Brunswick Golf Club

Brunswick Golf Club Nestled in the heart of midcoast Maine, the Brunswick Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf cour Bowdoin College students J.H. Henry and Benjamin L. George L.
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The Brunswick Golf Club’s origins date back to the summer of 1898. Furbish acquired golf clubs and attire and headed down what was then known as the Freeport Road in Brunswick in search of a field in which to play. Henry and Furbish were joined by college professor Harry C. Emery who had recently developed an interest in the game. They were the first three to play golf on the grounds we now know a

s Brunswick Golf Club’s back nine. Founded in September of 1898 and initially named the Bowdoin Golf Club, the first organized group was comprised of 20 members including original course designers and future club presidents Charles L. Bowker, Capt. George Skofield and Col. Thompson. Membership and interest in the game grew rapidly in the Brunswick area, leading to changing the name to the Brunswick Golf Club in 1901. Two years later the first clubhouse was built on the hill behind what is now the 17th green. It was written that views from the original clubhouse included the White Mountains due west and beautiful sunrises over Casco Bay looking east. The original nine was redesigned by highly regarded course designer Wayne Stiles and his apprentice John Van Kleek in 1921. Though he has been overshadowed by prominent 20th century golf course designers such as Donald Ross and A.W. Tillinghast, the work of Stiles is widely thought to be some of the best in the world, and his original vision still shines on the back nine at Brunswick. The annual Patriots Day Tournament was known for almost a century as the start of the golf season for Maine. The tournament is still played to this day, now called the Pop Erswell Tournament, named after longtime club manager and “Father of Maine Golf” Charles S. “Pop” Erswell. Erswell, who ran the club from 1920-1946, formed a golf group in 1903 that would later become the Maine State Golf Association, and founded the Maine Senior Golf Association in 1932. He is also credited by various sources as being the inventor and first to use a golf pull cart in America, though he never patented his idea. In 1959, a young Brunswick-native by the name of Mal Strange took over as club professional at Brunswick, a position he would hold for over 38 years. During that time he teamed up with world-famous golf course architect Geoffrey Cornish to design and construct an additional nine holes. The new layout was finished in 1968 and became Brunswick’s front 9. The modern era of Brunswick Golf Club and it’s 18 holes are notably distinguished by the back-to-back par 5’s followed by back-to-back par 3’s, as well as the utterly challenging par-4 6th hole. A recent visitor of Brunswick Golf Club would most certainly mention the picturesque approach over water on the par-5 9th hole. Brunswick Golf Club…celebrating over 120 years of golf tradition in Maine.

“The HUB of Maine Golf.”

Got some dogs in the hunt! Good luck to our BGC members playing in the Maine Senior Men’s Amateur this week in Bangor!
08/25/2026

Got some dogs in the hunt! Good luck to our BGC members playing in the Maine Senior Men’s Amateur this week in Bangor!

Back to back for Ryan Savona! The reigning BGC Junior Club Champion shoots a blistering 69 today to win our Junior club ...
08/23/2026

Back to back for Ryan Savona! The reigning BGC Junior Club Champion shoots a blistering 69 today to win our Junior club title again, including a 65-footer for eagle on Hole 16 to put an exclamation mark on the win over fellow juniors Paddy McIntire and Charlie MacDonald. Congrats to Ryan and best of luck to all our junior golfers starting their high school golf seasons this fall! 🏆⛳️❗️

Congrats to our 2026 Men’s Member-Guest Champions Andrew Slattery & Kyle Gilman! 🏆⛳️
08/16/2026

Congrats to our 2026 Men’s Member-Guest Champions Andrew Slattery & Kyle Gilman! 🏆⛳️

Come Join Our Team!
08/11/2026

Come Join Our Team!

08/03/2026

BGC Bar and Grill Closed Today-Monday 8/3 🌧️

It was a rinse and repeat weekend for many of our club champions! Eli Spaulding (Men’s), Johanna Olivadoti (Women’s), Da...
08/03/2026

It was a rinse and repeat weekend for many of our club champions! Eli Spaulding (Men’s), Johanna Olivadoti (Women’s), Dave Girardin (Senior Men’s) and Ruth Appleyard (Senior Women’s) all earned their names on our Champions Board again by winning Club Championships this weekend!

Shawn Gepfert also won our 1st Flight Men’s Title. Congrats to all!

Our 2026 season of Golf & Wine Wednesdays wrapped up last night, big congrats to our Play Level winners! Group 1 - Rebec...
07/30/2026

Our 2026 season of Golf & Wine Wednesdays wrapped up last night, big congrats to our Play Level winners!

Group 1 - Rebecca Buma, Kim Mooney, Ellen McIver

Group 2 - Amy Maynard, Beth Phillips, Allison Leavitt

⛳️ 🍷 🏆

07/22/2026
Despite not getting into the US Amateur at Merion this year through the Maine Amateur, BGC’s Eli Spaulding earns his way...
07/21/2026

Despite not getting into the US Amateur at Merion this year through the Maine Amateur, BGC’s Eli Spaulding earns his way there the old fashioned way by qualifying today at the Boston Golf Club! Way to go, kid! ⛳️ 🇺🇸

Address

165 River Road
Brunswick, ME
04011

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 7pm
Thursday 7am - 7pm
Friday 7am - 7pm
Saturday 7am - 7pm
Sunday 7am - 7pm

Telephone

(207) 725-8224

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