The best private courses in Manchester, Massachusetts
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 9,369 rounds in Massachusetts and rate what they played. These are the 14 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Manchester, Massachusetts, ranked by those community scores.

Myopia Hunt Club
South Hamilton, MA, USAPrivateHerbert C. Leeds
- 4.8Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.8Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Myopia has such old school character and charm. So rarely do you get not only a sense of place but time (or rather, timelessness) as well from a property. Horses, idyllic mossy ponds, fescue and rollicking hills, granite rocks and tube-shaped bunkers…
Written by
@hammerinhank
- Must play
- Challenging
- Fast greens
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Essex County Club
Manchester, MA, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.6Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 4.2Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
If this isn't the most fun Donald Ross course to play, I don't know what is. One of the great members clubs in America. Quirk in every good way possible. The back may be the best 9 in Massachusetts (saying a lot).
Written by
@Urannimal
- Must play
- Pristine
- Fast greens

Winchester Country Club
Winchester, MA, USAPrivateDonald Ross & Stephen Kay
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Salem Country Club
Peabody, MA, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine
Renaissance Golf Club
Haverhill, MA, USAPrivateBrian Silva
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.7Layout
- 4.7Scenery
- 4.7Facilities
- Driving range
- Strategic
- Restaurant

Tedesco Country Club
Marblehead, MA, USAPrivateSkip Wogan
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 2.3Scenery
- 4.9Facilities
Sick layout. Best first tee box I’ve ever played, second hole is really cool. Great conditions and a blast. Hard but not too punishing
Written by
@tonehall
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Restaurant

Kernwood Country Club
Salem, MA, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Fast greens

The at Turner Hill
The Golf Club at Turner Hill
Ipswich, MA, USAPrivateDr. Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Fast greens

Indian Ridge Country Club
Andover, MA, USAPrivateGeoffrey Cornish
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine

Cohasset Golf Club
Cohasset, MA, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Hidden gem
- Underrated
- Driving range

Ipswich Country Club
Ipswich, MA, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones Sr.
- Driving range
- Parkland
- Strategic

Haverhill Country Club
Haverhill, MA, USAPrivateGeoffrey Cornish
- 3.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Hatherly Country Club
North Scituate, MA, USAPrivate
- 3.5Conditions
- 2.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 1.8Facilities
Interesting layout with a lesser known designer. Sits right on the water and isn’t very long so wind ends up being the big defense. Great set of par 4s but not too much variety in 5’s. Not much land was used in building and hasn’t changed much at all since 1899.
Written by
@DartBoardDuval
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Bass Rocks Golf Club
Gloucester, MA, USAPrivateHerbert C. Leeds
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
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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 Manchester, 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 Manchester, Massachusetts.
The top private golf courses in Manchester, Massachusetts on Course Vaults are led by Myopia Hunt Club with a Course Vaults score of 9.0. This page ranks 14 courses, including Myopia Hunt Club, Essex County Club, Winchester 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 Manchester, 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 Manchester, Massachusetts list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Manchester, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Myopia Hunt Club is currently #1 among private courses in and around Manchester, Massachusetts on Course Vaults at 9.0 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:50 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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