Sharon Country Club occupies rolling terrain in Sharon, Massachusetts, roughly twenty miles southwest of Boston. The course was laid out by Alex Findlay in the early twentieth century, part of his prolific work establishing golf layouts across the northeastern United States during the sport's formative American era. Findlay, a Scottish professional and course designer active from the 1890s through the 1920s, brought traditional principles of strategic design to many New England clubs, typically working with natural contours and native vegetation to create straightforward, playable golf courses. The layout moves across varied topography characteristic of eastern Massachusetts, with moderate elevation changes and wooded corridors framing many holes. The routing takes advantage of the property's natural features, incorporating slopes and natural drainage patterns into the design. Like many Findlay courses, Sharon emphasizes strategic positioning over length, rewarding accurate placement and course management rather than pure distance. Sharon Country Club functions as a traditional private club serving the local community. The membership maintains the course within the context of Findlay's original design intent, preserving the character of early American golf architecture while adapting maintenance and conditioning practices to contemporary standards. The club provides a setting where regional golfers experience a layout rooted in the game's early development in New England, representative of the period when golf transitioned from imported curiosity to established American pastime.