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Nemacolin Resort: Mystic Rock
Farmington, PA • Public
Nemacolin Resort: Mystic Rock
1001 Lafayette Dr
Farmington, PA 15437-9754
United States
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Overview
Mystic Rock is one of the more curious courses Pete Dye ever designed, with mostly oval greens and rectangular bunkers. Because many holes were blasted from rock, some holes have fields of boulders in the rough and all water hazards are bulkheaded with stacked stone. The course concludes with Dye's favorite finish, a gambling par-5 16th, a 17th over water (in this case, 205 yards) and a now-strong par-4 18th. Mystic Rock's 18th was rebuilt and lengthened before the course hosted a PGA Tour event, the 84 Lumber Classic, from 2003 to 2006.
About
Awards
Ranking history:
100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2009.
Highest ranking: 60th, 2015-'16.
2025-'26 ranking: 64th.
Best in State: Ranked 11th, 2025-'26. Ranked 16th, 2019-'22. Ranked 18th, 2023-'24.
Previous ranking: 18th.
2025-'26 ranking: 11th.
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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“An exciting golf course that gives the player many different looks through the round. There are opportunities to score and also places to just hang on."
Read More2024
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“Really good shape. Not overly large greens and challenging bunkers. Course flows well through property with variety of holes. Tough resort course."
Read More2024
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“Very difficult golf course with a ton of risk/reward and layout variety. No two holes are the same. Each hole is distinctive. A lot of trouble and intimidation staring you in the face here. Might be unenjoyable for higher handicap players given its difficulty. Greens were a little slower and are tough to read."
Read More2024
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“Fun, challenging resort course."
Read More2023
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“A very good Pete Dye challenging course located in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania."
Read More2023
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“This is a fun golf course with plenty of opportunity to break out the driver and let it rip. It is a destination resort and the golf courses here make the trip worthwhile."
Read More2022
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“Definitely the more challenging the two Nemacolin courses which hits hard and early with the forced carry on hole 2. Strike it well to avoid the ravine, the bunker on the other side of the ravine and the water on the left if you get a bit quick. Aptly named course as the rocks appear throughout the round. Statues and art sculptures are interesting, but a bit out of place. The zero gravity chain sculpture takes the focus away from the very pete dye par 5 11th which you just finished. Overall a really nice routing through the trees."
Read More2022
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“This is difficult Pete Dye design in an exceptional resort. It might be too difficult for a resort course. It hosted a PGA event and now has a younger more playable sister."
Read More2018
