Butter Brook Golf Club
Parkland

Butter Brook Golf Club

18 holes • Par 72

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About Butter Brook Golf Club

Butter Brook Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-72 semi-private course in Westford, Massachusetts, at the junction of Routes 225 and 27 on the Westford, Carlisle, and Acton town lines. Designed by architect Mark Mungeam, the course opened its front nine in 2004 and its back nine and practice facility in 2007, playing over 210 acres of rolling terrain, pine woodland, and ponds bisected by the Butter Brook stream. Four sets of tees stretch the course from about 4,850 to 6,810 yards.

Facilities include a full-service pro shop, a driving range with grass and synthetic hitting stations, PGA-certified instruction, club rentals, and an on-site dining area. Butter Brook operates as a daily-fee public facility with online tee-time booking.

The course is an 18-hole parkland golf course. It plays to par 72, 6,810 yards. Designed by Mark Mungeam, the course originally opened in 2004. It is semi-private, welcoming both members and visitors. On-site facilities include Pro Shop, Golf Lessons, Driving Range, Club Hire.

History & Design

2004
Opened
Mark Mungeam
Architects
Parkland
Course Style
A single Mark Mungeam design built in two distinct phases — the front nine opened for play in 2004 and operated alone for three years before the back nine and practice facility were finished in 2007.
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Origins

Butter Brook Golf Club sits on land where the towns of Westford, Carlisle, and Acton meet, at the junction of Routes 225 and 27 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The site covers more than 210 acres of pine woodland, ponds, and rolling terrain split by the Butter Brook stream that gives the club its name. Architect Mark Mungeam, working through the Massachusetts firm then known as Cornish, Silva & Mungeam, laid out the 18-hole, par-72 routing on the property's sandy, well-drained soils.

Did You Know?
For its first three seasons, Butter Brook operated as a stand-alone nine-hole course. The back nine and practice facility were not completed until October 2006, and the full 18-hole layout did not open to the public until May 26, 2007.

Design Philosophy

Mungeam's routing follows what the club describes as a classic approach: reading the site's existing rolls, hollows, and stands of mature white pine, then fitting holes to that terrain rather than reshaping the land to fit a plan. The par-4 6th hole illustrates the idea — a hillock behind a pair of left-side fairway bunkers kicks a well-placed tee shot forward and toward the green, rewarding golfers who carry the bunkers with a better angle of approach. Greens throughout the course were built with gentle rolls and slope changes to put a premium on putting, while bunkering is used to define shot angles rather than simply to penalize.

Development

The front nine opened for play on April 9, 2004, with an unusual composition of three par 3s, three par 4s, and three par 5s. Construction of the back nine and an adjoining practice facility followed and was completed in October 2006; the full 18-hole course opened to public play on May 26, 2007 — a three-year, two-phase build rather than a single grand opening.

Today

Butter Brook now operates as a semi-private, daily-fee facility with online tee-time booking, a pro shop staffed by PGA professionals, and a driving range built alongside the back nine. From the Black tees the course plays to 6,810 yards at a 141 slope rating, one of the longer and more demanding public-access tests in the Westford area.

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Pro ShopGolf LessonsDining AvailableDriving RangeClub Hire

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Green Fees

Fee TypePriceNotes
Weekend
18 Holes Walking – Weekend (Sat–Sun, 2:00pm–3:50pm)$732026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
18 Holes with Cart – Weekend (Sat–Sun, before 10:50am)$1392026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
18 Holes Walking Twilight – Weekend (Sat–Sun, after 4:00pm)$622026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
Weekday
18 Holes with Cart – Weekday (Mon–Thu, before 2:50pm)$902026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
9 Holes with Cart – Weekday (Mon–Thu)$602026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
18 Holes Walking – Weekday (Mon–Thu, before 2:50pm)$652026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
18 Holes Senior with Cart – Weekday (Mon–Thu, Age 60+)$712026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18
Other
18 Holes with Cart – Friday (before 1:50pm)$1202026 season rate; summer season runs April 12 – October 18

Prices are indicative and subject to change. Contact the course to confirm current rates.

Scorecard

Hole-by-hole yardage, par and stroke index for the main course layout.

18 holesPar 72Rating 73.4Slope 141
Front 9123456789Out
Par54343453536
Yards5173162104031364365541716183361
Index1115571719133-
Back 9101112131415161718InTotal
Par4354345443672
Yards38324952135519944752441635534496810
Index10618141621248--
Named holes: 1. Squeeze · 2. Dare · 3. Shelf · 4. Faith · 5. Ledge · 6. Kick · 7. Party Bowl · 8. Northern Palm · 9. Eternity · 10. Corral · 11. Swale · 12. Freedom · 13. Barn · 14. Oasis · 15. Old Tom · 16. Highlands · 17. Butter Brook · 18. Ancient Oak

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Course Design

Architect & designers

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Mark MungeamDesigner

Mark Mungeam is a Massachusetts-based golf course architect who earned a civil and environmental engineering degree…