Josh9118884

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!

Putterham has been one of my favorite muni courses for quite sometime. If you can deal with a slower pace of play, and sometimes waterlogged conditions, then this can be a fun course. I recommend getting out at 6:30 AM to avoid long rounds. I recently played 9 holes and I have to say the conditions were miserable. Every hole was covered in sand. On top of that they were charging people full price to play. Golf courses need to adjust their rates per the conditions of their course, no one should be paying full price when the greens aren't playable.