3720 Club House Drive,
Fayetteville, Pennsylvania 17222
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+1 (800) 231 0080 (toll free)Pro shop
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The Learning Center Golf Shak at Penn NationalThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Open countryside, woodland and residential.
Designer:
Edmund B. "Ed" Ault
Above distances are for the Founders course. Also at Penn National is the 18-hole Iron Forge course (par-72; 7009 yds from the back tees).
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4.5 mi S of Fayetteville / 56 mi SW of Harrisburg.
Penn Natl (Founders)
Penn National Golf Club is home to two championship courses of equal stature, the Iron Forge and Founders layouts. In contrast to its more open and links-style stablemate, the Founders is a classic tree-lined parkland course. When commissioned to design the course in 1966, Ed Ault was instructed to lay out a Northeastern-style tour de force, with large contoured greens and tree-lined fairways. This he duly did.
Plenty of stylish bunkering adorns the Founders course throughout, while a seven-acre lake brings water into play at the par-4 16th and par-3 17th. As with most well laid out traditional courses, the heat is turned up at the end.
The toughest five-hole stretch on Founders starts with the seriously dog-legging par-5 14th, then the "water" holes at 16 and 17, and a long tight par-4 to finish! A small amount of real estate around the course boundary is generally set well out of harm's way, and doesn't detract from the layout's tree-lined naturalness.
Stay&Play at Penn National: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2021].
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at certain times (not weekends a.m.).
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Penn National is a member of the Raspberry Golf Trail, a collection of nine premier golf courses located in Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Virginia (see raspberrygolftrail.com).
The names of the two championship courses at Penn National reflect the importance of the iron and steel industry in Pennsylvania. Powering this important industry through the 19th and 20th centuries were abundant supplies of Pennsylvanian coal and oil.
3809 Anthony Hwy, Fayetteville, PA 17222
+1 (717) 352 2400
Visit websiteThe Penn National Inn offers comfortable, air-conditioned accommodations in six modern lodge buildings, each with eight guest rooms. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the Founders Grille Restaurant & Black Oak Bar. Located off the 8th fairway of the Founders Course, is the centerpiece of the Inn ... the White Rock Manor House, built prior to 1847 by the family of Chambersburg's founder. The Manor House's imposing and beautiful brick structure houses yoga rooms, massage therapy, and registration for guests of Penn National Inn.
Penn National (Iron Forge and Founders courses)
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