Best golf courses: Boston

Boston: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
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Boston
Hanse, Gil

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Boston

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Gil Hanse

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
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Campbell, Willie

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Original 6-hole course designed by three club members (1893). Extended to nine holes (1894) and then 18 holes (1899) by the club's first professional, Scotsman William "Willie" Campbell. The course was lengthened by Alex Campbell* (1902) and later revised and renovated by Rees Jones (1988). 9-hole Primrose course designed by William S. Flynn (1927). *Willie and Alex Campbell were not related, other than by the clan Campbell name.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Boston
Rulewich, Roger

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Boston

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Roger Rulewich (back-nine opened 1978; front-nine in 1989).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Boston
Mungeam, Mark

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Boston

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Mark A. Mungeam (of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam, Inc.).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Boston
Ross, Donald

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Designed by Donald Ross (1917); modifications by Tom Doak (2008).

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Boston
Ross, Donald

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Boston

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Donald Ross's design work started in 1928, but the project was shelved due to the Wall Street Crash. Course eventually opened in 1938.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Sanford, John

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Boston

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John Sanford

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Boston
Cornish / Fazio

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Boston

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Pines course: designed by Geoffrey Cornish with input from Francis Oiumet (1956); modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1972). Redesigned by the firm of Coore & Crenshaw (Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw) (2021).
Oaks course: original design by Tom Fazio (2001); modifications by Tripp Davis (2021).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Boston
Leeds & Cornish

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Boston

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Original design by Herbert C. Leeds (1894); modifications by Geoff Cornish (2005) and Gil Hanse (2013).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Boston
Cornish & Silva

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Boston

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Original design by Geoff Cornish (1961); renovation by Rees Jones (2012).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Boston
Silva, Brian

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Boston

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Brian Silva

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Boston
Ross, Donald

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Boston

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Course designed by Donald Ross (1925), when club moved to its current Peabody site.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Boston
Silva, Brian

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Boston

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Brian Silva

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
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Boston
Ross, Donald

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Boston

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Current layout designed by Donald Ross (1913).

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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