Incorporated in 1947, the Idaho Falls Country Club occupied a building adjacent to the municipal Pinecrest Golf Course near downtown Idaho Falls. When the time was right, the IFCC selected a site eight miles south of Idaho Falls to build a private country club. Famed architect William F. Bell, designer of dozens of courses including Torrey Pines—site of the 2008 and 2021 US Open—created a masterpiece on ideal rolling terrain.