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82 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2019 | wbjournal.com F O C U S T O U R I S M & H O S P I T A L I T Y Toughest golf courses Ranked by slope rating and then United States Golf Association rating Course Slope rating USGA rating Par for course Public, private or semi- private Golf pro Club manager Year founded 1 The International Golf Club/The Pines * 159 Ballville Road, Bolton 01740 978-779-6919 • www.theinternational.com 155 81.7 72 Semi-private Thomas Ryan Dan Weadock Jr. 1957 2 Charter Oak Country Club 394 Chestnut St., Hudson 01749 978-562-0800 • www.charteroakcc.com 140 73.3 71 Private Jeffrey T. Niejadlik Laura Cunningham 2001 3 Blackstone National Golf Club 227 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton 01590 508-865-2111 ext. 113 • www.bngc.net 139 74.6 72 Semi-private Matthew Stephens Matthew Stephens 1999 4 Pleasant Valley Country Club 95 Armsby Road, Sutton 01590 508-865-4441 • www.pleasantvalleycc.com 139 74.3 72 Private Paul Parajeckas Eileen Aviza 1961 5 Cyprian Keyes Golf Club 284 E.Temple St., Boylston 01505 508-869-9900 • www.cypriankeyes.com 139 72.7 72 Public Scott Hickey David Frem 1997 6 The Haven Country Club 369 Cross St., Boylston 01505 508-869-2000 • www.thehavencountryclub.com 138 73.9 72 Private Hal Jacobs Brian Moffett 1955 7 Wedgewood Pines Country Club 215 Harvard Road, Stow 01775 978-897-1790 • www.wedgewoodpines.com 138 73.6 71 Private Peter Maki Joseph Pittorino 1997 8 New England Country Club 180 Paine St., Bellingham 02019 508-883-2300 • www.newenglandcountryclub.com 138 72.3 71 Public Mark Copithorne Greg Barker 1990 8 Sterling National Country Club 33 Albright Road, Sterling 01564 978-422-0275 • www.sterlingcc.com 138 72.3 71 Private Matthew Bradbury Steve Brennan 1991 10 Highfields Golf and Country Club 42 Magill Drive, Grafton 01519 508-839-1945 • www.highfieldsgolfcc.com 137 74.0 72 Public Roger Adams Beth Shropshire 2002 11 Shaker Hills Country Club 146 Shaker Road, Harvard 01451 978-772-3330 • www.shakerhills.com 136 73.9 72 Public Andrew Jordan JoAnn Upham 1991 12 Framingham Country Club 16 Gates St., Framingham 01702 508-872-9790 • www.framinghamcc.com 136 73.7 72 Private Graham Cunningham Christopher Mitchell 1902 13 Blissful Meadows Golf Club ** 801 Chockalog Road, Uxbridge 01569 508-278-6110 • www.blissfulmeadows.com 136 73.4 72 Semi-private N/A Mark Laskowski 1992 14 Hopkinton Country Club 204 Saddle Hill Road, Hopkinton 01748 508-435-4630 • www.hopkintoncc.com 136 72.5 71 Private David Lane Tim Gordon 2002 15 Shining Rock Golf Club 91 Clubhouse Lane, Northbridge 01532 508-234-0400 • www.shiningrock.com 135 73.3 72 Semi-private Lee Danielian Lou Papadellis 2010 16 Red Tail Golf Club 15 Bulge Road, Devens 01432 978-772-3273 • www.redtailgolf.net 135 72.7 72 Public Chris Kasheta Chris Kasheta 2002 17 Worcester Country Club 2 Rice St., Worcester 01606 508-853-8064 • www.worcestercc.org 134 72.8 70 Private Allan Belden Bill Shaw 1900 18 Franklin Country Club 672 E. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-6110 • www.franklincc.com 133 73.6 71 Private Anthony Maki Robert Carrick 1899 19 Maplegate Country Club 160 Maple St., Bellingham 02019 508-966-4040 • www.maplegate.com 133 72.4 72 Public Greg Dowdell Leonard French 1990 20 The International Golf Club/The Oaks 159 Ballville Road, Bolton 01740 978-779-6919 • www.theinternational.com 132 73.5 72 Private Thomas Ryan Dan Weadock Jr. 2001 21 Holden Hills Country Club *** 1800 Main St., Holden 01520 132 70.7 71 Semi-private Jeff Bailey Jeff Bailey 1948 Anyone who's been away from the St. Mark's Golf Club in Southborough for a few years will notice a few things different today. The name is different. It's now the Southborough Golf Club, with the new name starting last year. Its owner is now the town instead of the preparatory school for which it was named. The club - house has moved roughly 150 yards, and in its place is a $22.6-million, 26,000-square-foot brick facility – not the new club - house, but the town's new police and fire headquarters, which the town was able to find room through the golf course purchase and a land swap with St. Mark's. With a $4.5-million deal to buy the golf course, the town now controls the public nine-hole course off Cordaville Road, which opened this spring with the relo - cated clubhouse and temporary arrangements for the first hole's tee and the ninth hole's green. Designs are underway to remake both holes, with work to take place this fall to restore them to their normal length. In the meantime, golfers enjoy lower rates of $16 on weekdays and $19 on weekends, thanks to the inconvenience of the public safety facility construction and the two adjusted holes. For Southborough, buying the course allowed for land for a new public safety facility near the inter - section of routes 85 and 30. It was also a way of ensuring that the course's roughly 63 acres were kept undeveloped in an area of town between the town center and Route 9, with 90% of the land covered by a conservation restric - tion. For St. Mark's, a land swap with the town gave the school a larger contiguous footprint for potential expansion. The course was donated to St. Mark's in 1923 by the course founder, G.P. Gardner, who served on the school's board for many years. - Grant Welker Southborough buys St. Mark's Southborough Golf Club