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<br /> 1<br /> Volume III • Spring 2025<br /> 2<br /> 1<br /> Created in Massachusetts, Exclusively for the Members of Mass Golf<br /> The Massachusetts Golfer Is:<br /> Stephen Hanjack<br /> Richard Rapp<br /> Steve Derderian<br /> Nia Fredrich<br /> Under the Artistic Direction of:<br /> Joshua Wessolowski<br /> Mass Golf Is:<br /> The state golf association of Massachusetts, founded in 1900.<br /> It is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to<br /> advancing golf in Massachusetts by building an engaged and<br /> inclusive community around the sport.<br /> 300 Arnold Palmer Blvd.<br /> Norto<a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=1"> 1</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=2"> Volume III • Spring 2025 2</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=3"> 1</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=4"> Created in Massachusetts, Exclusively for the Mem</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=5"> OPENING & CLOSING PHO</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=6"> Outperform Yesterday. </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=7"> HYANNISPORT CLUB · BARNSTABLE, MA </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=8"> ©2025 Acushnet Company. All rights reserved. foot</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=9"> 7</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=10"> 8</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=11"> On a sunny October a ernoon, really the rst day </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=12"> hilly miles (compared to just 5.5 for the Pines).</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=13"> The 16th is the type of late par-3 you play your </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=14"> 12 One of the most striking features on the golf</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=15"> It may look like a meteor collided with the earth</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=16"> “What's the ground telling you?” 14</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=17"> 15</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=18"> Now, if you're thinking, `Wait a minute, weren't </a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=19"> at's not necessarily just stereotypical cut</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=20"> My mind wandered back to that two-hole stretch fr</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=21"> nished product and never will be. e Pines wo</a> <a title="MassGolf_Vol3 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6218f2ed?page=22"> 18 HOLES: THE PERFECT EUROPEAN EXCURSION. 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