The best private courses in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 8 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Gloucester, Massachusetts, ranked by those community scores.
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+449.0Essex County Club
Manchester, MA, USA
+349.0Myopia Hunt Club
South Hamilton, MA, USA
+118.3Salem Country Club
Peabody, MA, USA
+118.3Tedesco Country Club
Marblehead, MA, USA- +68.2
Renaissance Golf Club
Haverhill, MA, USA 
+87.9Kernwood Country Club
Salem, MA, USA
+97.8(The at Turner Hill) The Golf Club at Turner Hill
Ipswich, MA, USA
+57.2Bass Rocks Golf Club
Gloucester, MA, USA
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Gloucester, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about private course rankings in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The top private golf courses in Gloucester, Massachusetts on Course Vaults are led by Essex County Club with a Course Vaults score of 9.0. This page ranks 8 courses, including Essex County Club, Myopia Hunt Club, Salem Country Club.
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Gloucester, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Gloucester, Massachusetts list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Gloucester, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Essex County Club is currently #1 among private courses in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts on Course Vaults at 9.0 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Sep 25, 2026, 6:19 AM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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