North Shore Golf Blog

The North Shore’s Premier Golf Magazine

North Shore Golf Blog header image 4

Entries from July 22nd, 2010

Precocious! Far Corner’s McLaughlin, 15, captures state junior, Swampscott’s Dilisio, 11, takes boys title

July 30th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Becky Blaeser, MGA
Framingham, MA — It’s hard to say that it has been a long time in coming when you’re talking about a 15-year-old.
However, after seven years of playing in the event Nick McLaughlin can now call himself a Massachusetts Junior Amateur Champion after securing the prestigious MGA title July 28-29 at Framingham Country [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·····

Prep’s McLaughlin and Swampscott’s Dilisio on top of leaderboard in Mass. Junior

July 29th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Becky Blaeser, MGA
Framingham, MA — Sitting in the top spot and holding the overall lead heading into the final round of the 2009 Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship would be enough to rattle any player… but not St. John’s Prep sophomore Nick McLaughlin (Far Corner GC) or Swampscott’s Steve Dilisio

[Read more →]

Tags: ····

Parziale captures N.E. Amateur, Billerica’s Vellardo third

July 24th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

Greenland , NH – The story couldn’t have been written any better. Following his college graduation this past spring, Matt Parziale (Thorny Lea GC – MA) wasn’t exactly sure what his future would hold. Questions about his future in golf were many but he didn’t know quite how to answer because – after all – [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

Billerica CC’s Velardo on top of leaderboard at N.E. Amateur

July 23rd, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

Greenland , NH – The age gap may be 30 years but there was no difference in score for three players who currently hold the lead heading into the third and final day of the 2009 New England Amateur Championship being held this week at Portsmouth Country Club.
Veteran Craig Steckowych (Portsmouth CC – NH) is [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

Aces are Wild

July 22nd, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

Despite the rain and drizzle the reports of holes-in-ones are coming in fast and furious to the North Shore Golf Blog. Here’s a picture from Reedy Meadow where it took Matt Bettencourt only one swing to put the ball in the hole on the fifth at the course in Lynnfield. He chalked up the hole-in-one [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·······

It’s Drohen! Bill Drohen tops Vana for Mass. Amateur title

July 20th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Becky Blaeser, MGA
Brookline, MA — When his final putt was conceded, Bill Drohen (Bradford CC) didn’t quite know what to feel. The 36-year-old had just defeated two-time winner of the event Frank Vana, Jr. (Marlborough CC) by a score of 4 & 3 to win the Massachusetts Amateur Championship, the most prestigious amateur golf [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

Darren Bolton’s Mass. Amateur Diary

July 13th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

Editor’s note: Lynnfield’s Darren Bolton wrote a daily diary for the North Shore Golf Blog as he competed in this week’s Massachusetts Amateur Championship. Although he did not advance to the match play portion of the championship he offers some keen insights on playing at the historic Country Club in the state’s most coveted golf [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

Far Corner well represented in Public Links qualifying

July 10th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

Both Ron Harwood and Ki Kwon of Far Corner punched their tickets for next month’s Massachusetts Public Links championship Wednesday at a qualifier at Meadow Creek GC in Dracut.
Harwood tied for seventh with a 7-over-par 78, while Kwon was two shots back and tied for 11th. A full list of qualifiers below:

[Read more →]

Tags:

Eastwood shoots down competition at The Meadow

July 6th, 2009?> · by Bob Albright · No Comments · Uncategorized

PEABODY — The sight of Bob Eastwood posting low numbers at his home course at Wenham CC does not necessarily constitute a news flash. Monday, however, the perennial club champion contender at Wenham took his act a couple towns over and had equal success as he finished tied for second in a Massachusetts [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ····