Mass Golf

09/13/2026

Stepping into the week👟

09/10/2026

From Emily Doe’s opening-hole birdie to Kaitlyn’s clutch up-and-down on 18, the Newton sisters delivered when it mattered most. Their 3-under 68 at The Haven Country Club on Thursday earned them a trip to Virginia for the 2027 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball.

Sister Act: Kaitlyn & Emily Doe Punch Ticket To 2027 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship By Steve Derderian [email protected] BOYLSTON, Massachusetts (September 10, 2026) – Emily Doe stood over her downhill birdie putt on the opening hole without much pressure attached to it. Her o...

09/09/2026

“A growing population paired with golf’s booming appeal called for an upgrade of GE’s golf course. The original layout, described by Roger O’Gara in The Berkshire Eagle, “wasn’t much more than a pitch and putt affair, with the putting surfaces none too smooth.”

By 1956, golf was now considered a major American sport, and so the GEAA called upon Middleton and Colonel Rowland Armacost, former golf professional at Wahconah Country Club, to design a more formal nine-hole, 3,000-yard layout. Armacost, formally recognized as the course architect, designed and expanded several other area courses, including Waubeeka Golf Links, just up Route 7, a decade later.

The course opened for play in 1957 and adopted a membership model similar to that of many British golf clubs. Only members of the GEAA were able to enroll as members of the golf course, but higher-priced, daily green fees were accepted to help support course operations.

With a proper 9-hole course, r***e club, baseball teams, tennis, pools, and recreation halls, General Electric boasted one of the most robust collections of employee offerings in the state. As O’Gara put it, “with the addition of the golf course, it’s likely that the GEAA has the finest recreational setup in the state of Massachusetts.”

Read the full story in Volume VI of The Massachusetts Golfer, now in mailboxes and available online here - bit.ly/4xC5RiB

Story: Stephen Hanjack
Photography: Teddy Doggett
Course: General Electric Athletic Association Golf Club

Indoor Range: The GEAA’s indoor gun range was converted into a cart barn for many years. It still stands today but has since been retired.

09/09/2026

📺 Upcoming TV Schedule 📺

The Final Round Broadcast of the 2026 Massachusetts Women’s Amateur Championship will air later this week. Follow along with every single shot from the match play final between defending champion Isabel Brozena and Molly Smith, contested August 14th, 2026 at Oak Hill Country Club.

TV 38 Airings:
- Sun., Sept. 13 at 2 p.m.

NESN Airings:
- Sun., Sept. 13 at 8 p.m.
- Tue., Sept. 15 at Noon
- Sat., Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.*
- Wed., Sept 23 at Noon
- Wed., Sept 23 at 10 p.m.*
- Wed., Sept 30 at 7 p.m.*

*on NESN+

09/09/2026

Two more teams will be repping Massachusetts at Erin Hills next spring!

Ricky Stimets & Kevin Bl**er combined for a 9-under-par 62 to earn medalist honors in 2027 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying on Tuesday at Potowomut GC (RI). David Spitz & Ben Spitz also punched their ticket for the second straight year.

Results: golfgenius.com/pages/5850130

09/04/2026

Watch the Final Match On Our YouTube Channel

09/03/2026

“There is only one instance of Raynor’s work in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Dedham Country and Polo Club. Donald Ross, ironically a naysayer of the template concept, had already built nine holes on the property in 1915. In 1920, seeking to add an additional nine, the club passed over Ross in favor of Herbert Fowler, right around the time that Fowler was building his magnum opus, Eastward Ho!

Ross, embittered by the slight, wrote to a friend in 1923, “Instead of giving me a chance they hired him and it was published in all of the Boston papers that Fowler was the world’s greatest expert. His work proved to be an absolute failure, not only at Dedham, but also on every other job where he worked. Now they want me to take up where he left off, and if I succeed in doing anything with it, Fowler, not I, will get the credit.”

Ross declined the project and Raynor was hired to stitch together the preexisting Ross holes and the unfinished Fowler holes. Raynor saved a good portion of the Ross greens, while rerouting many of his holes, which sit on the clubhouse side of Country Club Road. Raynor left his own unmistakable stamp, that of the template holes, on what are now holes 6 through 15, as well as the Reverse Redan 17th.

With relatively recent restoration work from Brian Silva, Raynor’s templates are now firmly on display at Dedham.”

Read the full story in Volume VI of The Massachusetts Golfer, now in mailboxes and available here: bit.ly/4xC5RiB

Story: Richard Rapp
Photography: Matthew Hart
Course: Dedham Country & Polo Club

09/02/2026

"Just about half of the sides completed their rounds on Tuesday, with the rest of the field, or whichever competitors were able to call out of work for a second consecutive day, returned on Wednesday morning to vie for one of three spots at Erin Hills and Blue Mound CC next May."

Results & Recap ⬇

09/01/2026

Brendan Hester wins it in extras!

Our Massachusetts Senior Amateur champ advances by sinking this birdie putt on the 19th hole in his second match of the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.

He’s currently 2-up over Dan Sullivan thru 9 of his Round of 16 match.

Video: Doug Clapp