By BILL BROTHERTON

North Shore Golf editor Bill Brotherton

“Is John Daly playing at Salem?” That’s the first question most people ask when they find out I edit North Shore Golf magazine. Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples have made the most money. Billy Andrade, Jerry Kelly and Gene Sauers have the devoted New England following. Tom Watson and Davis Love III are the most recognizable. Nearly every competitor has the skills.

By BILL BROTHERTON

Salem Country Club and its members mean the world to Bill Sheehan. The club and the friendships he has made through golf at the Peabody site has played an integral role in Sheehan’s life and success.

In 2001, everyone was rooting for Danvers’ Steve Swedberg | Photo: Spenser Hasak

By BOB ALBRIGHT

For one momentous week 16 years ago, Steve Swedberg was the story at the 2001 U.S. Senior Open at Salem Country Club. Sure, Nicklaus, Palmer, Player and Trevino were all there too, but everyone on the North Shore was talking about the affable physical therapist from Danvers who improbably went from playing for skins over at Beverly Golf & Tennis Club, to teeing it up with golf royalty just a few miles up the road in the pre-eminent major on the Senior Tour.

By BILL BROTHERTON

When the 2017 U.S. Senior Open concludes on July 2 at Salem Country Club, the champion will pocket more than a half-million dollars and get to hoist the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy in front of adoring fans.

By GARY LARRABEE

Ollie Cook was chairman of the ’77, ’84 and 2001 USGA events. | Photo: Spenser Hasak

Forty years after taking over as both Salem Country Club liaison to the United States Golf Association and general chairman of the 1977 USGA Senior Amateur, Ollie Cook is preparing for the upcoming 38th United States Senior Open at his beloved Salem Country Club with mixed emotions.

By WEBB HEINTZELMAN

Golf is a game of skill and experience. The more we play and practice, the better we become. This is especially true around the green. Having the correct approach when you find your ball on the fringe or in the greenside rough is critical to success.

Members of the “Back-Niners,” from left, Kevin O’Neil, Dr. John Unterborn, Jim Murphy, Tom Ryan, Bob Morin, Dr. Paul Busse, John Harper, Drew Tripodi, Frank Sweeney and Jim Summers at The Meadow in Peabody. | Photo: Scott Eisen

By SANDI GOLDFARB

Many consider golf a test of skill and athleticism, while the uninitiated may view the game as nothing more than a “good walk spoiled.” For 12 North
Shore residents, a shared love of golf is what connects them. But it was Bob Morin, a Peabody resident, former Marblehead postman and lifelong golfer, who first brought them together.

By ANNE MARIE TOBIN

With the 38th U.S. Senior Open just around the corner, now is the time to plan how to follow the championship action. The tournament, which features some of the world’s best professional and senior golfers age 50 and older, will be held at Salem Country Club in Peabody June 26 to July 3.

Mary LoBello and Mike Goggin speak about the upcoming U.S. Senior Open. | Photo: Spenser Hasak

By ANNE MARIE TOBIN

Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “Individual commitment to a team effort, that’s what makes a team work, company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

It’s also what makes the 2017 U.S. Senior Open at Salem Country Club work.