New Hampshire’s Best Golf Experience Has Gilded Age Pedigree

BusinessSportsMoneyNew Hampshire’s Best Golf Experience Has Gilded Age PedigreeByErik Matuszewski,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Matuszewski's coverage spans golf businesses, news & destinationsFollow AuthorAug 22, 2026, 06:00pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.SummaryThe iconic Omni Mount Washington Hotel, a National Historic Landmark in New Hampshire's Presidential Range, is celebrated for its grandeur and historic Donald Ross-designed golf course. The Mount Washington course is New Hampshire's top public course, offering 18 holes with distinct front and back nine characteristics, plus an additional 9-hole Mount Pleasant course, totaling 27 holes. Despite a short golf season, the course maintains excellent conditioning. The 1902-built hotel, a four-season resort, boasts stunning mountain views, a spa, diverse dining, and proximity to Bretton Woods skiing and the Mount Washington Cog Railway. It's a "can't miss gem" in the Northeast, blending rich history with a premier golf and resort experience.Show More Omni Mount Washington in New Hampshire has a Donald Ross-designed golf course in addition to one of the grandest hotels in the game of golf.Erik MatuszewskiIf you were to put together a list of the grandest hotels in the world of golf, the iconic, red-roofed Omni Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of northern New Hampshire would be squarely in the discussion. And the Golden Age golf course at the resort has similar historical and architectural significance. The Donald Ross-designed Mount Washington course is widely considered the finest public course in a state that, thanks to its four-season getaway destinations that fully embrace spring/summer, fall leaf-peeping and snow sports, has the fifth-highest proportion of resort golf in the continental U.S., according to the Natio...