Ranking the five best public Donald Ross golf courses in Massachusetts in honor of his birthday this week.
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This list is built on three things:
- Have I played it?
- Shot value
- Walkability
- The phone-call test — if a friend called the night before a round, which course would I pick?
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Massachusetts has 14 publicly accessible Donald Ross designs, and I think we’re unbelievably lucky to have so many great ones you can just go play. These are my five favorites right now — plus one honorable mention that just misses.

Do you agree with my top five? Drop your 1–5 ranking in the comments.
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Timestamps:

00:00 — Intro and some context to the ranking
03:23 — Course 5
06:54 — Course 4
09:54 — Course 3
14:45 —  Course 2
19:15 — Course 1
23:31 — Final thoughts & call to action

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Thanks for watching — now let’s hear your top five in the comments.
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