Greystone Golf Course

The Greystone Golf Course is the most celebrated of Baltimore County’s five municipal courses, tucked far north of the city in agricultural surroundings that members of Baltimore Country Club’s Five Farms campus enjoyed a century ago. Although comparisons to that course may seem a stretch, the property enjoys a similarly hilly nature.

Perhaps the only comparison that can be made between Tillinghast’s work there and Joe Lee’s work here is the No. 10 par five, which follows Tillie’s double dogleg concept to a “t.” Although the Golden Age icon did not expect players to reach this signature par five in two shots, Lee brings the sensibility of his own era into play, offering a green angled to reward those brave enough to attempt carrying the wetland tucked at the front of the green.

This area accompanies seven additional ponds, as well as more than 80 bunkers, on its way to accomplishing Lee’s goals. It features more than 6,900 yards from the back tees, however these distances can seem either longer or shorter, depending on what part of the property’s 140-feet of elevation change you are experiencing.