Miacomet Golf Course is the only public 18-hole golf course on Nantucket.[1]
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| Coordinates | 41°15′24.2244″N 70°7′20.5248″W / 41.256729000°N 70.122368000°W |
| Location | Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Established | 1963 |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Nantucket Land Bank (1985-present) |
| Operated by | NGM, Inc. |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Website | www |
History
editIn 1956, Ralph P. Marble, a Michigan-native, bought 400-acres of land on Nantucket with dairy farm intentions.[2][3] The area he bought was called by the old Wampanoag inhabitants "Miacomet", which meant "The Meeting Place". Marble stated that he decided to build a golf course because the dairy market was not doing well.[4]
In 1960, Marble began building the Miacomet Golf Course.[2][3] In 1963, the Miacomet Golf Course opened as a public year-round golf course.[3][5] In the early 1970s, due to a fire, the clubhouse was rebuilt without spending any money as the island community provided donated lumber and free labor to replace the original.[4]
In 1983, Marble put the course up for sale and it was planned to be developed into a 216-lot subdivision.[2] In 1985, the Nantucket Island Land Bank (Land Bank) worked with developers to negotiate the purchase of the Miacomet Golf Course for $4.5 million.[2][6]
After this purchase, the Land Bank made a deal to lease the course operations back to the previous owners who still owned the clubhouse property.[6] During the 1990s, the Land Bank was working on plans to expand this 9-hole course into a 18-hole course.[6]
In 2003, the Lank Bank expanded the original 9-hole course into the only public 18-hole course on the island.[3][6] It was at this point that the previous owners deeded the clubhouse property to the Land Bank in exchange for grandfathered-in course memberships.[6]
Current operations
editMiacomet Golf Course is currently a public golf course with memberships capped at 400 members.[6] The Land Bank currently contracts course management to Nantucket Golf Management (NGM), Inc,[6] which is the same management team running the Siasconset Golf Club; one of the other golf courses on Nantucket.
During the 41st U.S. Mid-Amateur, Miacomet Golf Course was one of the stroke play co-hosts alongside other co-host Sankaty Head Golf Club.[7]
Scorecard
edit| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 73.6 / 128 | 397 | 347 | 213 | 500 | 510 | 387 | 437 | 233 | 383 | 3407 | 410 | 378 | 206 | 425 | 510 | 177 | 439 | 446 | 492 | 3483 | 6890 |
| Blue | 71.5 / 125 | 380 | 328 | 191 | 464 | 473 | 350 | 389 | 210 | 357 | 3142 | 398 | 351 | 184 | 390 | 486 | 152 | 397 | 416 | 477 | 3251 | 6393 |
| Blue/White | 70.6 / 124 | 368 | 328 | 163 | 464 | 453 | 350 | 345 | 210 | 330 | 3011 | 369 | 351 | 184 | 377 | 486 | 122 | 397 | 393 | 439 | 3156 | 6169 |
| White | 70.0 / 124 | 368 | 311 | 163 | 434 | 453 | 315 | 345 | 187 | 330 | 2906 | 369 | 331 | 167 | 377 | 450 | 122 | 374 | 393 | 439 | 3022 | 5928 |
| Red/White | M: 69.2 / 123 W: 72.3 / 125 | 299 | 311 | 152 | 434 | 408 | 315 | 312 | 109 | 330 | 2670 | 313 | 331 | 167 | 337 | 450 | 122 | 330 | 292 | 439 | 2781 | 5451 |
| Red | 70.6 / 121 | 299 | 284 | 152 | 402 | 408 | 277 | 312 | 109 | 272 | 2515 | 313 | 313 | 133 | 337 | 400 | 93 | 330 | 292 | 419 | 2630 | 5145 |
| Par | Men's and Women's | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| SI | Men's | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||
| SI | Women's | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
* Source: BlueGolf[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Geddes, Dean. "Golf is booming in a summer of uncertainty". The Inquirer and Mirror. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Nantucket Today: Par for the Course". nantuckettodayonline.com. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Our Story - Miacomet Golf Course". Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Gamble, J.C. (Fall 1998). "The History of Nantucket's Golf Courses". Issuu. Historic Nantucket (published August 31, 1998). Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ White, Barbara Ann. "When Did Golfing Begin on Nantucket?". Nantucket Historical Association. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Miacomet Golf Course-Past, Present and Future". Nantucket Land Bank. December 11, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship". Sankaty Head Golf Club. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ "Miacomet Golf Course - Detailed Scorecard | Course Database". course.bluegolf.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
External links
edit- When Did Golfing Begin on Nantucket?
- Official Miacomet Golf Course Website
- Official PGA Website for the Miacomet Golf Course
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