USGA Coming to New Hampshire!!

If you have ever taken a scenic drive across Greenland and Stratham New Hampshire by way of Winnicutt Road you may have seen a small sign proclaiming the presence of a golf course.  Even if you are a local to the area you may not know there is a golf course out there.  Google Maps does not even show it on its map in the traditional green blob of most Golf Courses.  Be assured there is a course out there though few that i know have seen it, let alone had the pleasure of playing.  In the woodland that separates Great Bay from the ocean lies The Golf Club of New England, an Arnold Palmer designed golf course.

You can drive down their driveway and see the amazing Clubhouse and beautifully maintained fairway as you follow them along the road.  Looking is probably all you will get to do as my understanding is that this is a very private club with a very small member community.  Those of course are just rumors and do not come first hand from the club itself but the effort it seems the course takes in keeping itself unknown to most make me believe it is so.

News has reached my email via the preferred players email sent out by The Oaks Golf Links that the USGA has chosen The Golf Club of New England for the 2012 Junior Amateur Championship.  This would mark the first USGA tournament held in the state of New Hampshire.  I hope this is news of good things to come in the state, our golf season may be one of the shortest in the country but when golf can be played the venues that are available offer some fantastic golf.  I for one will be looking into volunteering for the Tournament.

If there is anyone out there who has had the pleasure of playing The Golf Club of New England please share your experience.  I would love to get some details about the elusive course so that I may be that more envious.

One day i might be able to be able to play and post a review of this course so that others might know what it is like out there, but until then I can only dream.

More information can be found here via The Oaks Golf Links E-Zine

Here is the location via Google Maps


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Cheers to All!