Cape Arundel Golf Club

About Cape Arundel Golf Club

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This app includes:
- Interactive Scorecard
- Golf Games: Skins, Stableford, Par, Stroke Scoring
- GPS
- Measure your shot!
- Golfer Profile with Automatic Stats Tracker
- Hole Descriptions & Playing Tips
- Live Tournaments & Leaderboards
- Book Tee Times
- Message Center
- Offer Locker
- Food & Beverage Menu
- Facebook Sharing
- And much more…

Founded in 1896 as the Kennebunkport Golf Club, Cape Arundel Golf Club was created by summer residents and golf enthusiasts who wanted to bring their love of the game home. At its founding, Cape Arundel was one of just 74 golf clubs in the United States.

By the early twenties, it was apparent that the original course had outlived its usefulness. In an effort to create a course that provided not only enjoyment for the regulars, but also a challenge to golfers with any skill level, it was decided that a new course was in order.

The architectural skills of U.S. and British Amateur Champion, Walter J. Travis, were secured to produce the new links-style layout. Every hole was planned carefully by Travis and promised to provide first-class golf, beauty, and difficulty. From the natural hazards and beautifully contoured greens to the perfectly placed bunkers and strategic layout, the new course demanded the finest kind of golf.

Travis, known as “The Old Man”, was the most successful amateur golfer in the United States in the early 1900s. Trips to Great Britain as part of his golfing career led him to course design, and he is believed to have had a hand in designing, remodeling, or consulting on more than 50 golf courses. In addition to Cape Arundel, Travis designed such notable courses as Garden City Golf Club, Ekwanok, and Westchester Country Club, and is said to have influenced or consulted on the designs of Pine Valley, Pinehurst #2, and National Golf Links.

In 2009, Cape Arundel Golf Club was named to the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. This listing indicates that the course and property are considered worthy of preservation and protection as part of America’s cultural heritage.



First constructed in 1900, Cape Arundel Golf Club’s historic hunter green clubhouse overlooking the Kennebunk River was renamed 41 House in 2011 to honor the club’s most famous member and 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush.

Cape Arundel Golf Club is proud to have our 43rd President George W. Bush as an Honorary Member. The Walker Cup, contested biennially and organized by the R&A and the United States Golf Association, is named in honor of George Herbert Walker, a lifelong member of Cape Arundel, President of the Club from 1949 – 1954, and President of the USGA.

Four Presidents of the United States have played Cape Arundel: Nixon, Bush, Clinton, and Bush. Other notable individuals and golfers have also enjoyed the Club, including Babe Ruth, Francis Ouimet, Arnold Palmer, Charles Lindbergh, Dottie Pepper, Rod Laver, Fred Couples, Jane Blalock, Davis Love, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson, Sandra Haynie, David Toms, Greg Norman, Doug Sanders, Brad Faxon, Prince Andrew, Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, and Jose-Maria Olazabal. The course record, a 60, was recorded on October 2, 2006, by Mickelson. Cape Arundel Golf Club is a member of the Walter J. Travis Society and the United States Golf Association.