Boston Golf Club

The Boston Golf Club – located in Hingham, Massachusetts – is a private members golf club and has been routed across more than 300 acres of prime golfing terrain. Designed by Gil Hanse and opened for play in 2005, Boston Golf Club is already a modern classic and has received many accolades including reference to some holes looking like they belong to Pine Valley.

Holes are laid out in two nines on either side of a road that passes through an old rock quarry, with sharp elevation changes, sheer rocky ledges and thick forests all coming into play along the way. It’s a tough track and one that many will choose not to walk due to the physical demands along the way. Be very careful which tees you play from if given the chance to tee it up here as this is a course that takes no prisoners.

Here’s what Hanse Golf Course Design have to say about Boston Golf Club: “The owners provided us with a great opportunity to pay homage to the early courses of New England, on a very interesting piece of property. The terrain varies and rolls, and pitches in every direction. The only consistent part of the property is its wonderful sand and gravel base which afforded us a great deal of flexibility in how we could utilize the native contours.

The course stresses fun and interest in the individual golf holes, and this theme is meticulously carried out in all elements of the club. This course has been lovingly crafted, and the owners made sure that we had the opportunity to dwell on the details which is apparent in the final result.”

In the book Planet Golf USA, author Darius Oliver writes: “The overwhelming highlight of Hanse’s work here is the believability of his shaping. The sand and gravel base made it easier for the design team to create contours that match the existing natural terrain, but the work done was first class.

Fairways crash and fall with great irregularity, the holes enhanced by beautifully constructed bunkers that are often fringed by bracken or shaggy tufts of native grass. The varied and heavily contoured greens are another standout feature; the targets are generally open at the front, yet consistently more difficult to approach the safer you drive from the tee.”