Mr. Brown's golf course. To remedy the problem Mr. Stark contacted Donald Ross in 1923 to design and build a golf course.SpecialtiesSunset Grove Country Club specializes in variety amounts of special events. From weddings, to reunions, to dinners. We also have a one of a kind golf course in the state of Texas designed by Donald Ross in 1923.