Sugarloaf Golf Club

Robert Trent Jones Jr. opened Sugarloaf in 1985 at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain in western Maine, carving the 6,922-yard layout out of dense Carrabassett Valley woods. The signature stretch, holes 10 and 11, features dramatic dropoffs from tee to green and panoramic views of the Maine wilderness, with whitewater visible and audible from several holes. Sugarloaf has held the top spot among Maine courses nearly every year since opening, before recent Maine arrivals like Sunday River pushed it down a notch. Golf Digest has called it 'top 10 for memorability' and 'top 10 for aesthetics,' and the course is a past member of Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Public list. The narrow fairways are guarded by dense forest and imposing rocks, pure mountain golf, not coastal Maine. Resort-tier pricing in the $$$ band, premium for Maine but justified by the design and landscape.