Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 16
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 16
With 27 holes and 18 of them designed by Donald Ross around the Omni Mount Washington Hotel, the golf at Bretton Woods is classic New England. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 1
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 1
The opening hole on the Mount Washington Golf Course at Bretton Woods is a par 4 that plays from an elevated tee. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 4
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 4
Here'a an example of classic Ross bunkering on the par-4 fourth hole on the Mount Washington Golf Course at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 6
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 6
The par-5 sixth hole on the Omni Mount Washington Resort's Mount Washington Course is reachable in two by longer hitters, but it does come with considerable risk. Mike Bailey/GolfPass
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 9
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 9
The 429-yard, par-4 10th hole on the Omni Mount Washington Resort's Mount Washington Course plays away from the clubhouse. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 12
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 12
The 12th hole on the Omni Mount Washington Resort's Mount Washington Course provides a good birdie opportunity if you can avoid the hazard. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 13
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 13
Here's a bunker you want to avoid on the uphill par-4 13th on the Mount Washington Course at Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 14
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 14
It plays downhill, but at 242 yards from the back tees, the 14th on the Mount Washington Golf Course is still one long par 3. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 18
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Mount Washington Golf Course - no. 18
The finishing hole on Omni Mount Washington Resort's Donald Ross-designed Mount Washington Course is a dogleg-left par 4 that plays over flowing water. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Omni Mount Washington Resort - Mount Pleasant G.C. - no. 2
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Omni Mount Washington Resort - Mount Pleasant G.C. - no. 2
Again, the views of the magnificent Mount Washington Hotel come into view, except this time it's behind the par-4 second on the Mount Pleasant Course, which opened in 1895. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
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Omni Mount Washington Resort - Mount Pleasant Golf Course - no. 3
The difficult third hole on the Mount Pleasant Course at Omni Mount Washington Resort plays around a large water hazard. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
Omni Mount Washington Resort - Mount Pleasant Golf Course - horses
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Omni Mount Washington Resort - Mount Pleasant Golf Course - horses
The Mount Pleasant golf course runs along side the pasture where Omni Mount Washington Resort's horses are kept. Mike Bailey/Golf Advisor
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Classic Donald Ross: Historic golf at the Omni Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire

BRETTON WOODS, N.H. -- There are 27 holes at Omni Mount Washington Resort, and all of them have plenty of history.

The 18-hole championship layout, Mount Washington Golf Course, is a classic Donald Ross design that dates back to 1915. The 7,004-yard, par-72 course is surrounded by Mount Washington, the Presidential Mountain Range, Crawford Notch and the historic Omni Mount Washington Resort.

It was meticulously returned to Ross's original intent by architect Brian Silva with the re-discovery of fairway bunkers perpendicular to the line of play, including the signature "Principal's Nose" style bunker on the fourth hole.

Silva also incorporated Ross's "meadowland design" by strategically removing trees to enhance wide-open vistas and made use of natural rolls and swells of the ancient riverbed beneath the course for the placement of tees, fairways, bunkers and greens.

Omni Mount Washington Resort's Mount Pleasant Course, a nine holer, is even older, having first opened in 1895. It is a par 35, running 3,215 yards alongside the Ammonoosuc River. A little tighter than the Mount Washington Course, it was restored and upgraded by Cornish & Silva Golf Course Architects in 1989.

Mike Bailey is a former Golf Advisor senior staff writer based in Houston. Focusing primarily on golf in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America with an occasional trip to Europe and beyond, he contributes course reviews, travel stories and features as well as the occasional equipment review. An award-winning writer and past president of Texas Golf Writers Association, he has more than 25 years in the golf industry. He has also been on staff at PGA Magazine, The Golfweek Group and AvidGolfer Magazine. Follow Mike on Twitter at @MikeBaileyGA and Instagram at @MikeStefanBailey.
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Classic Donald Ross: Historic golf at the Omni Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire