NSG_Winter2017

N O R T H S H O R E
GOLF
Notebook
Celebration time for Barkhouse,
Green, Lane and Carbone
FROM THE TOP:
Paul and Nancy Barkhouse,
Bob Green, Jim Lane and
Eddie Carbone.
By BILL BROTHERTON
North Shore golf legend Paul Barkhouse, one
of the many outstanding junior players who
came out of Lynn’s Happy Valley (now Larry
Gannon Municipal) under the tutelage of the
aforementioned Mr. Gannon, will be honored,
along with wife Nancy, at a testimonial roast,
hosted by Woburn Country Club on Friday, Nov.
17, starting at 6 p.m.
Barkhouse, after 53 years as a caddie, head
professional and player, recently retired as
Woburn CC’s head professional after 17 years
there. The affable 76-year-old previously was head
pro at Ferncroft CC and Ipswich CC.
For details on the testimonial roast,
contact chairman Barry Donovan at
bdonovan117@hotmail.com.
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The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund
presented its inaugural Ouimet Golf Professional
of the Year award to long-time Tedesco
Country Club professional Bob Green at a
Ouimet outing at Wellesley CC on Oct. 2.
Green, who has been head professional at
Tedesco for 39 years, is one of the strongest
promoters of the scholarship. During his tenure,
Tedesco has had 140 Ouimet Scholars including
all four of his children who worked as caddies or
in the pro shop. Each fall, Bob organizes a
meeting with all potential scholarship recipients
and their parents to explain the benefits of being
a Ouimet Scholar and offers them help on how to
navigate the application process. Bob works
tirelessly with Tedesco’s Ouimet chairperson,
Michael Zmetrovich, to ensure that all club
caddies and golf employees take advantage of
this scholarship opportunity.
“Frankly, I am speechless receiving this award.
The Ouimet Scholarship has been such an
asset for the young men and women who have
worked at our club over the years. They are such
outstanding kids and being able to help them
every year was an honor itself,” said Green, who
is an important contributor to North Shore Golf
magazine. His “Shades of Green” column is a
readers favorite.
The award will annually recognize a New
England PGA Professional for not only their
efforts and achievements in guiding the young
men and women who work for them to the
Francis Ouimet Scholarship, but also their
ongoing mentoring through college and beyond.
The recipient will be someone who works closely
with The Fund and plays an important role in
promoting both the scholarship to kids, their
parents and also the various Ouimet programs to
the club membership.
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On Sept. 30 at Nashawtuc CC in Concord, the
New England Professional Golfers Association
held its annual award banquet. Among those
honored were Jim Lane, the retired head PGA
professional at Winchester Country Club, and
Ed Carbone, the executive director of this year’s
successful U.S. Senior Open Championship at
Salem Country Club.
Lane, a Salem State College graduate, was
inducted into the NEPGA Hall of Fame with
Willie Ogg of Worcester CC, who helped found
the NEPGA with Eugene “Skip” Wogan of
Essex CC. Lane, a Melrose resident, was head pro
at Winchester for 25 years.
Carbone, who lives in Manchester-by-the-Sea
and grew up at Charles River Country Club,
received the George S. Wemyss Award, given to
the person who has been a longtime supporter of
the NEPGA, its members and the game of golf.
Gary Larrabee, the Salem News golf writer and
a North Shore Golf magazine columnist, won the
2016 Wemyss Award.
Carbone joined the NEPGA as operations
manager in 1993 and served as executive director
from 1998 to 2004. He next became executive
director of the PGA Tour spot at Doral in Miami,
Fla., for 10 years before joining the Bruno Event
Team and being assigned executive director of the
2017 U.S. Senior Open.
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Essex County Club and Myopia Hunt
Club have again made Golf magazine’s list of Top
100 Courses in the United States. Essex CC in
Manchester-by-the-Sea, a Donald Ross design,
was ranked 67th. Myopia in South Hamilton, a
Herbert Leeds design, was ranked 69th.
The Country Club in Brookline (No. 22), Old
Sandwich in Plymouth (No. 49), Kittansett
in Marion (No. 74) and Boston Golf Club in
Hingham (No. 86) are the only other Bay State
courses on the list.
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The Turner Hill team of Mary Jane O’Neill
and Mary Marengi in a matching of cards won
the annual Eleanor LaBonte tournament, held at
The Orchards in South Hadley on Aug. 28. They
shot a 1-over 73. >>>
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