Canterbury Woods Country Club

Canterbury Woods Country Club opened in 2003 in the town of Canterbury, roughly ten miles north of Concord in the center of New Hampshire. Architect Ross Forbes routed the 18-hole, par-72 course through hilly, heavily wooded ground, letting the existing landforms shape the holes rather than moving large amounts of earth, so that each fairway played as its own corridor through the trees. Forbes gave the course generous bentgrass landing areas, covering about 35 acres, that allowed several ways to attack each hole, and paired them with subtly contoured greens surrounded by a variety of chipping areas, which made the short game central to scoring. Five sets of tees stretched from roughly 4,800 to 6,600 yards. Notable holes included the long par-3 eighth at 227 yards, the halfpipe-shaped green on the 14th and an uphill par-4 finishing hole. The club added a practice range with a 100-yard-wide grass tee and target greens, the Canterbury Tavern, and an event room with mountain views, and it was run alongside a sister course, Pembroke Pines.