Pocasset Golf Club

Set inland from Hen Cove in the village of Pocasset (Bourne), Pocasset Golf Club occupies sandy, wind-brushed Cape Cod ground three miles from the Cape Cod Canal. It is a private, equity club (reorganized in 1989) with a compact clubhouse, restaurant, and a full practice set (range, putting green, and short-game space), serving roughly year-round play depending on weather. The current course presents as par 72 at a maximum of 6,542 yards (Gold tees) on the club’s official scorecard, with multiple shorter tee options. The walk is modestly rolling rather than coastal-clifftop; corridors flow over glacial shoulders and through pitch-pines, and daily winds off Buzzards Bay shape club selection. Bunkering is positioned to influence lines rather than merely catch misses, and green sites—many on small benches or slight rises—are the course’s primary defense. Although the club’s earliest holes on the bluffs above Hen Cove no longer exist, the present routing retains the feel of a Ross Cape course in scale and rhythm, sharpened by a long, multi-phase restoration program overseen by Ron Forse (with later work by his then-partner Jim Nagle) that focused on recapturing green perimeters and re-establishing Ross-era lines. The club regularly hosts state events and qualifiers, including the 2021 Mass Senior Amateur and a 2024 Mass Open qualifier, so conditioning today is set to withstand championship speeds without relying on extreme length.