Butter Brook  |  Sutton, MA

Massachusetts’ Hidden Gem.

At Butter Brook Golf Club located in the Boston suburb of Westford, Massachusetts, Mark Mungeam masterfully recast a former pig farm into a hidden gem of a golf course set upon over 210 sandy soiled acres of rolling hills, mature white pines and wetlands and ponds, all buttressed by the ever-present Butter Brook.

Opened in phases between 2004 and 2007, Butter Brook plays to a par of 72, stretching from just under 4,900 to just over 6,700 yards with four sets of tees. Featuring bent grass tees and fairways, and A4 & L93 bent grass greens, Butter Brook boasts superior putting surfaces. But Butter Brook is more than just championship-caliber golf at great prices in a serene setting. Butter Brook’s practice facility offers both grass and synthetic turf practice areas, and the Club’s food and beverage services help cast Butter Brook as the ideal club at which to conduct a tournament or corporate or charity outing.

With the property’s naturally existing rolls and hollows left in place to help define shot strategy on many holes, Butter Brook’s 32 randomly situated bunkers further assist in defining shot angles and enticing aggressive play. Take “Kick”, the 436 yard par four sixth hole. Most shots that successfully carry the left fairway bunkers residing within an existing hillock typically carom off the backside slope, spitting the ball further towards the green on the best approach angle.

In a nod to the property’s past agricultural history, two barns grace “Barn”, the appropriately named 13th hole. “Barn” is unique (at least on this side of the Pond) as it encourages a blind tee shot over the barns for the preferred approach to the green, ala the 17th “Road Hole” tee shot at St. Andrews, where the corner of the Old Course Hotel must be similarly flown.

Butter Brook’s penultimate hole stands as its signature hole. Tee shots on the 416 yard par four “Butter Brook” must be played across an expansive wetland and Butter Brook over to a diagonal fairway fronted by a stone wall. But by successfully avoiding these wetland hazards, opportunity for par is dramatically increased as the elevated and funnel shaped green is certainly best approached with a short iron in hand.

Looking for great golfing value in a serene setting less than 25 miles northwest of Boston? Then check out Butter Brook Golf Club; we doubt you will be disappointed.

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