Our Picks for The 10 Best Golf courses in Maryland
1. Baltimore Country Club – East
Address: 11500 Mays Chapel Rd, Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 132
Course Rating: 72.6
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,681
Scorecard: Link
The club was founded on January 13, 1898, and hosted the U.S. Open the following year. The club opened in 1898. In 2013, Links magazine named Baltimore Country Club as one of the 100 Most Prestigious Clubs in the World.
2. Blue at Congressional Country Club
Address: 8500 River Rd, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Montgomery County
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 142
Course Rating: 75.4
Total par (men’s tees): 72
Total yardage (men’s tees): 7,278
Scorecard: Link
Founded in 1924 and officially opened by President Calvin Coolidge. Its Blue Course has hosted five major championships, including three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship. The Blue Course was designed by Devereux Emmet and has been renovated over the years by numerous architects, including Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones and prior to the 2011 U.S. Open by Rees Jones.
3. Caves Valley Golf Club
Address: 2910 Blandon Rd, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117, Baltimore County
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 142
Course Rating: 75.3
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 7,226
Scorecard: Link
Originally built in the early 1990s. The golf course opened 30 years ago in 1991, and is known for its fast greens, rolling fairways, and water hazards. In 1997, Golfweek magazine rated the course as 47th among America’s best modern courses.
4. Columbia Country Club
Address: 7900 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, Montgomery County
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 139
Course Rating: 72.2
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,603
Scorecard: Link
The golf course, which opened in 1911 and there were just twenty members originally. The golf course was completed in 1911, designed by Herbert Barker, a noted golfer and course architect of the day. Hosted the US Open five years after it first opened for play.
5. Four Streams Golf Club
Address: 19501 Darnestown, Beallsville, Maryland 20839, Montgomery County
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 138
Course Rating: 75.5
Total par (men’s tees): 71
Total yardage (men’s tees): 7,102
Scorecard: Link
Built on a former farm in Beallsville, Maryland. It has received recognition as one of the best golf courses in the Washington DC area. The course was designed by professional golfer Nick Price and Steve Smyers. Price and Smeyers teamed up to produce the golf course at the private members club at Four Streams in 1998 and incorporated the natural features of the farmland into the course.
6. Chevy Chase Club
Address: 6100 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 126
Course Rating: 71.8
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,803
Scorecard: Link
The Club’s remarkable gardens, grounds, athletic venues and clubhouse facilities offer year-round enjoyment for all ages. The club was instituted in 1892. Chevy Chase club was one such Alison revision in 1924 and Robert Trent Jones made further course revisions soon after the Second World War. Tom Clark made additional changes in 1990.
7. Bulle Rock Golf Course
Address: 1501 Blenheim Ln, Havre De Grace, MD 21078, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Public
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 147
Course Rating: 76.4
Total par (men’s tees): 72
Total yardage (men’s tees): 7,375
Scorecard: Link
It is named for Bulle Rock, the first thoroughbred racehorse brought to America. Bulle Rock was designed by noted course architect Pete Dye and opened 23 years ago in 1998. It hosted the LPGA Championship, a women’s major, from 2005 through 2009.
8. Gold at Congressional Country Club
Address: 8500 River Rd, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Montgomery County
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 135
Course Rating: 73.6
Total par (men’s tees): 71
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,844
Scorecard: Link
The Gold Course has always been the shorter course in comparison to the Blue Course. The Gold course continued as a 9-hole track until 1977, when George Fazio and Tom Fazio renovated the course and added another nine. In 2000, the course renovation was completed by Arthur Hills.
9. Burning Tree Club
Address: 8600 Burdette Rd, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Montgomery County
Type of field: Traditional
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 130
Course Rating: 72.5
Total par (men’s tees): 71
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,748
Scorecard: Link
The Burning Tree Club was founded in 1922, named for the colorful leaves of a particularly large oak tree in the autumn on its grounds. The course was designed by architect Alister MacKenzie. The club has a strict policy forbidding women to enter the club, except under rare circumstances.
10. Links At Perry Cabin
Address: 9789 Martingham Cir, St Michaels, MD 21663, United States
Type of field: Links
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 121
Course Rating: 69.5
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,240
Scorecard: Link
Links at Perry Cabin is designed by the legendary Pete Dye and plays through stunning topography and vistas of Maryland’s iconic Eastern shore. The architect Pete Dye completed the design in collaboration with his son Perry Dye.
