There’s loads of wonderful golf in Massachusetts, however its non-public facet of the sport considerably outweighs its public-access choices. Every of the highest 15 non-public programs within the state is ranked within the prime 200 on both of the elite Golfweek’s Greatest Trendy or Traditional Programs lists.
That personal rating in Massachusetts is topped by The Nation Membership’s Composite Course, which was web site of the 2022 U.S. Open. The format additionally ranks No. 24 amongst all Traditional Programs constructed earlier than 1960 within the U.S.
Even the top-ranked public-access course within the state is, for probably the most half, a personal membership. Cape Cod Nationwide in Brewster is actually a personal membership that enables restricted entry to company of the close by Wequassett Resort and Golf Membership. That entry is sufficient for Cape Cod Nationwide to land on the Golfweek’s Greatest Programs You Can Play listing for public-access layouts.
Golfweek’s Greatest affords many lists in fact rankings, with that listing of prime public-access programs in every state among the many hottest. All of the programs on this listing permit public entry in some vogue, be it commonplace day by day inexperienced charges, by a resort or by staying at an affiliated resort. If there’s a will – and deep sufficient pockets – there’s a tee time.
Additionally well-liked are the Golfweek’s Greatest rankings of prime non-public programs in every state, and that listing for Massachusetts is among the many elite within the U.S. That listing can be included beneath.
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(m): Trendy course, inbuilt or after 1960
(c): Traditional course, constructed earlier than 1960
Observe: If there’s a quantity within the parenthesis with the m or c, that signifies the place that course ranks amongst Golfweek’s Greatest prime 200 fashionable or basic programs.
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Cape Cod Nationwide in Massachusetts (Courtesy of Cape Cod Nationwide)
1. Cape Cod Nationwide
Brewster (m)
2. Crumpin-Fox
Bernardston (m)
4. Farm Neck
Oak Bluffs (m)
5. The Ranch
Southwick (m)
6. George Wright Municipal
Boston (c)
8. Pinehills (Nicklaus)
Plymouth (m)
9. Membership at New Seabury (Ocean)
Mashpee (m)
10. Pinehills (Jones)
Plymouth (m)
The Kittansett Membership in Massachusetts (Copyright USGA/Fred Vuich)
1. The Nation Membership (Composite)
Brookline (24c)
2. Myopia Hunt Membership
Hamilton (32c)
3. Outdated Sandwich
Plymouth (24m)
4. Eastward Ho!
Chatham (43c)
5. Essex
Manchester-by-the-Sea (T44c)
6. Boston GC
Hingham (T28m)
7. Kittansett Membership
Marion (T49c)
T8. Sankaty Head
Siasconset (T82c)
T8. Whitinsville GC
Whitinsville (T82c)
10. Salem CC
Peabody (T88c)
11. Winchester CC
Winchester (T117c)
12. Taconic
Williamstown (T126c)
13. Nantucket GC
Siasconset (T145m)
14. Worcester CC
Worcester (T136c)
15. Hyannisport Membership
Hyannis Port (T139c)
The tons of of members of the Golfweek’s Greatest rankings panel regularly consider programs and price them based mostly on 10 standards on a factors foundation of 1 by 10. Additionally they file a single, general ranking on every course. These general rankings are averaged to provide these rankings.
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