South Shore Country Club served as the latest proving ground on Wednesday as the historic club in Hingham hosted qualifying for the 117th Massachusetts Amateur championship.
This year’s championship heads to GreatHorse in Hampden for the first time, July 7–11. After 36 holes of stroke play, the top 32 scorers will advance to match play, where the stakes rise and the pressure mounts. The event is open to amateur golfers with an active Mass Golf Membership and a Handicap Index® not exceeding 3.6.
Nolan Skaggs (Plymouth Country Club) made birdie on both the par 5s down the stretch for five total to lead the way with a 2-under-par 70. He’ll be back in the field, as will South Shore member Oliver Paddon, who made birdie on the final hole to make it into red figures with a 71.
Hingham native Ernest McAlister (Wollaston Golf Club) got off to a hot start on the back nine, making consecutive birdies on 17-18 and 1 and 3, earning his spot despite giving a few strokes back.
Holy Cross rising senior Brian Glennon (Cohasset Golf Club) didn’t make a birdie the entire day, but by closing with an eagle, he got himself above the cutline with a 73. Seven total people shot 73, including 17-year-old Charlie Novak (Needham Golf Club). Drew Golden (Black Rock Country Club), a member of the Mass Golf inaugural state junior golf team, also kept a fairly clean card to make the mark at 73.
Mass Amateur qualifying will continue Tuesday at Blackstone National Golf Club in Sutton and Oak Hill Country Club in Fitchburg.
HERE IS THE COMPLETE LIST OF QUALIFIERS AND ALTERNATES FROM THIS WEEK’S MASS AMATEUR QUALIFYING EVENTS:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
QUALIFIERS (South Shore CC-Par 72)
Nolan Skaggs, Plymouth Country Club; 70
Oliver Paddon, South Shore Country Club; 71
Ernest McAlister, Wollaston Golf Club; 72
Samuel Goldstein, Edgartown Golf Club; 72
Charlie Novak, Needham Golf Club; 73
Brian Glennon, Cohasset Golf Club; 73
Kevin Mannion, USGA/Mass Golf GC; 73
Drew Cratty, Harmon Golf; 73
Drew Golden, Black Rock Country Club; 73
Parker Hodges, USGA/Mass Golf GC; 73
Marvin Shim, Student Member/MIAA; 73
ALTERNATES
Jonathan Whitaker, Granite Links Golf Club; 74
David Tyburski, George Wright Golf Course; 74
Joe Phinney, North Andover Country Club; 74
Scott Myles, Granite Links Golf Club; 74
Qualifying for the Mass Amateur will continue next week. Here are the remaining dates and locations on the schedule:
June 17 – Blackstone National Golf Club (Sutton)
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June 17 – Oak Hill Country Club (Fitchburg)
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June 18 – Springfield Country Club (West Springfield)
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June 18 – LeBaron Hills Country Club (Lakeville)
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June 23 – Meadow Brook Golf Club (Reading)
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June 25 – Sharon Country Club (Sharon)
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