It is plush and expansive and just about impossible to master. Several of the white-sand hazards on the course could be better described as beaches or trails than traps or bunkers. The sand on one, four and nine traverses the length of the fairways. And the par-five 11th and 16th holes can only be described as vicious. Dye strategically placed every hazard and outcropping to encourage golfers to use the utmost caution as they navigate the course.
Fairways tend to widen at crucial landing areas and narrow as they approach the greens.
Putting surfaces are fast and rolling, but getting there seems to be the real trick. The white tees stretch to 6,300 yards, a much friendlier distance that still requires a great deal of accuracy and smart play. Gold markers are set at 5,860 yards and the red markers at 4,800. Considering Dye's impressive list of successes, that's a bold statement. Inexplicably, Mystic Rock was left off the Golf Digest list of Pennsylvania's top 25 courses, though it has made the publication's list of Top Courses You Can Play in the past.