Rumbling Bald Resort — Apple Valley

Lake Lure, NC

Holes

Par

Longest tees

6,602

Shortest tees

4,603

Slope range

120–143

The course, hole by hole

Drawn from the scorecard — every bar is a hole, height is yardage, color is par.

USGA ratings per set. Slope is how much harder it gets when you're not scratch — 113 is neutral.

Tee	Yards	Par	Rating	Slope
Blue	6,602	72	72.5	143
White	6,100	72	69.8	134
Yellow	5,572	72	67.4	125
Silver Hybrid	4,928	72	64.6	121
Red	4,603	72	63.2	120

Three honest reads, computed from this course's tee data — the same math the quiz uses. Fame is not fit.

The new golfer

still learning · ~190 off the tee

Play the Silver Hybrids — 4,928 yds (64.6/121)
Expect 99–105

This one is a grind for your game — triple-digit territory.

The weekend mid

mid-80s to 90s · ~245 off the tee

Play the Whites — 6,100 yds (69.8/134)
Expect 86–92

You can break 90 here on a decent day.

The stick

single digits · ~280 off the tee

Play the Blues — 6,602 yds (72.5/143)
Expect 81–87

You can break 90 here on a decent day.

Sixty seconds. No account. Your own answer — which tees, what you'll shoot, whether this course wants you — not the average golfer's.