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Feature Courses Feature Courses

ijaMsVille, Md HedgesVille, WV
Designers: Ernie Els & J. Michael Poellot Designer: Ray Johnston
General Manager: Ted Goodenow Head Professional: Ron Springer
“Top Must Play Courses” —GolfStyles Rated HHHH —Golf Digest
“#10 Best Golf Course in MD (2017-18)” —Golf Digest “Top Must Play Courses” —GolfStyles
“#7 in MD, America’s Best Golf Courses”—Golfweek 2017
“#1 Course Layout in Maryland” —Golf Advisor 2016 Located at the northern entrance to the Shenandoah
Rated HHHH1/2 —Golf Digest Valley in Hedgesville, WV, the Woods, part of a 2,000-acre
community, features 36 holes including the Mountain View
Designed by architect J. Michael Poellot and two-time Championship Course and the Stony Lick Mid-Length
U.S. Open Champion Ernie Els, Whiskey Creek feels as Course. The Mountain View Course wanders around a
big and bold as the land itself. Bordered by a high ridge of wooded plateau between The Woods pro shop and Third
hardwoods and a winding, free-flowing creek, the course Hill Mountain, which dominates its view. Carved from a
features wetlands, rock outcroppings, stone walls, streams, forest, Mountain View’s fairways are framed by dogwood,
and dramatic views of the Catoctin Mountains. Like most maple, oak, and pine trees. The Stony Lick Mid-Length,
tested and true championship courses, Whiskey Creek, an the first 18-hole course of its kind in the area, provides
honest golf course, presents its challenges and hazards in golfers of all levels terrific fun without taking five hours and
plain sight. The holes at Whiskey Creek were designed to losing a dozen balls. Stony Lick is also home to the eastern
test a player’s shot making ability, which is clearly evident panhandle’s only FootGolf course. GolfStyles Washington
on the par 5 closer where ruins of an old farmhouse split writes that golf at The Woods is “Fun & Fair.” Escape to
the fairway and offer a great risk-reward opportunity. Come The Woods at Exit 16 West off I-81.
feel the drama that awaits just minutes off I-270, Exit 26, on
Route 80 in Urbana, Maryland.
888-883-1174 304-754-7222
whiskeycreekgolf.com thewoods.com
YARDAGE PAR RATING SLOPE Mountain View Stony Lick
BLACK 7001 72 74.6 138 YDG PAR RTG SLOPE YDG PAR RTG SLOPE
BLUE 6525 72 72.1 136 BLUE 6621 72 72.0 125 N/A N/A N/A N/A
WHITE 5979 72 69.3 129 WHITE 6041 72 68.6 119 3700 62 59.9 97
RED 5296 72 70.5 121 GREEN 5442 72 65.9 116 3482 62 58.8 92
GOLD 4938 71 68.4 119 3018 62 56.9 87

MerCersBurg, pa urBana, Md
Designer: Rick Robbins Designer: Brian Ault
Director of Golf: Rich Hogan Head Professional: Ed Coyle
Rated HHHH —Golf Advisor “America’s Top Pace of Play Golf Courses” —Zagat Survey
“Perfect Five, Breathtaking, Terrific Value”—Golf Magazine “Top Must Play Courses” —GolfStyles
“#7 in MD, America’s Best Golf Courses” —Golfweek 2016
Rick Robbins spectacular design at Whitetail Golf Resort “#9 in Maryland” —Golf Advisor 2017
brings “golf with a view.” Quite simply, Whitetail can boast
being one of the area’s most beautiful golf courses. Each Worthington Manor Golf Club, one of the mid-Atlantic’s
hole has been designed to take advantage of the natural premier championship daily fee and membership clubs,
beauty that surrounds the area. Whitetail combines a links was carved intelligently from Maryland’s countryside.
and mountain style layout. The front nine winds across This magnificent 18-hole, 7000-yard, Ault-Clark Signature
the valley, while the back nine features six holes that Course features lush bentgrass from tee to green. Holes
play into the mountain with dramatic elevation changes are routed dramatically through wetlands and across rolling
and breathtaking views. Located just minutes from I-81 farmland. Worthington Manor has received rave reviews
and I-70 and approximately 70 minutes from Baltimore and was nominated for Golf Digest’s Best New Course in
and Washington, come to the mountains of south central America (1999) and Maryland Course of the Year (2001) by
Pennsylvania for a golf experience that is true to the game. the National Golf Course Owners Association. This modern
Whitetail also has a state of the art clubhouse, Grille Room, facility provides professional, courteous service, 10 minute
and pro shop. Whitetail Golf Resort is owned and operated tee times, and permits carts off the paths. Worthington
by Whitetail Ski Resort & Snow Time, Inc. Manor, located in Urbana, MD, just one mile west of I-270
on Route 80, is sure to be your “country club for the day.”
888-493-4169 301-874-5400
golfatwhitetail.com worthingtonmanor.com
YARDAGE PAR RATING SLOPE YARDAGE PAR RATING SLOPE
BLACK 6950 72 74.3 137 BLACK 7034 72 74.7 145
BLUE 6433 72 71.3 126 BLUE 6525 72 72.4 137
WHITE 6129 72 70.0 123 WHITE 6058 72 70.0 132
GOLD 5817 72 68.3 120 RED 5206 72 70.1 127
RED 5063 72 70.9 126
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