Golf in Holden

Holden is a Worcester County suburb directly north of the city, in the Wachusett Reservoir watershed where the protected water supply land has preserved a more open character than most inner suburbs. Holden Hills Country Club serves this community in terrain shaped by the reservoir's drainage and the moderate upland of northern Worcester County. The Wachusett Reservoir's protected buffer gives Holden a more rural quality than its proximity to Worcester would otherwise indicate — one of the benefits of living within a protected watershed zone that limits certain kinds of development. The club draws from both the local population and the broader Worcester metro market seeking accessible golf north of the city.