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Chemawa Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, that has been owned and operated by the Bourque family since it opened. It plays to a par of 68 over roughly 5,285 yards from the back tees, with additional yardage from the middle and forward tees, and carries a course rating of 65.1 and slope of 113 from the tips. The layout is unusually front-loaded for scoring: the front nine plays to par 36 and holds the course's only par 5, while the back nine plays to par 32 with no par 5s at all, so the modest total yardage understates the demands of the round.
Tree-lined, narrow fairways and small, quick greens put a premium on accuracy over length, and the course is walkable, which suits its regular mix of casual play and club leagues. Amenities are simple: motorized and pull carts, club rentals, a putting green near the first tee, and an on-site restaurant in the clubhouse, which was refurbished in recent years. There is no driving range.
The course is an 18-hole parkland golf course. It plays to par 68, 4,833m (5,285 yards), course rating 65.1 and slope rating 113. Designed by Steve Esposito, the course originally opened in 1959. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Golf Cart Rental, Pull Cart Rental, Club Rentals, Putting Green, Restaurant.
A nine-hole course built by one family has stayed under that family's ownership for more than six decades. Chemawa Golf Course opened in North Attleboro in 1959, when the Bourque family laid out a modest nine holes on land off Route 1. What began as a small local layout was gradually expanded into the full 18-hole course played today, and the club remains family-run into its second generation, now under owner Glen Bourque.
Golf-course directories attribute the design to Steve Esposito, though little independent biographical information about him survives. What is verifiable from the course itself is its routing logic: the front nine plays to a par of 36 and contains the property's only par 5, while the back nine plays to par 32 with no par 5s at all, an unusual structure that keeps the overall par at 68 despite the course carrying real length off the back tees. Narrow, tree-lined fairways and small greens compensate for the modest total yardage, forcing precision off the tee and around the greens rather than relying on length.
The expansion from the original nine holes to today's 18-hole layout took place gradually as the course grew in local popularity; specific dates for the additional nine are not documented in available club or public records. The clubhouse has since been refurbished, and the course now runs its tee sheet through an online booking system rather than a traditional pro shop counter.
Chemawa remains a public, daily-fee course with an open guest policy, popular with local leagues and regular players who value its conditioning and pace over sheer difficulty. Player reviews consistently rate its course conditions and value highly, describing tight fairways that keep the layout interesting despite its short scorecard.
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