[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The Ranch is a beautiful course that I’ve played many times, but no replica holes there. Interesting story, when playing for the Patriots, TB12 put in an offer to buy a homesite on the course, with a contingency that he could build a private helicopter pad on the property. He was not granted permission and pulled the offer. Crumpin Fox is a great course, as is its sister course, Fox Hopyard in East Haddam, CT near the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos. I haven’t played Crumpin in two or three years and wasn’t aware they were harvesting a lot of trees there. The beauty of the trees in the fall, when the leaves change colors, was my favorite time to play there. The last three falls we have been going to our Villages home, where the license plates begin changing colors that time of the year. Never played the Orchards as it’s private and I don’t have connections there. I did go there to watch the women’s US Open many years ago and enjoyed following Annika Sorenstam, a young Michelle Wie, and of course the biggest draw, Natalie Gulbis. Played Hampden a few times several years ago and have heard stories about the huge amount of money put into it transforming it into Great Horse. From what I heard from a reliable friend who played it, it’s nice, but nothing special.

Funny, Brady was denied in your story but bought acreage from Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill MA and was given variances to build his manse which abuts Robert Krafts home as well as The Country Club. Ultimately sold the property and moved to FL