- 18Holes
- 72Par
- 13Rated tees
- 20Greens mapped
- 307Contours
- 20.0%Steepest slope
About Hound Ears
Hound Ears is an 18-hole golf course playing to par 72 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. George W. Cobb designed it, and it opened in 1963. GolfCore has mapped 20 greens here with contour lines and fall-line arrows. The card below lists 13 rated tees with yardages for all 18 holes. GPS yardages and scoring are free in the GolfCore app.
Plan your visit
328 Shull Mill Rd., Blowing Rock, NC
+1 855-432-1964
How the greens break
GolfCore traced 20 greens at Hound Ears from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, with 307 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval. The steepest measured slope is 20.0 percent, and the largest rise across a single green is 12.9 ft.
In the app the same map sits under your ball on every green, with the fall line drawn to the hole and the wind modeled at your position. At clubs that run GolfCore, the pins the shop sets each morning show up there too.
Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program (public domain), processed by GolfCore.
The card
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 315 | 353 | 370 | 463 | 109 | 463 | 118 | 310 | 325 | 2,826 |
| Hcp | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 340 | 343 | 427 | 125 | 333 | 93 | 457 | 302 | 363 | 2,783 |
| Hcp | 10 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 |
Total72 Yards5,609
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 315 | 13 |
| 2 | 4 | 353 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | 370 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 463 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 109 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 463 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 118 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 310 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 325 | 9 |
| Out | 36 | 2,826 | |
| 10 | 4 | 340 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 343 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 427 | 8 |
| 13 | 3 | 125 | 16 |
| 14 | 4 | 333 | 2 |
| 15 | 3 | 93 | 18 |
| 16 | 5 | 457 | 12 |
| 17 | 4 | 302 | 14 |
| 18 | 4 | 363 | 4 |
| In | 36 | 2,783 | |
| Total | 72 | 5,609 |
Course rating and slope
| Tee | Yards | Par | Rating / Slope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 6,327 | 72 | 75.6 / 133 (W) |
| Back | 6,307 | 72 | – |
| I Tees | 6,260 | 72 | 70.6 / 134 |
| Blue | 6,111 | 72 | 68.7 / 129 |
| Mens | 5,915 | 72 | – |
| II Tees | 5,882 | 72 | 68.9 / 129 74.5 / 143 (W) |
| White (L) | 5,609 | 72 | – |
| White | 5,609 | 72 | 66.6 / 120 |
| III Tees | 5,459 | 72 | 67.2 / 120 72.3 / 136 (W) |
| Red (L) | 4,921 | 72 | – |
| IV Tees | 4,865 | 72 | 65.1 / 111 69.3 / 126 (W) |
| V Tees | 4,537 | 72 | 63.9 / 108 67.8 / 121 (W) |
| VI Tees | 4,429 | 72 | 67.3 / 119 (W) |
Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Picking a tee shows that tee's own yardages, pars and stroke indexes where the club has rated them. Spot a wrong par, yardage or stroke index? Report it from Map Settings in the app, or send us a correction.
Course details
- Location
- Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States
- Address
- 328 Shull Mill Rd., Blowing Rock, NC
- Phone
- +1 855-432-1964
- Website
- houndears.com
- Architect
- George W. Cobb
- Opened
- 1963
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Tees on the card
- 17, 13 USGA-rated
- Greens mapped
- 20
- Elevation contours
- 307
- Contour interval
- 3-inch
- Largest green elevation span
- 12.9 ft
- Steepest measured slope
- 20.0%
- Course map
- Traced hole by hole
- Wind modeling
- Live wind grid, 16 directions
- Tree canopy
- 1-meter canopy height model
- Course data updated
- 2026-08-29
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