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2017 The A Position: GreatHorse, A Stunning Transformation

The par-5 8th hole at GreatHorse. Bunkering forces golfers to make decisions off the tee, on the layup and the approach shots. (Photo by Ant

To call what Brian Silva did to the former site of the Hampden (Mass.) Country Club a “renovation” nowhere near approaches the breadth, width and depth of what want on there.


What started off as a reworking of the bunkers at an abysmal Al Zikorus design (even by his standards) turned into a reported $30 million re-imagining that produced one of the finest golf courses not just in Western Massachusetts but in all of New England. It will send reverberations in the private golf facility world all the way to Hartford, Conn., Worcester, Mass. and southern Vermont. GreatHorse is that good.

The extraordinary facilities of the club accentuate the Silva design.


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