HUNT VALLEY INN GOLF COURSE

The rolling farmland of central Maryland provides an honest test where precision trumps power on every shot. Wide fairways lull you into complacency before demanding surgical iron play into greens that slope away from anything less than committed approaches. What elevates this daily-fee gem above its peers is the routing's clever use of elevation changes—you'll face uphill approaches that require an extra club and downhill lies that test your distance control all day long.