The senior amateurs are in for a treat in 2022. Back in 1922, when he got things rolling by donating the Cup, Walker had fully intended for the competition to be called by its official name, The United States Golf Association International Challenge Trophy. William Campbell was yet another veteran of the 1951 team, while Kittansett Club member Richard Chapman held the distinction of having won the amateur championships of the United States, Great Britain, Canada and France the only man to achieve this feat. An 18-hole golf course became a possibility when in the early 1920's a group of residents bought the land on Butler's Point, which until that time had been occupied solely by the Beverly Yacht Club. The par 4 2nd also plays 415 yards and is another very difficult hole. The oldest public course in New Jersey, Weequahic Golf Course was originally 9 holes built by Baltusrol Pro George Low in 1913. We played at 2pm on a Monday afternoon the week after they aerated the course. Darius Oliver, in this short extract from the book Planet Golf USA, writes: "Enjoying scenic outlooks across the water to Cape Cod, Kittansett is a lovely setting for golf and the ever-changing nature of its holes ensure that a round here is constantly engaging. Marion, MA 02738 Clubhouse: (508) 748-0148 Pro Shop: (508) 748-0192 Employment 34 F | Wind 12 mph Copyright 2020 The Kittansett Club Site by Clubessential Options Close Site Options Hide Settings Images ( ) & CTES ( ) Object Plugins FED Matt. Then, they are left with an uphill approach to a slick green backed by the bay, again with bunkers right and left. Beverly's clubhouse was only open for a short portion of the year in general but was actually used only on two weeks of official race days. This circular green is lined by two deep bunkers on either side and the Ocean long. Littler and Jackson went to lunch 2-up and closed out Wilson and MacGregor 3 and 2 proving once again that no good deed goes unpunished. Its a fun all-or-nothing hole, and is certainly one of the highlights of the round. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Amateur champion. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The 337 yard 10th hole at We-Ko-Pa Saguaro is a really fun risk/rewark hole that features two templates: a Reverse Cape on the teeshot and Lions Mouth by the green. 18 brings you back to the clubhouse, and again throws off vibes of the opening and finishing holes at Maidstone and Fishers Island. The visitors would salvage a measure of self respect when Ronnie White, 3-down after 30 holes, stormed back to post a thrilling 1-up victory over Chapman on the Americans home course. Club records indicate that construction on the course commenced in summer 1922. Your email address will not be published. Rolling down Point Road toward The Kittansett Club, past Sippican Harbor and passing before an ever more stately line of summer cottages (all in gray shingle), the ancient course comes into view through the drivers side window initially a hole or two bounded by Cape-style miniature pine, but then a striking, open expanse punctuated by golden fescues, lines of bracken hedgerows and chocolate-drop mounding. But he built the course himself with local crews of similarly inexperienced folk. The Country Club is definitely Massachusetts' best course and then it is a battle among Kittansett, Boston Golf Club, and Old Sandwich as the state's next best track. Now there was a great player, he said. That scheme called for culling significant numbers of trees and underbrush, largely to bring back panoramas of the bay from different parts of the course and to improve turf conditions by enhancing air flow. This hole features one of the coolest green complexes Ive played with what I can best describe as a diagonal Biarritz with the left side higher than right. So check this out for a more detailed retelling of the history of Kittansett Club. This hole reminds me a lot of the 5th atWannamoisettwith the ideal line playing over mounds at the right corner. At the Commissions June 22, 2011 hearing on the Notice of Intent, Briggs, in his capacity as a ConCom member, discussed the Notice of Intent and voted to issue an Order of Conditions regarding the Notice of Intent. . Tucked away in a sort of nether region between Cape Cod and the Rhode Island coast, it's widely acknowledged as the second best course in Massachusetts (after The Country Club), though few have actually played it and none passes up a chance. By the time Hanse was done with that part of the program, 11 of Kittansetts 18 holes boasted water views, giving golfers the pleasure between shots of watching ketches cut across the waters in full sail and fishermen trolling for bluefish and striped bass in their MasterCrafts. The high scores tell you something else. The Kittansett Club layout elicited similar praise from competitors and spectators alike. Thirteen holes at Kittansett feature some sort of deep cross bunker or bank of mounding perpendicular to play. Briggs said he tried to resolve this issue last summer, but the Ethics Commission kept delaying the process. By all accounts, Murrays interactions with fans at Turks Seafood on Sunday were nothing but positive. The Master Plan has been updated on a couple of occasions since Hanse and his longtime design associate, Jim Wagner, first started working at Kittansett. Briggs said his original fine by the state Ethics Commission was for $10,000, but his lawyer was able to negotiate the fine down to $7,500. The 18th with the clubhouse and outdoor patio bar over on the left. This hole features beautiful views of the Ocean in the background but dont let this distract you on this difficult teeshot. The name is interesting as its a combination of two Native American words meaning near the sea.. The prudent play is left of center, directly over the bunkers highest point; this allows the contour to shape the ball onto the green. Stay up to date with everything Boston. Donald Cherry was a Cup newcomer but didnt look particularly green in winning his singles match 9 and 7 over Norman Drew. Change). Longer hitters can cut the corner over the hills and leave a shorter approach into a back-to-front sloped green. Tabor paid Briggs Excavation $8,030 for the work. The most common ethnicity at Kittansett Club is White (76%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (10%) and Black or African American (6%). The Kittansett Club opens with the two longest par fours on the course. In addition, he constructed a new, L-shaped back tee on Nos. And with Hanse continuing to act as the clubs architectural consultant, one can be sure that the course at Kittansett will keep getting better. The keen golfer was said to be very knowledgeable about course architecture, thanks largely to trips he had taken with his sticks to the British Isles. The underdog British might have hoped for a some of their weather to level the playing field. A giant sandy wasteland bisects the fairway at about 260 yards and is in play off the tee. Off the tee, to be sure, and on approach shots. Generous benefits and bonuses. Littler, then 23, was obliged to arrange leave from the Army to attend the Kittansett matches. Yes, Mr. With the tee box on the left, and also being a dogleg left, its already a very tricky hole for anyone who plays a fade, or in my case, hard slice. Amateur Qualifier held here. But there are so many other holes of note. View key info about Course Database including Course description, Tee yardages, par and handicaps, scorecard, contact info, Course Tours, directions and more. The Americans were still three down after nine but they came home in 33, the best nine posted by any foursome pairing during the competition. So does the USGAs decision to stage the U.S. Senior Amateur here in autumn 2022, the year of the clubs centennial. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This was his first Walker Cup and he showed the promise he would later fulfill, going unbeaten on the weekend. After being beat up all day by strategic and difficult par fours, the closing hole at Kittansett offers a great scoring opportunity as a straightaway 460 yard par 5. At just 155 yards, this world-famous hole plays directly over the Ocean to an island green surrounded by beach sand. Thankfully, nobody had messed with the design or routings of the original holes. This drive requires a carry of 145 yards and avoidance of dense marshes on the right. One thing I find most remarkable about the history of Kittansett is that as the decades wore on, the designer of the course was seemingly lost to time. And so Kittansett remains a bit of a mystery guest, even to Bay State golfers. The wind had shifted, so while we thought wed be heading back towards the clubhouse with the wind at our back that wasnt the case. Another beauty is the 12th, a longer par-4 that doglegs slightly to the left. One particularly devastating bunker is a crossbunker that juts onto the left fairway about 100 yards short of the green. But they enjoyed no such luck with the wind or their opponents. Those who go left or long will find a bunker at 195 yards or worse be OB. The Conservation Commission, which Briggs has long presided over, was the only board the school had to go to for permitting. When you hit 16, youre brought back out of the trees to finish the course in the open. It makes for an interesting choice off the tee. Youre driving out on what becomes an increasingly narrow peninsula, but youd never know it. Kittansett seems tailor-made for a national mid-amateur championship, and while Demmer hinted that the subject has been broached presumably with the folks who famously value par there are no plans. Theres another bunker 100 yards short and on either side of this small circular green. Some of the mounds at Kittansett ran down the edges of holes and others diagonally across them. I find it interesting how the parking lot and practice areas are found on some of the most beautiful parts of the property, but I think it speaks to the strength of the inland holes that this isnt more readily apparent. . Kittansett plays short (not even 7000 yards from the Tips) and even shorter given the firm and fast conditions, but I played horribly here and found the course to be extremely tricky. Amateur qualifying in 1996: 36 holes, 101 players playing off 1.4 or better, pins set near the middle, 80 degrees and not a scrape of wind. In retrospect, the 1953 Walker Cup was a thoroughly fascinating event, but not necessarily because it served as the coming-out party for Kittansett, for a pair of promising young Californians, Ken Venturi and Gene Littler or because E. Harvie Ward managed in the course of the competition, to avenge his 1952 British Amateur loss to the talented Irishman Joe Carr. Briggs, 60, owns Sherman E. Briggs Excavating, a business which has performed excavating work for Tabor Academy in Marion for more than 20 years. By all geographical rights the course should be links-like, but trees line two thirds of the routing and the soil isnt sandy at all, meaning it seldom plays hard and fast outside the dog days of summer. Those thinking of cutting the corner have to contend with tall trees lining the right. The 11th with its massive cross bunker gaping in from the left is perhaps the most brutish poser on a course replete with them. Find them!, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. This cold and rainy weather has me reminiscing about my round last year at Cascata, a Rees Jones design built in the desert just outside Las Vegas. When you get your first glimpse of the club on the left-hand side my GPS was telling me Id arrived. They are, in fact, enough to humble and beguile just about anyone in any sort of weather. Apparently overgrown trees behind this green obscured the view, but Gil Hanse removed them in the 1990s. Tabor officials then hired Briggs business to perform the excavation work. This hole plays dead straight with thick forest running down the right the entire way. The soil was quite rocky, and that presented Hood and his construction crew with a couple of problems. This hole is notable for a creek that bisects the fairway at 255 yards, causing many golfers to shy away from driver. Its easy to see why the course is consistently rated among the best in the country. When asked what he thinks brought the matter to the. Nothing of the sort happened at Turks this weekend. Kittansett differs from vintage fare in this respect as well. He also made sure that consecutive golf holes rarely played in the same direction. Kittansett loosely translates to "near the sea," and that only scratches the surface of this gem. The setting of the clubhouse is top 10 among the courses Ive visited in my travels. Cushing and Dickerson agreed that they would discuss the ethics matter publicly at the May 21 Selectmens meeting. Using it for golf as well would make it more cost-effective. Featuring a crossbunker on the left at 170 yards and dense forest down the left, this difficult teeshot causes many golfers to bailout right, leaving a more difficult approach possibly blocked out by trees. No reviews at this time. Fun work place with very supportative management. So now we were faced with a 23o yard tee shot into the wind, with a very tricky green. The 15th is the longest of a short set of par fives at 515 yards. Hundreds of trees have been eliminated revealing the original contouring of the course, and nearly all of the greens and bunkers have been restored to their original design. The 6th plays out towards the water and has a sign off the green designating the high water level from previous hurricanes. Kittansett Club Team Growth. You may use these HTML tags and attributes: document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2021. I really enjoyed the course a lot and the amenities are phenomenal and better than most private courses. This green is relatively flat, but plays elevated with slopes on all sides. Designer:William Flynn/Frederic C. Hood (1922), Gil Hanse/Jim Wagner (1998, tree removal and bunker renovation). We were hosting an Eighty Club event at Old Sandwich and Boston Golf Club, and I tacked on an extra day to the trip to make the journey out to Marion and experience a course Ive been excited about visiting for years. MARION, MASSACHUSETTS | Competitors in last week's Massachusetts Amateur had the pleasure of playing one of the Bay State's best golf courses at the Kittansett Club. In 2017, Murray reportedly yelled at people taking photos of him before abruptly departing from a VIP reception that charged $150 for, among other perks, the opportunity to take a photo with the legendary actor, according to the Chicago Tribune. The other dangers on this teeshot include bunkers on either side at 175 yards and marshland for those who go way offline. With the wind usually howling, this is an exhilarating teeshot and one you wont soon forget. This fairway bends slightly to the left with marshes on either side. With the U.S. Senior Amateur visiting Butler Point this week, it seemed a fine time to place this story above the fold.]. Tee Par Yardage Rating Slope, Blue 71 6934 75.0 145, White 71 6400 71.9 139, White/Green 71 6029 70.0 132, Green 71 5581 67.9 130, Yellow 72 4934 71.0 133. The Caddyshack actor was on the South Coast this weekend for the U.S. Senior Amateur golf championship at The Kittansett Club in Marion before heading up to Mattapoisett for a 7:30 p.m. dinner of swordfish and sushi specials at Turks Seafood on Sunday, according to Fun 107. Welcome to The Kittansett Club Our History Guest Information Golf Contact Login Eleven Point Road. For instance, Ive always loved mountain golf and Wade Hampton is one course that is in my personal top 10 Id like to play. Four times the State Amateur has been held here; each time it set a record for the number of entries. The fairway is level, there is a very narrow creek about 15 yards to the left of the fairway. This September, I finally got that chance. You should have done this a long time ago. The 4th hole is a dogleg left that gives you lots of options off the tee. Most publications focus on the world-class seaside holes, but I thought the inland holes were almost equally as good, resembling the great heathland courses in England with their sandy soil, whispy fescue, and tall trees. 12 and 13. The opening holes provide wide fairways with generous landing areas. (Murray later offered to pay for the damaged phones, so no charges were filed.). Briggs admitted to violating the conflict-of-interest law by voting as a town Conservation Commission member to issue an Order of Conditions authorizing Tabor Academy to install two 2,000-gallon saltwater tanks at its Marine Sciences Center building. When asked what he thinks brought the matter to the attention of the state Ethics Commission, Briggs offered a few theories. The eye-catching hazard sits well short of a flamboyant green cleaved by a deep swale but all this is obscured by the bunkers 7 foot lip. The first and second holes both measure 415 yards from the white tees. One involved pulling stones from the ground, and the other determining what to do with them once they were unearthed. Briggs said he had to do that after Marion Conservation Commission member Norm Hills had to recuse himself from the decision because his wife works for Tabor. A time when the British played one ball (1.62 inches in diameter) and the Americans another (1.68), when all matches were contested over 36 holes, a time when players were ultimately judged by the skill with which they deflected adulation when a point might well be refused if it hadnt been earned in the spirit of fair play. The 126 yard 9th hole is Cabot Cliffs shortest hole. Verdict:The charming and exclusive Kittansett Club is one of the most underrated courses in America and might be my dark horse candidate for best course in New England. Kittansett Club has great variety in its routing. In 2018, Marthas Vineyard Times photographer Peter Simon (brother of singer Carly Simon) filed a police report accusing Murray of slamming him against a door for taking photos of him at Lolas, an Oak Bluffs restaurant. Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. Its a very nice setting with the clubhouse off to the left, and is the shortest of the par 5s at Kittansett. in the minutes leading up to your arrival, you can be forgiven for thinking you might be in the wrong place. 32% of Kittansett Club employees are women, while 68% are men. A mile later, I arrived at the end of the road. Sean, great article! But if a golfer decides instead on the less perilous route down the right, he must then clear a gnarly bunker complex and more grassy mounds to land his second shot onto the putting surface. The parking lot is one of the most scenic in all of golf, occupying prime oceanfront property. George Herbert Walker, great-grandfather to President Bush and founding patron of the international cup series, embodied the spirit of these times. And on other occasions, Flynn made them more pronounced, as on the fourth, which doglegs sharply to the right. The two that stand sentinel on either side of the somewhat lunar 16th fairway appear to frame the target but are actually 50 yards short of the green, seriously messing with a visitings depth perception. Hanse also called for the relocation of a pair of fairway bunkers farther down the fifth hole, for similar reasons, and restored the sandy waste area between the parallel first and 18th holes. This approach plays slightly uphill to a small, undulating green surrounded by deep bunkers. Known as one of the top courses in the blossoming Scottsdale golf scene, this Coore/Crenshaw design is thoroughly enjoyable with minimal houses, an easily walkable, intimate routing, and plenty of strategy and variety. As I mentioned, I expected the whole course to be like this, but I enjoyed the changing environment throughout which weaves from open seaside, into the coastal forest, and back out again to finish the round. Tucked away in a sort of nether region between Cape Cod and the Rhode Island coast, its widely acknowledged as the second best course in Massachusetts (behind TCC in Brookline) though few have actually played it. The locker room is surprisingly small, but it fits the quaint atmosphere of the club. Try and clear the bunker on the corner and take on the trees. Donations to this. This undulating green is guarded by tall trees on the left and bunkers on either side. The improvements over the past few years have transformed play. Ward and Charlie Coe were the top international amateurs of their day, and Sam Urzetta, a 51 Walker Cupper, was the 1950 U.S. Somewhat reminiscent of a place like Humewood in South Africa, the course isn't quite in the same league as the best from Britain, but it does rest comfortably among the premier seaside layouts in this part of the world." Flattish and easy to walk, the ground across which the course was routed nonetheless possessed character, with Flynn making terrific use of the subtle hills and hollows. The hole looks pretty innocent from the tee, but there is more to it than initially meets the eye. There were some 2,500 others in the gallery and Golf World reported that a large majority besieged Jones for autographs. A charming rock wall and fescue guard just right of the green as well. The 5th has one of the more intimidating shots on the course. Selectman Jon Henry recused himself from the discussion because he does some work for Briggs company from time-to-time. The penalty for this infraction is disqualification, of course, and Grainger invoked it without hesitation. At 505 yards, the 7th is the first and best par 5 youll encounter at Kittansett. This is also one of the best bunkered holes on the course with numerous bunkers running through this fairway forcing the golfer to think carefully on each shot. So, we formulated a master plan with a slow implementation of five or six years, so we could open up the course again and restore many of its original features and feels.. But Kittansett is seldom what it appears to be, especially at first glance. The corridors are naturally ample. G.H. Another one thats been on my personal list? The conditions were surprisingly calm and beastly hot that Labor Day weekend 53 years ago. From the back tee, 241 yards away, the tiny exposed portion of the putting surface appears to sit precariously (and inaccessibly) at the edge of the world, 15 feet above a bunker bounded by ball-sucking bogs. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2012-2022 Location 180, LLC | All rights reserved. An 18-hole golf course became a possibility when in the early 1920's a group of residents bought the land on Butler's Point, which until that time had been occupied solely by the Beverly Yacht Club. [Ed. The Kittansett Club, appropriately named from two Native American words meaning "near the sea," is situated in the town of Marion at the end of Butler Point, which extends into Buzzards Bay. MARION, MASSACHUSETTS | Competitors in last weeks Massachusetts Amateur had the pleasure of playing one of the Bay States best golf courses at the Kittansett Club. As for Hood, he turned out to be more project manager than anything else, overseeing construction of the golf course while adding his own small touches. But the fact is, we hate losing. The Kittansett Club - Detailed Maps and Yardage Charts - ProVisualizer.com The Kittansett Club Error: The browser supports WebGL, but initialization failed. This has been a habit with you Selectmen for far too long. 6, 10 and 13 a bit further from the tees. The course held the Walker Cup in 1953, and most recently held the US Senior Amateur in September 2022. Littler and Jackson were eventually penalized two holes, placing them three down on the fourth tee. Granted each of these courses are quite different from one another, but the flat opening hole heading out away from the clubhouse reminded me of my experience at those other clubs. I believe the individual is entitled to due process, Dickerson said. Seasonal work but enjoyable. The British non-playing captain, Lieut. This green generally slopes back-to-front. (LogOut/ The British are supposed to be good losers, Duncan said at Saturday nights trophy presentation ceremony, since theyve had plenty of practice at it. His troubles seemed to coincide with the controversy that arose when Tabor Academy, for the purposes of expediency, circumvented the towns building process for the construction of Duffy Field under the Dover Amendment, which allows schools and hospitals to bypass most town boards to perform construction. The 15th is the second of the trio of par 5s on the course. In some areas its more subtle (like on the 2nd fairway for instance.) In light of the recent state Board of Ethics ruling against Sherman Briggs, I request that you send a message to the other town boards that this is not acceptable behavior, and that if you engage in this type of behavior you will be removed. Playing from the whites, most golfers should have no trouble clearing the center-line bunkers, but they certainly make you second-guess your line. With his plans and knowledge, the club brought in famed architect Gil Hanse to restore the course to fit Mr. Flynns original designs. Indeed, his passing had the opposite effect. Its a severely sloped back-to-front green with a bit of a swale in the middle separating it into two sections. The left side is fairly open until 280 yards when it too develops forest. Perennially ranked as one of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" by Golf Digest magazine, Kittansett offers both a scenic and demanding test of golf. Nober signed the agreement May 2. But the layout is so much more: a steely, uncommon test on the calmest of days. The collective result of those changes has been nothing short of spectacular. Keep it up! Known for being an exclusively male club, Augusta recently opened its doors to three. This is another very strong par 3 at 190 yards. Anytime you want to come back I can absolutely get you back out there, (hes a really good friend) just let me know. The tournament, held at the Kittansett Club each summer, features retired athletes like Celtics Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn, Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee and Bruin Milt Schmidt. The layout, however, also evoked the Old Course in golfs ancestral home of St. Andrews, Scotland, thanks to an out-and-back routing and opening and closing holes that ran parallel to each other. At 385 yards, the 6th is another difficult sub-400 yard par 4 that features another awkward teeshot. 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