The best golf courses in Lakeville, MA sit inside a town of about 11,500 people (2020 census, via Wikipedia), and that’s the odd and useful fact this guide is built on. Poquoy Brook Golf Club and Lakeville Country Club are the two full public 18-hole courses. Heritage Hill Golf Course is the par 54 executive track, LeBaron Hills Country Club is the members’ club with a public restaurant, and Broken Tee Virtual Golf Club keeps the season alive in February. Below you’ll find all five, three more public courses a short drive away, and a straight answer on which ones a visitor can get on.
A Golfer’s Map of Lakeville and the Ring Beyond It
Lakeville’s courses are spread across a rural town, and none is walkable from another. Poquoy Brook is at 20 Leonard Street, Lakeville Country Club is on Clear Pond Road beside the town beach at Clear Pond Park, LeBaron Hills is out on Rhode Island Road, and Heritage Hill sits on its own drive off the main roads. Getting from one first tee to the next is a short drive on two-lane roads.
Route 18 and Route 105 cross at the town center, the Route 140 freeway cuts through town on its way to New Bedford, and I-495 runs along the town’s north end. That highway access is why golfers from well outside town turn up on a Saturday without ever seeing Lakeville Center.
Push the radius out to Acushnet, Bridgewater and Rochester, and three more public courses come into range. Seven courses and a simulator club inside that circle is a deeper golf market than the population suggests. If you’re building a weekend around it, the guide to things to do in Lakeville covers the hours between rounds.
The Five Golf Properties Inside Lakeville
Poquoy Brook Golf Club: The Longest Public Test in Town
Poquoy Brook Golf Club is the longest public course in Lakeville and the one to book if you want a real card. Geoffrey Cornish laid it out in the 1960s as a parkland 18, par 72 at 6,762 yards from the tips.
Pick a forward set of tees unless you play to a low number, and book online, since phone bookings ask for payment at the time you reserve. The 25-station range is closed Monday mornings until noon for maintenance. Cart rentals for 18 holes stop at 2:30 p.m. (9-hole rentals run until 4:30 p.m.), which quietly ends a lot of late-afternoon plans.
Lakeville Country Club: Public Access and a Year-Round Season
Lakeville Country Club bills itself as a public course with private-course conditions: 18 holes at par 72 and 6,335 yards, known for three scenic finishing holes. Owners Derek and Madelyn Maksy run in-house tournaments, recreational and corporate leagues and private outings alongside daily play, so ask which rate structure applies when you call.
Its biggest difference from the other courses: it stays open year-round, weather permitting. On a mild February Saturday, this is the number you dial. The restaurant and full bar are open to the public, with a sunset deck over the water, though the kitchen keeps short hours: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 3 to 8 p.m. on weekends, so there’s no Saturday lunch.
LeBaron Hills Country Club: The Members’ Club With a Public Restaurant
LeBaron Hills Country Club at 183 Rhode Island Road is the only private club among Lakeville’s four courses. A visitor with clubs should call the pro shop about access before driving over rather than assuming a walk-on tee time exists.
What any visitor can do is eat here, which isn’t obvious from the road. The Sunset Grille restaurant and the outdoor terrace with its fire pit are open to members and the public, with an executive chef’s menu that runs from elevated dishes to classic pub fare and kid-friendly plates. It’s closed Monday, open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Only the Grille Room is for members.
Heritage Hill Golf Course: Par 54 and Plenty of Wedge Practice
Heritage Hill Golf Course at 17 Heritage Hill Drive is an 18-hole executive course at par 54. It suits a junior, a beginner or a good player who wants short-game work instead of 5 hours of driver.
The course was formerly The Back Nine Club, and directories still carry the old name, so don’t assume you’ve found two different places. There’s a Toptracer range with bookable bays, a pro shop, the Heritage Golf Academy, night golf and leagues on site, plus The Back Nine Pub, open to the public daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Broken Tee Virtual Golf Club: Four Simulators and a Winter League
Broken Tee Virtual Golf Club at 166 County Street runs four Full Swing simulators loaded with more than 50 of the world’s top courses, plus a lounge with craft beer, drinks and snacks. Winter and spring 9-hole leagues are open to all skill levels, and lessons come from PGA professional and owner Mark Kitchen.
Bays book by the hour or half hour, and the club’s working rule is about an hour per player for 18 holes. For a real meal, pizza, sandwiches and appetizers come from Fat Cousins next door. Hours run 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Three Public Courses Just Beyond Lakeville
Acushnet River Valley Golf Course is the value round near Lakeville, a town-owned championship course in Acushnet, designed by Brian Silva and opened in 1998. It plays to par 72 at up to 6,807 yards, with a front nine through mature pines that rewards precision over distance and a back nine laid out as a Scottish links. Golf Digest gave it four stars.
Olde Scotland Links in Bridgewater, north of Lakeville, is a links-style public 18 founded in 1997 and managed by Indigo Golf. The course pitches itself on strategy and playability, with generous, fairly open fairways that make it friendly to mixed skill levels. Black Hat Brew Works is also in Bridgewater if the round calls for a pint afterward.
Rochester Golf Club, south of Lakeville, is the short one: about 5,250 yards to a par of 69 and quick to play, with a season that runs from April 1 to November 1. That makes it the pick for a mixed-ability foursome, or for a late-afternoon start in September when a longer track would leave you finishing in the dark.
Booking, Carts and What a Visitor Should Know First
Poquoy Brook and Lakeville Country Club are the straightforward public bookings, Heritage Hill takes tee times and range bays, LeBaron Hills needs that call to the pro shop, and Broken Tee is a reservation like any other bay rental. None of the courses is served by public transit, so a car isn’t optional.
Pro shop hours move with weather and business, and Poquoy Brook’s run roughly 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Poquoy Brook Pub keeps longer hours, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. It seats 26 at a granite-topped bar with seven TVs and 30 beers on tap, and it books live music every Saturday evening from around 7 p.m.
All four golf courses have a bar or restaurant open to the public: Poquoy Brook Pub, Lakeville Country Club’s bar, LeBaron Hills’ Sunset Grille and The Back Nine Pub. That’s unusual in a market this size. For clubhouse decks and taprooms, see the Lakeville nightlife guide; for dinner off the courses, the Lakeville restaurants roundup covers the town and the ring around it.
The Off-Season, and Where the Clubs Live From November to April
Golf here has a hard winter edge. Snow, ice and nor’easters typically arrive from December through March, and most rounds wait for spring, apart from the mild days Lakeville Country Club stays open for. The best time to visit Lakeville guide walks through the rest of the calendar.
When the courses close, the gear problem starts. Damp basements and unheated garages are rough on leather grips, a stitched bag and a rangefinder’s electronics, which is the case for climate-controlled storage in Lakeville rather than a corner of the cellar. A 5×10 unit is about the size of a small walk-in closet and takes two bags, a push cart and the winter gear that displaces them.
The same fall weekend clears out everything else. Boats come off Long Pond in the fall, before the ice, so boat storage frees the driveway, and car storage handles the second vehicle that only earns its space between May and October.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a golf club in Lakeville, MA?
Yes, four of them. Poquoy Brook Golf Club and Lakeville Country Club are public 18-hole courses, Heritage Hill Golf Course is a par 54 executive layout, and LeBaron Hills Country Club is a private club with a restaurant open to the public. Broken Tee Virtual Golf Club adds four indoor simulators on County Street.
Which golf course in Massachusetts is considered the nicest?
There’s no single answer, and the state’s most celebrated courses sit outside this region. Locally, Poquoy Brook is the longest public test in town, Lakeville Country Club promises private-course conditions and plays year-round, and Acushnet River Valley carries four Golf Digest stars.
What’s the most exclusive country club in Massachusetts?
There’s no official ranking, and the state’s best-known private clubs are well outside this area. Around Lakeville, LeBaron Hills Country Club is the only members’ club among Lakeville’s four courses, and even there the Sunset Grille, terrace and fire pit are open to the public Tuesday through Sunday.
Is Heritage Hill Golf Course the same as the Back 9 in Lakeville?
Same place. Heritage Hill Golf Course was previously The Back Nine Club, and the old name still appears in directories and on social media, which sends people looking for two courses that don’t both exist. The on-site bar and restaurant is The Back Nine Pub.
Which month is the best to visit Massachusetts for golf?
September, in southeastern Massachusetts. The air cools to comfortable, the summer crowds have gone, and tee times are easier to find than in July. May and June are the next best window before the heat, while January and February belong to the simulators and the occasional mild day at Lakeville Country Club.
Storage Near the Lakeville Courses
Golf gear is seasonal by nature, and so is most of what shares a garage with it. Value Store It’s Lakeville facility rents month-to-month with no long-term contract, so a unit can come and go with the season. A 5×5 locker, about the size of a small closet, handles a bag, a pull cart and a bin of cold-weather layers. A 10×5 space holds the contents of one room, and a 5×15 unit holds the contents of two rooms, which fits when clubs share space with patio furniture.
Larger sizes cover the moves rather than the sport. 10×10 units hold a one-bedroom apartment, 10×15 storage fits a two-bedroom apartment, a 10×20 takes a three-bedroom home, and 10×30 spaces hold a four-bedroom home. If you’re guessing between two, the unit size guide shows what fits before you commit.
