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October 26, 2026
The best golf courses in Massachusetts, according to golfers on TheGrint, are Old Sandwich Golf Club (97.8), Myopia Hunt Club (96.9) and Eastward Ho! Country Club (96.7). Massachusetts has four courses on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100: those three on the U.S. Private list, led by Old Sandwich at No. 18, and Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha's Vineyard (No. 81) on the U.S. Public list.
This guide covers all four, the highly rated public courses just outside the Top 100, and how hard each one plays. Rankings come from golfers who played the courses, not a panel.
Every course links to its page in TheGrint's directory of 382 Massachusetts golf courses, with the full scorecard for every set of tees.
Four Massachusetts courses made TheGrint's 2026 Top 100. Here they are with their list and rank, TheGrint Rating out of 100, and TheGrint Difficulty:
| List and rank | Course | City | TheGrint Rating | Plays harder than |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Private No. 18 | Old Sandwich Golf Club | Plymouth | 97.8 | 99% |
| U.S. Private No. 63 | Myopia Hunt Club | South Hamilton | 96.9 | 98% |
| U.S. Private No. 73 | Eastward Ho! Country Club | Chatham | 96.7 | 90% |
| U.S. Public No. 81 | Farm Neck Golf Club | Oak Bluffs | 93.4 | 90% |
Old Sandwich, Myopia Hunt and Eastward Ho! are the three highest-rated courses of any kind in Massachusetts on TheGrint. Farm Neck is the state's highest-ranked public course.
Just behind the Top 100 courses, a group of private clubs all rate 96.1, including:
| Course | City | Type | TheGrint Rating | Plays harder than |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Country Club: Open Course | Brookline | Private | 96.1 | 99% |
| Nantucket Golf Club | Nantucket | Private | 96.1 | 96% |
| Salem Country Club | Peabody | Private | 96.1 | 91% |
| Winchester Country Club | Winchester | Private | 96.1 | 89% |
| Duxbury Yacht Club | Duxbury | Private | 96.1 | 81% |
| Vineyard Golf Club | Edgartown | Private | 96.1 | 74% |
These are member clubs, so access usually means playing with a member or as a guest. The Country Club in Brookline is listed in the directory under Chestnut Hill.
Massachusetts golf splits between the South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands, and the Boston area.
Resort and club courses can have booking rules for guests, so check each course's page and the course itself before you plan around it.
These public and semi-private courses rate highly with golfers on TheGrint but aren't on the 2026 Top 100. Each ranks in the top 64 of the 353 well-reviewed courses in Massachusetts:
Old Sandwich Golf Club is the hardest of Massachusetts's Top 100 courses, playing harder than 99% of rated courses on TheGrint, with Myopia Hunt Club at 98%. The Country Club's Open Course in Brookline also plays harder than 99%.
For public golf, Crumpin-Fox Club in Bernardston plays harder than 99%, while New Seabury's Dunes course plays easier than most rated courses. For more, see the hardest golf courses golfers rank among the best, and check what tees to play before a hard course.
TheGrint Rating is a score out of 100 built from golfers' reviews and their head-to-head course rankings on TheGrint. TheGrint Top 100 uses those signals, including the Course Ranking Game, and gives more weight to golfers who have played more courses.
How we counted: ratings, difficulty and state ranks come from TheGrint's Massachusetts directory and course pages on October 26, 2026. Ratings update as golfers add reviews and rankings. For more on the lists, see how TheGrint Top 100 works.
TheGrint has the scorecard, ratings and difficulty for every course before you go, and GPS and scoring when you get there.
Old Sandwich Golf Club in Plymouth is the best golf course in Massachusetts according to golfers on TheGrint, with a TheGrint Rating of 97.8. It is a private club and No. 18 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Private list. Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton (96.9) is next.
Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard, is the best public golf course in Massachusetts on TheGrint, with a TheGrint Rating of 93.4. It is No. 81 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Public list and the only Massachusetts course on that list.
The best-rated courses on and around Cape Cod on TheGrint are Old Sandwich Golf Club in Plymouth (97.8) and Eastward Ho! Country Club in Chatham (96.7), both private and on the 2026 Top 100. For public and semi-private golf, New Seabury's Ocean (92.9) and Dunes (92.8) courses and Pinehills' Jones course (92.7) rate highest.
TheGrint's golf course directory lists 382 golf courses in Massachusetts: 148 public, 103 semi-private and 131 private. Plymouth has the most of any city with 13, followed by Mashpee with 8 and Canton with 7. Each course page has a free scorecard for every set of tees.
Old Sandwich Golf Club plays harder than 99% of rated courses on TheGrint, the most of any Massachusetts Top 100 course. The Country Club's Open Course in Brookline also plays harder than 99%. Crumpin-Fox Club in Bernardston, at 99%, is the hardest public course in this guide.
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