Golf Maine
The Pine Tree State and the most northeast point in the U.S., Maine’s rich green lands offer what may arguably be some of the best, most picturesque terrain in the nation for golf. Each of the courses offers a different sort of beauty and terrain, literally making it hard to choose which course to play first. There are courses like the Sunday River Golf Club in Bethel, which flows gracefully into the foothills, the Fox Ridge Golf Club in Auburn, which lays worthy claim to being the next great championship golf course in New England, and Point Sebago Golf Resort in Casco, just to get your palette warmed up.
Kennebunk Beach’s venerable Webhannet Golf Club was built over 100 years ago. Originally nine holes, it has sported a full 18 since 1925. This private course is open to the public on a limited basis.
When in Poland Spring, be sure to take in one of the best resort bargains around. The first golf course in the country to be built at a resort, shots from these tees include vistas such as the White Mountains for their backdrops. A comfortable, fast course with tees for different levels of experience and ability, this resort makes the top 100 list of places to stay and play.
Understandably, there are more 9-hole courses amongst the 140 total offered in Maine than there are 18-hole courses. Rather than seeing this as a deficiency, one can honestly recognize it as an opportunity to play a broader set of richly rewarding courses in this truly marvelous landscape. Nine holes may very well find you enjoying taking the views so much that it literally takes all day. With such magnificently serene beauty to take n at every shot, it’s certain to take longer to play nine holes in this incredible state than in many other destinations. Some of them have a feel which is reminiscent of Jolly Old, while others will make you mindful of the riot of colors that is Aspen in the fall. If ever there was a James Herriot country in the U.S., Maine is surely that place.
Though this most northerly of New England states includes some of the oldest courses in the United States, it would be inaccurate to say that they’re resting on their laurels. Maine has seen the opening of at least 23 new courses in the past few years, each of them both a pacific pleasure and a worthy challenge. Diversity is the watchword here. At least nineteen of the courses on the Maine Golf Trail have fees under fifty dollars, 11 more under seventy-five dollars, and only eight over that price. Unlike many other places, though, the beauty of the course isn’t necessarily determined by cost. It would seem Maine has plenty of natural beauty to share, and this state shares her treasures with the wealthy and the working class alike.
Maine makes for a breathtaking and challenging golf destination, one certainly not to be missed.
