{"id":332713,"date":"2025-12-05T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332713\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:09:09","slug":"state-proposing-5m-in-upgrades-for-leo-j-martin-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332713\/","title":{"rendered":"State proposing $5M in upgrades for Leo J. Martin golf course"},"content":{"rendered":"

A public golf course in Weston may soon get a facelift after it was recently ranked as the worst course<\/a> in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plans are being discussed on a proposed $5 million improvement plan for the Leo J. Martin Golf Course<\/a> and Ski Track, a state-operated municipal golf course that sits along the Charles River, according to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. <\/p>\n

Upgrades will address course conditions, and include a new irrigation system, landscaping and green improvements, and tree planting and cart path improvements, a DCR spokesperson said Thursday. <\/p>\n

The proposal calls for the course to close for the 2026 season, but the driving range will reopen in April and stay open through the season, according to the DCR. <\/p>\n

The agency recommended players head to Ponkapoag Golf Course in Canton as an alternative public course during the work period. <\/p>\n

The Martin course is expected to reopen in April 2027, the DCR said. <\/p>\n

The DCR said it will also continue the course\u2019s normal maintenance work, including deep tine and core aerification, plug removal, application of sand-compost top dressing, turf seed slicing, and green rolling. <\/p>\n

DCR said it hired a new director of golf course maintenance, who is getting feedback from players and other stakeholders about the agency\u2019s plans for for the Martin golf course. <\/p>\n

The agency is accepting public comments on the project until Dec. 19. Comments can be submitted online at mass.gov\/forms\/dcr-public-comments<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In August, a website called My Golf Spy pronounced the Leo J. Martin the worst golf course in the United States<\/a>. Adding insult to injury, the Martin course was joined by two other Massachusetts courses deemed among the five worst, with Ponkapoag Golf Course in Canton at No. 5 and Norwood Country Club at No. 3. <\/p>\n

\"AThe rim of the cup on the third hole at the Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course.Billy Baker\/Globe staff<\/p>\n

The MyGolfSpy ranking was based on Google reviews, which criticized the Martin course for poor upkeep and its patchy, rocky greens that are more dirt and sand than, well, green.<\/p>\n

\u201cCannot call this place a golf course,\u201d one commenter wrote, according to MyGolfSpy. \u201cGreens and tee boxes nonexistent. Some of the holes are just fairway with a flag in the center. Fairways resemble a stony beach. Perfect place to twist an ankle. Wouldn\u2019t play it again for free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Stoico can be reached at nick.stoico@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A public golf course in Weston may soon get a facelift after it was recently ranked as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-332713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}