Lodestone

Designed by Hale Irwin in conjunction with architect Todd Schoeder of GrassRoots Golf Design, the Lodestone Golf Course at Wisp Resort in Garrett County sits on a ridge above Deep Creek Lake with fairways routed around eye-catching rocky outcrops.

One of two 18-hole courses available at the resort (the second layout is called Fantasy Valley), the Lodestone sits 3,000 feet above sea level, where fairways are set out in two big returning loops of nine. Holes have been literally carved through dense woodland, with bent grass playing surfaces in operation from tee to green.

Notable holes on the front nine include the left doglegging 559-yard 3rd and the split-fairway 438-yard 8th. On the back nine, the short par four 14th features two menacing centre line bunkers before the 214-yard 17th then calls for a heroic tee shot over a gaping gully to the green.