The Course

A thinking player's course.

Halifax is defined by its strategic restraint. Relatively short in yardage, our small, well-protected greens demand disciplined iron play and a deft touch around the edges.

Established

1930

Holes

18

Style

Strategic

Greens

Small

Accuracy over power.

Greens are compact and bunkered with intent. The premium isn't on length off the tee — it's on the second shot, on the read, on knowing when to play safe and when to attack the pin.

First-time guests are often surprised by how quickly the course reveals its character. Repeat players learn to respect it.

Scorecard

By the numbers.

Front Nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Men's Par	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	35
Men's Hcp	13	3	17	18	16	6	2	4	10
White 66.7/121	312	340	119	229	305	481	358	176	345	2665
Gold 63.3/109	225	289	111	223	277	433	310	123	329	2320
Silver 67.5/116	218	294	113	225	268	437	309	122	336	2322
Ladies' Par	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	5	36
Red Hcp	10	4	18	14	16	8	6	12	2

Back Nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Men's Par	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	35	70
Men's Hcp	7	11	9	12	14	15	8	1	5
White 66.7/121	136	344	360	329	299	314	148	340	495	2765	5430
Gold 63.3/109	95	311	320	290	245	306	133	276	406	2382	4702
Silver 67.5/116	119	318	318	295	249	289	132	278	376	2374	4696
Ladies' Par	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	35	71
Red Hcp	17	1	7	5	15	9	13	11	3

Ratings shown as Course Rating / Slope. Men's par 70 · Ladies' par 71.

Local Rules

USGA rules govern all play, except as amended below.

Local Rules (PDF) →

Penalty area

Any area defined by red lines and/or stakes. Relief options per Rule 17, one-stroke penalty; player may drop on the opposite side of the penalty area, no closer to the hole.

Preferred lies

When a ball lies in the general area cut to fairway height or less on the hole being played, the player may lift, clean and place within one club-length, no closer to the hole.

Ball lost or out of bounds

Stroke-and-distance relief, or with a two-stroke penalty the player may determine where the ball was likely lost or went OB and place within two club-lengths of the nearest fairway edge, no closer to the hole. See Exhibit A in the clubhouse.

Cart paths

Any paved or artificial gravel surface. Relief: one club-length, no closer to the hole.

Power lines & poles

A ball that strikes a power line or telephone pole must be replayed, no penalty. Telephone poles, guidewires, green fans, and benches are immovable obstructions — swing relief only, no line-of-flight relief.

Individual hole exceptions

Hole

#3

If the cart shed right of #3 green interferes with stance or swing, drop with no penalty at the nearest end of the shed, no closer to the hole.

Hole

#9

Ball in the concrete culvert behind the green: drop one club-length from the nearest point of relief, no penalty. The parking lot is now played as a penalty area (red stakes), not OB.

Hole

#15

The equipment shed, equipment, vehicles, sand/gravel piles, and other artificial devices right of the fairway are movable or immovable obstructions. Relief: one club-length from the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole.

Hole

#18

The landscaping-timber area behind #18 green and right of #6 (white/blue) tees is a free drop. Any ball within the timbers is dropped at the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole.

Reminder: the nearest point of relief is where the player's swing or stance is no longer obstructed. Relief is one club-length from that point. There is no line-of-sight or line-of-flight relief anywhere on the course. — Rules Committee: Linda Lumsden & Ronnie Moore

On the Course

Benches honoring & in memory of our members.

Scattered along the fairways are benches placed in honor and remembrance of members whose lives were woven into Halifax.

Hole #1aWilliam M. Tuck Dillard & Lester Layne Dillard

Hole #1bLester Layne Dillard, Jr.

Hole #5Eddie Rinker

Hole #9Carroll Seat

Hole #10James Edward Maddox

Hole #12Don (DT) Thompson

Hole #17James William (Jim) Burton

Hole #18Thomas Coxe Leggett

Hole by Hole

A walk through all eighteen.

Tee markers and views from each hole on the course.

1

Par

4

A welcoming opener with a gentle dogleg and a green guarded short-left.

2

Par

4

A long, rolling fairway flanked by trees — keep it down the middle and let it run.

3

Par

3

A short par 3 with a small, well-bunkered green — club selection is everything.

4

Par

4

A short par 4 framed by pines — a straight tee shot leaves a simple wedge in.

5

Par

4

A subtle dogleg with trees pinching the landing zone — position over distance.

6

Par

5

The course's longest hole — a true three-shotter with bunkers guarding the green.

7

Par

4

A tree-lined par 4 over a small creek — the toughest handicap on the front nine.

8

Par

3

A demanding par 3 across the pond — commit to the club and trust the swing.

9

Par

4

A long closing hole on the front — water lurks left, with the clubhouse waiting beyond the green.

10

Par

3

A picturesque par 3 framed by towering pines — start the back nine with a clean strike.

11

Par

4

A rolling par 4 over open terrain — the fairway crests before falling toward the green.

12

Par

4

A scenic par 4 down a tree-lined corridor — a single bunker guards the front of the green.

13

Par

4

A downhill par 4 — let the tee shot run out toward the green tucked in the distance.

14

Par

4

A dramatic downhill tee shot across a ravine — the climb back up to the green tests the legs.

15

Par

4

A short par 4 with a bunker eating into the fairway — accuracy off the tee opens the green.

16

Par

3

A stunning par 3 over water from an elevated tee — pick your line and trust the carry.

17

Par

4

The signature stroke index — a long par 4 down a tight corridor with water lurking right.

18

Par

5

A reachable par 5 finisher climbing gently uphill toward the clubhouse — birdie on the card for the bold.