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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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