Golf in Columbia

Columbia in Howard County is one of the most successful planned communities in American history—James Rouse's 1967 vision for a city without segregation, organized around village centers and shared open space, has become a genuine city of over 100,000 people. Golf was built into Columbia from the beginning: the Columbia Association operates Hobbit's Glen Golf Club and Fairway Hills Golf Course as part of the recreation network central to the community's social contract. Howard County's position between Baltimore and Washington makes Columbia one of the most geographically advantaged communities in the Mid-Atlantic, and its planned green infrastructure gives both courses a setting that reflects the intentional design philosophy that created the city.