The Champions Course at Bryan Park opened in 1990 and has proven to be a Rees Jones Masterpiece of design. Seven holes border scenic Lake Townsend. Ranked in 1990 as the runner up best new public course in the country by Golf Digest, the course has since been ranked nationally each year by major golf publications.

• Runner up best new public course in the country Golf Digest 1990.
• One of the best New Public Courses In The Country - Top 10 You Can Play - Golf 1991.
• Four star rating and honored with the distinction of a GREAT VALUE - Golf Digest's Places to Play 1994-95, 1996-97
• Noted as one of the few public courses worthy to host the U.S. Open - Golf World 1992 
• "Best In State" Rankings - Golf Digest
• Listed in "America's 500 Best Places You Can Play" - Golf Digest 1996. (A ranking of the 10 best public and resort courses in all 50 states, the Champions ranked third in North Carolina.)
• Listed in "America's Best Golf Courses Everyone Can Play" as the #12 best affordable golf course in the country - Golf Digest.
• One of the top ten public courses in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. - The Washington Golf Monthly
• Listed in Mid-Atlantic's Best Places You Can Play - The Washington Golf Monthly
• Bryan Park was voted Best Golf Course in the Reader's Choice - Tops In The Triad contest by the Greensboro News and Record
• #4 Top public course in North Carolina by North Carolina Magazine
• Listed in The Best of Places to Play, 4 star rating - Golf Digest July 1998
• Listed in 1998-99 Places to Play, 4 star rating - Golf Digest 1998
• "Best In State" Rankings as the #9 top course in North Carolina - Golf Digest May 1999
• Listed in America's Top 100 Courses For Women - Golf For Women, 2000
• "Best In State" Rankings as the #16 Top Course in North Carolina - Golf Digest, May 2001