Brookline, MA • Private
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Overview
The Country Club’s 18-hole course that was the scene of the 1963 and 1988 U.S. Opens is not the 18-hole course ranked by Golf Digest. Those events were played on a composite course, utilizing a few holes from the club’s third Primrose nine. We rank the combination of the Main Course, clearly good enough to be one of the top courses in the world. Gil Hanse performed some course restoration prior to the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club. The USGA used a new configuration of 18 holes for the 2022 U.S. Open, won by Matthew Fitzpatrick, eliminating the par-4 fourth and adding the tiny par 3 11th, the first time the hole was used since the 1913 Open won by Francis Ouimet.
About
Holes 27
Length 7264
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 1895
Designer Willie Campbell, Alex Campbell/(R) William Flynn/(R) Geoffrey Cornish/(R) Gil Hanse
Awards
Ranking history:
100 Greatest: Ranked since 1969 (and inaugural 1966 ranking).
2023-'24 ranking: 19th.
Previous ranking: 17th.
Highest ranking: No. 10, 1995-'96.
Best in State: Ranked first since 1997.
Current ranking: First.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
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100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
Shot Options
7.9459
Character
8.4948
Challenge
8.0553
Layout Variety
8.067
Fun
7.763
Aesthetics
7.9166
Conditioning
7.9012
Reviews
1 / 7
Review
“Tremendous variety design. Holes going all different directions providing player with tremendous challenge on each hole. Every hole has different directions; elevations, etc making it very difficult to hit great shots. The variety of design of each hole is really great. Course in great shape too especially with all the rain this fall. Variety of holes requiring excellent shot making. Many holes are challenging with regard to length with a few blind shots to greens. Nice elevation changes; course in excellent shape."
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2023
2 / 7
Review
“Playing Brookline is an experience like very few. The course is classic and distinct with a variety of shots that few courses have. The Country Club's standing as an iconic American golf course is well-deserved. Knowing that you are enjoying a huge piece of golf history enhances the experience as you navigate a terrific layout with postage-stamp greens that roll fast and true, punishing rough, and picturesque fescue tracing the contour of many holes."
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2022
3 / 7
Review
“The course design provided tremendous variety, challenge and natural beauty. A new green complex was being built on one hole during my visit as the club continues to improve the course even further."
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2022
4 / 7
Review
“Gil Hanse's changes over the years, plus a skilled superintendent, have made The Country Club shine even more. A decades-long tree removal program continues to help the turf play firm and fast and creating wonderfully open and playable yet still demanding test of a course that features some of golf’s smallest greens. For a parkland course, there are some one-of-a-kind, beautiful aesthetics featuring natural rock outcroppings."
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2022
5 / 7
Review
“TCC is such a special place. They have done a marvelous job "showing off" the incredible property, the exposed rock that is now visible along with the expanded sightlines following significant tree removals is terrific. I loved the utilization of the lower tee on hole 4 for historical reasons. The new back tees are a true test. The ambiance they've created around the 1st and 10th tees with expanded putting green, short game area and rerouting of 10 is very neat!"
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2021
6 / 7
Review
“I watched the 1988 Open and the 1999 Ryder Cup at The Country Club, and TV did not do that course justice. This place feels like the Scottish Highlands -- with the rock outcroppings, rugged and dangerous-looking bunkering, and small, pear-sized greens, it certainly doesn’t feel like you’re in the middle of Boston."
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2020
7 / 7
Review
“Any American golfer will appreciate walking past Francis Ouimet’s house, and the depths of other history seen at The Country Club. This is an American treasure that is tough to beat for atmosphere."
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2021
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