NORTON, Massachusetts (May 24, 2024) – The Women’s Spring Team Matches came to an exciting finish Thursday after participants played in five weeks of a statewide tournament amongst fellow Mass Golf Member Club teams.
This year’s Spring Team Matches featured 132 teams divided into 22 different Cups (6 teams of 5 players in each). Every Thursday from April 25-May 23, the teams followed a match rotation schedule with 5 teams in each Cup hosting one match day at their course, while one team in each Cup was designated as a “travel” team. The teams faced a different opponent each week.
The competition used the singles net match play format at 100% handicap. Points were awarded for each hole won or tied in their head-to-head matches. The team with the most points at the conclusion of the five matches was named the winner of that Cup.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all Captains for their hard work communicating with their club, fellow captains, and their players throughout the matches. We would also like to thank all the Club Contacts for supporting women’s amateur golf in Massachusetts.
The Spring Team Matches date back to 1900 when the Women’s Golf Association of Boston was formed. That year, the original clubs — Oakley Country Club, Concord Country Club, Brae Burn Country Club, and The Country Club — played the first Spring Team matches, and Oakley prevailed winning all three. The WGAB became the Women’s Golf Association of Massachusetts (WGAM) in 1929, and in 2018, the WGAM merged into the Massachusetts Golf Association to form Mass Golf.
Cup 1: Taconic Golf Course (1)
Cup 2: Oakley Country Club (1) / Nabnasset Lake Country Club (1)
Cup 3: Haverhill Country Club
Cup 4: Marshfield Country Club (1)
Cup 5: Sagamore Spring Golf Club
Cup 6: The Ridge Club
Cup 7: Fresh Pond Golf Course / Presidents Golf Course (1)
Cup 8: Crumpin-Fox Club
Cup 9: Worcester Country Club
Cup 10: The Captains Golf Course / Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds Golf Course (2)
Cup 11: Belmont Country Club
Cup 12: Mount Pleasant Golf Club
Cup 13: Weston Golf Club (1)
Cup 14: Blue Hill Country Club
Cup 15: Salem Country Club
Cup 16: Dedham Country and Polo Club
Cup 17: Concord Country Club (2)
Cup 18: Marshfield Country Club (2)
Cup 19: Ould Newbury Golf Club (2)
Cup 20: Foxborough Country Club (2)
Cup 21: Indian Ridge
Cup 22: TPC Boston (2)
The Women’s Fall Cup Matches will begin Thursday, September 5. The statewide tournament consists of 3 matches played in September between Member Club teams. The Fall Cup Championship will then take place October 7 at Wedgewood Pines Country Club.
For more information on Mass Golf’s Women’s Cup Matches, please reach out to Jen Morahan via email (jmorahan@massgolf.org) or phone (774-430-9012).
Mass Golf is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to advancing golf in Massachusetts by building an engaged community around the sport.
With a community made up of over 120,000 golf enthusiasts and over 360 member clubs, Mass Golf is one of the largest state golf associations in the country. Members enjoy the benefits of handicapping, engaging golf content, course rating and scoring services along with the opportunity to compete in an array of events for golfers of all ages and abilities.
At the forefront of junior development, Mass Golf is proud to offer programming to youth in the state through First Tee Massachusetts and subsidized rounds of golf by way of Youth on Course.
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