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Coordinates: 41°15′24.2244″N 70°7′20.5248″W / 41.256729000°N 70.122368000°W / 41.256729000; -70.122368000
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Miacomet Golf Course
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Miacomet Golf Course is located in Massachusetts
Miacomet Golf Course
Coordinates41°15′24.2244″N 70°7′20.5248″W / 41.256729000°N 70.122368000°W / 41.256729000; -70.122368000
LocationNantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.
Established1963
TypePublic
Owned byNantucket Land Bank (1985-present)
Operated byNGM, Inc.
Total holes18
Websitewww.miacometgolf.com

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

History

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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

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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

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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 / 128 397 347 213 500 510 387 437 233 383 3407 410 378 206 425 510 177 439 446 492 3483 6890
Blue 71.5 / 125 380 328 191 464 473 350 389 210 357 3142 398 351 184 390 486 152 397 416 477 3251 6393
Blue/White 70.6 / 124 368 328 163 464 453 350 345 210 330 3011 369 351 184 377 486 122 397 393 439 3156 6169
White 70.0 / 124 368 311 163 434 453 315 345 187 330 2906 369 331 167 377 450 122 374 393 439 3022 5928
Red/White M: 69.2 / 123 W: 72.3 / 125 299 311 152 434 408 315 312 109 330 2670 313 331 167 337 450 122 330 292 439 2781 5451
Red 70.6 / 121 299 284 152 402 408 277 312 109 272 2515 313 313 133 337 400 93 330 292 419 2630 5145
Par Men's and Women's 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 3 4 36 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 5 36 72
SI Men's 3 11 15 5 9 13 1 7 17 6 16 14 8 12 18 2 4 10
SI Women's 5 13 15 3 1 9 7 17 11 12 8 16 10 2 18 6 14 4

* Source: BlueGolf[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Geddes, Dean. "Golf is booming in a summer of uncertainty". The Inquirer and Mirror. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nantucket Today: Par for the Course". nantuckettodayonline.com. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Our Story - Miacomet Golf Course". Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f g "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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