The penalty for this infraction is disqualification, of course, and Grainger invoked it without hesitation. This keeps the vibe more chill and low-key, and really allows you to soak in the wonderful setting on the Bay. He reported the matter to the referee, USGA Treasurer Charles Pierson, who in turn consulted with USGA Vice President Ike Grainger. With a carry over fescue and bunker, this green is guarded on either side by deep bunkers and slopes extremely hard back-to-front. (Murray later offered to pay for the damaged phones, so no charges were filed.). This has to be one of the better and more robust muni systems in America. True All Day Pants Review: Damn Good (Golf) Pants. The reachable 330 yard 10th gets my vote for easiest hole at Kittansett. Many of the games greats were indeed on hand for the event. Located in this sleepy sailing village on Buzzards Bay just west of Cape Cod, it is a Golden Age classic, routed across an exposed, often windswept spit of land and through more sheltered swathes of New England woods. Located in this sleepy sailing village on Buzzards Bay just west of Cape Cod, it is a Golden Age classic, routed across an exposed, often windswept spit of land and through more sheltered swathes of New England woods. 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. This hole is notable for a creek that bisects the fairway at 255 yards, causing many golfers to shy away from driver. The low score was 71. Town of Marion, Massachusetts, United States View. History:Long thought to be the work of amateur architect Frederic C. Hood, recent discoveries indicate that William Flynn deserves credit for the layout. The conditions were surprisingly calm and beastly hot that Labor Day weekend 53 years ago. That prompted us to restore them to their original sizes. The first and second holes both measure 415 yards from the white tees. Its a forested residential road that makes for a lovely drive, but theres no water in sight. And theres a good chance driver will be too much and take you through the fairway. All of a sudden the courses you want to play tend to have less to do with prestige, and more to do with your personal preferences, geographic history, and the style of golf you enjoy most. Keep it up! This approach plays to a large, flat green lined by bunkers on either side. 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. There are plenty of good, talented folks in Marion who dont have conflicts. Tabor paid Briggs Excavation $8,030 for the work. For me, it ended up being the highlight of my entire Boston trip. 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. (Credit to this SI article for additional details). There wasnt a ton of weather the day we played, but the wind shifted halfway through our round, forcing us to play into it pretty much all day. Yet hardy stands of white pine, oak, cedar and tupelo frame the inland holes, creating a extremely stout test when it comes to driving the ball between the trees, over and around these myriad crossing features, and amid a random collection of chocolate drops. Even got a prom pic. I made numerous friends while there and many of . This fairway bends slightly to the left with marshes on either side. He said the irony of this situation is that his association with Tabor was part of the reason he was appointed to the ConCom in 1997 by then-Selectmen Al Winters, Lori Schaefer and Jody Dickerson because the town wanted a better working relationship with Tabor Academy and the Kittansett Club. Events like these culled a few tupelos, to be sure. 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. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It's easy to see why the course is consistently rated among the best in the country. Here and there these oversized Kisses (more like chocolate-covered cherries really) reside on a holes periphery, seemingly without purposes. This undulating green is guarded by tall trees on the left and bunkers on either side. Par is a tremendous score here. Featuring a dazzling set of seaside holes and equally interesting inland holes, an invite to Kittansett is to be cherished. Hood helped build it, but it was unclear who did the initial plans. Review: The William J. Devine Golf Course at FranklinPark, Review: Marion Golf Club Worldgolfer's Golf Course Reviews, Follow Worldgolfer's Golf Course Reviews on WordPress.com, #134 Best Course in the World Golf Digest (2018), #84 Best Course in North America Top100golfcourse.com (2018), #77 Best Course in America Golf Digest (2021), #65 Best Course in America Golf Magazine (2022), #73 Best Course in America Top100golfcourse.com (2019), #49 Best Classic Course in America Golfweek (2022), #4 Best Course in Massachusetts Golf Digest (2021), #6 Best Course in Massachusetts Golf Magazine (2023), #7 Best Course in Massachusetts Top100golfcourse.com (2020), #7 Best Private Course in Massachusetts Golfweek (2022). 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. All of the Tri-towns have people on their boards and commissions who serve double duty on other boards and whose businesses sometimes do business with the municipalities they serve. Big hitter? The name is interesting as its a combination of two Native American words meaning near the sea.. They had to put the rocks somewhere, Demmer says with a smile and a shrug. It makes for an interesting choice off the tee. When the rough and wind are up [and they usually are], this is a lot of golf course.. For as challenging as this hole is, the green complex is one of the most interesting on the course. Venturi, 22, was the baby in the group but his form was perhaps the best of all. 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. For most if not all of us, that includes some very obvious places like Pine Valley, Augusta National, Cypress Point and so on. When golfs luminaries gathered in September on this lovely seaside ground just south of the Cape Cod Canal, the prize at stake had become The Walker Cup, forever and always. The British non-playing captain, Lieut. This keeps the vibe more chill and low-key, and really allows you to soak in the wonderful setting on the Bay. And we restored a handful of bunkers that had been filled in as we reclaimed parts of several greens that had become smaller as well.. Tabor officials then hired Briggs business to perform the excavation work. The latest version of the Master Plan was released in 2013, and it involved the moving of mounds on Nos. To prepare that area for shaping and seeding, workers felled vast numbers of trees and dug up their stumps. The 12th is a fantastic strategic dogleg left playing at 380 yards. The Conservation Commission, which Briggs has long presided over, was the only board the school had to go to for permitting. The tee shot on the par 4, 5th is one of the most intimidating on the course with two big bunkers in the middle of the fairway to contend with and wetlands all down the right. The course at that time measured 6,374 yards from the back of the regular tees, with the stands of pines and hardwoods combined with stretches of marshland and wispy field grass to give it a very New England feel. More recently, concerted clearing efforts have rendered portions of the routing, especially those holes furthest out on Butler Point, darned links-like surely more open and scenic today than they were when the Hood finished his lifes work. As for the largely blind, uphill green, it is protected by bunkers left and right. 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.. Its a fun all-or-nothing hole, and is certainly one of the highlights of the round. That served to reinforce the wisdom of the work Hanse had already completed with help first from Kittansett golf course superintendent, Lenny Blodgett, and then his successor, John Kelly as it also acted as a guide for future work. 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. The actor, who has a home on Marthas Vineyard, has been spotted multiple times on the South Coast in recent years, grabbing takeout from restaurants in New Bedford and Fall River. As you make the drive out Point Rd. 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. Kittansett was founded as a way to reduce costs for the local Beverly Yacht Club. Kittansett hosted U.S. Kittansett has hosted the state amateur four times; each time it set a record for the number of entries. And with Hanse continuing to act as the clubs architectural consultant, one can be sure that the course at Kittansett will keep getting better. Add in a cross bunker about 200 yards out (that shouldnt come into play), and another bunker through the fairway on the same line (which also likely wont come into play), and you get a very challenging tee shot visually. The Succession actor has yet again voiced support for J.K. Rowling in the wake of controversy surrounding the author's transphobic comments. With the U.S. Senior Amateur visiting Butler Point this week, it seemed a fine time to place this story above the fold.]. 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. But that has to end, say some. Kittansett hosted the 1953 Walker Cup, when an American team that featured Ken Venturi, Bill Campbell, Harvie Ward, Dick Chapman, Gene Littler, Charlie Coe, and other notables routed the GB&I team 9-3. The 8th marks the start of the interior holes, which have a decidedly different feel than their seaside companions. 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. Too long and youre in the bunkers across the fairway. 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. 4 through No. Youre driving out on what becomes an increasingly narrow peninsula, but youd never know it. I cant imagine what it would be like if the breeze was up even more. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The Kittansett Club Originally, it was the Native Americans who led the Plymouth settlers and their cattle to the warmer winter pastures on these shores. Welcome to The Kittansett Club Our History Guest Information Golf Contact Login Eleven Point Road. Because of the ever-present winds perhaps, Hoods design rarely calls for forced carries into the greens themselves. 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 My attorney says I dont have to resign, Briggs said recently of his Conservation Commission position in an interview earlier this week with The Sentinel. 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. Having hosted the Walker Cup in 1953, this club has long enjoyed an enviable reputation. The land the new police station sits on was donated by Tabor to the town for the purpose of building a new police station. Designed by William Flynn and Frederic Hood in 1922 (it was restored by architect Gil Hanse in 1998), Kittansett was not particularly well known prior to the 53 Walker Cup. The most famous hole at Kittansett comes early in the round in the form of the 167-yard par 3, 3rd hole. Throw in the fact that Gil Hanse has done extensive remodeling over the last 10 years, and that it has one of the most noteworthy par 3s in golf? This hole is perhaps the courses only routing blemish as the 8th green is near the 9th and you have to walk the length of the hole backwards to reach the teebox. Named after the Native American term for near the sea, Kittansett opened in 1922, and Hood tinkered with the design for the next several decades. But work still needed to be done. I think it was because the foreman for that job got fired for sleeping on the job and stealing, Briggs said. 16 brings you back out towards the water and into the open. The 15th is the longest of a short set of par fives at 515 yards. For instance, Ive always loved mountain golf and Wade Hampton is one course that is in my personal top 10 Id like to play. The maps on this site are based on Cesium which in turn is based on WebGL. Because Kittansett is a golf club you're not going to find a pool, tennis, or all of the other amenities that you'll typically find at a country club. George Herbert Walker, great-grandfather to President Bush and founding patron of the international cup series, embodied the spirit of these times. Sure enough, in the early 2000s plans for the course were found in William Flynns attic. Briggs said he had been doing work for Tabor Academy for 23 years and this was a known fact before he was appointed to Marion Conservation Commission by the then Marion Board of Selectmen. Briggs worked well with the facilities personnel at both those private entities, he said. After the original drawings from William Flynn were discovered, Hanse refined his project in 2003, 2014 and again in 2019, adapting much of the Flynn plan. You may use these HTML tags and attributes: document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2021. Despite being a mostly out-and-back course, it weaves in a nice selection of doglegs in both directions with straight holes as well, and you see this throughout the back 9. The Kittansett Club, a private golf club that fronts the ocean on Kittansett Point, off Point Road, is also located in a flood plain. Kittansett has a lot of subtlety to it, and I imagine with more plays Id grow to appreciate it even more. Most days, the approach plays dead into a southwest wind, making the most sensible play a punch shot that bores its way to the putting surface. Another one thats been on my personal list? Its a severely sloped back-to-front green with a bit of a swale in the middle separating it into two sections. Par is 71, measuring some 6,800 yards from the tips but a little more than 6,400 yards from the markers used by most male members. with Hanse continuing to act as the clubs architectural consultant, one can be sure that the course at Kittansett will keep getting better. Its most celebrated hole is the par-3 third, where a well-contoured, slightly elevated green is surrounded entirely by sand and bordered on the right by the bay. Its an island green, but instead of being surrounded by water, its completely surrounded by a bunker. The Kittansett Club is a private course available only to its members and their guests. Since the 1990s the course has gone through a series of redesigns by Gil Hanse, who has been a longstanding consultant with respect to restoration, improvements, and renovations of Kittansett. After the third hole, most of the course is actually tucked back away from the water. The building of the course is a bit of an anomaly. The Republican Women's Club of South Central Kentucky's Tuesday night dinner buffet planned to feature one of the officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor. But some 70 years after the clubs founding, in the mid-1990s, its leaders hired Gil Hanse. In 1969, Hal Purdy lengthened the course to a full 18 holes. The course feels quite natural but was in fact designed to within an inch of its life by one Frederic Hood, who had consulted with Donald Ross and worked from some drawings provided by William Flynn. The 375 yard 17th is another dogleg left running in the opposite direction of 16. It makes for an extra special moment on 16 when you come out of the trees and out towards the water and the 3rd hole. Among the first groups to play the new track included 1913 U.S. Open champion Francis Ouimet, who joined Kittansett soon after as an honorary member. Friday 8:45PM . During its memorable history Kittansett has hosted several Massachusetts Golf Association championships over the years. The par 4 2nd also plays 415 yards and is another very difficult hole. Visit https://get.webgl.org to verify that your browser and hardware support WebGL. Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Digital Magazine! According to Hanse, his initial mission was to restore the unique architecture of the layout while also enhancing its look, conditioning and playability. The club has followed through by continuing to fell trees, opening up never-before-seen vistas on the point holes 1, 2, 16, 17 and 18. Outside of the 1953 Walker Cup, Kittansett has largely stayed out of the national spotlight. Featuring perhaps the tightest fairway at Kittansett, this dogleg doesnt occur until 240 yards, forcing the golfer to hit something longer than theyd prefer off the tee. Amateur champion, making his third Walker Cup appearance, was the senior member of his team and proved the weekends leading light. These include the Massachusetts Amateur Championship in 1958, 1978, 1990, 1999, 2008 and 2020 and the WGAM Edith Noblit Baker Trophy in 1954, 1979, 1989, 1995, 2005 and 2015. (LogOut/ 3 sun.com; oracle.com; unionclub.org; 3 617227XXXX; 617227XXXX; 617227XXXX; Steven Mann . That finish of Ronnie Whites made us all proud to be British.. The course layout originated and concluded at the unprotected ocean end of the Point. This green is relatively flat, but plays elevated with slopes on all sides. The Kittansett Club opens with the two longest par fours on the course. The conditioning and scenery were also fantastic. 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