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<br /> <br /> 2<br /> A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GOLFER 1<br /> 2<br /> To our Members, Golf Enthusiasts, Supporters, and Friends,<br /> It's my honor to welcome you to this special edition of e Massachusetts Golfer,<br /> commemorating 125 years of Mass Golf and its legacy rooted in the establishment<br /> of organized amateur golf in the state.<br /> In Massachusetts, amateur golf has always been at the heart of the game. It's what<br /> makes the sport accessible, from young people learning at their local club, to seniors<br /> nding ful llment in their later years, and to everyone in between. From the city to<br /> the Cape, from public courses to historic private clubs, amateur golf connects players,<br /> builds community, and brings people together across generations.<br /> You may ask, why celebrate 125 years? In 2023, our Board of Directors o <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=1"> </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=2"> 2</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=3"> A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GOLFER </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=4"> 2</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=5"> To our Members, Golf Enthusiasts, Supporters, and</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=6"> Created in Massachusetts, Exclusively for the Mem</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=7"> 2 · A letter from Jesse Menachem 6 ·</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=8"> Chapter One A Shared Love of the Game: The</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=9"> Mass Golf (established as a merger between e Ma</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=10"> It was the late 19th century when golf grew rm r</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=11"> ese women, representing e Country Club, </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=12"> Standards, rules and friendly play By the 1920s, </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=13"> As their local golf world grew, the women took st</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=14"> Chapter Two Massachusetts Championships </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=15"> By: Stephen Hanjack At the core of every storie</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=16"> Massachusetts Women's Amateur Championship Know</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=17"> 1900 – Grace Keyes (Oakley CC) 1901 – Margaret Cu</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=18"> Massachusetts Amateur Championship Upon the crea</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=19"> 1903 – Arthur G. Lockwood (Myopia Hunt Club) 1904</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=20"> Massachusetts Open Championship e younge</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=21"> 1905 – Donald Ross (Vesper CC) 1906 – Alex Ross (</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=22"> Chapter Three By: Steve Derderian On a co</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=23"> Hollis Stacy, 1984 U.S. Women's Open champion </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=24"> Beginning with Massachusetts' own Harriot Curtis </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=25"> team member Dick Chapman. A local professional ec</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=26"> Grounds crews fine tune the rough during the 2022</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=27"> USGA Championships Held In Massachusetts The Cou</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=28"> 26 ©2025 Acushnet Company</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=29"> Outperform Yesterday. A</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=30"> Chapter Four An Invitational of Competitive Spi</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=31"> By: Jim McCabe As invitationals go, this one is </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=32"> Mr. H smiled in a respectful way, shook his head,</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=33"> ere stand Marion Maney, who won a U.S. Women</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=34"> Touche and good cheer because in a roomful of cha</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=35"> Frank Vana Jr. </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=36"> Shot 70, did the dreadlocked Jackson and Carlson </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=37"> Tony Jackson </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=38"> Chapter Five A Commonwealth of Golf Course Archit</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=39"> By: Kevin Mendik In Massachusetts, the land rea</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=40"> Alex Findlay </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=41"> From the November 1903 issue of Golf: “ ere is </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=42"> Ross's courses are de ned by their naturalness an</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=43"> Myopia Hunt Club North Course at Los Angeles Cou</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=44"> ©2025 Acushnet Company. All rights reserved. foot</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=45"> in motion. A SPECIAL ED</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=46"> Chapter Six The Grounds On Which We Play </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=47"> By: Richard Rapp There are lists out there, fa</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=48"> to the States to serve as the professional at e</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=49"> George Wright Golf Course, Boston's other municip</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=50"> Veteran's Memorial Golf Course (Springfield) </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=51"> Whitinsville Golf Club </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=52"> Highland Links (Truro) </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=53"> If rustic, turn of the 20th century golf is your </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=54"> The name GreatHorse was inspired by Gran Cavallo </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=55"> Miacomet Golf Course (Nantucket) </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=56"> Chapter Seven Individuals Important to the </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=57"> Harriot Curtis </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=58"> Born with a birth-defective arm that he would not</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=59"> Bill Flynn Pippy Rooney </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=60"> Richard F. Connolly, Jr. </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=61"> Dick Haskell served as executive director of the </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=62"> Chapter Eight The Future of the Game </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=63"> Pull up to the clubhouse at just about any course</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=64"> A er 125 years, the story of golf in Massachusett</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=65"> A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GOLFER </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=66"> List of Member Golf Courses in Massachusetts Ac</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=67"> New Meadows Golf Club Newton Commonwealth Golf Co</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol4 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e3f8368?page=68"> </a>