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03 Amateur champ
04 Beverly streak
05 Gone too soon
06 Sagamore changes?
07 Winterize your game
08 Tribute to a friend
10 City of champions
EDITOR'S LETTER
INSIDE
12 Holes with a View
14 Success story
18 Circus atmosphere
20 Straight Down the Middle
21 North Shore Notebook
26 Course directory
28 Happy birthday Mr. Ross
BILL BROTHERTON
In praise of juniors
and women
Most Thursday mornings, three retired gents and I can be found searching for our errant tee shots
at a variety of area public courses. We bounce around, alternating between Hillview, Sagamore Spring,
Beverly AKA “The Shoe,” Hickory Hill, Butter Brook and Black Swan AKA Georgetown CC.
We used to play at Middleton GC, and every time we drive past and see the weeds sprouting on the
long-neglected 52-acre site we get angry. It’s been closed since 2019, and nothing has happened since.
Just think of the revenue the town could have generated in the 3 years it’s sat idle…
But I digress.
This summer, as we four early-bird seniors would finish our front nines, we couldn’t help but notice
a huge increase in the number of women, millennials and young boys and girls waiting to tee off. More
than 3.1 million juniors played last year and 25 percent of all golfers are women. Those numbers have
risen annually since COVID-19 arrived two and a half years ago.
This issue of North Shore Golf magazine is also crowded with news about young women/men and
juniors who are excelling on the course. You will read about Morgan Smith, an 18-year-old Vesper CC
member who won the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur Championship in August. Her younger sister,
Molly, also had a successful summer on the links.
You will read about Swampscott’s Christian Emmerich, a senior at The College of the Holy Cross,
who made the quarterfinals in the Massachusetts Amateur Championship and shot a record 10-under
62 in the final round of the New England Amateur Championship at Alpine CC in Rhode Island.
Emmerich and a Holy Cross teammate also made the news this month by both getting an albatross
(a 2 on a par 5) on the same hole while playing in the same group. Wowza! And his younger brother
Aiden Emmerich was a finalist in the Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship.
We introduce you to two North Shore high school golf programs that are thriving. The Beverly
High varsity golf team entered this season with a 27-game win streak and were 4-0 this fall as our
magazine went to press. Fifteen athletes at Gloucester High were members of both the 2021-22 golf
and hockey teams: the golfers lost only one match last season, to Beverly in the season finale, and the
hockey squad made it to the state semifinals with much support from COVID-weary city residents.
Meadow Brook CC is one of New England’s most successful clubs, due in large part to its
innovative family-oriented philosophy. The Reading club offers a series of golf programs for juniors and
women that are well-attended and bode well for the club’s long-term future. Read all about it here.
In this issue, we also pay tribute to Paul Barkhouse and “Kip” Tyler, two North Shore legends who
passed away over the summer. Our columnists Bob Green and Gary Larrabee opine about a variety of
subjects, and PGA pro Brian O’Hearn of DiLisio Golf Range in Salem, Mass., offers tips on how to
keep your game in shape over the winter. And, of course, our Notebook is packed with news about area
golfers and clubs.
As always, thanks for reading North Shore Golf magazine. See you on the course.
Bill Brotherton is editor of North Shore Golf magazine. He grew up in Beverly, caddied and worked in the pro
shop at Essex County Club, 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.
COVER
Jack Costanzo, captain
of both the 2021-22
Gloucester High School
golf and hockey teams,
hams it up for the
camera at Bass Rocks
Golf Club.
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Morgan
Smith
wins
Women's
Amateur
By Anne Marie Tobin
Morgan Smith (Vesper CC)
was not to be denied at
the 119th Mass Women's
Amateur Championship. After an
emotional roller coaster year in
2021 when she faced rejection and
frustration, the Westford teenager
worked tirelessly in the offseason to
improve her game and prove skeptics
wrong.
On a sunlit August morning
at Orchards Golf Club in South
Hadley, Smith pulled off one of
the most spectacular comebacks in
championship history, rallying from
2-down with three holes to play to win,
1-up, over Rebecca Skoler (Pine Brook
CC)
Smith never led until the final hole..
A series of gutsy shots helped her win
all three holes to capture the title. That
stretch included a near ace on the par-
3 17th and a clutch par on the 18th.
“I had every single school that I
wanted to go to last year tell me no and
then they picked apart my golf game,”
said Smith, an 18-year-old Westford
Academy graduate who has begun a
postgraduate year at Phillips Exeter. “I
think I really had to dig deep into what
I want for my future, and I want to be a
great golfer. That’s what I want.”
The victory cemented a breakout
season for Smith, who won the 2022
New England Women's Amateur, the
2022 US Challenge Cup World Series
of Golf and also qualified for match
play at the 2022 U.S. Girls Junior
Amateur.
Smith's sisters — Molly and Maddie
— also made it to match play.

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Beverly Panthers are
on the prowl again
By Maddi Filip
The Beverly High golf team opened
the season with a 27-game win
streak dating back to 2020, and
coach Craig Wiley is confident his squad
will continue to be competitive in 2022.
“We are eager to play this year. We lost
two incredible players, Cam Cook and
Jackson Thomas, with them graduating
but have a strong team with eight
returning players and two new players,”
said Wiley.
Jack Ryan and Ryan Avila are the
Panthers team captains. Seniors Dylan
Hunter, Aidan LeBlanc, Anthony
Mastroianni, Ian Paddock, Jake Pierce
and sophomores Lucas Carbone, Thomas
Simeone and Will Ryan complete the
varsity squad.
This year's JV team is 14-strong and
includes Ethan Haight, Timmy Sullivan,
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Jonah Bellew, Mason Simpson, Ryan
Peroni, Drew Murphy, Joshua Sidemore,
Nate Wheeler, Zachary Jones, Joshua
Galvin Ross, Mathew Lee, Will Blank,
Bradley Griffin and Kevin Nako.
Beverly’s 2021 season ended in thrilling
fashion, as the Panthers edged Gloucester
at Bass Rocks 39-33. Both teams entered
the match undefeated, and the two
Northeastern Conference powerhouses
are expected to battle for the title this year
too. Beverly has won its first four matches
this season, including a resounding 44.5-
27.5 victory over the Fishermen on Sept.
12. Gloucester’s league record was 2-1 as
North Shore Golf magazine went to press.
“They (Gloucester) are a great program.
Their new coach (Tyler Conigliari) is
fantastic and they are now in our division
so we get to play them twice, which is
going to be great,” said Wiley.
Like every team, there are things the
players need to work on. Like putting.
Jonah Bellew smacks a drive down the fairway
during Beverly High School’s golf team tryouts at
Beverly G&TC in August.
PHOTO: LIBBY O'NEILL
“We need to work on our putts. That
was something that we struggled with last
season and we could have done better if
we were making our putts,” Wiley said.
The team’s shirts have the BHS logo on
the front and a “No putts given” message
on the back.
As the team moved into its first
practices in August, it was evident that
Wiley wants the kids to have fun more
than anything. During one practice round
on the back nine at Beverly Golf & Tennis
Club, its home course, Wiley played three
holes with each group and ended up in a
match with Hunter on holes 16-18. The
team laughed as the final group finished
the 18th, especially when they heard their
coach lost his ball on the 16th but still
gave himself a par.
“It's been fun for me as a coach. They
are the ones eager to play and to get better
and that's a coach’s dream,” said Wiley.
“By actually playing with them, they get
a little more serious in how they play. It
is also a fun way to check in and see how
they're doing.”
It’s clear that the team is going to do
its best to continue the win streak while
having lots of fun, even if it means sticking
to their new “No putts given” rule.

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Scaled-down 55+ housing
proposed at Sagamore Spring GC
By Anne Marie Tobin
The owner of Sagamore Spring
Golf Course in Lynnfield has
begun discussions with the town
about a new 55-plus senior housing
development that would be built on the
eastern side of the property.
Sagamore Spring Realty Trust trustee
Richard Luff, Attorney Susan Murphy
and developer Toll Brothers Inc. Senior
Vice President Shawn Nuckolls appeared
at a recent Planning Board meeting to
share information about the project,
which calls for up to 66 standalone units
on approximately 35 acres.
Luff said the project will be bounded
by the existing driving range and the first
and second holes and will not affect the
golf course.
"There are plans for separate access
away from the golf course, but obviously
there will be noise from construction
along those holes," Luff said. "We have
a lot to do in the meantime to figure
out the water component and the
developer and town will still have to
reach an agreement, but we want to keep
everything open and in public."
"The gist was the zoning amendment
we are seeking and wanted to share that
and see where the Planning Board stands
on having free-standing units," said Luff.
"I honestly thought the meeting went
very, very well. Board members asked
great questions and the meeting was
much better than I had expected."
This is the second senior housing
project proposed by Sagamore in the past
four years. That attempt by Sagamore
and developer Ron Bonvie to build a
154-unit complex of luxury 55-and-older
attached townhome condominiums
on approximately 105 acres along the
eastern side of the golf course was
rebuffed by residents at the April 2018
Town Meeting. A majority voted in favor
of the article (171-136), but a two-thirds
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Richard Luff, owner of Sagamore Spring Golf
Course in Lynnfield, is in discussions with the town
about construction of a 55-plus senior housing
development.
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vote was needed to pass.
At the time, Luff said he was surprised
by the vote, but said it would not impact
the golf course's future.
"We've been around for nearly 100
years, since my grandfather and greatgrandfather
built the golf course in 1929,
so our ownership has strong ties to this
land as a golf course," he said. "Trust me,
we don't want to go anywhere. We are
here to stay for a long time."
Fast forward four years later and Luff
said that’s still true..
"That's our goal, to not alter the golf
course," he said. In 2018, access to
public water was a sticking point among
residents who were concerned about
problems if private wells were utilized
"Another option back then was
connecting with Peabody water but
that didn't work, so folks had concerns
about the impact private wells would
have," said Director of Planning and
Conservation Emilie Cademartorie.
"Now the plan appears to be an extension
of the Lynnfield Center Water District
(LCWD) main line to the property."
Like Luff, Cademartorie said she
thought the Planning Board had a
positive response to the new proposal.
"The new plan is slightly different
from what we now have for elderly
housing in Lynnfield in that we don't
have standalone units, but we know that
Lynnfield seniors want standalone units.
It's a highly desirable outcome."

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Paul Barkhouse was
a great golfer, greater person
By Jim Tobin
Paul Barkhouse, who passed
away on July 12 at age 82,
was a terrific golfer. His
booming tee shots were legendary long
before "hitting bombs" was in vogue.
The Lynn native had an infectious
personality, a welcoming smile and a
vice-like handshake that would bring
any alpha male to his knees.
Despite all the recognitions and
accolades, humble Paul never caved to
the pressures of his success or forgot
where he came from. If you weren't
comfortable around Paul, you weren't
comfortable, ever.
I first met Paul at Happy Valley
GC (now Gannon Municipal GC) in
Lynn when I was a 12-year-old caddie.
Paul was the assistant pro and about
20 years old. He was larger than life,
already attracting attention as a topnotch
player. I admired him and was in
awe from the get-go. But I also quickly
learned to fear him.
Happy Valley had no carts back then,
so caddies were a valuable commodity.
Paul was in charge of assigning
caddies. At the end of each morning
loop, after collecting my $2.50 caddie
fee for 18 holes of torture, carrying a
heavy bag twice my weight for players
who hit the ball all over the place, it
wasn't easy. So I would hide behind
the giant rock guarding the 18th
green fearing Paul might see me. If he
caught my eye I was doomed. My fate?
An afternoon 9-hole loop dragging a
"clubster" pull cart for 9 holes for a
measly buck and, I hoped, a 25 cent
tip. I was anxious to grab my bike and
peddle back to my Eutaw Avenue home
about two miles away.
In the ensuing years, my focus began
to change. I became obsessed with the
game and realized how great a player
Paul was. To me, he was nothing short
of the guys I watched on our family's
black-and-white TV. Players like
Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary
Player. I realized Paul was traveling on
a path that I wanted to follow.
Paul's successes are well
documented. But more importantly,
it was Paul the person, not Paul the
player, who impacted people the most.
Fellow PGA golf professionals honored Paul Barkhouse (seated) at his retirement party in 2017 at Woburn
Country Club. Jim Tobin stands directly behind Barkhouse.
COURTESY PHOTO
The priest celebrating his funeral
mass could not have been more on
point: Paul was simply just plain
"generous." This theme resonated
throughout his wake and funeral as his
friends recalled his life.
When I began my professional career
in my 20s, Paul told me "to work hard,
get better and give it a try, nothing to
lose." So that's what I did.
After I missed the deadline for
my first PGA Winter Series Florida
tournament. Paul made a phone call.
Magically, I was in the Continental
Open, playing with Long Drive
Champion Evan "Big Cat" Williams.
Paul later invited me to join him "in a
little pick-up game" at Royal Palm CC
with some of his friends. He told me
"just bring your clubs and money."
Paul said he loved being in the
Army and stationed in Germany.
The base commander was a golf
fanatic who insisted that Paul be his
partner in every match. Paul said "the
Commander loved to win so I had the
best job in the army."
Paul was also part magician/part
comedian, willing to entertain any
audience with some slight-of-hand
tricks. At many NEPGA social events,
especially the Senior Championship
in Woodstock, Vermont, during the
cocktail hour he'd ask one of the
geezers to give him a $20 bill. He
would toss the bill to the ceiling; it
would stick. He would smile and walk
away, leaving the owner of the double
sawbuck to find a ladder on his own.
Only Paul…
I still remember his Emmy-worthy
Laurel and Hardy skit. He played
Hardy with his pants pulled up to his
armpits, his shoes on the wrong feet
and his fedora pulled down to his ears.
Priceless! Only Paul…
Paul was also a prankster. One of
his Ferncroft CC members bought a
gas-saving economy foreign car and
told Paul of his wise decision. Spotting
a sitting duck, Paul had his assistants
secretly add gas to the member's tank
every time he came to play. After two
weeks, Paul asked the member about
the car. With a beaming smile, the
member congratulated himself, saying
"the smartest thing I ever did, I've
driven over 500 miles and I still have
half tank of gas left." Only Paul…
The stories go on and on. But,
the most important story is Paul
Barkhouse, the person. The most
important things in his life were his
wife of 53 years Nancy, daughter Tracy
and three grandchildren.
I visited Paul the day before he died.
As I was leaving, I reached out for his
signature handshake – the one where
he would nearly crush my hand. Paul
tried to squeeze, then smiled and said
"I haven't got it anymore."
I disagreed.
"You will always have it."
Only Paul…
Jim Tobin of Lynnfield is a PGA
professional affiliated with Patriot
Golf Course in Bedford. He was New
England Section President in 2003-05.

A life
well-lived
• Paul Barkhouse was a legendary
member of the New England Section
of the PGA, inducted into its Hall of
Fame in 2000, and an icon of the
Greater Boston golf community for
more than a half century.
• An acclaimed teacher who was
always ready to help a young golfer
improve by providing instruction
and counsel, often without charge,
on the practice tee. Nothing made
him prouder than to see his proteges
succeed in the business of golf, most
significantly long-time PGA club
professionals John O'Connor, Brian
Gilchrist and Paul Ballard.
• Paul was instrumental in convincing
bank president Bob Spiller to bring
the LPGA Tour to Ferncroft Country
Club in the form of the Boston Five
Classic that ran from 1980-90.
• Most recently served as the head
professional at Woburn CC for 17
years before he retired in 2017. He
began his golf professional career in
1965 as assistant golf professional
at White Cliffs in Sagamore, and
went on to hold head professional
or director of golf positions at
Unicorn GC in Stoneham, Ferncroft
CC in Danvers, Steplechase CC in
Groveport, Ohio, and Ipswich CC in
Ipswich.
• Paul was actively involved on every
level of the NEPGA. Notably, he
served as vice president on the
Executive Committee from 1977-
79, as chairman and co-chairman
of the Tournament Committee
from 1978-85, and president of the
Seniors' Chapter for 15 years. He
received the NEPGA Professional of
the Year award in 1981 and earned
the Eugene "Skip" Wogan Player of
the Year trophy twice, in 1969 and in
1977 for overall excellence in playing
achievements.
• He won the New Hampshire Open
in 1969 and 1977, the Maine Open
in 1972 and 1974, the New England
Open in 1975 and the Massachusetts
Open in 1976. Barkhouse won the
PGA Club Professional Series in
1980 and has played distinguishably
in numerous U.S. Open, PGA
Tour, PGA Senior Tour and PGA
Championship events. He earned the
NEPGA Senior Chapter's Player of
the Year award in 1998 and 1999.
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Power play
Gloucester High golf and hockey
teams achieve championship goals
The rosters for the Gloucester High School 2021-22 golf and hockey teams were very similar. From left:
Brady Salah, Jack Costanzo, Tim Marrone, Jack Delaney, Dan O’Leary, Joseph Orlando and Nick White. All
but Salah were on both teams.
PHOTOS: SPENSER HASAK
By Bill Brotherton
Hockey players tend to be
great golfers. There are
many similarities between
the two sports, especially hand-eye
coordination, which is the key to
success in both.
The athletes at Gloucester High
School are proof positive of this.
Fifteen teens played on both the
hockey and golf squads during the
2021-22 seasons. And both teams had
championship seasons.
The hockey team, after an
abbreviated 2021 campaign due to
COVID restrictions, went 19-5 and
made it all the way to the Division 2
state semifinals.
The golf team topped their
Northeastern Conference division and
won the Division 3 North Sectional
Tournament at tough Renaissance
Golf Club in Haverhill by a whopping
12 strokes over Weston. Neighboring
Rockport finished third.
Jack Costanzo, the senior captain of
both the golf and hockey teams, was
medalist shooting 79. Nick White shot
83 (tying for third with Rockport’s Jack
Cahill). Also contributing were Joseph
Orlando (86), Jack Delaney (89), Dan
O’Leary (96) and Tim Marrone (103).
Those six golfers played in both the
golf state tournament and hockey
state tournament. The golf team’s No.
7 player, Brady Salah, not a hockey
player, also played extremely well all
season.
The team went on to finish fifth in
the Division 3 State Finals at Shining
Rock Golf Club in Northbridge.
Tyler Conigliari, in his third year
as golf coach, said “This was the most
successful golf team in school history.
We went 15-1, losing only our last game
of the season, to Beverly. We were both
undefeated.”
Conigliari, a Gloucester High grad
and a single handicap player himself,
is “very optimistic” about this year’s
team. “Our JVs were undefeated
and our two, three and four players
are back.” Conigliari has added high
school golf powerhouse St. John’s Prep
and other bigger schools to the 2022
schedule.
Derek Geary, hockey coach,
remarked that “Costanzo, Delaney,
Orlando and Nick White were not
only involved in golf, they were also
important players on our hockey team.
We went 16-4 and won three games in
the state tournament, all home games.”
“Jack Costanzo is a very special
athlete,” said Geary. “He’s incredibly
competitive in all the right ways.
“Success in golf blended into our
season,” added Geary. “Winning is
contagious.”
To say the city of Gloucester
supported the hockey team is an
understatement. The hometown
Talbot Rink was packed with 1600+
supporters for all three tourney games.
“It was magical. The whole city went
crazy,” said Geary. “Tickets sold out in
no time at all. The community really
bonded with our team” after a season
cut short due to COVID protocols.
“This is a real team, that’s why the
city got behind it,” said Geary. “It’s a
team of kids that really cared about
each other and played their hearts out.”
Geary said Gloucester Youth Hockey
players treated the high schoolers like
NHL superstars. “They waited (for
autographs and to take selfies with the
players) after each game. They watched
and want to be a part of it when they’re
in high school.”
Geary said the hockey team opted to

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12 >>> FALL 2022
HOLES
WITH A
VIEW
Photos by Spenser Hasak
The magnificent clubhouse at Essex County
Club looms large from the elevated 18th tee.

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14 >>> FALL 2022
Jack Murray, Tyler Branson, Brandon Vitarisi, and Steven Diorio take part in the
youth club championship at Meadow Brook Golf Club.
PHOTOS: SPENSER HASAK
All in the family
Focus on juniors, women
leads to Meadow Brook’s success
By Bill Brotherton
Meadow Brook GC in Reading
is one of New England’s most
successful private country
clubs. Its 9-hole championship golf
course is always in pristine condition. It
has a sparkling new clubhouse after two
fires burned predecessors to the ground
within 361 days in 2020-21.
The club has 437 members and if
you’re on the waiting list it’ll likely
be 2027 before your application is
approved.
How is this possible?
There’s much more to Meadow Brook
than golf. This once-blue-collar club
founded in 1898 has evolved into a
family-oriented facility. It has the most
active female membership of any 9-hole
club in New England. It embraces family
togetherness, and programs for women
and kids are priorities.
Yes, golf and a busy tournament
schedule are important, but so are
swimming and tennis and socializing.
“Clubs that are struggling probably
have no junior programs,” said Steve
Sheridan, the club's PGA head golf
professional and 2021’s Massachusetts
Chapter Professional of the Year.
“Here at Meadow Brook, membership
embraces junior golf. That’s the future of
the game.”
Lots of families have joined in the past
decade.
“Golf has become more familyoriented
in the last 20 years. This is a
very active club with a lot of families. The
social part of the club is a priority; it’s a
big part of golf. It’s important to get the
kids and the whole family involved. The
kids might start at the pool, then take
part in one of the junior golf programs.
Before you know it, they’re playing 9
holes with dad. Then the moms want to
get involved. Golf is a game you can play
as a family for a lifetime,” said Sheridan,
who has been at Meadow Brook since
2013.
The day I visited in August, kids were
everywhere. Eight preteen boys were
hitting balls at the driving range while a
pro offered advice, the Girls on the Tee
participants, grades 5-8, were enjoying
lunch after their one-hour lesson, the
junior championship was taking place,
and the Reading High School golf team
was holding tryouts.
“We were able to restart our junior
golf programs after a year off thanks to
Covid. Our program now has over 250
kids in it,” said Sheridan. “One program
does not fit all. We have 100 percent
attendance in all of our clinics and our
parent-child tournament is a longtime
summer highlight.”
In addition to golf, there are active
tennis and swimming programs. The sixlane
pool offers recreational swimming,
lessons and a competitive swim team for
children ages 6-16. The Meadow Brook
Marlins have won many championships.
The tennis program is an integral part of
club activities and currently there are two
clay and two hard courts and offers both
adult and child clinics and tournaments.
And pickleball was recently added.
“Juniors are absolutely our biggest
selling point,” said Denise Balboni-
Cowie, office manager, now in her
19th year at the club. “Our programs
encompass the family. Meadow Brook
offers a family membership, not every
local club does.
“We’ve had a huge advantage with
Steve (Sheridan) promoting junior golf.
The pool is the launching pad. We have a
very good swim program. Moms take the
kids to the pool. Kids are exposed to golf
and tennis.”
“Kids jump to the top of the waiting
list,” she added. “Juniors are ages 10-25
and ages 26-29 are considered young
adult legacy and pay just golf dues, no
initiation fee. At age 30, they transition
into a big boy or big girl membership,”
said Balboni-Cowie.

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By
SHADES OF GREEN
BOB GREEN
LIV: Golf exhibition
or circus?
After just four events,
including the Boston
tourney at The International
in Bolton on Labor Day weekend, it’s
clear what the LIV tour is all about.
Pink smoke bombs were
intentionally set off near the first
tee just before the shotgun start.
Guns N' Roses’ song “Welcome to
the Jungle” blared through powerful
loudspeakers. Diplo, an 11-time
Grammy-nominated artist, provided
the “electricity” at a post-tourney
concert.
CEO Greg Norman arrived by
parachute.
Players wore shorts.
A costumed greeter on stilts
welcomed attendees.
What a circus!
After the players teed off, hundreds
of people stayed in the entertainment
area, where there were food trucks,
bars, $5 beers, putting and chipping
contests, and glow-in-the-dark mini
golf.
There were fireworks at the awards
ceremony, where Dustin Johnson,
who eagled the first playoff hole,
collected his $4 million first prize.
Norman and Pat Perez tossed
Bud Lights to the crowd. Can you
envision PGA Tour Commissioner
Jay Monahan doing that?
To me, it seems more like a
combination of Ringling Bros.,
the Topsfield Fair, the Harlem
Globetrotters and a Monday golf
outing at your local club.
True, these are all fun events,
but they have nothing to do with
the highest level of competitive
professional golf like the golf we’ve
enjoyed on the PGA Tour since 1929.
Arnold Palmer must be turning
over in his grave.
LIV will not announce attendance
or revenue numbers. It does not
have a network TV contract; events
are streamed on YouTube. About
160,000 tuned in to watch the final
Boston round.
Davis Love compared LIV events to
the PGA Tour’s "Silly Season", those
pre-FedEx playoff events played in
the late fall after the official season
ended and the start of the following
year's season began in January.
The PGA is the ultimate
meritocracy. Players work hard to
qualify for tournaments, retain their
tour card, win tournaments and win
majors. If a player accomplishes
even a few of those goals he makes
sufficient money to live very well.
The PGA Tour has something LIV
will never have: history and heritage.
On a recent podcast, Love said
“none of us stood on a putting green
as a kid and said ‘This is for $5
million, or this is for $10 million.’ We
said “This is to win the US Open or
this is to beat Jack Nicklaus.’ That’s
what it’s all about.”
LIV features a 48 player field and
no cut. The last-place finisher makes
$120,000.
Here’s a list of exemptions the can
be EARNED in a season by PGA Tour
players:
Finish top 125 on money list – 1
year exemption; qualify for FedEx
Cup playoffs and $75 million in
bonus money
Win a tour event – 2 year
exemption (each additional win adds
an extra year up to 5 years)
Win a World Championship
event, The Tour Championship, the
Arnold Palmer Invitational or
Memorial – 3 year exemption
Win a Major or Players
Championship – 5 year exemption
The top 50 in Official World
Ranking points earns an invitation to
World Championship events.
Top players also qualify for or
receive invitations to play on Ryder
Cup and President’s Cup teams.
LIV players say benefits include
fewer events, freeing up time to
spend at home with their families.
If that’s true, why did nine
defectors try to play the FedEx Cup
3 event playoffs? Then sued the PGA
tour when they were denied entry.
Why did 19 of them enter
the DP World Tour BMW PGA
Championship in England the
week after the Boston event? One
withdrew, Martin Kaymer sensed the

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STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
By GARY LARRABEE
Looking back and ahead
Hooking and slicing about the
North Shore golf scene and
beyond as we approach the
best part of the playing season in these
parts – the fall – while wondering if
David Jasiak can coach his defending
Division 1 state champion St. John’s
Prep Eagles to another title. Led by
key player Ian Rourke, it would not
surprise me.
• It’s been a bittersweet season
around here with the passing of
icons Jack Nies, Paul Barkhouse
and Jed “Kip” Tyler. Nies, from
Essex County Club (and before
that United Shoe/now Beverly
G&TC), was one of the region’s
top amateurs from the time he
won the Massachusetts Junior in
1947. Barkhouse, one of Lynn’s
favorite pro golfing sons, was
everybody’s friend while winning a
bunch of significant tournaments,
most significantly the NEPGA
Match Play, New England
Open and Massachusetts Open.
Tyler was a giant among New
England’s talented crop of course
superintendents, serving Salem
Country Club for 38 years and
delivering spectacular conditions
for the club’s hosting of the 1984
U.S. Women’s Open and the 2001
and 2017 U.S. Senior Opens.
• Add to that group the death of Fred
Moseley, a Myopia member since
birth and the only North Shore
golfer who was also a member at
Augusta National. Lynn’s Tony
Sessa has been co-head golf
professional at Augusta since 2004.
(For clarification, Peter Lynch of
Tedesco and Fidelity fame was
never an Augusta member.) I’ve
always admired Moseley and, no, I
never got to play Augusta National
with him. He and fellow Myopia
member Ed Shotwell became the
final two – and critical – “angels”
who wrote substantial checks that
made my 2001 volume, “The Green
and Gold Coast: The History of Golf
on Boston’s North Shore, 1893-
2001,” possible.
• The area’s supers have done a
marvelous job caring for their
home turf despite the lack of
precipitation. I pray that by the
time you read this that the region
will have been soaked with all
the rain needed to eliminate
the drought conditions we’ve
experienced for nearly two months.
• We’ve never seen such a high level
of play from our juniors as we
have seen in recent years from the
Turners, James and Mark, of Bass
Rocks and Gloucester, and the
Emmerichs, Christian and Aidan,
of Kernwood and Swampscott.
The Emmerichs are the best we
have ever seen, now that Aidan, a
freshman at Michigan State, has
played in successive USGA Juniors
and Christian, a senior at Holy
Cross, just played in his second U.S.
Amateur.
• I wrote this about Kip Tyler a few
years after he had arrived at Salem
from Medinah, and the same is
true about what Bill Rocco has
accomplished in three seasons at
Salem after succeeding the beloved
Kip: The former Pine Valley No. 1
assistant has taken the condition of
Salem to a new level of excellence
from tee to green.
• Once Kirkbrae CC’s Mike Bradshaw
completes his term as president
of the New England PGA, there
is a good likelihood that the next
two leaders of the 900-member
organization will have strong
North Shore ties. Current vicepresident
Chip Johnson, in his
26th year as head pro at Hatherly
in Scituate is next in line and the
likely successor to Bradshaw. Chip
is the son of Salem native Anne
Clancey and Peabody native Ken
Johnson. Johnson’s most logical
vice-president and his choice to
succeed him would be current
NEPGA secretary Joanne Flynn,
head pro and GM at Windham CC
in southern New Hampshire. The
Danvers native is the daughter
of the late Bill Flynn, one of the
NEPGA’s giants, who served as
president 1973 to 1976. The last two
locals to serve as NEPGA president
have been Jim Tobin of Bellevue
and Lynnfield (2003-2005) and
Peabody native/Danvers resident
Don Lyons (1997-1999).
• She did not pull off the rare
two-club-titles-in-one-day
accomplishment of 2021, but the
amazing Jenny Ceppi won them on
separate July weekends this time
around, first at Bass Rocks, then
at Salem. Congrats to the men’s
winners at the same clubs – Josh
Salah at Bass Rocks and Ryan
Connelly at Salem.
• It’s never too soon to look ahead to
future championships bound for
the North Shore. Essex hosts the
2023 Massachusetts Amateur for
the eighth time next July. Boxford’s
Frank Vana was the most recent
winner crowned at Essex in 2005.
The only venue to have hosted more
Massachusetts Amateurs is The
Country Club (11).
• It’s safe to write that Tiger Woods
will never win another major
championship. I fear he will never
make the cut in another major. His
body is giving out and there are too
many good players coming up every
year.
• Lastly, after a 20-year run,
starting with the very first issue in
2003, I must make a bittersweet
announcement that this is my
final column/contribution to
North Shore Golf. I’ve had terrific
publishers in Richard Ayer and Ted
Grant, as well as superb editors in
Gary Trask, Bob Albright and Bill
Brotherton. My eternal thanks to
them and to you, my loyal readers.

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22nd Mass Golf tourney victory. The win
also puts Vana on the cusp of winning the
Mass Golf George M. Cohen Senior Player
of the Year Award for the fifth time in the
past six years. Five awards would tie him
with Ed Fletcher for the most all-time.
… Making the cut at a Senior Amateur
qualifying event Aug. 8 at Sagamore
Spring GC were Peter Harrison
(Vesper CC) 67, Terry Dunn (Cyprian
Keyes GC) 71, James Staffieri (Salem
CC) 71; Dom Petruzzelli (Thomson
CC) 71, Glenn Bohling (Wedgewood
Pines CC) 72, Steve Foley (Andover
CC) 73, Kevin MacIntyre (Salem CC)
74, Paul Sweeney (Bass Rocks GC) 74,
Bill Bieren (Indian Ridge CC) 74, and
William Shea (Norwood CC) 74.
Hago Harrington mini-golf in
Stoneham announced via Facebook it was
closing: “Hago Harrington’s has been an
iconic fixture on the North Shore since
1952 and regrettably, this will be our final
season! The property was recently sold
and the new owners graciously allowed
us to complete Hago’s 70th season in
business. Ten years ago we purchased
Hago’s and enjoyed every moment
operating this little piece of Paradise on
Route 28 and wish to thank everyone for
their kindness and support.” The minigolf
course was opened in 1952 by Leland
Kitteridge “Hago” Harrington, who played
professional ice hockey for the Boston
Bruins and Montreal Canadiens from
1925 and 1933.
Bobby MacAulay, who plays out of
Tedesco CC, is the 2022 New England
PGA Junior Tour Player of the Year
for ages 12-13. In 19 events this year,
Bobby, a lefty, has five victories and
seven second-place finishes. Of those
five victories, Bobby won three events
in a row on three consecutive days from
August 9-11 … Meadow Brook GC raised
more than $55,000 during its annual
Breast Cancer Tournament. … Essex
CC will host the 2023 Massachusetts
Amateur Championship. … At Tedesco
CC, Greg Mahan & Peter Abbruzzese
(Kernwood CC) won the Bob Green
Invitational Four-Ball Championship.
There were a bunch of holes-in-one at
North Shore clubs this summer, including
by these skilled players:
Jack Driscoll, Sept. 2, at Reedy
Meadow GC, 9th hole, 140 yards –
pitching wedge. He was playing with
dad Keith, mom Jennifer and brother
Connor Driscoll; Eugene Kee, Aug. 20,
at Indian Ridge CC; Carol Mills, Aug.
5, at Gannon Municipal GC 155 yards – 3
wood; Diana Cataldo, Aug. 4 Ferncroft
CC 130 yards – 3 wood; Hubert
Johnson, July 26, Salem CC 148 yards –
6 iron; Rick Wilson, July 26, Wenham
CC 115 yards – PW; Janet Kim, July 23,
Thomson CC 107 yards – 9 iron; Vernon
Graff, July 14, Salem CC 157 yards – 7
iron; Janice Lamb, July 9, Ferncroft
CC 147 – 4 hybrid; Scott Brown, July 4,
Salem CC 219 yards – 3 iron; Margaret
Roy, July 4, Salem CC 115 yards – 5
iron; Eric Levy, June 24, Kernwood CC
131 yards – 7 iron; Charlotte Rollins,
June 16, Bradford CC 108 yards – 9
iron; Rodney Lucia, June 11, Wenham
CC 130 yards – 6 hybrid; William
Rothwell, June 1, The Meadow at
Peabody 140 yards – 6 iron; Lynellen
Ramirez, May 27, GC at Turner Hill 78
yards – PW.
Club championships were taking place
as North Shore Golf went to press. Here
are a few of this season’s champs:
Salem CC: Ryan Connelly, men’s;
Jenny Ceppi women’s
North Andover CC: Fran Sullivan
men’s
Ould Newbury GC: Cael Kohan
men’s; Dan Graves senior men’s;
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Renaissance GC: Joe Plentzas, senior
men’s; Ron Trieff, super senior;
Danielle Lee, senior women’s; Nora
Clark, super senior women’s
Gannon Municipal GC: Sean
Winchell men’s; Mary Hunt,
women’s; Paul Gorman, senior
men’s; Ann Dawson, senior women’s
Tedesco CC: Hunter Stone, men’s;
James Katsos, senior men’s; Kym
Pappathanasi, women’s; Amy
Krypel, senior women’s
Winchester CC: Owen Egan, men’s;
Christine Mandile, women’s;
Jackie Hennessey, senior women’s
Vesper CC: John DeVito, men’s;
Molly Smith, women’s; Janice
Carroll, senior women’s; Michelle
Stott, super senior women’s
Bradford CC: Lucas Paradis, men’s
Meadow Brook: Damon Lusk, men’s;
Charlie Johnson, senior men’s.
Amesbury-based FlingGolf was
featured on ESPN in early August. The
sports TV network rebroadcast the New
Swarm FlingGolf Open and the Longest
Fling Competition that was held May 21
and 22 at the American Classic Golf Club
in Lewes, Delaware. “FlingGolf is pretty
simple,” founder Alex Van Alen of
Ipswich told North Shore Golf magazine
back in 2017. “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 (instead
of a putter) to roll or glide the ball into
the hole.” Most area courses, public
and private, welcome golfers who use a
FlingStick instead of a set of clubs. For
details, go to flinggolf.com.
At the 114th Massachusetts Amateur
Championship hosted by Concord CC
July 11-15, Christian Emmerich
(Kernwood CC) made it to the
quarterfinals, where he was ousted by
Connor Willett (Charles River CC)
2-up. Willett defeated Ryan Downes
(GreatHorse) in the final 4&2.
Making it to match play were Bill
Drohen (Bradford CC) 145; Cael
Kohan (Ould Newbury GC) 146; Aidan
Emmerich (Kernwood CC) 146; Nick
McLaughlin (Far Corner GC) 148; and
Christian Emmerich (Kernwood CC)
148;
In the Round of 32: Christian
Emmerich def. Arthur Zelmati
(George Wright GC) 5&4; Aiden
Emmerich def. Sean Fitzpatrick
(George Wright GC) 19 holes; Kohan
def. Jacob Raye (Sandwich Hollows
GC) 6&5; Willett (Charles River CC) def.
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McLaughlin 20 holes; Xavier Marcoux
(Nashawtuc CC) def. Drohan 2&1.
In the Round of 16: Christian
Emmerich def. Aiden Emmerich
1-up; Will Frodigh (Dedham Country
and Polo Club) def. Kohan 1-up;
North Shore golfers not making it to
match play included Kevin Daly (Salem
CC) 151; Damon Lusk (Meadow Brook
GC) 152; George Zolotas (Tedesco
CC) 152; Phil Miceli (Sagamore Spring
GC) 157; Colby Mitchell (Bass Rocks
GC) 157; Michael Souliotis (Haverhill
G&CC) 157; James Henry (Andover CC)
159; Peter Gardella (Ferncroft CC) 160;
Lucas Dascoli (Mount Hood GC) 168.
Winner Zachary Miller (Quail Ridge
CC) shot -1 at the 141st Massachusetts
Amateur Public Links Championship
at Sandy Burr Aug. 10-11. North Shore
golfers who competed were John
Brickley (Mount Hood GC) +2; Dave
Stevens (Gannon Municipal GC) +6;
Jeffrey Friel (Mount Hood GG) +6;
Phil Miceli (Sagamore Spring GC) +7;
Hadyn Kornusky (Beverly G&TC)
+7; Benjamin Friedman (Gannon
Municipal GC +8; Brian Smith (Mount
Hood GG) +10; Ethan Doyle (Olde
Salem Greens GC) +13;
Players not making the cut were:
Matt George (Black Swan CC); Tim
Richmond (Olde Salem Greens GC);
Andrew Waisnor (Sagamore Spring
GC); Michael Waisnor (Sagamore
Spring GC).
The Massachusetts Junior Amateur
Championship was held at Northern
Spy GC in Townsend Aug. 2-5. John
Broderick (Dedham Country & Polo
Club) def. Aidan Emmerich (Kernwood
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CC) 3&2 in a final duel of junior golf
between the two friends, who just began
their NCAA freshman seasons, Emmerich
at Michigan State University and
Broderick at Vanderbilt University.
The two both reached match play at the
U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes
last month, where they vowed that one
of them would take home the title at the
Mass Junior Amateur .
After winning his semifinal round,
Emmerich went out to follow Broderick’s
match, hoping he would pull through and
earn a spot in the final match. “I was like,
‘Come on, we’ve been planning this for
weeks now.’ It needed to happen, and it
was a lot of fun,” said Emmerich.
Emmerich was medalist, shooting
67-66 (7-under) six shots better than
Broderick. Emmerich is the only North
Shore golfer to make match play.
Other North Shore competitors were
Noah Farland (Andover CC), Alex
Landry (Indian Ridge CC), Jeffrey
Babineau (Andover CC), Miles
Buddenhagen (Essex County Club),
Sean Dully (Kernwood CC); Matthew
Murphy (Bradford CC), Trevor Drew
(Long Meadow GC), Aidan LeBlanc
(Beverly), Ian Rourke (Ferncroft CC),
Jack Carew (Ipswich CC), Brandon
Vitarisi (Meadow Brook GC), Conner
Murphy (Winthrop GC), Zachary
Bova (Meadow Brook GC), Ben
Chisholm (Ipswich CC) and Will Eddy
(Vesper CC).
Several North Shore golfers
qualified for the 2022 Mid-Amateur
Championship, which will be held at
Marlborough CC Sept. 19-21
Making the cut at the qualifier at
Renaissance CC in Haverhill were
Jeffrey Weishaar (Renaissance
CC) medalist at-2; Mike Roulic
(The Golf Club at Turner Hill) +1;
Joseph Iacona (Vesper CC) +2,
and Brad Batchelder, (Andover
CC) +2. At the qualifier at Cranberry
Valley in Harwich, Stephen
Quillinan (Renaissance CC) was
medalist at even par; Max Covitz
(The Meadow at Peabody) +4 also
qualified. Making the grade at
the Hopkinton CC qualifier were
Hunter Stone (Tedesco CC) +1 comedalist;
Tyler Currie (Hillview
GC) +2; and Brian Faulk (Indian
Ridge CC) +3. At the Braintree
Municipal GC qualifier, Paul
Burke (Indian Ridge CC) +2 made
the cut. At the Gardner GC qualifier,
Christopher Piumelli (Beverly
G&TC) made the cut.
The Super Senior Amateur
Championship will be held at Taconic GC
in Williamstown Oct. 3-4. At the Bradford
CC qualifier, Danny Brown (Vesper CC)
+6 was medalist. Also making the grade
were Peter Harrison (Vesper CC) +8,
Glen Watson (Hickory Hill GC) +8,
Mark Mendonca (Bass Rocks GC) +12,
and Robert Wight (Salem CC) +12.
At the Ouimet Memorial Tournament
July 27 – 29 at GreatHorse and
Woodland GC, Women’s Division winner
was Catie Schernecker (The Country
Club) at 224 (three rounds). Molly
Smith (Vesper CC) finished 4th; her
1-under 72 in the first round was the
only par-breaking round in the tourney.
Danielle Lee (Renaissance CC) also
competed. In the Men’s Division, Ryan
Downes (GreatHorse) shot a 7-under
208 to win. Christian Emmerich
(Kernwood CC) 219, and Sean Dully
(Kernwood CC) 227 also competed.
The Women’s Senior Amateur
Championship was heldAugust 22 –
23 at Shaker Hills CC. The winner in
Division 1 (gross) was Pamela Kuong,
(Charles River CC) +4 148. North Shore
competitors were: Kym Pappathanasi
(Renaissance/Tedesco CC) 158, Danielle
Lee (Renaissance CC) 161, Irene
Haley (Ferncroft CC) 171, and Danise
Dragonas (Rockport GC) 194,
The Dolly Sullivan Team Best Ball
was held at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club
in Boylston Aug. 29-30. There was a
three-way tie at -10 for top spot in the
Net Division: Deb Murphy | Marcia
Brown | Kathleen Coppins |
Stefanie Walsh (Meadow Brook GC),
Kathy Marshall | Filomena Suarez
| Gail Bryson | Sheila McNeil
(Ferncroft CC), and Thalia Meehan
| Janet Krevolin | Sharon Hayes |
J Barres (Oakley CC). Also competing
were Nancy Peterson | Deborah
Masse | Loretta Comeau | Mary
Hurton (Meadow Brook GC) -2.
The Mother-Son Modified Scotch event
was held Aug. 1 at Acushnet River Valley
GC. The winners in Division 1 - Sons 19
Years and Over (Gross) were Michelle
Morgan | Jesse J Morgan (Amherst
Golf Club, Northfield Golf Club) -5. North
Shore teams included Kim Grady | Will
Grady (Haverhill G&CC) C -1, runnerup;
Jane Fiste | Alex Fiste (Gannon
Municipal GC) +3. Also competing were
Mary Brock | Ian Brock (Far Corner
GC, The Meadow at Peabody); Amy
Leveroni | Charles A. Leveroni
(Tedesco CC); Mary Heffernan |
Patrick Heffernan (Salem CC).

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01938
ipswichclub.com; 978-356-3999
Golf Professional Daniel R. Dwyer
Slope 136; Rating 72.8
Kernwood Country Club
1 Kernwood St., Salem, MA 01970
kernwood.org; 978-745-1210
Golf Professional Frank Dully
Slope 130; Rating 71.7
Long Meadow Golf Club
165 Havilah St., Lowell, MA 01852
longmeadowgolfclub.com; 978-441-1542
Golf Professional Shawn Scott
9 holes; Slope 127; Rating 69.3
Meadow Brook Golf Club
292 Grove St., Reading, MA 01867
meadowbrookgolfclub.org; 781-942-1334
Golf Professional Steve Sheridan
9 holes; Slope 136; Rating 72.6
Mount Pleasant Golf Club
141 Staples St., Lowell, MA 01851
mpgc.com; 978-452-8228
Golf Professional Joel Jenkins
9 holes; Slope 126; Rating 70.1
Myopia Hunt Club
435 Bay Road, South Hamilton, MA
01982
myopiahuntclub.org; 978-468-4433
Golf Professional Mike Bemis
Slope 134; Rating 71.1
Nabnasset Lake CC
47 Oak Hill Rd., Westford, MA 01886
nabnassetlakecc.com; 978-692-2560
Golf Professional Dan Gillis
9 holes; Slope 117; Rating 66.5
North Andover Country Club
500 Great Pond Rd.,
North Andover, MA 01845
northandovercc.com; 978-687-7414
Golf Professional Matt Lombard
9 holes; Slope 127; Rating 65.7
Renaissance Golf Club
377 Kenoza St., Haverhill, MA 01830
renaissancema.com; 978-556-0900
Golf Professional Rhett Bishop
Slope 136; Rating 72.9
Salem Country Club
133 Forest St., Peabody, MA 01960
salemcountryclub.org; 978-538-5400
Golf Professional Kevin Wood
Slope 131; Rating 71.8
Tedesco Country Club
154 Tedesco St., Marblehead, MA 01945
tedescocc.org; 781-631-2800
Golf Professional Ryan Train
Slope 129; Rating 70.4
Thomson Country Club
2 Mid Iron Drive, North Reading, MA
01864
thomsoncc.com; 978-664-2016
Golf Professional Christopher Young
Slope 132; Rating 72.8
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 133; Rating 72.3
Vesper Country Club
185 Pawtucket Blvd.,
Tyngsborough, MA 01879
vespercc.com; 978-458-8731
Golf Professional James Scales
Slope 132; Rating 71.6
Winchester Country Club
468 Mystic St., Winchester, MA 01890
winchestercc.org; 781-729-1181
Golf Professional Jim Salinetti
Slope 137; Rating 73.5
Winthrop Golf Club
453 Main St., Winthrop, MA 02152
winthropgolfclub.com; 617-539-0482
Golf Professional Ed Montone
9 holes; Slope 132; Rating 70
PUBLIC GOLF COURSES
Amesbury Golf and Country Club
46 Monroe St., Amesbury, MA;
amesburycountryclub.com; 978-388-5153
9 holes. Club Pro Butch Mellon;
Tee times: 5 days in advance; Fee for 9
holes: $21/$22 weekday/ weekend;
Fee for 18 holes: $31/$33 weekday/
weekend; Cart rental: $18 per person for
18 holes.
Yards 6,095; Slope 122; Rating 69.9
Beverly Golf & Tennis Club
SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 25
134 McKay St., Beverly, MA;
beverlygolfandtennis.com;
978-922-9072 ext. 1; 18 holes.
Golf Professional David Dionne; Tee
times: 7 days in advance (members), 5
days in advance (non-members);
Fee for 18 holes: $35/$44 weekday,
$46-59 weekend; Cart rental: $20 per
person for 18 holes; Yards 6,276; Slope
126; Rating 70.8
Black Swan Country Club
258 Andover St., Georgetown, MA;
blackswancountryclub.com; 978-769-
1082; 18 holes.
Tee times: 6 days in advance; Fee for
9/18 holes: $30/$52 weekday, $40/$64
weekends; Cart rental: $20 for 18 holes;
Yards 6,803; Slope 130; Rating: 72.9
Bradford Country Club
SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 16
201 Chadwick Road, Bradford, MA;
bradfordcc.com; 978-372-8587
18 holes. Club Pro: Kevin Murphy;
Tee times: 5 days in advance (online tee
times also available); Fee for 9/18 holes:
$24/$36 weekdays, $26/$50 weekends;
Cart rental: $22 per person for 18 holes;
Yards: 6,157; Slope 131; Rating 71.1
Cape Ann Golf Club
SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 22
99 John Wise Ave., Essex, MA;
capeanngolf.com; 978-768-7544
9 holes. Club manager: Jim Stavros;
Tee times: 7 days in advance; Fee for
9/18 holes: $32/$45 everyday; Cart
rentals: $18 per person for 18 holes;
Yards 5844; Slope 124; Rating 68.4
Cedar Glen Golf Course
60 Water St., Saugus, MA;
cedarglengolf.com; 781-233-3609
9 holes. Club manager: Burton Page;
Tee times: required in advance; Fee for
9/18 holes: $23 ($20 seniors/juniors)/$38
weekdays,
$25/$40 weekend; Cart rental: $20 for 9
holes; Yards 5605; Slope 107; Rating 66.7
Chelmsford Country Club
66 Park Road, Chelmsford, MA;
sterlinggolf.com/chelmsford; 978-256-
1818
9 holes. Club pro: Jim Callahan; Tee
times: 10 days in advance; Fee for
9/18 holes: $21/$30 weekday, $26/$33
weekend;
Cart rental: $20 for 18 holes; Yards: 4,854;
Slope 107, Rating 63.6
Country Club of Billerica
51 Baldwin Road, Billerica, MA;
countryclubofbillerica.com;
978-667-9121 ext. 22;
18 holes. Club Pros: Steve Miller and Ed
O’Connell; Tee times: 4 days in advance;
Fee 9/18 holes: $25/$39 weekday,
$30/$49 weekend;
Cart rental: $20 per person for 18 holes;
Yards 5,798; Slope 120; Rating 68.2
Crystal Lake Golf Club
940 North Broadway, Haverhill, MA;
golfcrystallake.com; 978-374-9621;
18 holes. Club pro: Rob Hardy; Tee times:
10 days in advance for members, 7 days
in advance for public; Fee: 18 holes $37
weekdays, $49 weekends;
Cart rental: $20 for 18 holes; Yards 6,525;
Slope 123; Rating 70.7
Far Corner Golf Course
SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 8
5 Barker Road, Boxford, MA;
farcornergolf.com; 978-352-8300
27 holes. Club pro: John O’Connor;
Yards: 6,711; Slope: 130;
Rating: 72.9; Third 9 Holes: Yards 3,220;
Slope 131; Rating 72.5
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 18
holes: $49 weekday, $59 weekend; Cart
rental: $20 per person for 18 holes; Yards
6,268; Slope 136; Rating 71.4
Gannon Municipal Golf Club
SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 25
60 Great Woods Road, Lynn, MA;
gannongolfclub.com; 781-592-8238
18 holes. Club Pro: David Sibley;
Tee times: 2 days in advance after 6 p.m.;
Nonresident fee for 9/18 holes: $24/$43
weekday, $26/$51 weekend; Cart rental:
$20 per person for 18 holes; Yards 6,110;
Slope 125; Rating 70.8
Hickory Hill Golf Club
200 North Lowell St., Methuen, MA;
golfhickoryhill.com; 978-686-0822
18 holes. Director of Golf: Don Myles;
Tee times: every day; Fee: 18 holes: $47
Mon.-Thurs., $51 Fri., $60 Sat.- Sun.;
Cart rental: $21 per person for 18 holes;
Yards 6,287; Slope: 123; Rating: 70.8
Hillview Golf Course
SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 25
149 North St., North Reading, MA;
hillviewgc.com; 978-664-4435
18 holes. Golf Professional: Chris Carter;
Tee times: 3 days in advance; Fee for

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Happy 150th birthday
Donald Ross!
Donald Ross, considered by many the greatest
golf course designer of all time, was born in
Dornich, Scotland, 150 years ago on Nov. 23.
Ross left behind an impressive legacy of 418 courses –
including such gems as Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina
and Seminole in Florida. More than 100 USGA national
championships have been played on his courses.
He certainly helped create many of the North Shore’s
premier courses, namely Salem Country Club, Essex
County Club, Kernwood Country Club and Andover
Country Club.
And we can thank a Salem resident for bringing
Ross to Massachusetts in the first place. In 1899, with
the encouragement and support of Robert W. Willson,
a Harvard astronomy professor who made a golf
pilgrimage to Scotland's famed St. Andrew’s, Ross landed
his first job in America: to build and run Oakley Country
Club in Watertown. Ross had two things in his pocket
upon arriving in Boston: two dollars and professor
Willson’s phone number. He received $2,000 for his
redesign of Oakley, which he promptly wired back home
to his mother in Scotland so she could expand her home.
In 1900, he landed an assignment where he would
design and rebuild four courses at the Pinehurst resort.
Essex CC golf chairman George Willett was a pupil
of Ross at Oakley CC. In 1908, Willett hired Ross to
redesign the Manchester-by-the-Sea course. He built
several holes every year while the course remained open.
His work was completed in 1917.
ECC originally started as a nine hole course, which was
typical of Boston’s finest North Shore courses. Salem CC
and Myopia Hunt Club began in a similar manner.
Ross became the head professional at Essex and lived
with his family from 1909 through 1913 in a house mere
steps off the 15th tee. That yellow house is still there on
Forest Street, and is visible from several spots on the
course.
Ross created challenging courses with double plateau
"turtleback" greens. He often created holes that invited
run-up shots but had severe trouble at the back of the
green, typically in the form of fall-away slopes. All of
these exemplify his naturalness design philosophy which
did not require intense earth moving; he simply let the
lay of the land dictate what each and every hole should
be. Ross would go into designing a new course with the
thought to "make each hole present a different problem.
So arrange it that every stroke must be made with a
full concentration and attention necessary to good golf.
Build each hole in such a manner that it wastes none of
the ground at my disposal and takes advantage of every
possibility I can see."
Ross died at age 75 while completing his final design at
Raleigh Country Club in North Carolina. He is buried in
Newton Cemetery in Newton, Mass.
Donald Ross
Here is a partial list of courses that
Donald Ross designed in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Essex County Club (Manchester-by-the-Sea)
Andover Country Club
Kernwood Country Club (Salem)
Concord Country Club
Merrimack Valley Golf Club (Methuen)
North Andover Country Club
Salem Country Club (Peabody)
Vesper Country Club (Tyngsborough)
Oakley Country Club (Watertown)
Sandy Burr Country Club (Wayland)
Winchester Country Club
Maplewood Golf Club (Bethlehem NH)
Bethlehem Country Club
Mount Washington Hotel (Bretton Woods)
Manchester Country Club (Bedford NH)
Kingswood Golf Club (Wolfeboro)
Wentworth By The Sea Country Club (Rye)
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