Designed by the famed Donald Ross as a WPA project in the 1930s, George Wright was built on a site unfit for a golf course. There was too much ledge, and what wasn't ledge was hill and wetland. If environmentalists had the say 70 years ago that they do today, this golf course never would have been built.

Then again, this is one of the best golf buys in the Boston area. Maybe we have become too accustomed to manicured conditions. Maybe it is more courageous to hit shots from hard-pan lies occasionally. It's the way the game was played a century ago.

Although there are plenty of elevation changes, it isn't too difficult a walk. The journeys from green to next tee are short.
There are some terrific holes. The ninth and 10th, both mammoth par-4s, may be the toughest back-to-back holes public golfers will play.
The par-3s are terrific, especially No. 17, where you hit from an elevated tee to a pushed up green that is surrounded by bunkers. The fourth hole is a wonderful par-3 as well. The green is cut into the side of a hill. From the middle tees, it's a 150-yard shot

All this amplifies the genius of Ross, who somehow maneuvered 18 holes - with 18 wonderful greens settings - over this difficult piece of land. Before you are through 18 holes at George Wright, you will have hit every club in your bag and every sort of shot.

Directions	Print Driving Directions
DIRECTIONS TO THE COURSE: Rte 128 (Rte 95) to Exit 15A (Rte 1 North) Go north for 1.5 miles to rotary, turning right onto Washington St. Go 2.6 miles, at a set of lights, turn right onto Beech St. Go 1/4 mile, turn right onto Poplar St. Club is on the right. OR Route 1 south to Washington Street rotary. Go left, toward West Roxbury. Take a right onto Beach Street and follow signs to course. this is an emerald oasis in working-class Hyde Park.
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