Ballyhack Golf Club
Roanoke, VA
Ballyhack Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-72 golf course in Roanoke, Virginia, playing 7,294 yards with a course rating of 76.3 and slope of 155. It is ranked #5 on Golf Digest's Best in Virginia (2025-26).
🏛 Designed by Lester George (2009); Bill Kubly (2009)
Ballyhack Golf Club opened in 2009 near Roanoke, Virginia, designed by Lester George with developer Bill Kubly. The inland links-style course sits amid the Blue Ridge Mountains with elevation changes of 50 to 70 feet across the routing. George had scouted the site since 2003 before assembling investors to purchase the land.
Accolades
- Ranked #5, Best in Virginia (Golf Digest, 2025-26)
📍 3609 Pitzer Rd, Roanoke, VA 24014
Course layout
Hole lines and layout © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tap a hole line for par and yardage.
Scorecard, hole by hole
- Par 72 over 18 holes: 4 par 3s, 10 par 4s, 4 par 5s
- Longest hole: No. 10, 595 yards, par 5
- Shortest hole: No. 17, 152 yards, par 3
- Hardest hole by handicap: No. 4 (par 4, 467 yards)
- Biggest elevation change: No. 15, about 115 ft downhill from tee to green
- Doglegs: 3 left, 4 right
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 399 | 3 | 6 bunkers, plays about 35 ft uphill |
| 2 | 5 | 538 | 11 | 9 bunkers, plays about 45 ft downhill |
| 3 | 3 | 251 | 15 | 6 bunkers, plays about 10 ft downhill |
| 4 | 4 | 467 | 1 | dogleg right, 13 bunkers, plays about 35 ft downhill |
| 5 | 4 | 442 | 5 | 7 bunkers, plays about 15 ft uphill |
| 6 | 4 | 354 | 13 | dogleg left, 7 bunkers, plays about 75 ft downhill |
| 7 | 3 | 191 | 17 | 3 bunkers |
| 8 | 4 | 383 | 9 | 4 bunkers, plays about 20 ft downhill |
| 9 | 5 | 546 | 7 | dogleg right, 16 bunkers, plays about 25 ft uphill |
| Out | 36 | 3,571 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 595 | 12 | 13 bunkers, plays about 30 ft downhill |
| 11 | 4 | 357 | 14 | 3 bunkers |
| 12 | 4 | 462 | 4 | dogleg left, 18 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 13 | 3 | 228 | 16 | 8 bunkers, plays about 50 ft downhill |
| 14 | 4 | 408 | 6 | dogleg left, 5 bunkers, plays about 20 ft uphill |
| 15 | 5 | 575 | 10 | dogleg right, 13 bunkers, plays about 115 ft downhill |
| 16 | 4 | 491 | 2 | dogleg right, 5 bunkers, plays about 65 ft downhill |
| 17 | 3 | 152 | 18 | 6 bunkers |
| 18 | 4 | 455 | 8 | 7 bunkers |
| In | 36 | 3,723 | ||
| Total | 72 | 7,294 |
Scorecard from the Big Lick tees. Doglegs, water and bunkers are read from the OpenStreetMap hole lines and mapped hazards © OpenStreetMap contributors. Elevation: Open-Meteo / Copernicus DEM, approximate.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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