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.”

Couple BGC teams already creeping up the leaderboard at Waterville today! 👀Go get ‘em boys!
05/17/2026

Couple BGC teams already creeping up the leaderboard at Waterville today! 👀

Go get ‘em boys!

Congrats to Eli Spaulding on another fantastic season for the Greyhounds!
04/30/2026

Congrats to Eli Spaulding on another fantastic season for the Greyhounds!

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Five Loyola University Maryland golfers were named to All-Patriot League teams on Wednesday, and Liam Moloney earned the conference's Rookie of the Year honors by a vote of the League's coaches.

04/19/2026

Brunswick Golf Club Closing
at 3:00PM Today

04/18/2026

BGC BAR AND GRILL CLOSING AT 4PM TODAY DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT!

04/04/2026

Virtual Golf
Open Tomorrow
Easter Sunday!
Bar Service Only

Way to be kid! 🏌️‍♂️⛳️
03/18/2026

Way to be kid! 🏌️‍♂️⛳️

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Loyola University Maryland's Eli Spaulding was named the Patriot League Men's Golf Player of the Week on Wednesday after tying for seventh at the Seminole Intercollegiate in a field of 112 players.

BGC Bar & Grill March Specials! Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays - 1/2 Off Burgers! Saturdays & Sundays - 1/2 Off Flatbr...
03/02/2026

BGC Bar & Grill March Specials!

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays - 1/2 Off Burgers!

Saturdays & Sundays - 1/2 Off Flatbreads & Wings!

Don’t have to be playing virtual golf to come in and enjoy these month-long specials! ☘️🍔🍗🍕

Callaway Indoor Fitting Day Today at BGC 10am-2pm! Some walk-in spots available, come on by! ⛳️
03/02/2026

Callaway Indoor Fitting Day Today at BGC 10am-2pm! Some walk-in spots available, come on by! ⛳️

02/23/2026

Brunswick Golf Club Closed Tomorrow Due to Weather

Monday, February 23rd
Stay Safe!

Our club champ is starting his spring golf season with a bang. Keep it up Eli!
02/16/2026

Our club champ is starting his spring golf season with a bang. Keep it up Eli!

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Eli Spaulding eagled the second and 11th holes at Palm Valley Golf Club on Sunday and finished at 4-under 68 to help the Loyola University Maryland golf team tie for the team lead after 18 holes at the 14th-Annual Loyola Intercollegiate.

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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