1ST ROW: Merchandise on display at the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show held in January at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando; A colorfully-dressed crew attending the show. (PHOTOS: Traci Edwards/PGA of America); 2ND ROW: Ed Toner of Swampscott gets ready to tee off on Middleton Golf Course’s 1st hole; Jen Dorney of Peabody and Susan O’Connor of Danvers at Middleton Golf Course. (PHOTOS: Spenser Hasak) Kevan Elliot on the green at Beverly Golf & Tennis Club. (PHOTO: Owen O’Rourke) 3RD ROW: The clubhouse at Olde Salem Greens; Dennis McFall plays the 18th at Gannon Colf Club in April. (PHOTOS: Spenser Hasak) 4TH ROW: Connor Hayes plays at Olde Salem in May (Photo: Spenser Hasak); Karen Miller, Sue Page, Lea Healey, Betty Lou Fecteau and Jane McDonald, all sporting fascinators, have Kentucky Derby Day fun at The Pub at Ould Newbury. (PHOTO: Mike Norris)

Bill Leone about to use the putting green at Gannon.

Tuesday’s sunny skies and warm (80 degrees) temperatures brought out a large group of golfers at Gannon Golf Club in Lynn. Here are a few shots of those having fun, courtesy of photographer Owen O’Rourke.

The Massachusetts Golf Association’s 2016 Senior Amateur Championship was held at The Golf Club at Turner Hill Country Club in Ipswich on Sept. 12. Kevin Smith of Franklin Country Club won the title with a two-round score of even-par 144. Runner-up at 145 was Kevin Carey of Dennis Pines Country Club. Smith also won the championship in 2013.

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Photos: Spenser Hasak

The Women’s Golf Association of Massachusetts held its annual Eleanor LaBonte tournament at Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead on Sept. 12. Christin Gagner of Bedrock Golf Club and Rita Bedard of Glen Ellen Country Club won the gross title with a 1-under 71. That was one shot better than the Turner Hill Golf Club’s Mary Jane O’Neill and Mary Marengi. Kate Brown and Mary Fitzpatrick of William Devine Golf Course took the net with a 61.

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Clockwise, from top:
Mary E. Hunt of Danvers and Gannon Golf Club blast from a bunker on Tedesco’s eleventh hole.
Sue Vaters of Lynn reaches the top of a short backswing.
Pam Granese of Marblehead ponders her putt on Tedesco’s first green.
Kathleen Spelta of Swampscott keeps an eye on her approach to the first green at Tedesco.
Denise O’Connor of Gannon Golf Club rolls her putt toward the hole on Tedesco’s first green.

Photos: Bob Roche

The 47th annual Mike Frangos Commodore Invitational Golf Tournament, benefiting children and adults with disabilities served by Northeast Arc, was held Sept. 19 at Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton.

Mary Jane Boudreau, Ducky Connolly, Pam Legere, Karen Callanan

Paul Ricker, Jay Henderson, Mark Thompson, Bob Thompson

Jonathan Derr and his mom, JoAnn Simons, CEO of Northeast Arc, with Mark Thompson, chairman of Arc.

Photos: Bob Roche