Musket Ridge Golf Club

Musket Ridge Golf Club -18-Hole, is a Public, 18 hole golf course located in Myersville, Maryland.

Musket Ridge Golf Course first opened for play in 2001. Joe Lee designed the par-72 course. And now the rest of the story.

Musket Ridge golf course has roots in Civil War history. In September of 1862, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and James Longstreet staged a strategic retreat across Musket Ridge Golf Club property, just before the Battle of Antietam.

Joe Lee, the course architect, is a descendent of Robert E. Lee. Joe Lee was inspired by the history and the beauty of the property with which he had to work.

Joe Lee's course designs have included La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad, Calif, Bay Hill Golf Club and Lodge in Orlando, Cog Hill near Chicago, and The Doral Golf Resort's Blue Monster in Miami. Over 200 courses are witness to his design vision. Joe's design on land that his ancestor once passed over somehow closes a circle and puts a period on a lifetime of golf design achievement. Musket Ridge Golf Course was Joe lee's last full measure. He died shortly after the completion of this, his final course design.

Musket Ridge golf course is situated on top of a ridge with views of the hills, valleys, mountains, and countryside.

This course does not live on scenery alone. The layout is a gem. Yes. You can get into trouble, but it's not hidden trouble. The greens are large and true but undulating, and if you land the ball in the wrong spot, three-putts should be expected.

Most of the trouble comes from taking too much risk. Know your limitations, or it will cost you.

Hole #2 is a 168-yard par 3. It plays over a lake to an elevated tee.

Hole #3 is a 400-yard dog-leg right par-4. A simple iron is a safe play to a narrow fairway that slopes to the trouble on the right, but a driver faded correctly can leave a wedge to the green.

Hole #6 is 520-yard par-5. The hole plays from an elevated tee to a rolling fairway. The hole dog-legs to the left, and a correctly placed tee shot allows an opportunity to fly fairway bunkers and attack the green in two. Two of the other three par-5s are reachable in two shots, except the ninth on the Blue Course, a 567-yarder that plays uphill and frequently into the wind.

Hole #8 is a 185-yard par 3. This area around the green slopes considerably, bunkers can be a rolling ball's resting spot.

Hole #16 is a 413-yard par-4 that plays from a mountain-top elevated tee. You drive through an opening of trees to a narrow fairway below. Drives to the left, you are in trouble, miss to the right, and you can re-tee your lost ball. Hit down the middle, and you might have your new distance record with a good roll.

Musket Ridge Golf Club plays to a maximum distance of 6,902 yards for a par of 72. The course rating of 73.0 and a slope rating of 140.