Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham is one of the most underrated, fun, challenging courses in New England. Yes, it’s a private club. Yes, it’s only 9 holes. But when Bear Hill hosts a qualifier for Mass Golf’s Super Senior Amateur Championship on Aug. 8, you can expect participants to sing its praises.. Established in […]
Notebooks
Spring 2025 Notebook
William Shaw, Salem Country Club’s general manager/COO for the past two years, has accepted the GM position at Andover Country Club. His successor is David Garfinkel, who had held the same position at Pine Brook Country Club in Weston since 2017. Before that, Garfinkel was GM at Woodland Golf Club in Newton for 14 years. Shaw […]
Fall 2024 Notebook
Salem CC is gearing up to host its third Massachusetts Senior Amateur Championship. The event, the 64th, which was last held at Salem 15 years ago, will take place Sept. 22-23. At the Bradford CC qualifier on Aug. 29, Rob Carpenter (Andover CC) and Ray Garrahan (Winchester) qualified with 5-over 76. James Staffieri (Salem CC) […]
Summer 2024 Notebook
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the former Middleton Golf Course on June 17, a little more than five years after Special Town Meeting voted to buy the course for 3.8 million. Two buildings will be constructed on the site: The Middleton Public Safety headquarters will house the town’s Police and Fire departments and a […]
Spring 2024 Notebook
Every autumn since the 1980s, the men and women of Bass Rocks GC and Rockport GC have competed for the Cape Ann Cup for bragging rights and a trophy. This year more than 50 golfers played Oct 14-15, with one round at each club. The Bass Rocks ladies team defeated Rockport 8.50 to 3.50. The […]