By Gary Larrabee
North Shore Golf and Tennis editor Bob Albright and I can tolerate each other on the golf course only once a year. I talk too much and wander off into the woods too often in search of grouse and gorillas. Bob? He tends to play his worst round of the year in my [...]
By Gary Larrabee
The passing of Dick Haskell, Ipswich native, former Essex County Club, member and long-time executive director of the Massachusetts Golf Association (MGA), is the end of an era in Bay State golf history.
APPRECIATION
Haskell, who died at his Chestnut Hill home Sunday (July 11) at the age of 84 while working out on his [...]
Tags: Dick Haskell·Essex County Club·Gary Larrabee·golf·Ipswich·Joe Sprague·MGA·Ould Newbury
By Becky Blaeser, MGA
The time has come for the state’s top amateur competitors to take part in one of the most historic and grueling tests of golf in the Bay State.
Beginning on July 12th at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, a field of 144 players hailing from all parts of Massachusetts will take part [...]
Tags: Bill Drohen·golf·Massachusetts Amateur·Myopia Hunt Club
Wellesley, MA — The first call that James Hazen (Miller Place, NY) made after tapping in his par on the 625-yard, par 5 18th hole for a final score of 6-under par 204 was to his father back home. At first the elder James Hazen was skeptical about the news that his son had just [...]
Tags: golf·James Hazen·Masachusetts Open
By Gary Larrabee
Boasting one of the purest pedigrees in the game as a classic Donald Ross design, Vesper Country Club in Tyngsborough has always been ranked among the best courses – and most prestigious clubs — in the state, right up there with the North Shore region’s best, Salem, Essex and Myopia. With such a [...]
Tags: Brian Silva·golf·renovation·Vesper CC
By Gary Larrabee
MANCHESTER BY-THE-SEA — The 2010 Curtis Cup team, minus No. 1 player Jennifer Song, who was on a private trip to South Korea, wrapped up a two-day practice session at Essex County Club Tuesday, blessed with excellent weather and a finely tuned Donald Ross layout.
Tags: 2010 Curtis Cup·Alexis Thompson·Donald Ross·Essex CC·golf·Noreen Mohler
The following is a slide show of Kernwood CC in late April. Enjoy.
Kernwood in Spring
Tags: golf·Kernwood CC
Salem’s Matt Bickford was the top amateur at Tuesday’s New England Tour event at Blackstone National GC. Here’s the complete leaderboard:
Tags: Blackstone CC·golf·Matt Bickford·New England Golf Tour
The latest Spring Teams Result As of May 13, 2010:
Cup Club Points
1 Renaissance 149.5
1 Cohasset #1 138.0
1 Charles River #1 137.5
1 Nashawtuc #1 137.5
1 New Bedford #1 133.5
1 Woodland #1 114.0
Tags: golf·Renaissance GC·spring team·WGAM
Ipswich, MA — Last year, the team of Ryan Riley (Norton CC) and Herb Aikens (Pinehills GC) had to share the Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship title after the event was shortened to just 18 holes due to inclement weather.
This year – under sunny skies as far as the eye could see in Ipswich – the dynamic [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Fourball·golf·Herb Aikens·Ipswich CC·Ryan Riley·Turner Hill