EAGLE'S NEST COUNTRY CLUB

The rolling Maryland piedmont provides dramatic elevation changes that architect Pete Dye exploited masterfully, with the par-3 15th plunging 75 feet from an elevated tee to a green guarded by stone walls and native fescue. Railroad ties frame fairways throughout this layout 30 minutes north of Baltimore, creating the kind of strategic angles that reward precision over power. When the wind kicks up through the hardwood corridors, even single-digit handicappers find themselves reaching for an extra club on the uphill par-4 finishing hole.