Nantucket Golf

Golf on Nantucket is best described as a typical links golf experience. The courses on the island are characterized by firm fairways, lots of very high rough (think the Open Championship) and the ever-present wind.  There are three 18-hole courses, one public, one semi-public, and one very private.  These are described below. There is one 9-hole course near Sconset, the Siasconset Golf Club, which has open but is poorly maintained.  Unless you are a very new to golf we do not recommend playing there.

MIACOMET GOLF CLUB

508-325-0333, 12 W. Miacomet Road, Nantucket, MA 02554
Nantucket is blessed with a great public golf course, Miacomet Golf Club (http://www.miacometgolf.com/) The genesis of the club was
1956 when Ralph P. Marble bought 400-acres of land on Nantucket's southern shore with the intention of raising cows for dairy production. Four years later, he began to build Miacomet Golf Club.  In 1963, Miacomet opened as a year-round 9-hole course for islanders and visitors alike. The course drew a small constituency of golf devotees from the then recently closed Tupancy Links on Cliff Road. In the mid-1980's, Ralph Marble sold his land to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank.  In 2003, the Land Bank built an additional 9 holes, designed by Howard Maurer, to make Miacomet the island's only 18-hole public facility. The original 9 was completely renovated during the winter of 2008. Today the course offers a great links golf experience with high roughs, wind, and tight lies.  The summer season runs from mid-May to mid-October.  There is a Pro Shop, practice range, Nantucket Golf Academy, and excellent restaurant on site.

SANKATY HEAD GOLF CLUB

508-257-6655, Sankaty Road, Siasconset, MA 02564
Sankaty Head 9 http://www.sankatyheadgc.com/) is the island’s oldest golf club.  Originally constructed in 1923, the course is a classic links course.  Cut from the rolling moors at the very east end of the island, Sankaty is well known for beautiful vistas of the ocean and surrounding moors.  Sankaty Head lighthouse dominates many views, especially number 5.  That tee box overlooks the Atlantic as the lighthouse towers nearby.  Sankaty is known for high rough and small, undulating greens and playing there is a true old world golf experience. The course is closed to the public from Memorial Day to Columbus Day Monday but is open to public play in the spring and fall. The Nantucket Boys and Girls Club and Nantucket Cottage Hospital have charity tournaments in the early summer and fall respectively.  Those events are open to the public as well.  For more information concerning public play call the pro shop at 508-257-6655.

NANTUCKET GOLF CLUB

508-257-8500
Nantucket Golf Club was built as a members only club in 1996.  It is a Rees Jones design and is situated on the rolling moors on the east end of the island.  The course is consistently rated one of the best in the state and garnered awards when it first opened.  As a walking-only course with professional white suited caddies, Nantucket Golf club is a serious golf experience.  The only way to play Nantucket Golf Club is to play as a member’s guest. It is not accessible to the general public.