Par 4 – 454 yards
Perry Maxwell was bestowed a superior piece of ground to design a golf course on in 1939.
The resulting work is arguably the finest routing of a course in the golf rich state of North Carolina. The 12th hole embodies so much of what makes Old Town special. The tilt of the hole requires you to trust your starting line from the tee because of the severe canting of the fairway from left to right. An uneven lie for your second shot is fairly likely although you can find the flat part of the fairway on the right, but it may require a longer approach. The bunkering around the green is sensational and the green sets so beautifully into the base of a hillock which houses the 13th tee above that it appears to have simply been placed there well before a golf course was even a thought. The green runs from left to right from essentially the front to the back of the green complex. In my estimation the 12th is the greatest vantage point to digest the wonder of Maxwell’s routing of the course with views back to 11, 9, 18, and in your immediate view is the double green that is home to 8 and 17 and that is simply a piece of art. Number 12 at Old Town is a 10.