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Barnstable Golf on Cape Cod
ape Cod, Massachusetts is one of the sweetest places in New England to enjoy the game of golf in a relaxed, picturesque setting, perhaps during no other time of the year than the summer months. It’s not just the golf that is to be enjoyed on Cape Cod, but pretty much everything about this narrow piece of precious land that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean like a flexed arm. When not nailing seven-irons to the green, you can get away from it all on the beaches, hiking trails and shopping in cozy villages. Check out the numerous seafood restaurants and lobster shanties, where you can sample fresh caught seafood and enjoy a beverage while sitting on a picnic table and gazing out into a harbor or the rolling ocean waves. The National Seashore and its remodeled visitor’s center, as well as a number of other wildlife sanctuaries, feature miles of walking and biking trails and strolls along the beach. And it’s easy to find suitable accommodations, whether it be on the ocean or bay side of the Cape, a fine hotel in Chatham or a cottage in the dunes in Wellfleet. Because of the proximity to the breezes off the always nearby ocean, Cape Cod usually avoids the heat experienced inland during summer, making golf at any time of
Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds
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Golfing Magazine • New England Edition
