Course record

Highland Course

The Highland Course is Brae Burn Country Club’s nine-hole course in West Newton, Massachusetts. It is separate from the Club’s eighteen-hole Championship Course and opened for play on September 22, 1922.¹²

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Opened: 1922
Holes: 9
Club location: West Newton

Brae Burn’s second course

The Club added the course as its membership grew to about 800. John Shanahan, its superintendent, began work in 1921 after the Club obtained more land from founding member Henry B. Day.²

It kept the name No. 2 Course until 1994. That year, the course became Highland during upgrades that included cart paths and moving the sixth hole’s starting area to make more room for the adjacent practice range.²

Sources and record notes5 references

Sources for this history

Club Amenities Brae Burn Country Club
Golf: named 9-Hole Highland Course alongside 18-hole Championship Course.
Consulted 2026-11-13
10 Things To Know: Brae Burn Country Club Mass Golf
Section 9, The Highland Course; sections 4 and 8 for separately scoped historical context.
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Course record sources

Club mark sourceClub Mark
Club AmenitiesCourse record
10 Things To Know: Brae Burn Country ClubCourse opening