Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Pennsylvania
The Mystic Rock golf course is a big, bold track on top of a mountain that reflects the hugeness of the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort.
It's a Pete Dye design, a whopping 7,533 yards from the championship tees and has a big, big, big slope rating from back there - a chest-clutching 153.
Don't try it from back there. You might as well throw yourself in the lion's den. They have those here, too, by the way. Along with wolves, pot-bellied pigs and llamas.
Giant boulders are strewn around the grounds. They're natural to the area, and naturally Dye, a landscape master, incorporated them into the design. Mystic Rock also has what the marketing brochures refer to as "Sahara-like" bunkers, and in this case, they aren't exaggerating.
Don't let all this "big" talk scare you off, however. Mystic Rock is a playable golf course if you can hit to the right spots.
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is a Pete Dye design.
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Mystic Rock - Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is 7,500 yards from the back tees.
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Mystic Rock golf course
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort has a difficult slope rating of 153 from the back tees.
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Mystic Rock G.C. at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
The Mystic Rock golf course at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort hosted the 84 Lumber Classic for four years.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort was named one of the 50 best courses in the U.S. for women.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort has a David Leadbetter golf school on the site.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock golf course
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is a Pete Dye design.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock - forecaddies
Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort has an excellent forecaddie program.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock - bentgrass
The bentgrass greens at Mystic Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort are usually set up fast.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock G.C.
The conditioning at Mystic Rock golf course at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is almost always pristine.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock - Dye
Mystic Rock golf course at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is a Pete Dye design.
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