The three favourite programs our writers performed final month (June 2024)

At GOLF.com, writing in regards to the sport you like is our job. However so is taking part in it. Listed below are three programs our writers stumbled upon (and liked) final month.

Wentworth By The Sea Nation Membership (Rye, N.H.)

At just below 5,800 yards from the again tees, Wentworth By-The-Sea (semi-private; open to resort friends) could not seem like a lot on the scorecard, but it surely’s an excellent factor programs are greater than the cardboard. The primary 13 holes of the course — which has been labored on by George Wright, Alexander Findlay, Donald Ross and Geoffrey Cornish — meander via timber and uncovered granite throughout Little Harbor and Witch Creek. However the remaining five-hole loop across the fringe of the property with 4 beautiful hyperlinks holes and a singular and quick par-4 finisher over water. Wentworth options two excellent cape holes with beautiful views of the Harbor, Whaleback Mild, the well-known Wentworth Lodge and the large properties that line (however don’t intrude) the structure. The string of quick par-4s, 4 par-5s and 6 par-3s (one taking part in straight over the harbor!) examined nearly each shot within the bag. — Jack Hirsh

Lehman 18, Cragun’s Legacy Programs (Brainerd, Minn.)

I performed Tom Lehman’s most up-to-date Minnesota design, the Lehman 18 at Cragun’s Resort, in pouring rain again in April, however a few weeks in the past I returned and was greeted by barely higher climate and the identical great golf course. Cragun’s already had two superb 18-hole programs (each Robert Trent Jones Jr. designs) however not too long ago spent $14 million to make them even higher. Each gap was tweaked in some capability, and no less than a dozen have been constructed or reversed. There’s now a Lehman 18 and a Dutch 27 that has three nines, with the ultimate 9 holes set to open this fall. The Lehman 18 ($189 peak, with reductions for resort friends) is the whole lot you need in resort golf. Massive, rolling fairways with massive greens, picturesque Northwoods views and a reward for inventive shot-making. It’s forgiving sufficient for the high-handicapper and difficult sufficient for the higher gamers. It performs considerably like a hilly hyperlinks course at occasions, with velocity slots in fairways and runoffs or mounding round greens. It’s my new favourite course in an space wealthy with nice golf. — Josh Berhow

Glasgow Hills (Cavendish, PEI, Canada)

Final month my spouse and I visited Prince Edward Island and teed it up on a number of programs within the Cavendish area of the island province in Canada, and Glasgow Hills was a standout. The sweeping fairways that draped over the rolling hills provided playable circumstances for all handicaps whereas additionally offering a difficult check when performed from the correct yardage. The par-3s featured dramatic elevation modifications and, because of the agency floor and enormous greens, Glasgow Hills allowed for lots of creativity in shot choice and shot form. It ought to be famous that past the golf, the restaurant was additionally incredible. With peak charges at simply $102, it’s prime of my listing to play once more very quickly. — Ryan Barath