Cedar Knoll Country Club

Cedar Knoll Country Club's West Course sits in Hinesburg, Vermont, a small town in the Champlain Valley west of Burlington. The course was designed by Raymond Ayer, a New England architect who worked primarily in the mid-twentieth century and created several layouts across Vermont and neighboring states. The property occupies rolling terrain characteristic of the region, where the Green Mountains rise to the east and Lake Champlain lies a few miles to the west. The routing takes advantage of natural elevation changes and wooded corridors typical of Vermont golf courses from this era. Ayer's designs generally emphasized playability for members while incorporating the existing landscape features rather than extensive earthmoving. The course serves a family-oriented membership drawn from Hinesburg and the greater Burlington area, functioning as a community club in a state where golf seasons are compressed by winter weather. Cedar Knoll operates as a traditional member club with the West Course as its primary layout. The setting provides views toward the surrounding agricultural land and forested hillsides that define this part of the Champlain Valley. Like many Vermont courses, it reflects the regional approach to golf design from the mid-1900s—modest in scale, integrated with natural topography, and focused on providing recreational golf for local players rather than championship competition.