Brattleboro Country Club

Brattleboro Country Club opened on July 1, 1914, taking over from the six-hole Wantastiquet Golf Club of 1899, which has since disappeared. Tom McNamara, a three-time U.S. Open runner-up who helped found the PGA of America, laid out the first nine at just 2,754 yards. In 1930 Wayne Stiles rebuilt that nine, keeping McNamara's long par-3 opener, and the project ran well over budget; money stayed tight enough that slot machines were installed in the clubhouse in the late 1930s. The club remained a nine-hole course until 2000, when Vermont native Steve Durkee added ten holes and McNamara's original hole was retired to practice use, creating today's 6,533-yard routing that alternates Durkee and Stiles holes. In 2014 the members sold the club to Jack and Melanie Boese, who opened it fully to the public and added irrigation, cart paths and an updated clubhouse. The course has hosted the Vermont Amateur, the Vermont Senior Amateur and USGA qualifying.