Wyckoff Country Club

Wyckoff Country Club occupies rolling ground at the base of Mount Tom on the west side of Holyoke, with housing from the Olmsted Brothers–planned Wyckoff Park just across Northampton Street and a long view over the Pioneer Valley. The club operates today as a semi-private daily-fee venue with an 18-hole, par-69 course that tips out around 6,024 yards. Facilities are centered on a clubhouse with dining, a small golf shop, and practice putting greens (there is no formal driving range listed); the club also hosts frequent community fund-raisers and member competitions. The routing works back and forth over side-slopes that are gentler than the Mount Tom escarpment but still tilt approaches and lies, and water is not a primary hazard—position and elevation change carry the strategic load. Recent ownership changes brought a program of repairs and cosmetic upgrades, culminating in a summer 2025 “grand re-opening” of the clubhouse and course surroundings; those works did not purport to be historical restorations, but they improved presentation and basic infrastructure for everyday play. For a first-time visitor, the round is defined by short-to-medium par-4s framed by trees, an unusually demanding par-3 at the 16th, and the uncommon cadence of finishing on a par-3 eighteenth.