Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, MA, features two championship 18-hole golf courses. One course is designed by Rees Jones, and the other was created by Nicklaus Design. They are complemented by a 12,000 square foot state-of-the-art Clubhouse, driving range, and practice areas. The Nicklaus Design course at Pinehills Golf Club offers a totally different and unique experience than the Rees Jones course. The Nicklaus course is an excellent course bordered by stately trees and highlighted by green complexes with large approach areas, gently rolling fairways, and a variety of holes. The Jones course is characterized by Rees Jones’ signature style. As he once stated, “I am interested in classic ideas, honest challenges, courses that are beautiful and fun to play for everybody.” Rees Jones stays true to himself at the Pinehills Golf Club, designing the holes to be challenging to play, yet enjoyable for experts and novices alike. Both courses offer five sets of tees allow these public Massachusetts daily fee golf courses to play from about 5,200 yards to 7,200 yards.
The Nicklaus course is known as the more scoreable of the two golf courses. Some golfers would even say its “gettable.” Most will indeed find this course a bit easier due to the open fairways and expansive approach areas that allow for easier chances of getting up and down from around the green. There are very few forced carries, and there are plenty of places for golfers to avoid going over obstacles. However, there are plenty of aggressive lines to take on par 5s, a bit of risk and reward short par 4s and challenging par 3s that will add to the enjoyment of playing this golf course.
The Jones course features more elevated tees; however, the course also has more forced carries. The risk will come with how far back you play from the tees and how much you want to try to carry. The reward is executing these shots well. On many golf holes, golfers will be able to see the flag or at least the landing area from every tee box.
On the Jones course, the green complexes feel smaller with fewer expanded approach areas to place shots near the greens while the fairways feel narrower; however, there is more rough surrounding them then on the Nicklaus designed course. Even though the Nicklaus course is known as the “easier” of the two courses, with its’ wide fairways, there are plenty of holes that have out of bounds lurking near condos and thick woodland that can easily take your ball. There is very little water on each course.
There are only a couple of holes on each course that feature water. There is more out of bounds than lateral hazards and plenty of places to lose a ball. Most greens are accepting of shots from almost all angles. The Jones course has the heavier rough around the fairways and greens, and the Nicklaus course has wider landing areas and bigger green complexes for missed shots allowing more options for getting the ball up and in the hole.
It’s a cart only course. That being said, I have tried to walk the golf courses. It is not built for walkers. There are many steep climbs and long walks between holes. The holes themselves are not as challenging to walk as the space between them.
Both courses offer plenty of variety in terms of golf holes, they also provide a variety of shots to be hit within each golf hole. There are different driving lines from the tee ranging from aggressive to safe. Golfers will find excitement from most of the holes flowing downhill from the teeing areas to spacious landing areas with only a few of the 36 holes playing slightly uphill and narrow approach shots.
The golf club has some beautiful, picturesque holes. These views feature the golf hole as the main subject of attention from the teeing ground. With the shorter yet dense pine tree forests of Cape Cod surrounding the short lush green of the fairways and greens and whiter beach sands that look like they were taking just off the coast of Massachusetts. Since its opening, there has probably not been a day of adverse conditions at Pinehills. The golf courses handle heavy rain well. They bounce back well from harsh Cape Cod winters. They even still look lush during droughts.
Pinehills is worth the full price that people will pay to play here. The best rates are the twilight rates. The cost to play golf does decrease incrementally throughout the day, even on the weekends. The savings begin at 11 am and then again at 3 pm.
The most memorable part of playing these golf courses is the execution of great golf shots during the round. It’s not a course that requires high precision, but when a golfer hits the appropriate shot on a hole, it will reward the golfer well. Whether driving a par 4, hitting a close golf shot on par 3, pulling off an aggressive shot, or even scoring well on a golf hole, you will leave here a great memory of the golf experience.
Conditions: Both courses are in excellent condition.
Difficulty: Nicklaus and Jones both present their own unique challenges that golfers of all levels will find fun and exciting. Between the two of them, the Nicklaus is known as the “easier” of the two courses.
Practice Green: There are four practice greens! There is one for each course plus a practice area that features two greens. One green is for putting, and the other is for the total short game, which includes a greenside bunker.
Value: The value matches the conditions and quality of golf. The rate decreases later in the day. The best deal is the twilight rate during the summer months.
Range: There is a full range with grass and mat hitting areas that are both open to the public. The driving range is also free to use before each round.
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