Miacomet Golf Course

Miacomet Golf Course is a public 18-hole golf course on Nantucket.[1]

Miacomet Golf Course
Club information
Miacomet Golf Course is located in Massachusetts
Miacomet Golf Course
Coordinates41°15′24.2244″N 70°7′20.5248″W
LocationNantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.
Established1963
TypePublic
Owned byNantucket Land Bank (1985-present)
Operated byNGM, Inc.
Total holes18
Websitewww.miacometgolf.com

History

In 1956, Ralph P. Marble, a Michigan-native, bought 400-acres of land on Nantucket with dairy farm intentions.[2][3] The area he bought was called by the old Wampanoag inhabitants "Miacomet", which meant "The Meeting Place". Marble stated that he decided to build a golf course because the dairy market was not doing well.[4]

In 1960, Marble began building the Miacomet Golf Course.[2][3] In 1963, the Miacomet Golf Course opened as a public year-round golf course.[3][5] In the early 1970s, due to a fire, the clubhouse was rebuilt without spending any money as the island community provided donated lumber and free labor to replace the original.[4]

In 1983, Marble put the course up for sale and it was planned to be developed into a 216-lot subdivision.[2] In 1985, the Nantucket Island Land Bank (Land Bank) worked with developers to negotiate the purchase of the Miacomet Golf Course for $4.5 million.[2][6]

After this purchase, the Land Bank made a deal to lease the course operations back to the previous owners who still owned the clubhouse property.[6] During the 1990s, the Land Bank was working on plans to expand this 9-hole course into a 18-hole course.[6]

In 2003, the Lank Bank expanded the original 9-hole course into the only public 18-hole course on the island.[3][6] It was at this point that the previous owners deeded the clubhouse property to the Land Bank in exchange for grandfathered-in course memberships.[6]

Current operations

Miacomet Golf Course is currently a public golf course with memberships capped at 400 members.[6] The Land Bank currently contracts course management to Nantucket Golf Management (NGM), Inc,[6] which is the same management team running the Siasconset Golf Club; one of the other golf courses on Nantucket.

During the 41st U.S. Mid-Amateur, Miacomet Golf Course was one of the stroke play co-hosts alongside other co-host Sankaty Head Golf Club.[7]

Scorecard
Miacomet Golf Course (All measurements made in yards)
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Gold 73.6 / 128 3973472135005103874372333833407 41037820642551017743944649234836890
Blue 71.5 / 125 3803281914644733503892103573142 39835118439048615239741647732516393
Blue/White 70.6 / 124 3683281634644533503452103303011 36935118437748612239739343931566169
White 70.0 / 124 3683111634344533153451873302906 36933116737745012237439343930225928
Red/White M: 69.2 / 123 W: 72.3 / 125 2993111524344083153121093302670 31333116733745012233029243927815451
Red 70.6 / 121 2992841524024082773121092722515 3133131333374009333029241926305145
Par Men's and Women's 44355443436 4434534453672
SI Men's 3111559131717 61614812182410
SI Women's 5131531971711 12816102186144

* Source: BlueGolf[8]

See also

References
  1. Geddes, Dean. "Golf is booming in a summer of uncertainty". The Inquirer and Mirror. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. "Nantucket Today: Par for the Course". nantuckettodayonline.com. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  3. "Our Story - Miacomet Golf Course". Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. Gamble, J.C. (Fall 1998). "The History of Nantucket's Golf Courses". Issuu. Historic Nantucket (published August 31, 1998). Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  5. White, Barbara Ann. "When Did Golfing Begin on Nantucket?". Nantucket Historical Association. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. "Miacomet Golf Course-Past, Present and Future". Nantucket Land Bank. December 11, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  7. "2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship". Sankaty Head Golf Club. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  8. "Miacomet Golf Course - Detailed Scorecard | Course Database". course.bluegolf.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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