We are excited to close out the first year of New England Golf Journal with our first Player of the Year awards. Our staff is honoring 13 men, women and junior players who crafted outstanding seasons in the levels of golf we cover in the 2022 calendar year. The crop of players to choose from in each … [Read more...]
If Harvard women’s golf is going places, then Catie Schernecker may be driving them
On the morning of Sept. 22, sophomore Catie Schernecker (Brookline, Mass.) and her teammates on the Harvard women’s golf team got together to talk about setting goals. Or, more accurately, re-setting goals. Winning the Ivy League tournament in the spring and advancing to the NCAA Regionals is an … [Read more...]
U.S. Senior Amateur: Frank Vana, past champions advance to Round of 32
On the opening day of match play at the U.S. Senior Amateur, 71-year-old Paul Simson kept on doing what he’s been doing for years: Winning first-round matches. The Raleigh, N.C., resident, a two-time champion of this event in 2010 and ‘12, won his 14th first-round match (in 14 tries) when he … [Read more...]
Morgan Smith’s stellar summer continues with Georgetown commitment
A summer to remember for Morgan Smith reached another milestone this week. Smith (Westford, Mass.), coming off two major victories this summer, added a college commitment to her haul earlier this week, verbally committing to join the Division 1 program at Georgetown. Smith had already committed to … [Read more...]
Takeaways: Rick Dowling pulls away to win Conn. Mid-Amateur
Rick Dowling was chased all week, but never passed. The result was a second straight victory in the Connecticut Mid-Amateur Championship. Dowling (Golf Performance Center) set the pace with an opening-round 65 at the Country Club of New Canaan on Tuesday, and protected that margin through both of … [Read more...]
Notebook: Morgan Smith rallies for Mass. Women’s Amateur title
Morgan Smith refused to say die. And now she can say she’s a Massachusetts Women’s Amateur champion. Smith, 18, who plays out of Vesper CC, won the last three holes to overtake Rebecca Skoler (Pine Brook Country Club) in the championship match on Friday at The Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, … [Read more...]