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Baltimore Country Club: East
Lutherville Timonium, MD • Private
Baltimore Country Club: East
11500 Mays Chapel Rd
Lutherville Timonium, MD 21093-1818
United States
Overview
The East Course at Baltimore Country Club, also known as the Five Farms Course, was one of many outstanding A.W. Tillinghast designs nationally ranked for decades by Golf Digest. Still, even jewels need polishing now and then. The club brought in Keith Foster, perhaps the most modest of modern-day course architect. He chooses to work solely on restorations, no more than two at one time, and declines to self-promote. At Baltimore Country Club, Foster removed trees (which nearly everyone is doing these days), rebuilt greens to make them manageable with today’s green speeds, re-established Tillinghast’s bunkering, regrassed everything and brought back sparkle to the East Course. The par 3s here rank among the best Tillinghast built, as does the stretch run from the par-5 14th to the strong par-3 17th.
About
Awards
Ranking history:
Second 100 Greatest: Ranked from 2013-'16 and since 2019.
Previous ranking: 106th.
2025-'26 ranking: 112th.
100 Greatest: Ranked 1966 and 1969-2004.
Highest ranking: 42nd, 1995-'96.
Best in State: Ranked second, 2013-'26. Ranked third, 2011-'12.
2025-'26 ranking (and previous): 2nd.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
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“Hard for me to rank the difficulty of this course as it's pretty straight forward tee to green but extremely challenging on and around the greens. Wonderful sets of greens and classic bunkering."
Read More2025
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“The greens are really a standout for me at Baltimore. The size of them allows for some really interesting contours and undulations. The course is on a really nice piece of property with a lot of land movement. A really solid course."
Read More2024
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“One of Maryland's elite courses, Baltimore Country Club is a historic Club that hosted an early U.S. Open before moving to its current location in the 1920s. This A.W. Tillinghast design is blessed with a wonderful, rolling property and the constant elevation changes enhance the variety you'll find here. Conditioning is extremely strong, with very quick and firm greens and fairways and the course plays long at over 7000 yards from the I Tees as a par 70. In terms of individual holes, the two par fives stand out with the risk/reward "Barn" 6th hole and 14th hole with its "Great Hazard." It is a very fun course, and the kind of place I'd love to be a member at."
Read More2024
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“One of Maryland's elite courses, Baltimore Country Club is a historic Club that hosted an early U.S. Open before moving to its current location in the 1920s. This A.W. Tillinghast design is blessed with a wonderful, rolling property and the constant elevation changes enhance the variety you'll find here. Conditioning is extremely strong, with very quick and firm greens and fairways and the course plays long at over 7000 yards from the I Tees as a par 70. In terms of individual holes, the two par fives stand out with the risk/reward "Barn" 6th hole and 14th hole with its "Great Hazard." It is a very fun course, and the kind of place I'd love to be a member at."
Read More2024
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“Great fun...great mix between uphill and downhill and long and short holes. Bring your putter game! Large greens mean lag putting is a must!"
Read More2023
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“Uniquely shaped, and fast, greens (square) surrounded by 8-10' deep bunkers. Outstanding par 5s (barn hole and the Great Hazard) push imagination and execution to the brink. Great opening 6 holes (although the loss of defensive tree on the left side of hole #3 leaves it much more exposed) however it feels like a softer finish after burning most of the ammo early and mid round."
Read More2022
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“Uniquely shaped, and fast, greens (square) surrounded by 8-10' deep bunkers. Outstanding par 5s (barn hole and the Great Hazard) push imagination and execution to the brink. Great opening 6 holes (although the loss of defensive tree on the left side of hole #3 leaves it much more exposed) however it feels like a softer finish after burning most of the ammo early and mid-round."
Read More2022
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“Amazing amenities, food and service."
Read More2022
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“Hole 1 is a bit of a boring start but good as a warm up for whats to come. Hole 2 better, but the juice comes after crossing the road. Every hole has something to offer. Elevation changes, great conditioning, fast undulating greens, Hell's 1/2 ace, the list goes on. The more you play it, the better it gets. You learn the slopes and shot shapes required to score well. So much good here. 18 is a bit of a letdown as a course this good should have a better ending, plus it leaves you wanting to play again."
Read More2022
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“Great history! The course is always in excellent condition."
Read More2021
