A list of Massachusetts golf courses and facilities with the most rounds posted in 2025

According to the National Golf Foundation, golf has once again experienced a generational year with over 29 million golfers taking to green-grass locations in 2025. This feeling of golf ubiquity can be felt here in Massachusetts and many clubs are still seeing record numbers in rounds played and rounds posted.

In Massachusetts, Active Score Posting Season came to an end on November 14. Not to be confused with the total number of rounds played, one of the most common metrics used in tracking activity and popularity is number of rounds posted. This tallies the number of rounds that have been posted by golfers at a particular golf course using the USGA GHIN system.

TOP 5 most rounds posted in 2025 | 27 & 36 Hole Facilities
1. The Captains Golf Course (36 holes)

  • 33,688 (+2,230 from 2024)
  • The Captains is often described as the golf capital of the Lower Cape. A regular stop for USGA and Mass Golf qualifying, Captains most recently hosted a Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship qualifier in 2025 and USGA qualifying the year prior.

The Captains Golf Course was featured in Volume II of Mass Golf’s member publication, The Massachusetts Golfer. (Teddy Doggett)

 

2. Pinehills Golf Club (36 holes)

  • 26,019 Rounds Posted
  • Pinehills features two 18-hole championship courses designed by Rees Jones and Nicklaus Design. In 2025, U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying was held on the Nicklaus course, with two sides advancing to the 2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship.

3. The Club at New Seabury (36 holes)

  • 19,676 Rounds Posted (+1,421 from 2024)
  • Though it has two 18-hole championship golf courses, The Ocean Course at New Seabury often draws the most attention due to its sweeping views out to Nantucket Sound, while clear days show Martha’s Vineyard on the horizon.

A view of The Ocean Course at The Club at New Seabury. (David Colt)

4. Granite Links (27 holes)

  • 19,278 Rounds Posted
  • Built atop 900,000 truckloads of material from the Big Dig, Granite Links boasts 27 holes of golf with unmatched views of the Boston skyline. Granite Links is also being featured in Volume IV (Fall 2025) of The Massachusetts Golfer, Mass Golf’s member publication.

 

5. Bayberry Hills Golf Course (27 holes)

 

Top 15 most rounds posted in 2025 | 18 & 9 Hole Facilities
1. Walpole Country Club

  • 22,012 Rounds Posted (+60 from 2024)
  • A regular stop on the Mass Golf Member Day rota, Walpole Country Club is one of the many private courses that Mass Golf members have been able to play through the Member Day Program. The course is set to host its second Massachusetts Open Championship in 2029.

Following a full bunker renovation a few years ago Walpole Country Club continues to produce stunning views across the property. (David Colt)

 

2. Cranberry Valley Golf Course

  • 21,108 Rounds Posted (+701 from 2024)
  • With an 18-hole championship layout, full driving range, short game area and practice green, Cranberry Valley is at the forefront of junior development and a proud program location of First Tee – Massachusetts.

 

3. Gannon Municipal Golf Course

  • 20,659 Rounds Posted
  • Until 1968, the course used dirt tee boxes, but with the introduction of artificial turf playing surfaces for baseball and football fields, the course’s overseers, the park commissioners, decided to install Astroturf tees. The artificial surfaces were shortly thereafter removed. The inefficiency of the Astroturf tees and other issues motivated the park commission to take a historic step in 1976 with the hiring of its first accredited course superintendent.

 

4. Cummaquid Golf Club

  • 20,007 Rounds Posted (+632 from 2024)
  • Formed in 1895 along the scenic Route 6A byway that snakes through Cape Cod’s northern shore, Cummaquid is the oldest private golf club on Cape Cod and among the first 100 clubs in the U.S. that are still in existence today. Herbert C. Leeds, who laid out the course at Myopia Hunt Club and Joe Lloyd, the first golf professional at Essex County Club and the 1897 U.S. Open winner, are both credited with laying out the first nine holes.

 

5. Wachusett Country Club

  • 19,500 Rounds Posted (+610 from 2024)
  • Known for its historic Donald Ross design and routing, Wachusett Country Club is also widely regarded as having some of the best playing conditions among public courses in New England. The Massachusetts Open Championship was contested at Wachusett twice (1949, 1954), and the course now hosts the final round of the Worcester County Amateur Championship every year.

 

6. Vesper Country Club – 19,493 Rounds Posted
7. Crestwood Country Club – 19,415 Rounds Posted
8. Pocasset Golf Club– 19,411 Rounds Posted
9. Foxborough Country Club – 18,839 Rounds Posted
10. Thomson Country Club – 18,700 Rounds Posted
11: Turner Hill Golf Club – 18,111 Rounds Posted
12: Blue Hill Country Club – 17,730 Rounds Posted
13: Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds GC – 17,558 Rounds Posted
14: Franklin Country Club – 17,532 Rounds Posted
15: Renaissance – 17,493 Rounds Posted

Located 30 miles southwest of Boston, Franklin Country Club features an original Wayne Stiles-designed golf course. (David Colt)

Other Fun Facts:

  • Newly Certified – Earlier this year, Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds GC (#13) achieved certification as an Audubon International Sanctuary. Olde Barnstable successfully demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship by completing the multifaceted certification process, thereby reducing water and chemical usage, increasing wildlife habitat areas, and more.
  • On the Islands – Farm Neck Golf Club (#36, 15,619) and Miacomet Golf Club (#45, 14,959) saw the most rounds posted of courses located on Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard.
  • Among 9-hole facilities – Long Meadow Golf Club (#23, 16,972), Mount Pleasant Golf Club (#62, 12,782), Wampatuck Country Club (#65, 12,480) Meadow Brook Golf Club (#70, 12,368), Nabnasset Lake Country Club (#73, 12,212 rounds posted), and Whitinsville Golf Club (#87, 11,450) were among the highest in rounds posted.

About Mass Golf

Mass Golf is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to advancing golf in Massachusetts by building an engaged and inclusive community.

With a community made up of over 150,000 golf enthusiasts and over 360 member clubs, Mass Golf is one of the largest state golf associations in the country. Members enjoy the benefits of handicapping, engaging golf content, course rating and scoring services along with the opportunity to compete in an array of events for golfers of all ages and abilities.

At the forefront of junior development, Mass Golf is proud to offer programming to youth in the state through First Tee Massachusetts and subsidized rounds of golf by way of Youth on Course.