GEORGE WRIGHT

This Donald Ross gem carved through the Blue Hills delivers authentic Golden Age architecture at municipal rates, with elevated greens that punish approach shots hit to the wrong tier. The routing climbs and descends through mature hardwoods, creating natural amphitheaters around several greens where Ross's subtle contouring becomes most apparent. Smart course management trumps raw distance here, as the architect intended when he designed this layout in 1938 to challenge Boston-area golfers for generations.