Sugarloaf Golf Club has been rated one of the top tracks in Maine ever since it debuted in 1985. A demanding layout that throws up some spectacular, plunging holes.
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Sugarloaf Golf Club has been rated one of the top tracks in Maine ever since it debuted in 1985. A demanding layout that throws up some spectacular, plunging holes.
Sugarloaf
The Robert Trent Jones Junior-designed course at the Sugarloaf Mountain Resort first appeared on the Maine golfing scene in 1985. It’s a demanding layout with fairways hewn from a very hilly, heavily wooded site that throws up some spectacular, plunging holes.
The stretch of holes between 10 and 15 has been described as Sugarloaf’s “string of pearls” and it features the signature hole on the course, the short par three 11th, where the green sits more than 120 feet below the level of the elevated tee.
A number of holes – the 5th and 6th in particular – have been upgraded in recent times with drainage issues addressed. A program of selective tree removal has also allowed natural sunlight to reach more greens and fairways, promoting growth in key areas around the course.
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