Maplegate Country Club

Very poorly run always a back up and waiting between shots. Carts start to die out in the middle of a round all while they charge top dollar. 18 holes with a cart shouldn't be more than 60 bucks here that is if you have 6hrs to spend on a round of golf. Long story short not worth it look elsewhere far better course in the area for the price they charge

I am not usually the type of person to leave a bad review, but after a few rounds at Maplegate this year I feel compelled to share my experience in hopes that I may help others avoid the travesty of feeling like you’ve wasted a round of golf. The course is fine. Could even say good. Nice tee boxes, fairways are pure, greens are fine. The layout is a little funky but that’s also not a problem at all there. The biggest issue here is the pace of play. I’ve seen a ranger on the course a handful of times, but those occurrences are few and far between. If you are looking to get out at twilight (after 4pm?), do not expect to play more than 9 holes. And if you can’t get out until after 5 you won’t even finish 9. The course is unplayable at these hours. You will wait 5 minutes for the tee box, 5 more on the tee box, and then it will be clear to hit and you can drive up to your ball and wait another 10 minutes for the green to clear. I am not exaggerating one but when I say that either. In terms of other times of day.. if you can get out at 12:30 pm on a random Tuesday or something you shouldn’t have an issue, but how many of us have that luxury? A weekend round will not be as bad as twilight, but it will undoubtedly be 5+ hours. The other things I would note that are nowhere near as bad of an issue as the pace but are still worthy of being noted are the carts and the greens fees. The golf carts are in dire need of an upgrade. “You might have to use the choke to get it going” is what they love to say. I sat there for 5 minutes pushing down and releasing on the gas pedal while nothing happened. And lastly, the greens fees. Just be aware of them. You don’t want to book a tee time over the phone for a weekend and then show up and they tell you your total for one person is $95 to play. The course is fairy pure but just go play somewhere else for that price.

A pretty good place to play golf all in all. It's _very_ walkable for a start, and there is a bit of hole variety going on here. It's in pretty good shape despite the recent lack of rain, and the greens roll true. The par threes can be bears depending on the tee you choose. Keep that in mind as your lining up your 210 yarder that has to clear the traps short, but not end up in the woods long. In fact, a lot of this course feels kind of tight. And that's because it is. Places like Juniper Hills use tree placement to fool you. Not this place. That fairway is really only as wide as you can see. Mostly. And there are a couple of holes that can only be described as klunky. The one with a waste area 240 yards out and 290 to clear, I thought, was a little silly. Kind of a "Ok, two shots it is then!" thing. And there are some dog legs where the big dog most definitely will not eat, 18 for instance, if you're longer than, say, 240 on the roll. But klunky is the exception. Even with the klunk the variety is very high. And you'll get a chance to swing every club you have. The marks in the minus column would be one that plagues courses everywhere and you're to blame. (Maybe not you specifically, but those of our ilk at least.) And that's ball marks on the green and divot holes in the fairway. I know landing on the green is a thrill that you'll be talking about all day, (far away from me hopefully). Don't you want to end your story the right way? Something like, "..then I fixed my ball mark" or "...then I put the foot long beaver pelt back where it was before I hit that shot so fat I give fat a bad name." You'll be a hero to those in the know.

2023 update: just dropping a star for conditions. it’s still a good, fun course worth playing. but for the $$$ there’s a lot of bare spots and inconsistency in the rough, some in the fairways. boxes and greens in good order though. original: nice course that they’re clearly putting a lot of work into. i think some of the older reviews about conditions should probably be taken lightly. all fairways, tee boxes, traps, and greens were in great shape. layout is a little strange with a lot of blind shots, but never boring. manageable course from white tees, but tips (gold) actually seem truly tough. friendly staff. small clubhouse. rates seem high ($95 saturday w cart), but given that this is MA and everything costs 50% more here than it does everywhere else in the country (including their overhead), makes sense. maybe throw in a bucket of range balls or gps on the carts for those bucks. can’t comment on pace, as we played early when course was fairly clear and zoomed through in 3.5.