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Vermont

Seven clubs founded the Vermont Golf Association in 1902 and nowadays it represents almost 11,000 golfers in 63 clubs dotted around the state. The Vermont State Women’s Golf Association provides a similar service for female golfers in 50 clubs. One course constructed in the late 1990s has risen to near the top of the Vermont rankings and it's the Graham Cooke-designed Country Club of Vermont near Waterbury Center. Great though that modern layout is, most still think the old Walter Travis track at Ekwanok and the Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek classic at Rutland still exemplify the very best in Vermont golf course design.

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  1. Ekwanok Country Club

    Vermont, United States

    The charming course at Ekwanok Country Club was designed by Walter Travis at the start of the last century and such was his golfing prowess at the time, he won the U.S. Amateur Championship on three occasions...

  2. Country Club of Vermont

    Vermont, United States

    Graham Cooke designed the engaging layout at The Country Club of Vermont in 1998 with two contrasting loops – the front nine is played on open, rolling terrain with the back nine routed through dense woodland.

  3. Rutland

    Vermont, United States

    Established with a 9-hole layout at the beginning of the last century, Rutland Country Club had its course extended to a full 18 holes by Stiles & Van Kleek in 1927.

  4. Quechee (Highland)

    Vermont, United States

    One of two Geoff Cornish-designed 18-hole layouts at The Quechee Club, the Highland course underwent a major restoration by Brian Silva in 2012 following damage caused by Hurricane Irene.

  5. Vermont National

    Vermont, United States

    The 18-hole layout at Vermont National Country Club was the first Nicklaus Design course to open in New England when it debuted in 1998.

  6. Spruce Peak

    Vermont, United States

    Designed by Bob Cupp, the fairways of the Mountain course at the Spruce Peak resort, formerly Stowe Mountain, are laid out in the foothills of Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak.

  7. Jay Peak

    Vermont, United States

    Set within the dense woods of Northern Vermont, the Graham Cooke-designed course at the Jay Peak Resort is recognized as a top public facility in the Green Mountain state.

  8. Okemo Valley

    Vermont, United States

    Unveiled in 2000, the course at Okemo Valley Golf Club is a Steve Durkee design that lies on the other side of the main highway leading to the ski slopes at the Okemo Mountain Resort.

  9. Dorset Field

    Vermont, United States

    Dorset Field Club had nine holes in play by 1886, though it took another decade before the club built its first clubhouse and implemented a constitution. The original layout was expanded to an 18-hole course in 1999.

  10. Burlington Country Club

    Vermont, United States

    Located next to the University of Vermont campus, the course at Burlington Country Club is a Donald Ross design that underwent a comprehensive restoration by Dr Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry in the late 1990s.

  11. Equinox

    Vermont, United States

    Walter Travis laid out the fairways at Ekwanok in 1900 when at the height of his playing powers. He returned 27 years later, shortly before he died, to construct the 18 holes at the neighboring Golf Club at Equinox.

  12. Green Mountain National

    Vermont, United States

    Laid out in dense woodland close to the Killington Ski complex, the Gene Bates-designed Green Mountain National Golf Course was the first municipal layout to open in the state of Vermont when it debuted in 1997.

  13. A former LPGA venue, the 27-hole golf facility at the Stratton Mountain Resort started out with just the Lake and Mountain nines in the late 1960s. Architect Geoff Cornish then returned in 1984, adding the heavily wooded Forest nine.

  14. Sugarbush

    Vermont, United States

    Robert Trent Jones Senior fashioned the 18-hole layout at Sugarbush Resort Golf Club in the early 1960s, starting a trend that would lead to other New England ski resorts building courses to attract visitors during the summer months.

  15. Woodstock Inn

    Vermont, United States

    Golf in Woodstock dates back to 1895 but the Woodstock Inn & Resort course is a Robert Trent Jones Senior layout from 1963 which replaced an earlier Wayne Stiles design. The old master returned subsequently to upgrade the course several times.