Ledges Golf Club - Maine - USA

Architect Brad Booth – a Maine man hailing from nearby Ogunquit – set out the course at The Ledges as his first solo project in 1999, a couple of years before he formed a new design company with another Brad, professional golfer Brad Faxon.

Draping the pine-framed holes across a rugged landscape, with minimal alteration to the terrain, Booth’s light architectural touch is pleasantly evident as the fairways effortlessly flow across countryside that’s devoid of any housing in a wonderful rural setting.

The signature 8th is a spectacular 220-yard par three hole, played downhill from an elevated tee position to a multi-tiered green. Water threatens to the front, left and rear whilst sand protects either flank of a putting surface that dips severely to a right-side grass bunker.