PAUL HARNEY GOLF CLUB

The windswept fairways here demand precision over power, as Cape Cod's relentless breezes turn routine approach shots into calculated gambles across kettle pond wetlands and native cranberry bog hazards. Designer Geoffrey Cornish carved strategic doglegs through scrub oak and pitch pine that reward local knowledge—especially the par-4 14th where only members know to aim left of the obvious landing zone. This is old-school New England golf at its grittiest, where a round under 80 feels like you've conquered both the course and the elements.