Stratton Mountain Country Club

Stratton Mountain's golf course opened in 1964, making Stratton one of the first ski areas to offer year-round recreation. Geoffrey Cornish, the prolific New England architect who trained under Robert Trent Jones Sr., designed the original 18 holes, now the Lake and Mountain nines, using the mountain landscape for elevation and drama. Cornish returned in the mid-1980s to build a third nine, the heavily wooded Forest, giving the club 27 holes that can be played in three combinations. The courses reached a national audience from 1990 to 1995, when Stratton hosted an LPGA Tour event, first the Stratton Mountain Classic and later the McCall's Classic; players named it a favorite stop, and Dottie Pepper won the final edition, shortened to 54 holes by weather. Stratton also hosted the Vermont Amateur in 1980, and World Golf Hall of Famer Jan Stephenson made annual family visits.