Lake Kezar Country Club

Lake Kezar Country Club occupies gently rolling ground on Route 5 in Lovell, Maine, a few miles east of the New Hampshire line and the White Mountains. The club operates today with broad public access and also offers memberships; play centers on a compact, walkable par-72 course where the original Donald Ross outward nine is paired with a late-1990s inward side. Amenities are simple and seasonal: a historic clubhouse adapted from Lovell’s Schoolhouse No. 4 with a screened porch that overlooks the opening corridor, a small golf shop and snack counter, junior programs, and in-season leagues. The corridors thread between long-standing stone walls and mature eastern white pines, with brooks and small ponds shaping tactics on several holes—especially on the newer inward side. Yardages are modest from the back (Blue) tees at just over 6,000 yards, but the combination of narrow landing areas, fall-away surrounds on several greens, and the contrast between the Ross ground game outward and the more hazard-driven inward stretch gives the course its day-to-day character.