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Larrabee: Meet the First Family of Haverhill golf .... 4 

Trump and Eruzione make golf great again .............. 6 

Baker starts 68th year at Reedy Meadow .................. 8 

Clubs embrace PGA Junior League .......................... 11 

Spring storms wreak havoc locally .......................... 12 

North Shore Golf Notebook ...................................... 14 

Season's in full swing ................................................ 16 

Green: A step back for Tee it Forward ...................... 18 

Nick Faldo's heading our way ................................... 19 

Moms played for free at Far Corner ......................... 20 

Book Review ............................................................. 20 

Demo Day at Sun 'n Air ............................................. 21 

Q&A with Joe Bellino ................................................ 22 

An offbeat summer Fling .......................................... 24 

Sullivan: Real rock stars on the course .................... 26 

Course directory ....................................................... 30 

2 >>> summer 2018


EDITOR’S LETTER 

Bill Brotherton 

bbrotherton@essexmediagroup.com 

Trump gets the swing vote 

When it comes to golf, no U.S. president has played the game 

better than Donald J. Trump. During his term, his handicap has 

wavered from 3 to 5. His scores are almost always in the 70s. 

Granted, that might not be as impressive at the 38-under-par 

34 reportedly shot by the late North Korean despot Kim Jong-il, 

but no resident of the White House has come closer. 

Massachusetts’ favorite son John F. Kennedy had a single 

digit handicap, but odds are Trump would’ve cleaned his clock in 

a $10 Nassau. 

Winthrop’s Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 Miracle on Ice 

U.S. Olympic Gold Medal hockey team, can attest to Trump’s 

prowess on the golf course. The Tedesco CC member recently 

teed it up with the president at Trump International Golf Club in 

West Palm Beach, Florida. 

In this Summer issue of North Shore Golf, Eruzione, a pretty 

fair golfer himself, talks about the man, the round, “presidential 

mulligans” and defeating Phil Mickelson in a closest-to-the-pin 

contest. 

Gary Larrabee, in his Straight Down the Middle column, visits 

with the Murphy clan of Haverhill. Ted and wife Mary, who are 

celebrating the 50th anniversary as owners of Garrison Golf 

Center, look back and talk about how their four children 

embraced the game as well. 

We also catch up with Bobby Baker, who is starting his 

68th year at Lynnfield’s Reedy Meadows, and Winchester 

native/Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino, a former member at 

Hillview, Andover and Indian Ridge who now plays at Patriot Golf 

Club in Bedford. 

In his Shades of Green column, Tedesco pro Bob Green 

examines Tee It Forward, a joint initiative of the PGA of America 

and the United States Golf Association that's practically been 

ignored by most golfers. 

Also in this issue: For years, rock ‘n’ rollers were loath to 

admit their love for the game. As Jim Sullivan, the longtime music 

writer and now North Shore Golf columnist, writes “After all, 

the song doesn’t run ‘Sex and golf and rock ‘n’ roll!” Alice Cooper, 

Huey Lewis, former Gang of Four drummer/Gloucester resident 

Hugo Burnham and other rockers share their thoughts about 

the game with Sullivan on these pages. 

More local clubs have joined the PGA Junior League, which, 

local pros tell us, is succeeding in getting another generation 

interested in the game. Course owners and superintendents 

talk about the weird March weather that caused major 

destruction throughout the region. And, Town Meeting in 

Lynnfield shot down a development plan for Sagamore Spring 

GC; what does this mean for one of the North Shore’s most 

popular courses. There’s also plenty of breaking news in our 

Notebook, including reports on how our local players fared in 

numerous tournaments. 

As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions for 

the magazine. Please let me know what you like, don’t like and 

how we can make North Shore Golf better. 

See you on the links. l 

Bill Brotherton is editor of North Shore Golf magazine. He grew up in Beverly, caddied and worked in the pro shop at Essex CC, is a Ouimet Scholar who 

graduated from Suffolk University, has written about golf for the Beverly Times and Daily Item of Lynn. He’s retired from the Boston Herald, where he wrote 

about music and edited the Features section. Tell him what you think at bbrotherton@essexmediagroup.com. 

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The First Family 

of Haverhill-area golf 

Gary Larrabee 

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I 

have observed them mostly from a distance lo this past 

half-century from my vantage points in Salem and 

Wenham. But now that I have given their legacy a closer 

look, I marvel at the dedication and commitment Ted Murphy 

and his family have given to the game in this golf hotbed 

of Haverhill. 

“We’ve had a lot of fun,” said Ted Murphy, 82, who bought 

the sporty Garrison Golf Course on Hilldale Avenue in 1969. It 

is now known as Murphy’s Garrison Golf Center, as it has grown 

from simply a nine-hole course to a facility that also features 

instruction, a roomy driving range and a highly reputable junior 

program. “Every day I 

get up and go to the 

Center, approaching 

my work for what it 

really is – fun,” 

Murphy said. 

The Murphys celebrate 

their 50th 

season at Garrison 

this year – a remarkable 

accomplishment 

in any business, let 

alone golf with its 

TED & MARY 

mix of loyal and 

MURPHY 

fickle participants. 

The “fun” perspective 

to golf – in work 

a n d p l a y – h a s 

well-served Ted, wife Mary and the Murphy children (Kevin, Jim Sullivan Citizens Awards. 

Brian, Colleen and Maureen). The great game has embraced all 

of them profoundly. Mary, even while she raised the four little 

Murphys while dad spent 16-hour days at Garrison, spent 

countless hours in the pro shop, giving the kids the run of the 

place when they were old enough. Their home has always been 

an ancient farmhouse on the golf course property. 

First-born son Kevin became the chip off the old man’s block, 

living and working the game as he grew up, captaining the state 

champion 1990 Haverhill High golf team that included Marc 

Spencer, Keith Cutler and Billy Drohen. After learning the golf 

business from his dad, Kevin turned professional and, five years 

ago, purchased the 18-hole, semi-private Bradford Golf Club 

with wife Kristin. Kevin has been Haverhill High golf coach 

since 1999. 

Brother Brian lives in Connecticut and has been a 

Titleist sales rep for more than 30 years. Colleen is a physical 

therapist who plays golf regularly, as does Maureen, who works 

STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE 

for DataTech and, prior to that, was a Titleist employee for 

15 years. 

“I’m thrilled that all my children love the game and three of 

them chose to work in the game,” said patriarch Ted, a Woburn 

native and graduate of the famed UMass Stockbridge School 

of Agriculture (turf management). Ted’s talent with grass 

was so obvious, his first job out of college was as course 

superintendent at Lexington Golf Club, a job he held for 14 

years before making the big leap – at a cost of $100,000 – and 

acquired Garrison. 

Ted and Mary’s extraordinary promotion of junior golf 

at Garrison and their endless support of the youth in the area 

were just two of the many reasons they were honored in 

2017 at the Haverhill YMCA’s Legacy Dinner at Bradford 

Country Club. 

Mary, 78, has volunteered at St. Joseph’s School and St. 

Joseph’s Church, served on the City of Haverhill Parks and 

Recreation Commission and as a board member of the 

Haverhill YMCA. 

The couple has been big boosters of Haverhill High athletics 

and for nearly 50 years have co-sponsored the Haverhill Gazette 

Santa Fund Hole-in-One contest that has raised more than 

$200,000 for needy Haverhill children and adults. 

Ted and Mary also have been honored with the Liberty Bell 

Award from the Haverhill Bar Association, as Greater Haverhill 

Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Persons of the 

Year, as recipients of the Greater Haverhill Chamber of 

Commerce Community Leadership Award and the Yankee 

Clipper Council Boy Scouts of America Distinguished 

How soon is the city erecting Ted and Mary Murphy 

bronze statues? 

Ted has done his thing for all these years owning and 

operating Garrison while providing a strong focus on junior 

golf. He remains a solid player in his 80s as well. He has, in 

effect, worn two big hats all these years at Garrison as its course 

superintendent and a member of the New England Section of 

the PGA. 

“My dad’s as proud of one position he’s held as 

superintendent as he is of being a member of the NEPGA all 

these years,” said Kevin, an NEPGA member and heir apparent 

of the Murphy golf business. “He and our mom have inspired 

all us Murphy kids and I think we’ve made them proud.” 

Bottom line: the Murphy clan, led by mom and dad, are one 

of the special golf families we are blessed to have here in 

Boston’s northern neighborhood. May they continue to thrive 

and champion the game we love. l 

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Mike Eruzione and Donald Trump tee it up 

By BILL BROTHERTON 

Mike Eruzione, the longtime Winthrop resident who 

captained the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S. Olympic Gold 

Medal hockey team at Lake Placid, had met Donald Trump 

many times. 

“He has always struck me as a nice guy,” said Eruzione, a 

Tedesco CC member. 

One day, the club pro at Trump International Golf Club in 

Jupiter, Florida, where Eruzione is also a member, approached 

him and said, “Mike, the president would like to play golf 

with you.” 

A date was set to tee it up at Trump International Golf 

Club in West Palm Beach, but a scheduling conflict meant 

Eruzione had to cancel. Yes, he canceled on the president. 

“A few weeks later, we both were available. 

So, on Saturday, April 21, we played,” 

Eruzione said without a hint of awe. “Tiger 

(Woods) was supposed to play, too, but he 

canceled at the last minute. So it was Tiger’s 

business manager, a three-handicap, the 

club's head pro, the president and me. 

“It was a fun round, with lots of laughter. I 

never felt I was with the president. It was 

more like I was with the guy I met before. … 

except there were lots of Secret Service 

agents following us around.” 

Eruzione said the par 72 championship 

course, designed by Jim Fazio, is unlike any other course in 

mostly-flat Florida. It’s hilly, and the elevation of the 18th tee is 58 

feet above sea level. Opened in 1999, it’s been rated the No. 1 

course in Florida by Florida Golf Magazine and is a top 50 course 

in both Golf Digest and Golf magazine rankings. 

Trump, even at age 70, is considered by many to be one of the 

finest golfers to ever occupy the White House. During his term, his 

handicap has wavered from 3 to 5. 

Eruzione said the 18 holes sped by in three hours. A lot of 

short putts were deemed gimmes and “presidential mulligans” 

were granted. 

“He hit it well,” said Eruzione, adding that no one officially 

kept score. “The fast pace of play is important to him.” 

The 18 holes sped by 

in three hours, a lot of 

short putts were 

deemed gimmes and 

“presidential mulligans” 

were granted. 

~ MIKE ERUZIONE 

Eruzione, who carries a handicap index of 8.6 and once played 

to a 3, said he had a “usual round, a lot of pars, one birdie and a 

few doubles. I lost one ball.” Primarily self-taught, the 63-year-old 

hockey hero said he never played golf until his hometown gifted 

him with a free Winthrop Golf Club membership after the 1980 

Olympics. “I still play with the boys there quite a bit. We have lots 

of fun and giggles. Winthrop is a really fun course. I caddied there, 

starting when I was about eight years old, and I can see the eighth 

hole from my house. 

“I have four grandchildren, a ready-made foursome for 

Winthrop … or an illegal fivesome if they invite me along.” 

By now, Eruzione must be supremely comfortable 

socializing with celebrities and all-star athletes. Before the 

2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National 

GC in Minnesota, team captain Davis Love 

III asked Eruzione to address the players. 

“Fostering a team concept in an individual 

sport like golf can be tough,” said Eruzione. 

“I was nervous at first, with (Jordan) Spieth 

and (Phil) Mickelson and others looking at 

me. I talked about our Olympics team and 

how teamwork made the difference. We may 

not have had the best players, but as a team 

we played better than everybody. It went over 

really well.” 

Eruzione said after his speech, which took 

place in Norton, Mickelson approached and shook his hand, 

praising his talk. 

He was invited to follow the team during the Ryder Cup 

matches. “During that Mickelson-(Sergio) Garcia match, I was 

right there inside the ropes. They both shot 63. The two made 19 

birdies between them. It is considered one of the greatest matches 

of all time.” 

That’s pretty impressive, but Eruzione jokes that he’s one-up 

on Mickelson. During a pre-Ryder Cup bonding session at 

Foxboro Stadium, a flag was placed on the football field for a 

closest-to-the-pin contest. Mickelson knocked it four feet from the 

makeshift hole. Eruzione said his shot was closer. “I have the photo 

to prove it,” he said with a laugh. l 

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Baker’s field 

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I NEVER CALLED IT WORK, 

BECAUSE IT WASN’T WORK 

AT ALL ... 

~bobby baker 

” 

BOBBY 

BAKER 

By ANNE MARIE TOBIN 

They don’t make ‘em like Reedy 

Meadow’s Bobby Baker anymore. 

Baker, in his 68th season as a 

self-described jack-of-all-trades at the 

Lynnfield golf course, is a throwback to 

the glory days of golf when the workday 

began at dawn and wound down at dusk. 

Baker and his wife, Toni, loved every 

minute of it. They live in a house 

that borders the 9-hole course on 

Summer Street. 

“I never called it work, because it 

wasn’t work at all, it was my passion and 

I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way,” 

said Baker, who celebrated his 80th 

birthday last August. “I lived at the course, 

first in the ‘cottage’ and then in this house, 

and I never felt I couldn’t get away from 

my work, because it wasn’t work, it was 

love, pure and simple.” 

Baker’s love affair with Reedy Meadow 

(then known as Lynnfield Center Golf 

Club) began in 1950, shortly after the 

course had reopened after being closed 

since 1941. He started as a shag boy 

and caddie. 

“What I first remember about Lynnfield 

Center is it was a sod farm during World 

War II until about 1950,” Baker said. 

“I was 12 or 13 when I started to work 

here. I helped roll the sod, and I shagged 

balls and caddied for guys like the golf 

pro, Rollie Wormstead, Ross Coon, Bob 

Hawkes, Freddie Best and Bob Davis. 

I also worked with the superintendent 

changing the cups. It was different in those 

days, when there were no golf carts so you 

had to walk everywhere. We had dirt tees 

and no tractors, just hand mowers.” 

“We finally got golf carts in 1960,” Baker 

said. “We got them for $1,800 each from 

Musinsky’s in Lynn; they were 3-wheelers. 

We had two at first, then started adding a 

couple or so after that every year.” 

Born in Lynn, Baker moved to Lynnfield 

in 1949. He attended the old Center School 

and South schools before graduating from 

Wakefield High. “Back then, there was no 

high school in Lynnfield, so we all went to 

Wakefield.” 

After a 3-year stint in the Marines, Baker 

returned home to work in his father’s oil 

business, Edgewood Oil, while continuing 

to work part-time at Lynnfield Center. 

After his father sold the business, Baker 

landed a full-time job at the golf course for 

the Cox family, taking over as manager in 

1965. He served in that role until 2005, 

when the town purchased the course. 

1965 was a milestone year for Baker 

for another reason: He got married. Baker 

jokingly refers to his wife as ‘the other half 

of the Baker tag team.’ 

Toni worked 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the pro 

shop after as the Baker family grew. Bobby 

and Pam were born when the family lived 

in the nearby cottage; Kevin was born 

when they resided in the Summer Street 

house. “They used to go duck hunting all 

the time. It was great place to grow up,” 

said Baker. 

The children found the golf course was 

also a great place to raise goats, chickens, 

rabbits and even horses. 

“People used to say, ‘This isn’t a golf 

course, it’s a zoo.’ When the goats escaped 

from their pen, they would jump all over 

the golf carts, sometimes even the people,” 

Baker said. “Chickens used to roost on the 

roof of the pro shop, waiting for doughnut 

crumbs. Once a goat got loose and started 

eating an old-timer’s cigar, the goat 

whacked him, then came after me. The old 

guy asked whose dog that was, (he thought 

the goat was a dog), and I just said the guy 

that lives next door. He didn’t know I lived 

next door. 

“Back then, the course and the Danforth 

House nursing home were still going 

strong. The kids used to bring the animals 

there, so the old people who were out 

sunning themselves could play with them. 

It was a beautiful place back then, with 

lilacs and roses and beautiful gardens.” 

Baker also worked winters in the early 

1960s at Thomson Club in North Reading. 

“I worked for Frank Merchel, their first 

superintendent, repairing all of their 

equipment that would get destroyed 

because of all the rocks. That course just 

destroyed your irons and, if I remember 

it right, the members used to carry ‘rock 

irons’ in their bags to use so they wouldn’t 

wreck their good clubs. They used to have 

rock parties there, when the members 

would go out and pick up rocks like they 

were potato picking.” 

“Bobby Baker is why this place is relevant, 

why people want to come here to play,” 

said current PGA golf professional Donnie 

Lyons. “This golf course isn’t the best, it 

isn’t the best-conditioned compared to 

some other courses, but people are here 

because of the way Bobby Baker treated 

them. He’s one of a kind.” l 

Editor’s note: Bobby Baker passed away June 1, just 

as this edition of North Shore Golf went to press. 



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Golf … for the fun of it. 

That seems to be the objective of the PGA Junior League, 

which is making its debut at Gannon Golf Course in Lynn and 

other local courses this summer. The goal is to get young boys 

and girls interested in the sheer fun golf provides, according to 

Gannon head pro David Sibley. 

The Lynn municipal course will be in a league with Beverly 

Golf & Tennis Club, Wenham Country Club, Nahant Golf Club, 

Hillview Golf Course in North Reading, and Sagamore Spring 

in Lynnfield. 

The PGA Junior League team from Atkinson Resort 

and Country Club advanced to the finals last year. 

Most courses in the North Shore Golf magazine readership 

area field at least one team of 8-to-12 players. Some, like at 

Tedesco CC in Marblehead, are by invitation-only. The majority 

are open to any youngster, primarily ages 8 to 13, who would 

like to participate. Atkinson (N.H.) Resort and Country Club 

had a whopping 86 junior players in 2017, giving the club its 

own league. 

Mike Higgins, NEPGA executive director, noted that a record 

number of players have signed up for the junior league for this 

time of year. 

“We are number one in the entire country in PGA Junior 

League in terms of both the number of kids playing and the 

number of teams, with more than 200 teams. One, Atkinson, 

actually won the regionals and advanced to the final in Arizona 

last year,” said Higgins. 

Sibley said that while the PGA is long on events that cater to 

golf’s competitive nature, it seeks to foster an interest in the 

game purely as something enjoyable and social. 

“The PGA has already recognized the competitive aspect of 

golf,” Sibley said, “but in order to get youngsters who will want 

to go out, and maybe not take it as seriously, who are looking for 

a more fun aspect of their game, this is what the program was 

designed for.” 

And while teaching the sport is certainly central to the PGA 

Junior League’s efforts, that won't be the only aspect of the game 

the kids will learn. 

There is no required skill set, except for an interest in the game 

and some knowledge of the fundamentals. 

“I don’t want to say beginners, because there is some 

competitive aspect to it, but it doesn't have to be just the kids 

who are going and looking at playing in high school or college. 

“We’re going to have what I call experiences at the club,” he 

said. “I say ‘experiences’ because there will be some days where 

I’ll talk to the kids about what it’s like being on the course – the 

etiquette, such as how to keep play moving, how to conduct 

themselves and what it's like to be out on the course with 

other folks.” 

The league hopes to “bring family and friends together around 

fun, team golf experiences with expert coaching and instruction 

from PGA and LPGA professionals,” according to a statement by 

the PGA Junior League. 

Toward that end, Sibley said one of the main criteria for 

clubs hosting these PGA Junior teams is that a registered PGA 

professional must be on site to teach. 

Toby Ahern, head PGA pro at 

Nahant Golf Club, compares the 

program to baseball’s Little League. It is 

competitive but is also “great fun. It’s 

one of the best programs the PGA runs. 

We have a full team of 12 and the goal 

is to learn about the game, play and 

have fun.” 

Ryan McDonald, a North Reading 

native who is in his first year at Wenham 

Country Club after 10 years at Northfield 

CC in central Vermont, is excited about 

getting the junior program up and 

running there. “We have 10 players 

signed up for the league. We will have a 

lot of fun and the boys and girls will 

learn about the game of golf. Hopefully, 

it will start a life-long love of the game.” 

Sibley said the league is structured like many other sports 

leagues. There will be a series of matches in a scramble format, 

rather than the usual best ball style. 

“A scramble is designed to create a little less pressure,” said 

Sibley. “A scramble format keeps it more fun, with just enough 

competition, too.” In this format, two golfers tee off and choose 

one ball they’d prefer to play, both hit from that spot; this 

continues for the rest of the hole. In best ball, both golfers play 

his/her ball for the entire round, with the best score for each hole 

being the one that counts. 

Sibley said there is no residency requirement. “We’re taking 

juniors from Lynn, and also not from Lynn,” he said. 

“What we’ll probably do,” he said, “is start out holding 

practices, and start our schedule in June. We’ll play a 

league schedule, with the league champions going to a state 

tournament, and then a regional tournament. Winner of the 

regional tournament goes to the nationals in Arizona,” he said. 

“Those are in November, so it might be cold up here but it’s 

warm down there.” A team from Atkinson Resort and Country 

Club made it to the nationals last year. Sibley said there are still 

four slots open on Gannon’s team. Interested youngsters can 

phone the pro shop for more information. “I really think,” 

he said, “that if we build this up enough, we can have at least 

two teams.” 

North Shore Golf editor Bill Brotherton contributed to this story. 

DAVID 

SIBLEY 

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AFTER 

THE STORM 

MARCH MADNESS THROWS COURSE 

SUPERINTENDENTS A CURVEBALL 


The downright tropical weather of February had golfers and 

North Shore course superintendents smiling widely. 

And then the harsh snow, rain and wind storms of March 

delivered an unexpected punch. 

Nearly every area superintendent, including such veterans as 

Salem CC’s Kip Tyler, now in his 37th year at the Peabody club, 

Tedesco’s Peter Hasak, and Jeff Gudaitis, a 30-year vet and head 

man at Black Swan in Georgetown since 2001, said they’ve never 

had to deal with such damage. 

It’s unlikely any course super faced challenges equal to those of 

Anthony De Dominicis at Nahant Golf Club, which is mere steps 

from the Atlantic Ocean. 

up and running and really looking forward to year 2,” said Ahern. 

Tyler, too, said he was “in great shape until that first 

n’oreaster (March 2) with all that rain and high winds. We had 

17 trees inplay come down. Debris was everywhere. It’s been 

constant clean-up duty ever since. Every tree, it seems, dropped 

something of substance. We’ve never been involved with this 

much cleanup this late.” 

Players at Wenham Golf Club will notice that that menacing 

red cedar tree lurking in front of Wenham's fourth green is 

no more. But its demise had nothing to do with the March 

weather. A windstorm a few days before Halloween felled the 

40-footer. Wenham general manager Norm Tarr snapped a photo 

of a group of golfers standing in front of the tree the day before it 

fell. “The next day, it was down.” 

Tarr said the tree was at least 80 years old. “Years ago, 

we moved the green to where it is now. It used to be right near the 

tree and the rock wall. We’re not quite sure what we’ll do there. If 

we plant another tree, it’ll be at least 30 years before it grows tall. 

There is ledge there; a trap is a possibility but it’s a distance from 

the green and might prove to be a difficult up-and-down for many 

players,” said Tarr. “We’re looking at options now.” 

By the way, Wenham is in great shape, thanks to Eric Still and 

his hardworking grounds crew. 

Indeed, most courses have dried out and the storm damage 

debris has been cleared away. 

Time to tee it up! l 

Gary Larrabee contributed to this article. 

Tedesco Country Club Director of Grounds Peter Hasak walks up to two large 

black locust trees that were felled by strong wins in the March nor'easters. 

Toby Ahern, head PGA pro at Nahant Golf Club, who along with 

managing partners John Moore and De Dominicis are excited 

about year 2 at the former Kelley Greens, said “That first night in 

March, we survived pretty good. I learned about tides very quickly. 

It was the third day, when the effects of the storm hit us pretty 

hard. Ninety percent of the putting green was covered with rocks. 

Seventy percent of the ninth fairway had rocks. There was water 

in the pro shop, and five feet of water covered the patio. It was 

devastation.” 

But all is well now, thanks to the efforts of Nahant staff and an 

assist from seven men from the state’s Community Service 

Program. “Those guys did a great job,” said Ahern. “They worked 

hard and helped us with the cleanup and to get going again.” 

All of Nahant’s nine holes officially opened on March 29. Its 

well-regarded restaurant Seasons has been busy as well. “We’re 

Rocks and dirt littered the turf surrounding the ninth green at 

Nahant Golf Club after the March storms. 

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Summer 2018 

Rhett Bishop is the new head PGA golf professional 

at Renaissance Golf Club in Haverhill. Originally from 

North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Bishop has worked at 

Inverness, The Hyannisport Club and Willowbend in 

Massachusetts and The Medalist Club and Loxahatchee 

in Florida. … James Falco has joined the Black Swan 

Country Club staff as head PGA golf professional and 

manager. The former head pro at Rowley CC has spent 

the past two years at The Legends in South Hadley. … 

George Ladd is the new general manager at Essex 

County Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea. 

Wenham CC’s new head PGA professional Ryan 

McDonald, a North Reading native, said the club is 

working hard to attract younger players. Ten golfers age 

8 to 12 have signed up to participate in the club’s initial 

PGA Junior League season. McDonald will also run a 

junior golf camp every Friday morning once school lets 

the kids loose for the summer. “I ran the camps in Vermont 

(Northfield CC), where I worked the past 10 years, 

and kids just showed up. The one hour of instruction 

turned into a great day for the families, with kids and 

adults bringing picnic baskets and having a nice time.” 

McDonald said the one-hour weekly lesson will take 

place on the former 7th green, which has been turned 

into a practice facility. Cost is $10 per week. “Kids can 

just show up, or they can call us at the pro shop 

(978-468-4714) and we’ll sign them up.” 

McDonald said Wenham is also offering a $999 

membership for players age 39 and 

younger. It includes unlimited golf 

seven days a week, with preferred 

tee-times. 

funding for the operation of the town-owned golf 

courses at King Rail and Reedy Meadow. The motion 

sought to close King Rail, effective June 30, and in 

its place construct a dog park and walking trails. 

The motion was rejected by a voice vote. It remains 

open for play. 

The initial Jason M. Farrell Golf Tournament will 

be held July 13 at Mount Hood Golf Course in Melrose. 

Proceeds will go to a foundation set up in Farrell’s 

name, to assist a scholar athlete by providing an annual 

scholarship to a Wakefield High School student who 

excels in the field of play and in the classroom. The 

18-hole round tees off at 8 a.m,; lunch and reception 

will follow. To register or for more information, go to 

jasonmfarrellfoundation.com. 

This is shaping up to need a big year at Gannon 

Municipal Golf Course in Lynn. The course is undergoing 

renovations that head PGA professional David Sibley 

hopes will make it even a more attractive option. 

“The city has allocated some money in order to 

continue with our master plan,” Sibley said. “This 

summer, we’re working on resolving the car path issue 

(carts have to travel on dirt paths in some areas, where 

tree roots make for an adventurous ride) and we’re 

reworking the fourth green” to fix a dramatic grade that 

pretty much cuts it in half. “It’s great that the city has 

supported us,” Sibley said. “It’s a nice relationship. You 

have so many people from the city who are here, and 

not just city officials either. It’s great that we’re able to 

accommodate everyone.” 

PHOTO: 

David Colt/MassGolf 


JACK 

TAYMORE 

The Beverly Farms golf group is 

celebrating its 50th year at Wenham 

CC; about 70 players tee it up 

every Thursday night. 

King Rail Reserve 

G o l f C o u r s e i n 

Lynnfield survived a 

surprise attack 

demanding its 

closure at Town 

Meeting last 

month. In an 

unexpected turn 

of events, a town 

resident moved 

to amend an 

article pertaining 

to the Golf Enterprise 

Fund, which provides 

All Care VNA & Hospice of Lynn will host its 26th 

annual Charity Golf Open on Monday, June 25, at 

Gannon. Players tee off at 9:30. Lunch on the course 

and a lively 19th hole celebration will be followed by 

a reception with dinner, drinks, awards, raffles and 

live auction! 

Cost for golf and dinner is $200 per person. Register 

at www.allcare.org/golf-tournament-registration/ 

North Shore golfers competed in MassGolf's 38th 

annual Fourball Championship, played at The 

Captains Golf Course in Brewster, May 7-8. The team of 

Michael McLaughlin (Salem CC) and Troy Joncas 

(Far Corner) tied for 14th at 9-under. Other local results 

included: Mike Walker (Nabnasset Lake) and Colin 

Brennan (Indian Ridge), 7-under; Paul Montecalvo 

(Turner Hill) and Rick Moreau (Nabnasset Lake), 7- 

under; Michael Fecteau and Andrew Fecteau 

(Ould Newbury), 6-under; Bradd Pearsons and 

Gavin Barton (Renaissance), 5-under; Shawn Scott


FAR RIGHT AND BELOW: 

Troy Joncas (Far Corner), 

below, and Michael 

McLaughlin (Salem CC), 

far right, was the top North 

Shore team in MassGolf's 

Fourball Championship 

at The Captains GC in 

Brewster last month. 

PHOTO: Spenser Hasak > 

RYAN 

McDONALD 

MICHAEL 

McLAUGHLIN 

TROY 

JONCAS 

PHOTOS: David Colt/MassGolf 

and Philip Smith (Long Meadow), 5-under; 

Kyle O’Brien and Doug Briggs (Indian Ridge), 5-under; 

Brendan Livingston (Indian Ridge) and Christopher 

Palmieri (Braintree MGC), 3-under; Kevin Daly and 

George Merry (Kernwood), 2-under; Douglas Parigian 

(Long Meadow) and John Gilmartin (Indian Ridge), 

2-under; Sean Andrews and Kevin Collins (Thomson), 

2-under; Michael Rattigan and Paul Burke III 

(Indian Ridge), 1-under; Eddie Dilorenzo (Trull Brook) and 

Steve Deangelis (Ould Newbury), even; Gregory Poor 

and Michael Souliotis (Haverhill), even; Jay Fiste and 

Tim Calvani (Gannon), even; Peter Gardella and Steve 

Camara (Ferncroft), 1-over; Robert Thomas and 

John Boland (Gannon), 1-over; Scott Conley (Four Oaks 

CC) and Phil Miceli (Sagamore Spring GC), 1-over; Patrick 

Nugent and Ryan Connelly (Salem CC), 2-over; 

Ben Friedman and James Friedman (Gannon), 3-over; 

Michael Vose and T.J. Vose (The Meadow at Peabody), 

3-over; Mike McCann (Andover CC) and A.J. Mansor 

(Granite Links), 3-over. Jack Taymore of Ferncroft CC 

served as starter and rules official. 

Several North Shore golfers were in the Open 

Championship field at GreatHorse in Hampden, June 11-13. 

Among those qualifying at Kernwood on May 31 were pros 

Camrin James (Ferncroft) and Griffin Brown (Vesper), 

and amateurs Max Emmerich (Kernwood) and Matthew 

Cassavant (Meadow Brook). 

Just missing the qualifying cut at Kernwood were 

Trent Han (Ferncroft), Nick Antonelli (North 

Andover), Zack Ungvarsky (Bradford), David Dionne 

(Beverly G&T), Peter Bracey (Woburn), Jared Mscisz 

(Beverly G&T), Christian Emmerich (Kernwood), 

Mac Cavanaugh (Haverhill) and Chris Francoeur 

(Amesbury). Just missing the cut at Nashawtuc were 

Jake Peer (Winchester CC), Jake Kramer (Bass Rocks), 

Kevin Benstead (Danvers), Nick Fantasia (Mount 

Pleasant), Jim Salinetti (Winchester CC), Michael 

Souliotis (Haverhill CC), Athan Goulos (Ferncroft). 

North Andover CC and Bass Rocks GC hosted local 

qualifying rounds for the state Amateur Championship, which 

will be at George Wright Golf Course and William J. Devine 

Golf Course July 9-13. … Beverly Golf & TC hosted a qualifying 

round for the state Amateur Public Links Championship, 

which is at The Ranch Golf Club in Southwick July 30-31. … 

Olde Salem Greens GC is the local qualifying site on June 26 

for the state Junior Amateur Championship, which will be at 

Belmont Country Club, August 6-9. … On August 13, Bear Hill 

GC in Stoneham will host local qualifying for the state Senior 

Amateur Championship, which will be at Pine Brook Country 

Club, Weston, September 25-26. … The state Super Senior 

Amateur Championship will be at Haverhill CC October 2-3. 

Entree fee is $175; entries close on August 2. Local qualifying 

will be at Long Meadow GC in Lowell on August 21. … 

MassGolf’s Ouimet Memorial Tournament for women will 

take place at Concord Country Club and Woodland Golf Club, 

Concord and Auburndale, July 25-27. Entry fee is $275; 

entries close June 28. … The New England PGA’s Pro-Lady 

tourney will be at Kernwood CC July 19. l 

North Shore Golf Notebook is compiled by Bill Brotherton, Anne Marie 

Tobin and Steve Krause. Please send Notebook items to Bill at 

bbrotherton@essexmediagroup.com 

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SEASON’S IN 

FULL SWING 

PHOTOS: Spenser Hasak 

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 

A threesome tees off on the 

fourth hole of The Meadow at 

Peabody Golf Course. 

Brendan Hurley of Beverly 

hits from the behind the fourth 

green at Cape Ann Golf Club. 

Peg Zilinksy of Danvers putts 

on the second hole at Wenham 

Country Club as Marie Grondin 

of Danvers looks on. 

From left, Bob and Erika 

Bianchi of Middleton and Jean 

and Joe Maher of Wenham wrap 

up the fourth hole at Wenham 

Country Club. 



CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 

From left, Dick LaPointe, Tony Jefferson, Frank Sullivan, and David 

Bellinger, all of Beverly, shake hands on the ninth hole of Beverly 

Golf & Tennis. 

Howie Sylvetsky of Middleton hits into the 18th green at Sagamore 

Spring Golf Club. 

George Arnold of Rockport pumps his fist after draining a 30-foot 

putt on the fourth hole at Cape Ann Golf Club. 

Mark Geissler of Danvers blasts a sand shot from a green-side 

bunker on the third hole of The Meadow at Peabody Golf Course. 

NORTH SHORE GOLF


>>> SHADES OF GREEN 

By 

BOB GREEN 

Too many step 

back from Tee 

it Forward plan 

In 2011, the PGA of America and the 

United States Golf Association announced 

a new initiative, Tee it Forward. 

The idea was "to help golfers have more 

fun on the course and enhance their overall 

experience by playing from a set of tees 

best suited to their abilities." 

The concept encouraged all golfers to 

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play a course at a yardage that aligns with 

the average distance they hit a drive. 

A chart was produced that recommended 

the following course yardage in relationship 

to how far you hit your drives: 

The theory was that if golfers adopted 

these yardage guidelines, they'd be hitting 

more approach shots with 6 and 7 irons 

instead of fairway woods, hybrids or 

long irons (assuming someone still hits 

long irons). 

The golf experience would be maximized, 

scores would be lower, making the game 

more fun and, hopefully, people would want 

to play more often. Another positive result: 

Playing from the appropriate yardage would 

mean quicker rounds. 

In theory, Tee it Forward should've 

worked. But theory doesn't always translate 

into reality. 

In the years since 2011, only a small 

percentage of players have moved up a set 

of tee markers, even as age led to declining 

distance on tee shots. 

The big question: Why hasn't Tee it 

Forward been more universally accepted? 

Is it due to ego? People don't want to 

move up a set of tees because it's an 

admission they don't hit the ball as far as 

they used to. Who hits it farther as they 

get older? I know I don't. 

Or is the rest of your foursome playing a 

longer yardage and you don't want to upset 

the chemistry of the group, so you just play 

from the same tees they're playing? 

Or maybe you just want to play from the 

same tees you played 20 years ago? 

This subject is, again, a logical segue to 

the continued hot topic of how far the ball 

goes. The USGA is taking a serious look at 

whether it thinks the ball is going too far, 

and whether driving distance gains on the 

PGA Tour in the past three years will destroy 

the game. If so, the USGA might legislate 

restrictions on how far the golf ball can travel. 

That would be a serious mistake. The PGA 

of America and the PGA Tour is against any 

restrictions to the golf ball and have made 

that abundantly clear to the USGA. 

Arcoss is a popular Microsoft-based 

system that captures a golfer's 

performance data in real time. 

Designed to improve your golf game, 

Arccos seamlessly calculates all your 

performance data as you are playing. It then 

uses the power of advanced analytics and 

artificial intelligence to help you make 

smarter decisions and, hopefully, results in 

lower scores. Arccos captures thousands 

of data points during every round you play. 

Users then receive accurate reports about 

how far they hit each club, what skills need 

improvement, etc. 

Let's look at data that has been gathered 

by Arccos, based on more than 10 million 

drives with a driver. 

According to a study of Arccos users' 

driving habits since 2015, "driving distances 

across all age groups have gone down." 

In an examination of data from 2015-18, 

"the trend showed no real increases 

in driving distances in that time for 

average golfers." 

The Arccos data shows the average drive 

for the average golfer in 2018 is 217.1, down 

from 220.6 in 2015. 

In the USGA/R&A Distance Report, it's 

noted that driving distance in the average 

golfer group dropped by 9 yards. 

The data was similar when driving 

distance was analyzed by handicap. 

All handicap levels lost yardage except the 

group with 0-to-5 handicaps. That group 

had a 2.4 yard increase in driver distance 

from 2015 to 2018. 

Every other handicap group has lost 

driving distance since 2015. 

Does this data scream for a rollback of 

the distance a golf ball travels? I don't think 

so. But the USGA/R&A seems to be zeroing 

in on the world's 500 or so tour players. 

Arccos data also shows a steady decline 

in distance as we age. No surprise there. 

There was a loss of almost 40 yards for 

those in their 70s to those in their 20s. 

In the past 25 years, the average USGA 

handicap for a man has improved from 

16.3 to 14.4. 

For women, the improvement is from 

29.7 in 1991 to 26.1 in 2016. 

Arccos also has accumulated data on the 

average distance for 7 irons across all age 

groups and handicaps. The average overall 

7 iron distance is 143.3 yards. PGA Tour 

players average 172 yards with a 7 iron. 

This isn't breaking news, but the average 

golfer is playing an incredibly different game 

than that played by tour players. 

There have been some gains. New golf 

club technology is helping the weakest of 

the average golfers.Those players with 



FALDO IS 

FERNCROFT-BOUND 

handicaps of 6 or higher realized a driving 

increase of 2 yards from 1996 to 2017, 234 

to 236 yards. 

Those with handicaps 22 and higher 

realized a 23 yard increase from 165 to 

188 yards from 1996 to 2017. 

To sum it all up; 

1. We don't hit the ball farther, or as far, as 

we get older. 

2. We think we hit the ball farther than we 

really do. We have a simulator at Tedesco 

with a launch monitor. The first few years 

we had it, I was constantly being asked 

if the distance readings were correct. 

Unfortunately, they were. One member 

nicknamed the launch monitor "the 

Lie Detector." 

3. We hit the ball shorter as we get older 

4. We should reassess what course yardage 

we play and try moving up a set of markers. 

5. Based on the Arccos data, the USGA/R&A 

is way off base in their concern the ball is 

going too far, unless they're focusing solely 

on how far Tour players hit their driver. 

Tour players are collectively the smallest 

group of golfers, and their data should not 

be the only data considered when judging 

how far the ball goes. 

I wish I could play the same tees I did 

20 years ago. Actually, I wish I could hit it 

somewhat near as far with a driver as I did 

20 years ago.The sad reality is I can't. Even 

with graphite shafts, 460cc titanium driver 

heads and solid golf balls. 

Age has taken a toll on the distance I hit 

my drives. So I have moved up a set of tees. 

I try to play the tees that are 6,100-6,200 

yards. I have a lot more fun playing that 

yardage than 6,500-6,800 yards. I hit more 

greens in regulation. I hit high irons instead 

of hybrids, and, consequently, I have shorter 

birdie putts and shoot lower scores than 

I did from 6,600 yards. l 

And isn't that what golf is all about, being 

with friends and having fun? 

Bob Green is in his 40th year as the head golf 

professional at Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead. 

Write to him at bgreen@tedescocc.org. 

Sir Nick Faldo will visit Ferncroft Country Club in Middleton on August 

24. The 2008 Ryder Cup captain, a fan favorite at last summer’s U.S. Senior 

Open at Salem Country Club, will conduct a golf clinic and host a cocktail 

party with a question-and-answer format. 

All net proceeds will be donated to the Ferncroft CC Junior Golf 

Scholarship Program. 

Tickets to either the clinic or cocktail party are $100 each. Tickets to both 

the golf clinic and cocktail party are $150. A limited number of tickets will be 

available.Tickets may be purchased online at ferncroftcc.com/faldo or by 

calling the pro shop at 978-739-4040 x231. 

The golf clinic will take place on the range at 3:30 p.m. and the cocktail 

party will follow in the club’s recently renovated Jones Room. Complimentary 

cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served at the party. 

Head Golf Professional Phil Leiss said, “We are thrilled to have this legend 

visit Ferncroft CC and the North Shore. Nick Faldo held the number one spot 

in the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98 weeks and won 40 PGA 

tournaments. It will be a fantastic opportunity to get 

up-close and personal with this accomplished golfer. 

We’re trying to keep the atmosphere intimate.” 

The Ferncroft CC Junior Golf Scholarship Program 

seeks to nurture disadvantaged young people ages 

8-16 by providing access, instruction and equipment 

to introduce them to golf. 

Since Affinity Management (affinitymanagement.com) 

purchased the club in 2006, more than $3 million in 

restorations have been completed. These include 

renovating and reopening the previously dormant 

19th hole restaurant, building a new multi-section 

golf practice area, performing drainage work on 14 

holes, repaving the cart paths and installing a fitness 

room filled with top-of-the-line equipment. 

Ferncroft is known for its Robert Trent Jones 

Sr.- designed championship golf course that hosted 

the LPGA Boston Five Classic from 1980-90. l 

PHOTO: Spenser Hasak 

NICK 

FALDO 

Ferncroft CC 

Junior Golf 

Scholarship 

Program 

August 24, 2018 

3:30 p.m. 

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Mother’s Day at Far Corner 

Far Corner Golf Course in Boxford invited women to play for free on Mother’s Day 

From left: Debbie Lasota, Rachel Grzybek, Mary Melin and Patty Kane. 

PHOTOS: Owen O’Rourke 

“I Call Him “Mr. President: 

Stories of Golf, Fishing, and Life with My Friend George H. W. Bush” 

By Ken Raynor with Michael Patrick Shiels 

Skyhorse Publishers (Available at Amazon.com and local bookstores) 

Grade: A 

Ken Raynor, the head professional at Cape 

Arundel Golf Club in Kennebunkport, Maine, for 

38 years, tells the story of how he and President 

George H. W. Bush became best buddies during 

Bush’s annual summer golf outings at the seaside 

town’s course. It’s a fascinating, highly entertaining 

story of friendship between Raynor, “the president’s 

pro” aka “Secretary of Swing,” and the leader of the 

free world that will appeal to non-golfers as well as 

players of all stripes. 

Raynor and writer Michael Patrick Shiels share 

personal tales, many of them hilarious, of the pro’s 

interactions with our 41st president in Maine at 

the Bushes’ 26-room oceanside home on Walker’s 

Point, in Washington, DC, at the White House, 

and on golf and fishing excursions. Raynor 

helped the president greet world leaders and 

celebrities at Cape Arundel. 

The focus here is about friendship, rather than the 

typical concentration on golf or politics one expects 

from books such as this. 

~Bill Brotherton 

Raynor’s proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and 

Portland Mercy Hospital’s “Gary’s House” via the Gary Pike George H. W. Bush Cape Arundel Golf Classic. 


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Demo Day 

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a large outdoor multi-vendor Demo 

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turned up to try the latest golf equipment 

from such major brands as Titleist, 

Callaway, TaylorMade, Cleveland, 

Srixon, Cobra, Ping and Mizuno. 

Representatives from each company 

were on hand to answer questions. 

LEFT TO RIGHT: 

Jim Woolhiser and Matt Howard of Srixon practice 

swings at Demo Day at Sun 'N Air Golf Center. 

Ed Hiney from Taylor Made watches Robbie 

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Q&A 


JOE BELLINO 

By ANNE MARIE TOBIN


W 

hen it comes to hometown 

heroes, they don’t get any bigger 

than Winchester native Joe Bellino. 

Bellino, who lives in Bedford, defied 

all odds in 1960 when the diminutive halfback 

midshipman at the Naval Academy won 

college football’s most prestigious award, 

the Heisman Trophy. 

Bellino stood only 5 feet, 9 inches. But that 

didn’t stop him from excelling in football, 

basketball and baseball at Winchester High 

School, and being recruited by more than 60 

colleges for football and nearly as many for 

baseball, before entering the Naval Academy. 

In the 1960 Army-Navy football game he 

ran for 85 yards, caught two passes, scored a 

touchdown and returned kickoffs to lead Navy 

to a 17-12 win. Bellino fumbled at the Navy 

17 yard line late in the game. With Army 

marching in for a likely game-winning 

touchdown, Bellino intercepted a pass at the 

goal line and returned it to the 50 to save the 

day. After the game, Navy publicist John Cox 

told Bellino that the interception had likely 

clinched the Heisman. Bellino disagreed, 

saying instead that the catch saved him from 

being the game’s goat. 

He was named one of 50 greatest 

Massachusetts athletes of the century in 

1999 by Sports Illustrated, joining the likes of 

Harry Agganis, Tony Conigliaro, Pat Bradley 

and Francis Ouimet. 

He even spent time with President John 

F. Kennedy. 

Bellino played three seasons returning 

kickoffs for the Boston Patriots following 

four years of active duty, which included 

two years on a destroyer in Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba. 

Bellino, in his early 20s, began a lifelong 

love of golf, a game he quickly mastered. He 

once held memberships at Hillview, Andover 

and Indian Ridge, eventually settling in at 

Pleasant Valley. 

Married to his high school sweetheart, 

Ann Tansey, for 56 years, Bellino has two 

children, John Bellino, a 1989 Navy graduate 

who works in intelligence, and Therese 

Eggerling, who teaches in Cambridge. 

Still close to his playing weight of 185 pounds, 

80-year-old Bellino works in the auto business 

for Ohio-based Adesa Corp. and can be found 

nearly every day working on his game at the 

military-owned Patriot Golf Club on the 

grounds of the Veterans’ Administration 

Center in Bedford. 

What was your first 

exposure to golf? 

When I was 12, I went over to Winchester 

Country Club to caddy. I had no experience and 

had never been on a golf course. I got there at 6 

a.m., but by 10 I was still in the caddie shack as 

nobody chose me. I never went back. 

But my first real experience was when I was 

a senior in high school. The star golfer on the 

team was a kid named John Black. I was a 

baseball stud, and I got the idea that I could hit a 

golf ball with a baseball bat longer that he could 

with a golf club. So a group of us met at a field 

on a Saturday morning. He puts a ball on a tee 

and whacks the thing out of sight. I looked at my 

bat and said, “case closed, I’m not even going to 

give it a try, because I knew I couldn’t do it.” 

When did you take up the game? 

Both of my roommates at the Naval Academy 

played golf and were always trying to get me to 

play. I told them they were crazy to waste their 

time playing golf. A couple of years later, I was 

home for a two-week vacation before leaving for 

Japan. My brother, Tony, and cousin, Angelo 

Amico, came to the house and asked me to play. 

So we went to Unicorn and Angelo asked me 

what my handicap was. I didn’t know what 

that was, so he said, “We’ll play a Nassau with 

automatic presses off the back side” and he gave 

me two shots a side. I had no idea what he was 

talking about. After we finished, he said I lost 

the front, the back, the overall and the automatic 

and that I owed him $8, which was a lot in 1963. 

He asked me what I was doing tomorrow, so we 

went back and this time he gave me three a side. 

Well, I lost another $8. I pointed my finger at 

him and told him he had hoodwinked me and 

told him, “I will be back.” From that point on, 

every chance I got for the next two years I 

devoted to golf until I knew what I was doing. 

What’s your lowest handicap 

and the best round you ever shot? 

I got down to a 2-handicap for a few years 

when I was at Indian Ridge. … My best round 

was a 68 I shot at Newport Country Club. 

I don’t remember when, but I can remember 

the round like it was yesterday. 

What was the best 

part of your game? 

I could talk myself into making any shot, so I 

would say the mental part of the game. That and 

the short game, as I was always pretty good at 

chipping and putting. But the most challenging 

part of golf is to maintain concentration and 

routine and stay positive. If you think you can’t 

do something, you won’t. 

Do you have any memorable 

experiences or anecdotes to 

share from the links? 

I’ve birdied the 17th hole at Harbour Town 

(on Hilton Head Island, SC) every time I have 

played it and love telling people I've played the 

course 22 times. The first time I played the hole 

(195-yard par 3), I knocked it stiff and >> P.27 

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Joe Bellino shows off 

his Heisman Trophy, top; 

Massachusetts boys 

Bellino and President 

John F. Kennedy talk 

football, center; Bellino 

in his Boston Patriots 

uniform, ready for action. 

PHOTOS: Courtesy of Joe Bellino 

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PHOTOS: Mark Lorenz 

SUMMER 

FLING 

Local golfers are 

enamored with new sport 

By BRION O'CONNOR 

Alex Van Alen, works with Louie Harrington, 9, during FlingGolf, at Wenham Country Club. 

n golf, an overhead or sidearm swing rarely signifies 

anything good. Typically, the shot pinwheels into a pond or 

nearby woods. But as more local courses embrace the new 

sport of FlingGolf, those odd-looking swings will become 

more commonplace. 

“FlingGolf is pretty simple,” said founder Alex Van Alen of 

Ipswich. “It generally follows the process of golf – start at the 

tee, finish at the hole. But instead of hitting a golf ball, you use 

the FlingStick to throw the golf ball down the fairway and onto 

the green. Then you can use the FlingStick to roll or glide the 

ball into the hole.” 

With a history dating back seven centuries, golf is a game of 

great traditions. Even though golf remains popular, many courses 

and country clubs are looking for ways to increase their numbers. 

“Golf has taken a beating over the last decade, and the general 

consensus is because it’s hard to learn, slow-paced – takes too long, 

and millennials say even boring – and expensive, both in terms of 

equipment and lessons,” said Van Alen. “FlingGolf solves a lot of 

those problems because people can learn in a matter of minutes, well 

enough to get out on the course, and then get better as 

they go.” 

Played with a traditional golf ball and a single FlingStick, 

FlingGolf is compared in golf circles to the snowboard, which 

revolutionized the ski resort industry in the 1980s and ’90s 

(the comparison is generally attributed to former Stow Acres owner 

Walter Lankau). 

“FlingGolf can provide a great stepping stone for folks to get 

out on the course and enjoy the social, physical and competitive 

atmosphere a golf course can provide and may give people an 

avenue to transition to the traditional game of golf down the road,” 

said Richard Luff, owner of Sagamore-Hampton Golf Club in 

New Hampshire. “As course owners, we have to be receptive to 

innovative options to attract people to our facilities.” 

Unlike FootGolf or Disc Golf, which require separate courses 

or tee times and additional structures (such as Disc Golf’s baskets), 

FlingGolf uses the same fairways and greens and can be played 

simultaneously with traditional golfers. 

“FlingGolf is a great alternative to mini-golf,” said Ipswich’s Bill 

Harrington, who is often joined by his three young sons. “A similar 

skill level is needed, but it’s much more fun. And it’s good exercise 

as long as you walk the course. My boys would run the whole course 

if they could. We could probably play nine holes in 30 

minutes, but definitely under an hour. 

“No one needs to have any experience to go out and play,” said 

Harrington. “You can pick it up very quickly and actually have a shot 

at par. That’s not possible with golf.” 

FlingGolf is Van Alen’s brainchild. A Philadelphia native who came 

to the North Shore to work for the Trustees of Reservations in 1999, 

Van Alen made a permanent move to Ipswich in 2007. He brought 

along his love for lacrosse, which he played growing up. On a whim, 

Van Alen started tossing a golf ball around with a jai alai basket at 

local fields. 

“I got about 80, 90 yards, and was able to shape shots with 

different throws and spins,” he said. “I decided that I could make 

a sport out of this if I could design something that could throw 

the ball 200 yards.” 

Van Alen teamed with Fikst in Woburn and Tool Inc. in 

Marblehead to develop the proprietary FlingStick. The finished 

product was produced by Somerset Plastics in Connecticut. 



A standard golf club alongside a FlingGolf club. FlingGolf is 

a cross of lacrosse and golf and was founded by Alex Van Alen. 

“I established my company, PlusOne Sports, in 2013 to promote 

FlingGolf and sell FlingSticks,” he said. “I did a lot of prototyping at 

Candlewood Golf Course in Ipswich, so I’d say that was the first 

course that allowed it, and it’s a fun course to play on.” 

After outings at Candlewood and Cape Ann Golf Course, Van Alen 

knew he was on to something. After unveiling FlingGolf publicly in 

February 2014 at a National Golf Course Owners Association 

conference in Florida, Van Alen put on his salesman hat, and started 

visiting local courses. 

He soon discovered that many course owners and managers were 

eager to explore new ways to increase revenue. 

“We have been looking for many new ways and new ideas to keep 

business growing, and FlingGolf was one of them,” said Kevin 

Osgood of Sterling Golf Management, which operates Stoneham 

Oaks and other area courses. “The idea that a veteran golfer could 

go out and play a round of golf, and bring a non-golfer friend who 

could play FlingGolf alongside him, was very enticing. I’ve played a 

few holes and practiced FlingGolf from the driving range, and it’s 

a new sport that anyone could adapt to very quickly.’ 

Luff became convinced of FlingGolf’s potential after Sagamore- 

Hampton hosted a business meeting that drew both golfers and 

non-golfers. 

“The great aspect of FlingGolf is that it integrates so seamlessly 

with traditional golf,” said Luff. “The FlingStick allowed the 

non-golfers to get out on the course and play right alongside 

traditional golfers and still be able to enjoy the beauty of being on a 

golf course, as well as benefit from the great social aspects of playing 

golf without the intimidation or frustration that many first-time 

traditional golfers feel. 

“The intimidation factor would have prevented non-golfers from 

participating in that event in the first place, had the FlingGolf option 

not been available,” he said. “Likewise, if you've ever tried to teach 

young kids how to play traditional golf, you know how difficult that 

can be.” 

Just as snowboarding broadened the younger demographic on 

the slopes, FlingGolf is far more appealing to local youngsters than 

the traditional game. 

“We first tried FlingGolf (the summer of 2016),” said 15-year-old 

Lucas Kubaska of Ipswich, who went out with friends Clayton 

Manolian and Charlie Eagan. “We were immediately attracted to the 

sport because of our extensive background in lacrosse, as well as our 

sub-par golf skills.” 

“We loved the fact that it only required one club and a ball – if 

you’re good enough – rather than a 30-pound golf bag,” added 

Kubaska. “ We’ve all golfed in the past, and for active teenagers, golf 

Will Harrington, 11, of Ipswich, plays FlingGolf at Wenham Country Club. 

Will's father, Bill, played standard golf alongside. 

can be tedious. A lot of sitting in a cart, followed by waiting to take 

your swing. With FlingGolf, the entire experience is much more 

interactive and lively.” 

Van Alen was so intrigued with the FlingGolf/lacrosse connection 

that his PlusOne Sports has partnered as a sponsor with Major 

League Lacrosse, including the Boston Cannons. 

“I think it is a great fit, because of the rapid growth of lacrosse in 

the region. And there are lots of local, publicly accessible courses 

looking for a younger crowd (to play),” said Van Alen. “They have 

lots of empty tee times these days. Lacrosse players are a natural 

crossover to pick up the sport, but also hockey and baseball. All of 

these sports have an element of them in FlingGolf.” 

That crossover appeal, however, doesn't mean that everyone 

is enamored with the idea of sharing the links. Snowboarding faced 

the same obstacle, as ski resort managers struggled to find the 

right balance. Sagamore’s Luff said he was surprised there was a 

discernable “resistance to change” when he introduced the sport to 

his staff and customers in 2014. 

“Many had no interest at all in learning about FlingGolf, and 

thought it was a gimmick,” Luff said. "Like anything new, it’ll require 

those that question the validity of FlingGolf to see the sport in action 

and see that there is truly no impact on the traditional game or 

impact on the golf course itself. 

“I think the future of FlingGolf is promising, but it’ll take time to 

gain a foothold,” he added. “Your traditional golfer most likely will 

not transition to FlingGolf. They enjoy golf as it is, and like the 

challenge of the traditional game.” 

However, more and more courses have introduced FlingGolf and 

stock FlingSticks for rentals. Van Alen said he’s encouraged by the 

sport’s growth, both locally and nationwide. 

“Our biggest hurdle has been convincing players that golf courses 

will allow it to be played,” said Van Alen. “People think of golf as what 

they see on TV, with Augusta and fancy, stuffy exclusive clubs. But 

the real truth is that the majority of golf courses are pretty laid back 

and fun. So we’ve spent a lot of time educating players that the 

courses will allow it, while also educating the courses on the ease of 

integration with golfers. 

“When we started, we weren’t sure how the integration was going 

to work,” he said. “But because it’s so family-friendly, and integrates 

seamlessly with golf, we’re seeing a lot of golfing parents 

buying FlingSticks for their kids, then taking them out to play 

alongside them.” l 

For more details about FlingGolf, including North Shore 

courses that offer the game, go to FlingGolf.com. 

Brion O’Connor is a freelance writer. Contact him at brionoc@verizon.net 

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By JIM SULLIVAN 

I 

once played a round of golf with a 

member of a world-famous rock 

band at Brookline’s Robert T. Lynch 

Municipal Golf Course. There was 

one stipulation: That I not write about us 

doing so. 

I have been a rock writer for years, but at 

the time, around 2000, I was also penning 

the Boston Globe’s celeb-centered Names & 

Faces column, and, yeah, it would have 

been an item. But I agreed and understood. 

It wasn’t about exposing deficiencies in 

his game; it was about perception of the 

game itself. 

Rock stars: Cool. Golf: Uncool. 

After all, the song doesn’t run “Sex and golf 

and rock ‘n’ roll!” 

This cool/uncool perception has shifted 

over the years. There’s a long list of 

public rocker/golfers: Huey Lewis, 

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, 

Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee, Eddie 

Van Halen, Justin Timberlake, 

Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, 

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine,Roger 

Waters, Kid Rock, Alice in Chains’ 

Jerry Cantrell, Mick Fleetwood, 

Stephen Stills, Sammy Hagar, 

Iggy Pop and, of course, Alice 

Cooper, who’s been at it longer 

than anyone. 

I started playing at 12, nearly a half-century 

from where I am now, unconcerned about 

any cool or uncool aspect. It was something 

to do. I even understood, albeit abstractly, 

what the oldtimers were telling me: Golf was 

a sport you could play throughout your life. 

Even if I wasn’t concerned about cool, Alice 

Cooper’s enthusiasm for the game headed off 

any potential jabs. If a rocker who, on stage, 

chopped the heads off baby dolls, rolled 

around in a straitjacket and was guillotined 

every night, could play this genteel, pastoral 

game, so could I. Alice was loud and he was 

proud – about being a rocker and being 

a golfer. 

I’ve interviewed Cooper a few times and 

we always talk golf, at least a little bit, usually 

to start. I’ll ask where his handicap is (usually 

around 4) and he’ll ask how I’m doing (bogey 

golf, give or take.). I’ll moan about never 

being as good as he is and he’ll say something 

like, “Chin-up, Jim, if you played as often as 

Jim Sullivan 

I do, you’d be as good as I am.” 

If he’s not on tour, Cooper will play six days 

a week near his Phoenix home. If he’s on 

tour, he’ll play at every U.S. tour stop and in 

stop and in Europe about twice a week. You 

often see him on TV in those celebrity 

pro-am tournaments. 

Cooper, well-known for battling the bottle 

early in his career, admits golf was (and is) 

key to his recovery in his “Alice Cooper: Golf 

Monster – A Rock ’n’ Roller’s 12 Steps To 

Becoming a Golf Addict.” 

“Ask anybody who’s ever been addicted to 

anything,” Cooper told me. “When they get 

into golf, it’s the same addiction. It’s like you 

hit a great shot and you will hit ten bad shots 

to hit one more good shot. It’s almost like 

that with any drug addiction. It’s very, very 

similar. But it’s not going to kill 

you.” 

I remember reading about 

Iggy Pop, too, in a Creem magazine 

story in the ’70s. Iggy indulged in 

a lot of drugs back then and said 

when he wanted to clean up he’d 

visit his parents in Florida and 

golf. He lives in Palmetto Bay, 

Florida, now and my guess is 

golf access is a factor. 

I think for many of us – certainly 

for these rockers and certainly for 

my late-night/concert-going/writing self – 

one of the main appeals golf has is that it has 

nothing to do with the rest of our lives. It’s 

four-and-a-half (or more) hours away from 

all that. It’s a different (slower) pace; it 

requires a different (sharply honed) skill set, 

one not easily mastered. And, it’s a great 

equalizer – the No. 1 guy in your foursome is 

the ace-of-the-day, not the guy who has 

achieved the most measure of fame in other 

walks of life. 

Hugo Burnham, former drummer for the 

post-punk band Gang of Four, was 8 and 

growing up in Kent, England, when he 

first took to the links. He played with his 

grandfather. But he didn’t really didn’t take 

up the game until the band folded in 1983 

and Burnham moved permanently to the 

United States. He was transitioning into the 

job of an A&R man, procuring talent for 

record companies. 

Burnham, a longtime Gloucester 

resident, says the annual March 

industry confab South by Southwest in 

Austin, Texas, was what re-ignited 

his interest. “The Austin airport was 

overwhelmed with golf bags from all 

over the country on early-arrival 

Tuesday, as the tournament always 

kicked off early Wednesday mornings. 

It was a blast, with a fair amount of 

drinking and a lot of cigar-smoking. 

And prizes! And Alice Cooper! >>> P. 28 

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BELLINO >>> CONTINUED FROM P. 23 

still had a really hard 4-footer, but made 

it. I knew I could never top that, so after 

that, I just skipped the hole every time I 

played the course. 

What did it feel like when you 

heard you won the Heisman? 

Well, it wasn’t like it is today, being 

on TV, with all the fanfare. In my case, 

honestly, it was a relief. I was in an 

electrical engineering class about a week 

after the Army game. I got called out of 

class and sent to the superintendent’s 

office, which was never a good thing. So, 

I thought I was in trouble especially since 

I was struggling in that class. The office 

was full of people, the admiral, a couple 

of sports reporters, our football coach; 

the admiral read a telegram from the 

Downtown Athletic Club. As soon as I 

heard, “Congratulations, midshipman 

Joseph Bellino…” I knew I won it. But 

my only thought was I was so glad I 

wasn't in trouble, that’s the only thing 

that went through my mind. 

How did you come to meet 

John F. Kennedy? 

One of the reporters in the superintendent’s 

office that day interviewed me and 

asked me what was left for me, after 

winning all the major awards. I said there 

was another Massachusetts guy who had 

done pretty well that year, president-elect 

Kennedy, and I would love to meet him. 

So, the next day the headline of the 

Washington Post read “Bellino wins 

Heisman, wants to meet Kennedy.” The 

day after that I got a telegram from him 

congratulating me and inviting me and 

the other Navy players from Massachusetts 

to his Georgetown house for dinner. 

He even sent a limo to pick us up. 

I also got to meet him the following 

summer to present him, as our 

commander-in-chief, with the Class 

of 1961 yearbook. I was an ensign, and 

it was an incredible experience, just two 

guys with Boston accents talking it up in 

the Oval Office. We talked for a couple of 

hours. I still treasure the picture I have 

from that meeting. 

Talk about playing for the 

Patriots. You were drafted, 

but still had to fulfill your 

4-year service commitment. 

My active duty was ending in 1965 after 

being in Japan for two years, and playing 

football was the furthest thing from my 

mind. I had submitted by resignation 

papers and someone in the Redskins 

organization had a Washington connection, 

so they contacted me to invite me to 

training camp. Then, the Patriots found 

out and offered me a contract, so I flew 

home, signed the contract and was at 

training camp in Andover the next day 

and then played in an exhibition game 

against the Jets and Joe Namath, who was 

a rookie, the day after that. One day I was 

in the Navy, then 72 hours later I’m in a 

Patriots uniform playing professional 

football, wondering what I am doing 

here. But I did pretty well, caught a pass 

and returned kickoffs, but the next day I 

stepped in a hole and broke my ankle, so 

I was done that year. The next year, I 

snapped a hamstring, but after the third 

year I was in good shape and got picked 

up by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 

expansion draft. In those days, if you 

played pro, you had to have two jobs, 

and I started a family and business and 

I couldn’t do that from Cincinnati, so I 

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You come from a large family, 

four brothers and a sister. 

What was their reaction when 

they found out their brother 

was voted the best collegiate 

football player in America? 

My older brother Sam was sitting at 

the kitchen table. Back then, your older 

brothers and high school athletes were 

your heroes, so Sam was my idol. He was 

a football star at Winchester and played 

at Wentworth and he always pushed me. 

If I scored three touchdowns, he would 

tell me I should have scored four, or I 

should have made that interception or 

that pass I should have had. I could never 

satisfy him, but I knew it was for my 

benefit. So I put the trophy down on the 

table, proud as a peacock. He read the 

inscription, that it was for the best player 

in the country, and he said, “In this family, 

you’re not even Top 3.” He said he was 

better than me, my brother Tony was No. 

2 and my sister Betty was No. 3 because, 

even though she didn’t play, if she did, she 

still would have been a better player than 

me. I’ll never forget it. l 

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ROCK ‘N ROLLERS >>> CONTINUED FROM P. 26 

And Willie Nelson!” 

“I embraced and loved playing golf during those years,” he added. 

“There was absolutely nothing un-cool about it.” 

Alas, Burnham added, “When I moved back East and ended my 

A&R days, I sort of tailed off. A baby in the house and starting a new 

life as a college professor rather got in the way. I still have my clubs, 

and I still want to get out and play again. What did I shoot? Not 

telling. OK, not very well. But it was glorious when it went long and 

straight, and it was always a blast.” 

I golf regularly with Dave Herlihy, now a lawyer and music 

industry professor at Northeastern University. He was also the 

singer-songwriter/guitarist for Boston-based alternative rock band 

O Positive. 

“I started playing golf as a kid and was on the high school team,” 

Herlihy said. “And in O Positive, I’d golf during the day and rock out 

at night.” 

“I was never embarrassed by golf,” Herlihy added “I never 

hid the fact that I played, but didn’t think it was cool either, I just 

liked it and didn’t give a damn what anyone thought about it. I did 

kind of chafe at the country club angle though, the exclusionary, 

privileged dimension. But golf as golf, I love.” 

Oedipus, the program director for Boston’s long-running, 

top-rated (but now defunct) rock radio station WBCN, is another 

frequent golf partner. “My father loved golf, but we were too poor to 

play,” he said. “We watched on the TV together. I would sneak 

onto a public 9-hole to putt, but did not take up the game until the 

late-’70s when a friend bought me a used lefty set. Problem, as 

always, was finding the time to play. 

“Golf is a mini-vacation. Golf, in some form, has always 

been part of my life. I never cared what people thought. Remember, 

I was the guy who was playing all of this noise on the 

radio that people hated before it became popular. I was the guy who 

had colored hair long before it was de jour. I ... programmed a radio 

station that was the internet before the internet. We defined cool.” 

Oedipus recalls a round with members of AC/DC about 30 years 

ago at Wayland Country Club. Guitarist Malcolm Young, who died 

in November, and bassist Cliff Williams traveled with their own 

clubs, he said, “We talked music, but mostly golf. We were hackers 

and we three had a jolly afternoon on the links.” 

Oedipus said the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson told him “Golf is 

lame.” To that, Oedipus replied, “Sorry that you do not understand 

the personal challenges and elations as well as the comradery that 

golf offers.’’ 

Four years ago, I interviewed Huey Lewis about music for a 

half-hour. Wrapping up, I asked about his game. For 15 minutes or 

so, we were just two golfers, swapping stories. 

Lewis said he no longer golfed on concert days. Fair enough, I 

thought. That showed discipline and commitment to his work. But 

backstage after a concert in Boston he admitted he’d lied. He’d played 

Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton earlier that day. And, he 

volunteered, he’d played poorly, shooting 82. 

That evening, I came bearing a gift, a special golf ball that lit 

up – through the miracle of LEDs - when you struck it, so, in theory, 

you could find it in the dusk or rough or anywhere. Problem was, it 

felt like a rock to hit it and it didn’t exactly fly off the club. 

But, Huey said “We need these kinds of balls at our age.” 

He was right: We do. If only they felt and flew like a Titleist 

Pro V1. l 

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Golf Professional Mike Miller 


Ipswich Country Club 

148 Country Club Way, Ipswich, MA 01938 

ipswichclub.com; 978-356-3999 

Golf Professional Daniel R. Dwyer 


Kernwood Country Club 

1 Kernwood St., Salem, MA 01970 

kernwood.org; 978-745-1210 

Golf Professional Frank Dully 


Long Meadow Golf Club 

165 Havilah St., Lowell, MA 01852 

longmeadowgolfclub.com; 978-441-1542 

Golf Professional Gene Manley 


Meadow Brook Golf Club 

292 Grove St., Reading, MA 01867 

meadowbrookgolfclub.org; 781-942-1334 

Golf Professional Steve Sheridan 


Mount Pleasant Golf Club 

141 Staples St., Lowell, MA 01851 

mpgc.com; 978-452-8228 

Golf Professional Joel Jenkins 


Myopia Hunt Club 

435 Bay Road, South Hamilton, MA 

01982 myopiahuntclub.org; 978-468-4433 

Golf Professional Mike Bemis 


Nabnasset Lake CC 

47 Oak Hill Rd., Westford, MA 01886 

nabnassetlakecc.com; 978-692-2560 

Golf Professional Dan Gillis 


North Andover Country Club 

500 Great Pond Rd., North Andover, MA 

01845; northandovercc.com; 

978-687-7414 

Golf Professional Peter Farley 


Renaissance Golf Club 

377 Kenoza St., Haverhill, MA 01830 

renaissancema.com; 978-241-6712 

Golf Professional Stuart P. Cady 


Salem Country Club 

133 Forest St., Peabody, MA 01960 

salemcountryclub.org; 978-538-5400 

Golf Professional Kevin Wood 


Tedesco Country Club 

154 Tedesco St., Marblehead, MA 01945 

tedescocc.org; 781-631-2800 

Golf Professional Robert Green 


Thomson Country Club 

2 Mid Iron Drive, North Reading, MA 

01864 thomsoncc.com; 978-664-2016 

Golf Professional Christopher Young 


The Golf Club at Turner Hill 

3 Manor House Lane, Ipswich, MA 

01938 turnerhill.com; 978-356-7070 

Golf Professionals: Nate Hopley and 

Mike Brown; Slope 138; Rating 75.1 

Vesper Country Club 

185 Pawtucket Blvd., 

Tyngsborough, MA 01879 

vespercc.com; 978-458-8731 

Golf Professional Stephen Doyle 


Winchester Country Club 

468 Mystic St., Winchester, MA 01890 

winchestercc.org; 781-729-1181 

Golf Professional Jim Salinetti 


Winthrop Golf Club 

453 Main St., Winthrop, MA 02152 

winthropgolf.com; 617-799-1455 

Golf Professional Jim Bruce 


Amesbury Golf and Country Club 

46 Monroe St., Amesbury, MA 

978-388-5153 amesburycountryclub.com; 

9 holes. Club Pro Butch Mellon; Tee times: 

5 days in advance; Fee for 9 holes: $20/$21 

weekday/weekend; Fee for 18 holes: 

$30/$32 weekday/weekend; Cart rental: 

$15 per person for 18 holes $7.50 per 

person for 9 holes; Yards 6,095;Slope 125; 

Rating 70.5 

Beverly Golf & Tennis Club 

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134 McKay St., Beverly, MA; 978-922-9072 

ext. 111, beverlygolfandtennis.net; 18 holes. 

Golf Professional Dave Dionne; Tee times: 

6 days in advance (members), 5 days in 

advance (non-members); Fee for 18 holes: 

$40/$45 weekday/weekend; Cart 

rental: $16 per person for 18 holes; 

Yards 6,276; Slope 126; Rating 70.8 

Black Swan Country Club 

258 Andover St., Georgetown, MA; 

978-352-7926, blackswancountryclub.com; 

18 holes. Director of Golf: Dave Trull; 

Golf Professional Jason Greene 

Tee times: 6 days in advance; Fee for 

9/18 holes: $26/$45 weekday, $29/$54 

weekends; Cart rental: $19 for 18 holes; 

Yards 6,803; Slope 129; Rating: 72.9 

Bradford Country Club 


201 Chadwick Road, Bradford, MA 

978-372-8587; bradfordcc.com; 18 holes 

Club Pro: Kevin Murphy; Tee times: 5 days 

in advance (online tee times also available); 

Fee for 9/18 holes: $19/$34 weekdays, 

$23/$44 weekends; Cart rental: $20 per 

person for 18 holes; Yards: 6,157; 


Candlewood Golf Course 

75 Essex Road, Ipswich, MA; 978-356-5377 

candlewoodgolf.net; 9 holes; Tee times: no; 

Fee for 9/18 holes: $16/$21 weekday, 

$17/$22 weekend; Cart rental: $14 for 9 

holes; Yards: 2,075; Slope N/A; Rating N/A 

Cape Ann Golf Club 

99 John Wise Ave., Essex, MA 

978-768-7544; capeanngolf.com; 9 holes; 

Club manager: Jim Stavros; Tee times: 

5 days in advance; Fee for 9/18 holes: 

$25/$38 everyday; Cart rentals: $11 per 

rider for 9 holes; Yards 5,862; Slope 119; 

Rating 68.3 

Cedar Glen Golf Course 

60 Water St., Saugus, MA; 781-233-3609 

cedarglengolf.com; 9 holes.Club manager: 

Burton Page; Tee times: no; Fee for 9/18 

holes: $21 ($18 seniors/juniors)/$35 

weekdays, $23/$38 weekend; Cart rental: 

$18 for 9 holes; Yards 6,050; Slope 107; 

Rating 66.7 

Chelmsford Country Club 

66 Park Road, Chelmsford, MA 

978-256-1818; sterlinggolf.com/chelmsford; 

9 holes. Club pro: Gary Burke; Tee times: 


$19/$26 weekday, $22/$30 weekend; 

Cart rental: $16 for 18 holes; 

Yards: 4,934; Slope 108, Rating 64.6 

Country Club of Billerica 

51 Baldwin Road, Billerica, MA 

978-667-9121 ext. 22; 

countryclubofbillerica.com; 18 holes. 

Club Pro: Ed O’Connell; Tee times: 

5 days in advance; Fee 9/18 holes: 

$22/$35 weekday, $25/$40 weekend; 

Cart rental: $17 per person for 18 holes; 


Country Club of New Hampshire 

187 Kearsarge Valley Road, 

North Sutton, N.H.; 603-927-4246; 

ccnh@golfmanagementco.com; 18 holes; 

Fee for 9/18 holes: $20/$36 weekday, 

$25/$45 weekend; Cart rental: $17 

per person for 18 holes; Yards 6256; 

Slope 126, Rating 70.3 

Crystal Lake Golf Club 

940 North Broadway, Haverhill, MA 

978-374-9621; golfcrystallake.com; 

18 holes. Club pro: none; Tee times: 10 days 

in advance for members, 7 days in advance 

for public; Fees: 18 holes $28 weekdays, 

$37 weekends;Cart rental: $18 for 18 holes; 


Evergreen Valley Golf Course 

18 Boyd Drive, Newburyport, MA; 

978-463-8600; evergreenvalleygolf.com; 

9 holes. Tee times: no; Fee for 9/18 holes: 

$13/$25 everyday; Cartrental: $14 for 

9 holes; Yards 2,997; Slope 108; 

Rating 67.4 

Far Corner Golf Course 


5 Barker Road, Boxford, MA; 978-352-8300 

farcornergolf.com; 27 holes. 

Club pro: John O’Connor; Tee times: 5 days 

in advance; Fee for 9/18 holes: $23/$41 

weekday, $27/$47 weekend; Cart rental: 

$18 per person for 18 holes; Yards: 6,711; 

Slope: 130; Rating: 72.9; Third 9 Holes: 


Four Oaks CC 


1 Clubhouse Lane, Dracut, MA 01826 

fouroakscountryclub.com; 978-455-0054 

Golf Professional Anthony Martinho; Tee times: 

6 days in advance; Fee 9/18 holes: $24/$41 

weekday, $30/$51 weekend; Cart rental: $20 

per person for 18 holes; Yards 6,268; 


Gannon Municipal Golf Club 


60 Great Woods Road, Lynn, MA; 7 

81-592-8238; gannongolfclub.com; 

18 holes.Club Pro: David Sibley; Tee times: 

2days in advance after 6 p.m.; Nonresident 

fee for 9/18 holes: $22/$39 weekday, $24/$47 

weekend; Cart rental: $18 per person for 18 

holes; Yards 6,110; Slope 123; Rating 70.2 

Hickory Hill Golf Club 

200 North Lowell St., Methuen, MA; 

978-686-0822; golfhickoryhill.com; 

18 holes. Director of Golf: Don Myles; 

Tee times: every day; Fee: 18 holes: $42 

Mon.-Thurs., $45 Fri., $52 Sat.-Sun.; 


Yards 6,287; Slope: 123; Rating: 70.8 



PUBLIC COURSES, continued 

Hillview Golf Course 


149 North St., North Reading, MA; 

978-664-4435; hillviewgc.com; 18 holes. 

Golf Professional: Chris Carter; Tee times: 


$22/$40 Weekday, $25/$43 weekend; 

Cart rental: $16 per rider for 18 holes; 


King Rail Reserve Golf Course 


427 Walnut St., Lynnfield, MA; 

781-334-4643; lynnfieldgolf.com; 

9 holes. Club Pro: Eddie Whalley; 

Fees for 9/18 holes: $22/$32 weekday, 

$23/$33 weekend; Cart rental: $9 per 

person for 9 holes; Yards 3,460; 


The Meadow at Peabody 

80 Granite St., Peabody, MA; 

978-532-9390 

peabodymeadowgolf.com; 18 holes. 

Director of Golf: Peter Cronan; Tee times: 

3 days in advance; Nonresident fee 

for 9/18 holes: $21/$40 weekday,$26/$47 

weekend; Cart rental: $10 per person 

for 9 holes; Yards 6,708; Slope 135; 

Rating 73.7 

Merrimack Valley Golf Club 

210 Howe St., Methuen, MA; 

978-685-9717 

merrimackvalleygolfclub.com; 18 holes. 

Club Pro: George Kattar; Tee times: 7 

days in advance; Fee for 9/18 holes: $23/$38 

weekday, $28/$48 weekend; Cart rental: 

$18 per person for 18 holes; Yards 6,012; 


Middleton Golf Course 


105 S. Main St., Middleton, MA; 

978-774-4075; middletongolf.com; 18 holes. 

Club Pro: Chris Costa; Tee times: 1 week in 

advance; Fee for 9/18 holes: $23/$36 

daily; Cart rental: $12 per person for 18 holes; 

Yards 3,215; Slope N/A; Rating N/A 

Mount Hood Golf Club 


100 Slayton Rd., Melrose, MA; 

781-665-6656 mthoodgolfclub.com; 18 holes 

Club Pro: Mike Farrell; Tee times: 5 days in 

advance; Nonresident fee for 9/18 holes: 

$25/$43 weekday, $50 for 18 on a weekend; 


Murphy’s Garrison Par 3 

654 Hilldale Ave., Haverhill, MA; 978-374-9380 

garrisongolf.com; 9 holes; Club Pro: Ted Murphy; 

Tee times: no; Fee for 9 holes: $11 weekday, $12 

weekend; Yards 1,005; Slope N/A; Rating N/A 

Nahant Golf Club 

1 Willow Road, Nahant, MA; 

781-581-9000 nahantgolfclub.com; 9 holes. 

Golf Professional: Toby Ahern; Tee times: 3 

days in advance; Non-resident fee for 9 holes: 

$18 weekday, $21 weekend; Cart rental: $12 

for 9 holes; Yards 3,910; Slope: 104; Rating 61.0 

New Meadows Golf Club 

32 Wildes Road, Topsfield, MA; 978-887-9307 

newmeadowsgolf.com; 9 holes. 

Club Manager: Gerry Peckerman; Tee times: 

yes; Fee for 9 holes: $19 weekday, $22 

weekend; Cart Rental: $9 per person for 9 

holes, $15 per person for 18 holes; 


Olde Salem Greens 

75 Wilson St., Salem, MA; 978-744-2149; 

9 holes; Club Manager: Scott McDonald; Tee 

times: 1 day in advance weekday, 2 days on 

weekend; Non-resident fee for 9 holes: $20 

weekday/$21 weekend; Cart rental: $13 for 9 

holes; Yards 3089; Slope 121; Rating 69.4 

Ould Newbury Golf Club 


319 Newburyport Turnpike, Newbury, MA; 

978-465-9888; ouldnewbury.com; 9 holes; 

Club Pro: Jim Hilton; Tee Times: No; Fee for 

9/18 holes: $25/$38 weekday, private play on 

weekend; Car Rental: $10 per person for 9 

holes; Yards 6,230; Slope 128; Rating 71.0 

Reedy Meadow At Lynnfield Centre 


195 Summer St., Lynnfield, MA; 781-334-9877 

Lynnfieldgolf.com; 9 holes; Club Pro: 

Donnie Lyons; Tee times: no; Fee for 9/18 

holes: $22/$32 weekday, $23/$33 weekend; 

Cart rental: $8 for 9 holes per person; 


Rockport Golf Club 

Country Club Road, Rockport, MA; 

978-546-3340; rockportgolfclub.net/; 9 holes. 

Club Pro: Stephen Clayton; Tee times: 1 day 


everyday; Cart rental: $13 for 9 holes; 


Rolling Green Golf Course 

311 Lowell St., Andover, MA; 978-475-4066; 

9 holes; Club pro: none; Tee times: no; Fee for 

9 holes: $16 weekday, $17 weekend; Pull cart 

rental: $3 for 9 holes; Yards 1,500; Slope N/A; 

Rating N/A 

Rowley Country Club 

235 Dodge Road, Rowley, MA; 978-948-2731 

rowleycountryclub.com; 9 holes. 

Club Pro: Darin Chin-Aleong; fee for 9/18 

holes: $21/$33 weekday, $23/$35 weekend; 

Cart rental: $19 for 9 holes for tworiders; 


Sagamore Spring Golf Course 

1287 Main St., Lynnfield, MA; 781-334-3151 

sagamoregolf.com; 18 holes; Club Pro: 

Steve Vaughn; Tee times: 7 days in advance; 

Fee for 9/18 holes: $27/$45 weekday, $29/$52 

weekend; Cart rental: $12 for 9 holes per 

person; Yards 5,914; Slope 124; Rating 68.8 

Stoneham Oaks 

101 R. Montvale Ave., Stoneham, MA; 

781-438-7888; stonehamoaks.com; 

9 holes.Club Pro: Jeff Barnes; 

Tee times: no; Non-resident fees for 

9 holes: $16 weekday, $18 weekend; 

Cart rental: $9 per personfor 9 holes; 

Yards 1,125; Slope N/A; Rating N/A 

Swanson Meadows GC 

216 Rangeway Road, Billerica, MA; 

978-670-7777swansonmeadows.com; 9 holes. 

Club Pro: none; Tee times: 7 days in advance; 

Fee for 9 holes: $22 weekday,$25 weekend; 

Cart rental: $11 per person; Yards 4,486; 


Tewksbury Country Club 

1880 Main St., Tewksbury, MA; 978-640-0033 

tewksburycc.com; 9 holes; Club Pro: 

Mike Rogers; Tee times: Friday-Sunday 2 days 


weekday, $26/$42 weekend; 



Trull Brook Golf Course 

170 River Rd., Tewksbury, MA; 978-851-6731 

trullbrook.com; 18 holes; Club Pro: Al Santos; 

Tee times: 7 days in advance; Fee for 18 holes: 

$42 weekday, $53 weekend; Cart rental: $18 



Tyngsboro Country Club 

80 Pawtucket Blvd., Tyngsboro, MA; 

978-649-7334; 9 holes. 

Tee times:5 days in advance for weekends; 

Fee for 9 holes: $17 weekday, $19 weekend; 

Cart rental: $14 for 9 holes; Yards 2,397; 


Unicorn Golf Course 

460 Williams St., Stoneham, MA; 

781-438-9732; unicorngc.com; 9 holes. 

Club Pro: Jeff Barnes; Tee times: no; 

Nonresident fee for 9 holes: $22 weekday/ 

$24 weekend; Cart rental: $9 per person; 


Wenham Country Club 

94 Main St., Wenham, MA; 978-468-4714 

wenhamcountryclub.com; 18 holes. 

Club Pro: Ryan McDonald; Tee times: 

weekends only; Fee for 9/18 holes: $23.50/$38 

weekday, $25/$44 weekend; Cart rental: $16 



Windham Country Club 

1 Country Club Drive., Windham, NH; 

603-434-2093; windhamcc.com; 18 holes. 

Club Pro: Joanne Flynn; Tee times: 7 days in 

advance; Fee for 9/18holes: $24/$42 weekday, 

$29/$50 weekend; Cart rental: $9 per person 

for 9 holes; Yards 6,442; Slope 135; Rating 71.2 

Woburn Country Club 

5 Country Club Road, Woburn, MA; 

781-933-9880; woburncountryclub.com; 

9 holes; Club Pro: Peter Bracey; Tee times: 

2 days in advance; Non-resident fee for 9 

holes: $21 weekday and $22 weekend; 

Cart rental: $16 for 9 holes; Yards 5,973; 


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BFM Mini Golf & Driving Range 

327 Main St., North Reading, MA 

978-664-9276 

Big Sticks Golf 

26 Ray Ave., Burlington, MA 

bigsticksgolf.com;781-229-2269 

The Clubhouse Golf & Entertainment 

222 S. Main St., Middleton, MA 

theclubhousege.com; 978-539-8725 

Dilisio Golf Range 

115 Swampscott Road, Salem, MA 

dilisiogolfdrivingrange.com; 

978-745-6766 

Golf Country 


160 S. Main St., Middleton, MA 

golfcountry.org; 978-774-4476 

Golf Galaxy 

40 Walkers Brook Drive, Reading, MA 

stores.golfgalaxy.com/ma/reading/3225/; 

781-944-0535 

Golfers Warehouse 

4 Newbury St., Danvers, MA 

edwinwattsgolf.com/store-702.aspx; 

978-777-4653 

Golftec 

194 Newbury St., Peabody, MA 

golftec.com/locations; 978-777-2930 

Paradise Family Golf 


25 Lonegan Road, Middleton, MA 

paradisefamilygolf.com; 

978-750-4653 

Sagamore Golf 

22 North Road, North Hampton, NH 

sagamoregolf.com; 603-964-8393 

Sarkisian Farms & Driving Range 

153 Chandler Road, Andover, MA 

sarkisianfarms.com; 978-668-5522 

Sun ‘N Air Golf Center 


210 Conant St., Danvers, MA 

sunairgolf.com; 978-774-8180 

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