The Kittansett Club

Marion, MA Private

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 Hood, was actually the work of well-known course architect William Flynn, who also designed Shinnecock 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.

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.
2023-'24 ranking: 89th.
Previous ranking: 77th.
Highest ranking: No. 39, 1999-2000.

Best in State: Ranked second, 2011-'12. Ranked third, 2017-'18. Ranked fourth, 2013-'16, 2021-'22. Ranked fifth, 2019-'24. Ranked inside the top 5 since 1977.

Current ranking: 5th.

Panelists

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

4.6

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.5534
Character
7.8689
Challenge
7.496
Layout Variety
7.5805
Fun
7.639
Aesthetics
7.845
Conditioning
7.5208

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