Perry Maxwell was commissioned to design a proper course. Kentucky-born and of Scottish descent, Maxwell lived most of his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During his career he designed some 70 courses, the majority of them in the south, southwest, and midwest. The great eighteen at Tulsa's southern Hills country Club, site of both U.S. Open and PGA Championships, is generally acknowledged to be his masterpiece. Maxwell's trademark was boldly undulating greens. His reputation was such that he was hired to re-contour putting surfaces at Augusta National, the Maidstone Club, the National Golf Links, and others. Here in the Philadelphia area, his handiwork can be seen in certain greens at Pine Valley, Merion (both East and West), Philadelphia Country Club, Gulph Mills, and Saucon Valley's Old course.

At JC Melrose, he took a limited and difficult-often abruptly hilly-parcel of land and developed on it a sporty layout which, though short, was challenging and diverse. The construction of the Tookany Creek Parkway would call for extensive revisions to Maxwell's design by the Canadian architect Clinton E. "Robbie" Robinson. This 18-hole championship golf course with rolling fairways and many new undulating greens has been maintained to USGA standards. JCMCC epitomizes the term "Target Golf."