Golf courses by state
Massachusetts Golf Courses & Tee Times
Massachusetts has deep golf roots. Francis Ouimet, a 20-year-old amateur and former caddie, won the 1913 U.S. Open in a playoff at The Country Club in Brookline. The state association, Mass Golf, now counts over 130,000 golfers and 360-plus member clubs. It formed on January 1, 2018, when the Massachusetts Golf Association (1903) merged with the Women's Golf Association of Massachusetts, and it dates itself to 1900, when the women's association began in Boston.
Tee times in Massachusetts are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 131 public golf courses here, grouped into 3 markets: New England, Southern New England, Northern New England. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
Massachusetts golf markets
New England
Acushnet River Valley Golf Course, Bedrock Golf Club, Berlin Country Club…
Southern New England
Braintree Municipal Golf Course, Crestview Country Club, Crumpin-Fox Golf Club…
Northern New England
Falmouth Country Club - The Osprey Course, Falmouth Country Club - The Talon Course, Waubeeka Golf Links
Who runs public golf in Massachusetts
Public golf here is mostly run by cities and towns, with a small state system. The Department of Conservation and Recreation runs two courses: Ponkapoag in Canton, 36 holes by Donald Ross, and Leo J. Martin in Weston, which is closed in 2026 for construction and reopens in 2027. Boston's Parks and Recreation Department runs Franklin Park's William J. Devine course, from 1896, and George Wright, a 1938 Ross design. Towns give residents a head start: Brookline residents book 10 days ahead instead of 7. Juniors 6 to 18 can join Youth on Course through Mass Golf for $25 a year and play $5 rounds. The Ouimet Fund, started in 1949 by Ouimet's friends and the Massachusetts Golf Association, has given $57 million in need-based scholarships to people who worked at Massachusetts courses.
Public courses worth knowing in Massachusetts
- William J. Devine Golf Course: Boston city course in Franklin Park, opened 1896 and called the second oldest public course in the U.S.; Donald Ross made it 18 holes in 1922.
- George Wright Golf Course: Boston's Donald Ross course in Hyde Park, built with WPA funds and opened in 1938.
- Ponkapoag Golf Course: One of two state-run courses: 36 Donald Ross holes in Canton.
- Newton Commonwealth Golf Course: Nine holes in 1897, redesigned by Donald Ross, public since Newton bought it in the late 1970s.
- Pinehills Golf Club - Nicklaus Course: Public daily-fee course in Plymouth by Nicklaus Design, up to 7,243 yards; the Rees Jones course shares the club.
Towns with the most courses
- Plymouth · 6
- East Falmouth · 4
- Haverhill · 2
- Canton · 2
- Stow · 2
- Quincy · 2
- Boston · 2
- Methuen · 2
- Westborough · 2
- Lakeville · 2
- Wayland · 2
- Stoneham · 2
- Buzzards Bay · 2
- Amherst · 2
- Springfield · 2
- Acushnet · 1
- North Dartmouth · 1
- Rutland · 1
- Berlin · 1
- Beverly · 1
- Georgetown · 1
- Sutton · 1
- Uxbridge · 1
- South Yarmouth · 1
Getting a tee time in Massachusetts
The season in Massachusetts runs roughly from spring to late fall. The first warm weekends in spring and the cool, dry weekends of fall are the hardest to book.
Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
Yoink
Watch all 131 courses in Massachusetts. Hear the moment one opens.
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 131 courses in Massachusetts. You see what's open in one place, and you hear about it the moment a time that fits your day, window and group turns up, cancellations included.
Tee times in Massachusetts: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in Massachusetts?
Pick your courses in Yoink (131 in Massachusetts), set the days, time window and group size you want, and Yoink sends a notification when a matching time opens up. You book directly with the course.
When is golf season busiest in Massachusetts?
Demand peaks on spring and fall weekends. Weekend mornings are the hardest tee times to get.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the forecast turns.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- massgolf.org · association
- massgolf.org · association
- ouimet.org · association
- youthoncourse.org · association
- massgolf.org · association
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- tclf.org · media
- statemadcrgolf.com · official
- statemadcrgolf.com · official
- brooklinegolf.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- pinehills.com · official
The best tee times in Massachusetts open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.