Gettysburg

Accommodations:

Penn National Inn or Carroll Valley Resort

Location:

Gettysburg. Choose between the historic Penn National Inn, located on the Founders Course's 8th fairway or Carroll Valley Golf Resort, where you walk out your door and hit the first tee. You will love the both.  Comfortable rooms, excellent food & beverages and great service. Double occupancy.  Package includes green fees, carts and taxes.

Founders Course
The Founders Course at Penn National is a classic Northeastern-style masterpiece. Designed by Edmund Ault in 1966, the course features large contoured greens, tree-lined ryegrass fairways, sculpted fairway and greenside sand bunkers and a seven-acre lake. Water hazards that come into play on five holes.  Stretching to almost 7000 yards from the tips, the Founders Course provides a good, old-fashioned traditional test of golf. The course turns up the heat at the end, with the best and toughest stretch of holes starting with the par-5 14th. The par 3, 17th is the signature hole with a 184-yard tee shot over water.  Awarded four stars by Golf Digest and recently voted one of the Mid-Atlantic region's "Top 10 Best Public Courses." Nestled in Pennsylvania's lush Cumberland Valley in Mont Alto, Penn National Golf Club and Inn is located just 20 miles west of Gettysburg.

Iron Forge Course
The Penn National Iron Forge Course is a perfect complement to the traditional Founders Course. Iron Forge is a modern and contemporary design. Architect Bill Love let the land itself fit the golf course. The bentgrass fairways are generous giving you the chance to "grip it and rip it" on nearly every hole. The greens are large and fast, and require a good eye to read correctly. Bunkers are well-placed, and water hazards come in to play on four holes. Iron Forge is maintained in tournament condition every day. The variety of terrain offer stunning views of the surrounding mountains.   This track starts near the Michaux State Forest in the foothills of South Mountain and makes a single loop home, passing though a variety of terrain that offers exciting golf and breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and the rich, open farmland.  In contrast to its sister course, designer Bill Love created a nearly treeless course ... a tribute to the Scottish links.  Built in 1997, this course is also rated 4 Stars by Golf Digest.

The Links at Gettysburg
Direct from their website these words come, ”Near hallowed ground where Union and Confederate soliders marched and camped during the defining battle of America's Civil War, a supreme challenge of golf has been waged at The Links At Gettysburg - "Golf's Gettysburg address" - since the first shots were fired in 1999.”  Great copy!  Set among the rolling hills is this track designed by Lindsay Ervin.  With scenic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the course features rolling terrain, wide-open fairways, and generous, undulating greens, but also steep, 35 foot high rock cliffs, ten lakes, red rock cart paths, waterfalls and abounding wildlife.  Several of the greens are cut directly from the surrounding red-rock cliffs, including the third, a 187-yard, par 3.  This hole features a dramatic change in elevation from the tee to green and a 35-foot cliff serves as a dramatic backdrop. The course even has its own version of Amen Corner.  The excitement starts at the 13th, a 440-yard par 4 guarded by a large lake to the left and a river to the right. Keep it straight and you'll have a chance to hit the green in regulation, but the large undulating surface makes 3 putts very possible.  The 14th is a 575-yard par 5 with a river running the length of the hole on the left. Keep it right and you'll have a chance for par if you can avoid the greenside bunkers. The 15h is the longest par 3 on the course, 233 yards from the tips to a large trap guarded green with water running down the left side of the hole and trees to right. Play it right to avoid the water and use enough club to reach the green.  

The Bridges Golf Club
This rolling course features terrific countryside on a former horse farm owned by the Bross family.  Designed in 1995 by Charles Altland and member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, The Bridges is named appropriately.  Its 14 wooden bridges (including one covered bridge on No. 2) allow the woodlands and wetlands to remain undisturbed.  Except when someone slices a ball in them. The fairly undulating greens are fast and the fairways have ample landing area, but the rough is usually long and water comes into play on eight holes. The front nine is the more wooded of the two and generally considered the more difficult. One of the most difficult holes is #2, a 339-yard par 4 that requires a tee shot out of a narrow chute and onto a landing area more than 200 yards out.   Then the fairways doglegs ninety degrees to the left. The ninth hole, 430 yards is all up hill to the clubhouse and is No.1 handicap hole. The back nine is a little more open, with no forced caries.  One of the better holes on the back nine is the 534-yard, par-5 No. 15, which has woods and out of bounds down the right side and an old dead tree about two thirds of the way down the fairway. This turns out to be one of the narrower holes on the back and a challenge trying to navigate your way to the green. The 18th hole parallels No. 9 back to the clubhouse but is a little more generous in that it is a par 5 stretching 540-yards mostly uphill.  Enjoy the ride!

Carroll Valley Course
If you want big greens that are fast, then you will be in paradise here.  A clear flowing mountain stream fronts nearly a third of the holes which uniquely feature six par 3's and five par 5's. This 4 Star rated course also features several well-placed trees that can hider your shot making. Ed Ault put this 6600-yard track together in 1965 and is only getting better.  Stay in the resort hotel and you will walk right on the course.  It winds its way over picture-perfect rolling hills and around giant trees, lake and bunkers. #9 is fun little dogleg that requires a perfectly placed tee shot and an accurate approach over water to a well-bunkered green.  100 Must-Play Courses of the Middle Atlantic - GolfStyles

Mountain View Course
Just minutes from the Carroll Valley Course is the resort's second championship course.  Designed by Ault & Clark in 1979 and nestled in the valley, this track plays shorter (6,300 yards) than its sister, but does carry the 4 Star rating by Golf Digest.  As its name implies, with the mountains and valleys, the scenery is outstanding. Located in the valley of Pennsylvania’s Catoctin Mountains, Mountain View will give you a fun day. The pro shop is also pretty cool ... distinguished pre-Civil War farmhouse dates back to pre-Civil War days.