Braintree Municipal Golf Course

Growing up locally I have had the pleasure of playing a number of great courses in and around the Boston area. I stumbled upon Braintree this summer and have gone back now a number of times. The staff is extremely welcoming and the course conditions are wonderful, particularly for a municipal course. I feel Braintree is a hidden gem and deserves a great deal of credit. While the pace of play can be tough, the rangers are in full view and I have seen them enforcing rules regularly. This course is a great challenge for all levels of golfer and it's large greens provide excellent targets for those working on dialing in their approach shots. Price wise, this course is extremely fair and offers a number of in house discounted rates for those seeking a bargain. They recently began using Twitter, which I believe all courses should be using, and have alerted me a few times now of great deals that I took advantage of. If you're in the Boston area and are tired of the cities muni's, drive 15 mins south for an excellent round!

This course is in amazing shape, they always do a great job at managing it and honestly it has only got better year after year. The biggest downfall is the pace of play. As a public course, you have to expect some bad golfers to be ahead of you that can really slow up the pace. Same with older golfers. Our first 9 holes took over 3 hours to finish due to a group of old men ahead of us. Unfortunately the ranger was no where in site the entire time so we had to eventually yell up to them to get moving as the round was well on pace for 5 hours+. That said, the course is great and will certainly be back.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this course has "municipal" in the name. Braintree is kept in great shape and IMO plays as nice as any of the other mid-priced public courses in the greater boston area.

The greens are well cared for and spacious, the fairways are uniform and green, and the rough is nicely grown in with very few bare patches.

Additionally there are a couple different food options available with both a snack shack at the turn and full clubhouse.

Will be back eventually for sure.

I'm a big fan of the course itself. Pace of play this day was bad. Multiple backups on both the front and back 9 stuck behind different groups. Played on a Friday at 1pm and didn't finish until 5:30pm. At 5pm on the 16th hole, the ranger told us that no matter what we had to stop playing and head back to the cart return at 5:30 on the dot (no exceptions). If pace of play had been properly maintained we would have been done an hour beforehand. Hit tee shots on the 18th hole and were told that we had to head back in immediately despite there being plenty of light to finish up. Left a sour taste in my mouth at the end of the round, but will be back regardless because I enjoy the course.

Played on a rainy day. But, had an excellent time. The course layout is solid and the staff (starter and café) were outstanding.

Really enjoyed my time at Braintree Muni. All of the staff couldn't have been nicer and the bar/restaurant is very reasonably priced. Course layout wasn't overly difficult but there were some blind shots including the first tee shot. Greens were very firm and moving well. 3-4 greens were aerated, but we were warned about this before the round. The only hole with houses on the side was 1. The rest of the holes were completely lined with trees and ponds which was beautiful with the leaves changing. Would highly recommend this course, especially during the fall.

Great course, there was some water damage due to the heavy rains ,but were spotty throughout the course .Nice and flat, holes are not crammed together .Would highly recommend if looking for a nice course near Boston.

Course itself very nice, but giving a one star as they will force singles into threesomes and twosomes even if there are no groups teeing off for the previous hour, leaving PLENTY of space in front. They were trying to hold me back for 15-20 minutes to go off with the next booked tee time, foolish behavior. Overall rude attitude from employees, feels like an old boys club being funded by town taxpayers.

Course was fine, if a bit wet. Customer service was extremely poor esp in a customer service industry. Our cart broke down on 5th hole. When we called the clubhouse for a solution we were chastised that we “broke the cart”. The correct answer should have been, “Sorry this happened. I’ll bring another one right over.” Our pace of play was rather slow as the weather was nice and there was no one behind us for the final 9 holes. On hole 17 (yes, hole 17!) the ranger came over to tell us to move along as we were 20 minutes behind schedule. When asked why we needed to move along with no one behind us, his response was, “I run this course, not you.” No need to subject myself to this from the staff on a golf course.

Very easy to lose balls in underbrush - full of Poison Ivy and Sticker bushes. Hit it close and bounce in - GONE.

We enjoyed our time on Braintree! The greens were in fantastic shape, the fairways were spotty in places, but generally fine. We walked the course and finished in about 4 hours which was terrific!! Pace of play on public courses can be challenging. I was wishing for more water or drinks on the hot day we played, we only saw the cart girl once and we had either just started or had just finished the 9th hole Snack Shack. Overall it was a win, great value, very pleasant golf experience!!

Overall a very nice municipal course. Greens were in great shape and challenging. Fairways had some bad patches, which I suspect was from soggy conditions over time. Definitely recommend. Don't miss the goats on the back 9!

Greens are in good shape, fairways below average. Sand traps are full of wasps, so do your best to avoid them. Pace of play was good except for the group of nine on the last three holes without a ranger in site

Course in good condition considering recent heavy rains. Rough high which made it harder and increased play time finding that round white thing. Teed off right on time. Greens and tee boxes in good shape. Addition of gps helps with judging distances to hazards. Good value.