The company was founded in 1977 by Tim Boyd two years after graduating the University of Missouri when he bought the Wildwood Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis, Missouri, community of Wildwood, Missouri, for $250,000 with owner financing.
In 1977, Tim Boyd started a company after graduating from the University of Missouri two years later when he purchased the Wildwood Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis, Missouri, area known as Wildwood, Missouri, for $250,000 with owner financing.