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LEFT: Rockport club champs, Jeff Hobbs and Beth Rowen<br />

RIGHT: Hillview men’s Net B division champion, George Stack<br />

OUR COURSES ARE LOCATED IN LYNN, NORTH READING AND BEVERLY<br />

Erica Allen and James Whitney successfully defended<br />

their 2016 titles at Beverly Golf & Tennis Club.<br />

______<br />

Nick Maccario completed a dream summer, winning his<br />

fourth men’s club championship in the past seven years at<br />

Bradford Golf Club in Haverhill. Maccario shot a<br />

2-under par 211 over the 54-hole event to win by a<br />

whopping 19 shots over Dustin Rollins. Earlier in<br />

the summer, Maccario was a quarterfinalist in the<br />

Massachusetts Amateur and finished fourth at the Ouimet<br />

Memorial Tournament. He also lapped the field at the<br />

2017 Healey Memorial Tournament, formerly the Rogers<br />

Tournament, shooting a Bradford course-record 8-under-par<br />

63 to win by 12 shots. Jim Drohen won his third senior title<br />

in the past five years in a 2-hole playoff win over Jim Grant.<br />

Both players finished the 36-hole stroke play rounds tied at<br />

152 before Drohen sealed the victory with a par on the second<br />

extra hole.<br />

______<br />

At scenic Cape Ann Golf Club in Essex, Kendall Stone<br />

won the men’s club championship with a 36-hole total of 159,<br />

while Bailey Kaplan took the women’s title with a 173.<br />

Robert Hawkes won the men’s senior championship with<br />

a 160, while Ted Stanton won the net division with a 134.<br />

David Hascard, 64, won the men’s super-senior title<br />

with a 168, while Andrea Young won the women’s net<br />

championship with a 144.<br />

______<br />

Wendy Vanderhart won the women’s club championship<br />

at Hillview Golf Course, while Dennis Rollfs won the<br />

men’s club championship in a playoff over Tyler Currie.<br />

Both players finished the 36-hole tournament tied at 148, then<br />

Rollfs secured his first title with a par on the first extra hole.<br />

Alex Chaisson won the men’s Net A division title, while<br />

George Stack won the B division.<br />

______<br />

At Rockport Golf Club, Jeff Hobbs won his twelfth men’s<br />

title with a 72-hole score of 287, 14 shots ahead of runner-up<br />

Kevin Olson. Beth Rowen shot a 3-round 287 and won her<br />

first Rockport title over Dani Dragonas, who was four shots<br />

back. Mike Palazola, in his first time playing as a senior,<br />

took the senior title with a 36-hole 157. l<br />

Anne Marie Tobin is Sports editor of the Lynnfield and Peabody Weekly<br />

News. She is a member of the Massachusetts Golf Hall of Fame. She can be<br />

reached at atobin@weeklynews.net<br />

GFMI<br />

Golf Facilities<br />

Management Inc.<br />

O W N E D A N D O P E R A T E D B Y<br />

Chris Carter, PGA<br />

Steve Murphy, GCSAA<br />

North Reading, MA 01864<br />

978-664-4435<br />

www.Hillviewgc.com<br />

www.Beverlygolfandtennis.com<br />

www.Gannongolfclub.com<br />

Managing Public Golf Courses for 30 Years<br />

NORTH SHORE GOLF

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