Maine golf is short-season (May through October) and worth the constraint. Cape Arundel in Kennebunkport, Walter Travis 1922, was the summer course of George H.W. Bush. Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley is the RTJ Jr. mountain layout. Belgrade Lakes and the new Tetherow-style Saddleback near the lakes anchor inland Maine.
Above · Sugarloaf Golf Club
Cape Arundel + York + Webhannet
Approx. $2,400 / person, 3 days. Cape Arundel + York are sponsored-play; Webhannet is semi-public. Summer only.
Fly into PWM. Drive to Kennebunkport. Walter Travis 1922.
York. Donald Ross 1922.
Kennebunk Beach. Wayne Stiles 1908.
Sugarloaf + Sunday River + Saddleback
Approx. $1,500 / person, 3 days. Public-resort. Summer (June-September).
Fly into PWM, drive 3 hours north. Carrabassett Valley. RTJ Jr. 1986.
Newry. Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2005.
Belgrade. Clive Clark 1998 in the lake country.
Kebo Valley + Northeast Harbor + Bar Harbor
Approx. $1,400 / person, 3 days. Public-resort. Acadia National Park scenery.
Fly into BHB. Bar Harbor. 1888, the eighth-oldest course in America.
Herbert Strong 1895. Members club, sponsored-play.
Bar Harbor. Daniel Webster Field 1881. Public-access, historic.
Top-100-in-the-state regulars. The clubs you've heard of but maybe not played.
