NORTON, Massachusetts – 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 27-May 25, 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.
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 – The Country Club (1) (4-1, 249.5 points)
Cup 2 – Winchester Country Club (1) (5-0, 247.5 points)
Cup 3 – Charter Oak Country Club (1) (4-1, 245 points)
Cup 4 – The Ridge Club (3-2, 235 points)
Cup 5 – Concord County Club (1) (4-1, 252 points)
Cup 6 – Waubeeka Golf Links (5-0, 251.5 points)
Cup 7 – TPC Boston (2) (4-1, 241 points)
Cup 8 – Essex Country Club (4-0-1, 249 points)
Cup 9 – Plymouth Country Club (3-2, 235 points)
Cup 10 – Woods Hole Golf Club (1) (4-1, 246.5 points)
Cup 11 – Wahconah Country Club (1) (5-0, 246.5 points)
Cup 12 – *TIE* Framingham Country Club (5-0, 242 points) & Brae Burn Country Club (4-1-0, 242 points)
Cup 13 – Woods Hole Golf Club (2) (5–0, 268 points)
Cup 14 – Salem Country Club (4-0-1, 249 points)
Cup 15 – Concord Country Club (2) (5-0, 255 points)
Cup 16 – Renaissance Golf Club (2) (2-2, 185.5 points)
Cup 17 – Presidents Golf Course (4-1, 243 points)
Cup 18 – Highfields Golf & Country Club (3-2, 234.5 points)
Cup 19 – Hatherly Country Club (4-1, 242 points)
Cup 20 – Foxborough Country Club (4-0-1, 263 points)
Cup 21 – Dedham Country & Polo Club (2) (5-0, 252 points)
Cup 22 – Indian Ridge Country Club (3-1, 211.5 points)
The Women’s Fall Cup Matches will begin Thursday, September 7. The statewide tournament consists of 3 matches played in September between Member Club teams. The Fall Cup Championship will then take place October 17 at Shaker Hills Country Club in Harvard.
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 100,000 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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