Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf

Environmentally Sustainable golf in Massachusetts

Managed by Audubon International, the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program is a program that recognizes golf courses that successfully incorporate environmental management into their course operations. Members must meet minimum environmental standards in six categories to achieve and maintain their certifications.

Learn more about the program here and how 14 certified courses in Massachusetts are abiding by it:

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SIGNATURE SANCTUARY CERTIFIED COURSES

• Bay Club at Mattapoisett (private)
• Red Tail Golf Club (public)

 

CERTIFIED COURSES IN MASSACHUSETTS

• Boston GC (private)

• Concord Country Club (private)
• Dedham Golf and Polo Club (private)
• Falmouth Country Club (public)
• Hyannisport Club (private)
• IGM @ Widow’s walk (public)
• Ipswich Country Club (private)
• Miacomet GC (public)
• Nashawtuc CC (private)
• Needham GC  (public)
• Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds GC (public)
• Olde Scotland links GC (public)
• Sterling National CC (private)
• TPC Boston (private)
• Winchester CC (private)

 

An affiliated program of Audubon International is Monarchs in the Rough, which provides material for courses to build one acre of monarch habitat, aiding monarch breeding and migration while benefitting other at-risk pollinators.

COURSES PARTICIPATING IN THE MONARCHS IN THE ROUGH PROGRAM

• Bas Ridge Club (public)
• Wyantenuck Country Club (private)
• Southborough Golf Club (public)
• Twin Brooks Golf Course (public)
• New Seabury Country Club (private)
• Woods Hole Golf Club (private)
• Needham GC  (public)
• Dedham Golf and Polo Club (private)
• Farm Neck Golf Club (public)
• Vineyard Golf Course (private)
• Acoaxet Club (private)
• Pine Brook Country Club (private)
• Braintree Municipal Golf Course (public)
• Miacomet GC (public)
• Hyannisport Club (private)
• Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds GC (public)

 

Want to play golf at an environmentally sustainable course in Massachusetts? Check out the map below to plan your next golf outing.

 

 

To learn more about the Audubon Program visit auduboninternational.org

To learn more about the Monarchs in the Rough Program visit monarchsintherough.org