Maryland Golf & Country Club vs Mountain Branch Golf Course

4.5 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

near Bel Air, Maryland

near Baltimore, Maryland

Measure	Maryland Golf & Country Club	Mountain Branch Golf Course
Holes	18	18
Par	73	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 9 · 5	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	6,934 yd	6,873 yd
Longest hole	No. 17, 570 yd	No. 5, 566 yd
Bunkers	57	48
Sand	1.4 acres	1.1 acres
Holes with water	6	5
Water on the property	2.9 acres	5.2 acres
Total climb	490 ft	322 ft
Elevation	186–371 ft	160–366 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-64 ft	-92 ft
Average green	5,931 sq ft	6,152 sq ft
Average fairway width	29 yd	43 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,456 yd	2,072 yd
Property	195 acres	260 acres
Cart path	4.7 mi	5.6 mi
Driving range	yes	yes

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Maryland Golf & Country Club			Mountain Branch Golf Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	5	490	-64	4	420	-86
2	4	404	+37	5	509	-24
3	3	172	+2	4	343	-36
4	5	536	-59	4	442	-15
5	4	364	+8	5	566	+4
6	4	401	-3	4	415	+25
7	4	443	0	3	217	+14
8	3	188	+12	4	394	+9
9	5	524	+75	3	166	+12
10	5	534	+38	4	423	-92
11	4	404	-62	3	157	-7
12	3	155	+4	5	496	-8
13	4	339	-13	4	416	+37
14	4	360	+22	3	166	-27
15	4	414	-16	4	390	+8
16	3	163	-3	4	381	-9
17	5	570	+61	4	458	+11
18	4	473	-41	5	514	+70

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.