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Cowan’s Ford Golf Club

Stanley, NC · Private · 18 holes · Est. 1964

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About Cowan’s Ford Golf Club

Cowan's Ford Golf Club in Stanley, North Carolina, is laid out along Donald Ross design principles, offering a mix of shot-making challenges suited to a range of skill levels.

The course features wide fairways and TifEagle Bermuda greens installed in 2023. Ponds and natural creeks bring water into play on seven holes, and tee and pin positions are rotated regularly to vary the risk-and-reward options from round to round.

Stretching to nearly 7,000 yards from the back tees, the course offers several tee sets for differing abilities. Scoring rewards planning, particularly on approach shots into the undulating greens.

At a glance

Access: Private
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 6,922 yards
Tees: 9 tee boxes
Course rating: 73.9 / 139 slope
Opened: 1964
Difficulty: Average

Scorecard

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	36	36	72
Handicap	17	5	9	13	15	1	11	3	7	4	10	8	2	18	14	6	16	12
Black Tees	515	410	202	350	527	407	180	404	435	441	220	401	390	345	550	402	187	556	3430	3492	6,922	72	73.9/139
Black/Blue Tees	515	376	185	350	527	385	180	382	394	423	202	401	372	345	532	383	187	542	3294	3387	6,681	72	72.8/137
Blue Tees	503	376	185	350	522	385	180	382	394	423	202	375	372	345	532	383	187	542	3277	3361	6,638	72	72.6/136
Blue/White Tees	503	376	168	339	506	385	165	382	394	423	190	375	372	328	532	383	170	542	3218	3315	6,533	72	72.1/135
White Tees	477	359	168	339	506	357	165	356	371	409	190	358	328	328	502	371	170	489	3098	3145	6,243	72	70.4/133
White/Gold Tees	477	302	168	339	506	357	133	356	321	323	143	358	328	328	502	313	170	445	2959	2910	5,869	72	68.7/128
Gold Tees	413	302	157	319	487	306	133	264	321	323	143	335	264	297	440	313	140	445	2702	2700	5,402	72	66.5/120
Red Tees	396	296	137	273	353	271	111	256	313	323	143	297	257	229	440	313	141	436	2406	2579	4,985	72	64.9/110
Family Tees	319	249	132	224	326	217	105	222	233	286	137	212	237	229	310	212	135	325	2027	2083	4,110	72	61.7/102

Tee and scorecard data retrieved from the USGA GHIN course database

Course handicap at Cowan’s Ford Golf Club

How many strokes you get from each tee, by handicap index.

Tee	Rating	Slope	0	5	10	15	20	25	30	36
Black Tees	73.9	139	2	8	14	20	27	33	39	46
Black/Blue Tees	72.8	137	1	7	13	19	25	31	37	44
Blue Tees	72.6	136	1	7	13	19	25	31	37	44
Blue/White Tees	72.1	135	0	6	12	18	24	30	36	43
White Tees	70.4	133	-2	4	10	16	22	28	34	41
White/Gold Tees	68.7	128	-3	2	8	14	19	25	31	37
Gold Tees	66.5	120	-6	0	5	10	16	21	26	33
Red Tees	64.9	110	-7	-2	3	8	12	17	22	28
Family Tees	61.7	102	-10	-6	-1	3	8	12	17	22

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