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    The Kittansett Club

    The Kittansett Club

    11 Point Rd

    Marion, MA 02738-1906

    United States

    Overview

    Only recently, with the discovery of some original blueprints, has it been conclusively established that the ocean-side, links-like Kittansett, long thought to be the product of an amateur architect, Frederic C. Hood, was actually the work of well-known course architect William Flynn, who also designed Shinnecock Hills and Cherry Hills. Credit that revelation to authors Wayne S. Morrison and Thomas E. Paul, who reveal that and much more in their massive 2,260-page biography of Flynn entitled The Nature Faker: William S. Flynn, Golf Architect. Credit Gil Hanse with restoring the bunkers without the aid of those Flynn plans. Instead, he used old aerial photographs. Kittansett has been ranked on Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Courses since 1971.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6811
    Slope 140
    Facility Type Private
    Designer Frederick C. Hood/William Flynn

    Awards

    100 Greatest
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest: Ranked since 1971.
    Highest ranking: No. 39, 1999-2000.
    2025-'26 ranking (and previous): 89th.

    Best in State: Ranked inside the top 5 since 1977. Ranked second, 2011-'12. Ranked third, 2017-'18. Ranked fourth, 2013-'16, 2021-'22. Ranked fifth, 2019 to current.
    2025-'26 ranking (and previous): 5th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.6

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.5671
    Character
    7.8627
    Challenge
    7.4963
    Layout Variety
    7.5833
    Fun
    7.635
    Aesthetics
    7.8733
    Conditioning
    7.5532

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