Our Picks for The 10 Best Golf courses in Vermont
1. Ekwanok Country Club
Address: 3262 Main Street, Manchester, Vermont (VT) 05254, USA
Type of field: Links
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 128
Course Rating: 71.6
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,566
Scorecard: Link
This country club was founded in 1899, and consistently ranked in the 21st century by Golfweek Magazine as having one of the top classic golf courses in America. Ekwanok is among Walter Travis’ best-known works. it was Travis’s first involvement in golf course architecture. It was Travis’s first involvement in golf course architecture. Today, it is recognized as the finest course in the Green Mountain State by Golf Digest.
2. Country Club of Vermont
Address: 2800 Country Club Rd, Waterbury Center, Vermont 05677, Washington County
Type of field: Links
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 133
Course Rating: 72.6
Total par (men’s tees): 71
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,788
Scorecard: Link
Established in 1998, Country Club of Vermont is set in the scenic valley created by the Worcester and Mansfield mountain ranges in Waterbury Center, Vermont, just minutes from Stowe and the Mad River Valley. The course was designed by Canadian architect and champion amateur golfer Graham Cooke. Country Club of Vermont is rated the #2 golf course in the state of Vermont by Golf Digest.
3. Rutland Country Club
Address: 275 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont (VT) 05702, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Public
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 125
Course Rating: 69.7
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,134
Scorecard: Link
The course at Rutland Country Club started out in 1901 as a 9-hole layout designed by Carnoustie-born George Low, who laid out more than twenty courses whilst still the professional at Baltusrol. In 1927 the famed architectural firm of Stiles & Van Kleek supervised the construction of an additional nine holes, resulting in the venerable golf course we enjoy today.
4. The Quechee Club
Address: 3268 Quechee Main Street, Quechee, Vermont (VT) 05059, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 129
Course Rating: 73.1
Total par (men’s tees): 72
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,765
Scorecard: Link
The Quechee Club has two 18-hole championship course, The Highland Course, and The Lakeland Course. The Highland Course was designed by Geoffrey Cornish. It was the first of the two Quechee Club golf courses. It opened in 1970, five years before The Lakeland Course opened. The Highland Course has the distinction of being named #1 in the State of Vermont by Golf Digest.
5. Vermont National Country Club
Address: 1227 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont (VT) 05403, USA
Type of field: Links
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 133
Course Rating: 74.2
Total par (men’s tees): 72
Total yardage (men’s tees): 7,035
Scorecard: Link
Vermont National Country Club was designed by Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II, with an 18-hole championship course and large practice facility. It opened in 1998 and was the first Jack Nicklaus designed golf course in New England. Jack Nicklaus and his son Jack Nicklaus II laid out the 18-hole layout, making it the first course the Golden Bear’s design company had had ever worked on in The Green Mountain State.
6. Spruce Peak (Mountain)
Address: 206 Spruce Peak Rd, Stowe, VT 05672, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 141
Course Rating: 72.1
Total par (men’s tees): 72
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,411
Scorecard: Link
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. Rated the #1 course in Vermont by Golf Advisor, the rugged design of The Mountain Course at Spruce Peak reaches an elevation of more than 1,800 feet and features rock outcroppings, wildlife at every glance, and sweeping views of both Spruce Peak and Mt. Mansfield.
7. Jay Peak Resort
Address: 938 Jay Peak Rd, Jay, VT 05859, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 138
Course Rating: 73.1
Total par (men’s tees): 72
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,908
Scorecard: Link
The Graham Cooke-designed course at the Jay Peak Resort is recognised as a top public facility in the Green Mountain state. Located just five miles from the Canadian border, the course is just one of several sporting amenities at a ski resort which offers visitors all year round outdoor activities.
8. Okemo Mountain Resort
Address: 89 Fox Ln, Ludlow, VT 05149, United States
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Public
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 130
Course Rating: 71.1
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,500
Scorecard: Link
The course at Okemo Valley Golf Club was unveiled in 2000. It 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. Featuring bent grass tees, fairways and greens, the course is a heathland-style layout that extends to modest 6,400 yards, playing to a par of 70.
9. Dorset Field Club
Address: 132 Church Street, Dorset, Vermont (VT) 05251, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 127
Course Rating: 70
Total par (men’s tees): 70
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,194
Scorecard: Link
Nestled in a beautiful valley in the Green Mountains of Vermont, the Dorset Field Club is the oldest, continuously-operating golf course in the 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
Address: 568 South Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont (VT) 05401, USA
Type of field: Parkland
Course access: Private
Length of play: 18-hole course
Slope index: 133
Course Rating: 71.5
Total par (men’s tees): 71
Total yardage (men’s tees): 6,471
Scorecard: Link
Burlington Country Club was founded in 1924 and by 1930 it had in play the only 18-hole course that Donald Ross ever designed in the state of Vermont.
The layout was restored by Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry in the late 1990s.
