When it comes to golf, we have everything anyone could want right here in our neck of the woods.
If challenging holes are what you desire, check. Water challenges, check. Plush greens on which to test your skills, check. Beautiful scenery, check. Terrific 19th holes to whet your whistle, grab a bite and replay that amazing putt, check.
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Golf carts are lined up across from the hotel front at the Eagle Mountain House golf course in Jackson, seen May 12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Michele Sparks (left) and Peg O’Neil were the first ones off the tee on opening day at Hale’s Location Golf Course in North Conway on May 1. (KIM O’NEIL PHOTO)
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Don Champion of Parsonsfield, Maine gets out of trouble from behind a tree at Indian Mound in Ossipee during of the White Mountain Seniors stop there on May 4. (BILL EARLE PHOTO)
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John Eastman (left) and Jeff McLellan, both of Conway, proudly display their championship belt on May 3 at Lake Kezar Country Club in Lovell, Maine. They play every weekend with a group of friends, and the top team gets bragging rights for the following week. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Linderhof Country Club President Brendan King (right) addresses the field of participants at last year’s Black Fly Open on May 24, 2025. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Club Pro Kevin Walker stands on the putting green at the North Conway Country Club on May 13. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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The iconic 18-hole Mount Washington Course at the Omni Mount Washington Resort & Spa in Bretton Woods was designed by the legendary Donald Ross and meticulously restored in 2008 by golf course architect Brian Silva. The Omni is also home to the nine-hole Mount Pleasant Course, due to open for the season on Memorial Day, May 25. (COURTESY OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON)
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A golfer drives past the covered bridge by the ninth tee at the Wentworth Golf Club in Jackson Village, seen May 12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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