Just a few miles east of Frederick Maryland near Mt. Airy is the new challenging executive course of Hope Valley. This 18 hole Par 63 course designed by Brain Ault makes great use of the natural hilly terrain to challenge even the best of golfers game.

With it's many Par 3 holes and shorter Par 4 's this course is a must for anyone working on their iron game. This course is excellent for practice hitting shorter irons and chipping around the green and only a couple of holes require teeing off with the driver.

On a majority of holes the fairway is relatively narrow with very little true "rough" , making the necessary accurate shots a must. Most tee boxes are staggered behind the fairway with different and distinct natural obstacles to hit over including creeks, declines in elevation and thickets of brush.

Signature Hole: The signature hole is the Par 4 number 17 . This hole has a strategically placed bunker in the fairway nearly two hundred yards away. This perfectly placed bunker will devour any tee shot that drifts even a few degrees to the right. The fairway is a good 100 yards away for the tee box and is perched above an overlook with a great view of the fairway below.

Amigos favorite Hole: The back nine number 14 was the hole we liked the best because each shot has to cross a hazard throughout the hole. Your tee shot is to a landing area only 150 yards, crossing a very large area of brush. Your second shot from the fairway landing area descends down another hill and over another hazard of brush to finally reach a narrow and well guarded green. This day both Amigos were lucky enough to hit both landings and were within a close chip to make par.