South Shore Country Club director drives turnaround Nov 14, 2009
The Club also hosts tournaments through the Massachusetts Golf Association, which gives us a huge amount of publicity, McGrail said. Some new business has also come to SSCC through word of mouth. (Hingham Journal, MA)
John F. Reilly Jr., volunteer and insurance executive, 77 Nov 13, 2009
From 1977 to 1980, Mr. Reilly was an executive committee member of the Massachusetts Golf Association. Dick Haskell, former executive director, remembered him as very attentive and a delight to work with. (Boston Globe)
Arlington’s Paul Murphy takes Mass. Senior Amateur golf title Oct 8, 2009
When Arlington resident Paul Murphy knocked in a 1 1/2-foot downhill par putt on the 18th hole at Salem Country Club last week, it gave the longtime Charles River Country Club member a one-shot victory in the Massachusetts Senior Amateur Championship - his first Massachusetts Golf Association title in 21 years. It was a wonderful way to end the season and it s going to make the winter a little easier to take, said the 58-year-old Murphy, who had a great run last year in his first US Senior... (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Tufts’ Amy Wilfert scores her first college cross-country win Sep 24, 2009
Last year s Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year, Higgins won his second consecutive Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship by a tournament-record 12 strokes last week at Haverhill Country Club. It was by far my best collective three days of golf I have ever played in my life, said Higgins, who shot a 196 over three days, averaging 65. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Pembroke’s Tara Joy Connelly out to defend title Aug 13, 2009
This has been quite a summer for Parziale, currently the front-runner for player of the year honors in the Massachusetts Golf Association. He was the low amateur in monsoon-like conditions at the Massachusetts Open, advanced to the quarterfinals of the prestigious North and South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2, won the Brockton Fourball, the New England Amateur, and the Ouimet Memorial. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Frances M. (Toson) Corcoran Aug 11, 2009
GateHouse News Service Posted Aug 10, 2009 @ 11:56 AM. She is survived by three children, Nancy (Mrs. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Adult Leagues Aug 11, 2009
Frank Vana, Jr., the nine-time Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year and two-time Mass Am champ has clinched his fifth Mass Am final appearance. Mon Jul 13, 2009, 07:26 AM EDT. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Keeping score around New England Aug 6, 2009
Curreys team up Robert Currey and his son, David, members at Brae Burn, outlasted two-time winners Jim and Jason Ruschioni of Monoosnock to win the Massachusetts Golf Association s Father & Son Championship. Both teams shot 71 at Segregansett, with the Curreys winning with a birdie on the fourth playoff hole. (Boston Globe)
Parziale’s course is clear Aug 6, 2009
That stretch of strong play has pushed Parziale into the lead in the race for Massachusetts Golf Association player of the year, something he s never won. I never really set any goals. (Boston Globe)
Favorites meet match Jul 16, 2009
Higgins, 34, was the 2008 Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year. Bouchard] played great, real solid, and made putts when he needed to, Higgins said. (Boston Globe)
Higgins a cut above in winning stroke-play medal at Mass Am Jul 15, 2009
I want to [win], said Higgins, 34, the Bellingham resident who was the 2008 Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year. I want to prove the medalist can win this tournament again. (Boston Globe)
Fontaine joins Higgins at top Jul 14, 2009
It didn t hurt that the 2008 Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year played the Championship Course during the 2003 Mass Am. I was happy coming out of the gate with even par through the first four holes, the 34-year-old said. (Boston Globe)
After Mass. Open, Keohane packs golf bags for Asia Jul 2, 2009
He said he collects the mementos that the Massachusetts Golf Association gives players on the first tee each year such as money clips. Playing through a Nor easter on the opening day of the tournament this year, Keohane was grateful to get some home cooking after his opening round, in which he shot a 74. (Needham Tab, MA)
Quail Ridge members lease club, open to public Jun 26, 2009
Becky Blaeser, communications director for the Massachusetts Golf Association, said the new business model is one many of the state s courses are turning to in order to keep their doors open as fewer people are able to pay the high cost of joining private clubs. A lot of places are coming to the realization that becoming semi-private is a profitable solution for them, said Blaeser, adding that an oversupply of public and private courses caused many to close in the past few years. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Carey, Foley roll to fore in Norfolk May 17, 2009
Frank Vana of Marlborough Country Club, the 1997 tournament winner and a nine-time Massachusetts Golf Association player of the year, also birdied the 18th to shoot 70, tied for fourth with Ryan Riley. PGA - Defending champion Zach Johnson matched the La Cantera course record with a 10-under 60 to take a three-stroke lead in the suspended third round of the rain-soaked Texas Open in San Antonio. (Boston Globe)
