About The Captains Golf Course

The Captains Golf Course is Cape Cod's premier public golf course facility. Brewster, MA is known as the Sea Captains Town and as the Golf Capital of the Lower Cape. The Captains Golf Course features two championship eighteen hole courses - Port and Starboard. The facility includes a practice green, a driving range, electric and pull carts, club rentals, and full restaurant amenities for outings and banquets. Reservations for tee times are accepted. Our staff includes PGA professionals available for lessons and clinics. There is also a fully stocked pro shop. The course is conveniently located off the Mid-Cape Highway (Route 6) and is within easy driving distance of Providence, RI and Boston, MA. 

 

GOLF BOSTON (Travel & Leisure) has ranked "The Best 50" you can play in Massachusetts based on two very simple standards: Regulation 18 holes and accessible to the public. Captains' Starboard Course ranked 11th and Captains' Port course ranked 17th.     -GOLF BOSTON, Summer 2002

 

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF GOLF has ranked all public access golf courses in the six state N. E. Region. Ratings were based on overall design, test of golf/difficulty, variety of challenge and design, scenic value/environmental factors, course conditioning and enjoyability. Captains' Starboard Course ranked 20th and Captains' Port Course ranked 27th.     -NEJG, Spring 2002

 

One of three public courses in Massachusetts to achieve GOLF FOR WOMEN's Top 100 Fairways. Course was selected because it has forward tees of less than 5500 yards, women's programs and professionals. Other criteria: general facilities, minutes between tee times, rest rooms, pro shop, and practice area.     -Golf for Women, August 2000

 

MAXIMUM GOLF named Captains as on of the top 100 best bargain courses in the United States. The sister courses, Port and Starboard, are similar in character -- straight forward with large terraced greens. "Ahoy, Matey! Com aboard for wicked Cape Cod Golf."    

-Maximum Golf, August 2000

 

"The best things come in pairs. Golf and the beach. Captains Golf Course, Brewster and Coast Guard Beach, Eastham in the top ten in the U.S."    -Golf Digest, August 2000

 

The Captains Golf Course was named the "Best New Public Golf Course Opened in 1985" 

by Golf Digest Magazine.

 

The Captains Golf Course has been ranked Second in Massachusetts in the Public Access Course Category by the Boston Globe.

 

The Captains Golf Course has been ranked as one of the "Top 25 Public Golf Courses in the Country" by Golf Digest Magazine.

 

Brian Silva, architect of the original Captains Course as well as the new Captains' Port and Starboard courses was named "Architect of the Year" by Golf World Magazine in 1999.

 

"Silva's design prerogatives include generous landing areas for tee shots, hazards that are visible from the teeing area, generously sized greens and collection areas adjacent to greens to draw wayward shots."
The Cape Codder, 9/3/99

 

"The course design must have been strongly influenced by the ocean's ebbs and flow tides, because of the turning doglegs and undulating fairways that demand constant accuracy and steady balance. The course can accommodate both high handicappers and sharp shooters depending on whether you play it from the front or the back."
Cape Cod Travel Guide, Fall 1999

 

"There aren't many heroic carries over wetlands or tricks, bells, and whistles. It is a simple journey between tee and green where the architect allows you  to think about playing golf instead of making you wonder if you have enough golf balls in your bag to finish the round."
Boston Globe,  9/30/99

 

"It may seem a bit out of context to use a sport's metaphor from a different venue, but with the grand opening at the Captains Golf Courses' new holes, the Town of Brewster has hit a home run. More than a homer it was a grand slam..." 

Bay State Golf, Fall 1999

 

Director of Operations

Mark 0' Brien

Mark is a Class "A" member of the PGA. with over 10 years of experience in public golf course management. Mark is a native of Cape Cod and worked at Captains from 1989 to 1996 as the Assistant Pro/Manager before accepting the Operations Manager's position in North Kingstown, RI. Mark came back on board at Captains in September 1999.

Superintendent 

Stephen Mann

Steve is a certified Golf Course Superintendent by the GCSAA. Steve has worked at the Captains since the course was opened in 1985. He is a graduate of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts and his work experience includes a stint at Medinah Country Club (site of the 1999 PGA Championship).

 

 Operations Managers/Head Golf Professionals:

Jay Packett
Jay is a Class "A" member of the PGA. He has been at the Captains Course since 2000 and has developed a loyal following of students during his tenure at the Captains.

 

Steven Knowles

Steve is a Class "A" member of the PGA and has extensive experience in golf course management and golf instruction. Steve is a native of Brewster and has been at the Captains since 1998.

 

Cornish, Silva, and Mungeam, Inc., are designers of such fine courses as Stow Acres (site of the UGSA Public Links Championship), Firestone West (a new 18-hole layout at the world renowned Firestone Country Club), Shaker Hills (named runner-up by the Golf Digest as the fifth best new affordable golf course in 1998), Waverly Oaks (selected by Golf Magazine as one of the top ten new courses), and of course, the Captains Golf Course (selected by Golf Digest as the best new public course for 1985).

The Cornish, Silva, and Mungeam design style adheres to the strategic philosophy where the player is presented with alternate routes of play and hazards that are clearly visible. Their courses are designed in harmony with their surroundings and with respect for the environment.

Their design philosophy also seeks to provide an enjoyable golf experience by developing a course that is visually interesting and strategically challenging.

Brian M. Silva, the lead architect for the original Captains as well as the 18-hole expansion, was introduced to course design through his father John, a much sought after golf contractor. Silva received his training in turf management, landscape architecture, and plant and soil sciences at the University of Massachusetts. He taught turfgrass management on the college level for five years before becoming an agronomist for the United States Golf Association Green Section. He joined Geoffrey S. Cornish in 1983.

His first design, the Captains Golf Course, received much acclaim as the forerunner of the high end daily fee golf course.  Silva's designs can be found as far away as Northern Italy and as close by as the Cape Cod National.

 

Cornish, Silva, and Mungeam are also involved in renovation of classic courses throughout the nation. These include Seminole Golf Club, Olympia Fields (site of the 1997 Senior US Open and 2003 US Open), Biltmore Forest (site of the 1999 Women's US Amateur), the Breakers Hotel Ocean Course and Myopia Hunt Club.


 

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