Fountain Head Country Club
Hagerstown, Maryland · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1924.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 610 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 17, where the green sits 22 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 32 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 17 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 8 | 355 | 350 | 330 | 290 |
| 2 | 4 | 12 | 330 | 320 | 315 | 265 |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 470 | 450 | 380 | 380 |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | 185 | 170 | 160 | 150 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 450 | 440 | 430 | 385 |
| 6 | 3 | 16 | 200 | 185 | 150 | 125 |
| 7 | 4 | 10 | 375 | 360 | 345 | 300 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 395 | 385 | 335 | 285 |
| 9 | 4 | 14 | 320 | 315 | 300 | 210 |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | 405 | 395 | 340 | 290 |
| 11 | 4 | 13 | 315 | 300 | 240 | 235 |
| 12 | 3 | 17 | 175 | 160 | 155 | 145 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 375 | 370 | 340 | 340 |
| 14 | 4 | 11 | 410 | 395 | 365 | 330 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 420 | 405 | 395 | 350 |
| 16 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 150 | 130 | 110 |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | 545 | 520 | 465 | 355 |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 415 | 405 | 400 | 325 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6291 | 71.3 | 125 |
| Blue | Male | 6077 | 70.3 | 123 |
| White | Male | 5573 | 67.6 | 118 |
| Yellow | Male | 5287 | 71.4 | 122 |
| Green | Female | 4957 | 69.2 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 354-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 344 · 355 · 365front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 223
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 132 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 223.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 320-30 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 317 · 330 · 341front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 208
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 30 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 208 and narrows to 31 at 247.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 471+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 460 · 470 · 479front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 189 to reach, 249 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 456 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 232 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 189 to reach, 249 to carry. Drives that finish short of 189 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 29 at 265.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 24 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].