I think it was because the foreman for that job got fired for sleeping on the job and stealing, Briggs said. Kittansett was founded as a way to reduce costs for the local Beverly Yacht Club. The setting of the clubhouse is top 10 among the courses Ive visited in my travels. During its memorable history Kittansett has hosted several Massachusetts Golf Association championships over the years. State Ethics Commission Executive Director Karen Nober gave Briggs two weeks from the March 5 offer to get back to Ethics Commission or face up to a $50,000 fine. 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. 16 brings you back out towards the water and into the open. Using it for golf as well would make it more cost-effective. The trees were here first and the thicket has been reduced, in fits and starts, over time. Now, thanks to a slow and thoughtful 20-year restoration by Gil Hanse, the course . We also raised some of the sand faces so they were easier to see and more impressive visually. And the golfers playing in that event will be every bit as enthralled with the layout which also played host to the 1953 Walker Cup match as those who just teed it up there in the Mass Am. The fairways, teeboxes, and greens are meticulously kept and the course has very little rough, instead featuring both swampy marshland and dry hardpan for those who venture offline. We were hosting an Eighty Club event at Old Sandwich and Boston Golf Club, and I tacked on an extra day to the trip to make the journey out to Marion and experience a course Ive been excited about visiting for years. The Walker Cup competition began in 1922 as matches between amateur golfers from Great Britain and the United States. 10, with a diagonal row of grassy mounds on the left side of the landing area and a pair of bunkers on the right, both of which force golfers to consider distance and direction on their drives. The bunkers on the right are among the deepest on the course. Known for being an exclusively male club, Augusta recently opened its doors to three. 13. The Kittansett course design held up nicely through the years. 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. Even got a prom pic. Theres no real rough here and anything mildly offline will likely find marshland or fescue. The eye-catching hazard sits well short of a flamboyant green cleaved by a deep swale but all this is obscured by the bunkers 7 foot lip. Some of the mounds at Kittansett ran down the edges of holes and others diagonally across them. 17, which features cross rough and a wee burn in a depression some 250 yards from the tee. 18 brings you back to the clubhouse, and again throws off vibes of the opening and finishing holes at Maidstone and Fishers Island. The soil was quite rocky, and that presented Hood and his construction crew with a couple of problems. And in 2016, Murray threw fans cell phones off the roof of a second-story restaurant in Carmel, Calif., after they snapped photos of the actor, according to TMZ. But some 70 years after the clubs founding, in the mid-1990s, its leaders hired Gil Hanse. But these situations of local trades and business people serving and doing business with the municipalities they serve has confounded small town public government for years. Youre driving out on what becomes an increasingly narrow peninsula, but youd never know it. A giant sandy wasteland bisects the fairway at about 260 yards and is in play off the tee. This integrated piece appeared as a course feature and Walker Cup sidebar in LINKS Magazine during the summer of 2006. Anytime you want to come back I can absolutely get you back out there, (hes a really good friend) just let me know. 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. 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. From the back tee, 241 yards away, the tiny exposed portion of the putting surface appears to sit precariously (and inaccessibly) at the edge of the world, 15 feet above a bunker bounded by ball-sucking bogs. Thankfully, nobody had messed with the design or routings of the original holes. This hole features one of the coolest green complexes Ive played with what I can best describe as a diagonal Biarritz with the left side higher than right. Turks waitress Kimberly McCarthy was one of several at the restaurant who posed for a photo with the actor. Once again, golfers must determine just how far they want to hit their tee shots and whether they lay up before that obstacle or try to fly it. The 8th marks the start of the interior holes, which have a decidedly different feel than their seaside companions. 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. Designer:William Flynn/Frederic C. Hood (1922), Gil Hanse/Jim Wagner (1998, tree removal and bunker renovation). With the tee box on the left, and also being a dogleg left, its already a very tricky hole for anyone who plays a fade, or in my case, hard slice. Sean Ogle helps people build businesses they can run from anywhere in the world. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Those who go left or long will find a bunker at 195 yards or worse be OB. Donald Cherry was a Cup newcomer but didnt look particularly green in winning his singles match 9 and 7 over Norman Drew. The underdog British might have hoped for a some of their weather to level the playing field. I thoroughly enjoyed my 25 years working at The Kittansett Club. Change). He was the maternal grandfather of PresidentGeorge H. W.Bush and great-grandfather of PresidentGeorgeW. Bush. 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. General Comments:Kittansetts clubhouse is understated, but gives off a classic New England summer charm. Known as one of the top courses in the blossoming Scottsdale golf scene, this Coore/Crenshaw design is thoroughly enjoyable with minimal houses, an easily walkable, intimate routing, and plenty of strategy and variety. 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 15th is the longest of a short set of par fives at 515 yards. A mile later, I arrived at the end of the road. Briggs appointment to Marion Conservation Commission expires June 30, 2015. In addition, he constructed a new, L-shaped back tee on Nos. Actor Bill Murray enjoyed dinner at a Massachusetts seafood restaurant over the weekend, posing for photos with staff and fans. This hole features another demanding teeshot with a narrow fairway lined by marshland and trees on either side. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The 11th with its massive cross bunker gaping in from the left is perhaps the most brutish poser on a course replete with them. 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. Many of the bunkers had also shrunk in size over the years and lost what had initially been a rugged, almost windswept appearance. The par threes at Kittansett are among the best sets Ive played and the 3rd is the best of the bunch. 3 sun.com; oracle.com; unionclub.org; 3 617227XXXX; 617227XXXX; 617227XXXX; Steven Mann . 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. Try and clear the bunker on the corner and take on the trees. Tee Par Yardage Rating Slope, Blue 71 6934 75.0 145, White 71 6400 71.9 139, White/Green 71 6029 70.0 132, Green 71 5581 67.9 130, Yellow 72 4934 71.0 133. Outside of the 1953 Walker Cup, Kittansett has largely stayed out of the national spotlight. Before coming to Kittansett, I was expecting the course to be much more open than it is. For instance, Ive always loved mountain golf and Wade Hampton is one course that is in my personal top 10 Id like to play. Featuring a crossbunker on the left at 170 yards and dense forest down the left, this difficult teeshot causes many golfers to bailout right, leaving a more difficult approach possibly blocked out by trees. The Kittansett Club, appropriately named from two Native American words meaning near the sea, is situated in the town of Marion at the end of Butler Point, which extends into Buzzards Bay. This hole plays dead straight with thick forest running down the right the entire way. 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. This teebox is directly adjacent to the pro shop and youll almost certainly have a gallery. Its a very nice setting with the clubhouse off to the left, and is the shortest of the par 5s at Kittansett. The par 4 2nd also plays 415 yards and is another very difficult hole. During their annual 4-Ball Tournament I got my first hole-in-one on #3. Marion, MA. The opening hole at Kittansett is tied for the longest par 4 on the course at 415 yards. 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. For the 2022 season they expanded their outdoor bar, which is a fantastic place to have a drink and enjoy the view of both the course and the water. 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. Thirteen holes at Kittansett feature some sort of deep cross bunker or bank of mounding perpendicular to play. Seasonal work but enjoyable. Rolling down Point Road toward The Kittansett Club, past Sippican Harbor and passing before an ever more stately line of summer cottages (all in gray shingle), the ancient course comes into view through the drivers side window initially a hole or two bounded by Cape-style miniature pine, but then a striking, open expanse punctuated by golden fescues, lines of bracken hedgerows and chocolate-drop mounding. KITTANSETT CLUB MARION, MA 02738-1906 | Tax-exempt since May 1947 EIN: 04-2035017 Nonprofit Tax Code Designation: 501 (c) (7) Defined as: Social and recreational clubs. Kittansett hosted U.S. 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. 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. The improvements over the past few years have transformed play. This was another golfing era. In a recent letter to Selectmen, resident Annie Rockwell, of Parlow Mill Farm Road, asked Selectmen to stop the practice of dual and questionable appointments. The build-in at Kittansett was an arduous process, especially for the 13-hole stretch from No. I imagine this hole floods or becomes a true island green when the tide is up. For me, it ended up being the highlight of my entire Boston trip. By the time Hanse was done with that part of the program, 11 of Kittansetts 18 holes boasted water views, giving golfers the pleasure between shots of watching ketches cut across the waters in full sail and fishermen trolling for bluefish and striped bass in their MasterCrafts. But work still needed to be done. Somewhat reminiscent of a place like Humewood in South Africa, the course isn't quite in the same league as the best from Britain, but it does rest comfortably among the premier seaside layouts in this part of the world." A similar trio is reprised at the wonderful, short par-4 10th, where the hazards are reasonably cleared with a long-iron or fairway wood mind games notwithstanding. For most if not all of us, that includes some very obvious places like Pine Valley, Augusta National, Cypress Point and so on. Amateur champion. The tournament, held at the Kittansett Club each summer, features retired athletes like Celtics Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn, Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee and Bruin Milt Schmidt. MARION, MASSACHUSETTS | Competitors in last week's Massachusetts Amateur had the pleasure of playing one of the Bay State's best golf courses at the Kittansett Club. That brought the hazards back into play for better golfers while removing them as a concern for higher handicap players who did not hit the ball so far. And on other occasions, Flynn made them more pronounced, as on the fourth, which doglegs sharply to the right. So if the sand isnt scary enough, a sliced shot can certainly still find the water. Already ailing and confined to an electric golfmobile, Jones accommodated everyone with that gracious smile of his, turning aside compliments with praise for Mrs. Vare. (Credit to this SI article for additional details). We played at 2pm on a Monday afternoon the week after they aerated the course. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Protesters gathered in downtown Bowling Green Tuesday night after a controversial speaker was invited to present tonight at the Bowling Green Country Club. 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. As you make the drive out Point Rd. There are plenty of good, talented folks in Marion who dont have conflicts. Big hitter? Town of Marion, Massachusetts, United States View. The approach here is fairly straightforward with bunkers on either side about 60 yards short of this green and three guarding both sides of the green. Visit https://get.webgl.org to verify that your browser and hardware support WebGL. in the minutes leading up to your arrival, you can be forgiven for thinking you might be in the wrong place. Free shipping for many products! Hood helped build it, but it was unclear who did the initial plans. Kittansett has hosted the state amateur four times; each time it set a record for the number of entries. He and Urzetta easily won their foursomes match and the San Franciscan breezed past a beleaguered James Wilson in singles, 9 and 8; Venturis outward round of level-par 70 was the competitions lowest. 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. The Succession actor has yet again voiced support for J.K. Rowling in the wake of controversy surrounding the author's transphobic comments. The visitors would salvage a measure of self respect when Ronnie White, 3-down after 30 holes, stormed back to post a thrilling 1-up victory over Chapman on the Americans home course. Its not just the length, the lack of elevation on the 11th teebox makes judging the distance even more difficult. 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. 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. An 18-hole golf course became a possibility when in the early 1920's a group of residents bought the land on Butler's Point, which until that time had been occupied solely by the Beverly Yacht Club. Four times the State Amateur has been held here; each time it set a record for the number of entries. But they enjoyed no such luck with the wind or their opponents. The Country Club is definitely Massachusetts' best course and then it is a battle among Kittansett, Boston Golf Club, and Old Sandwich as the state's next best track. Par is a great score here. 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). I hit my tee shot to 8 feet and drained the putt for my only birdie in 3 days. Club's weekly film round up. The Kittansett Club is a private course available only to its members and their guests. 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. Kittansett. Featuring a dazzling set of seaside holes and equally interesting inland holes, an invite to Kittansett is to be cherished. 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. But the layout is so much more: a steely, uncommon test on the calmest of days. The fairways were laid out over uncut wooded territory through which paths were cut as the areas for the holes took shape. To prepare that area for shaping and seeding, workers felled vast numbers of trees and dug up their stumps. The approach to this small undulating green is guarded by a deep bunker on the left. The land the new police station sits on was donated by Tabor to the town for the purpose of building a new police station. Oh, and while he's traveling around doing that, he also golfs as much as humanly possible in his quest to break eighty for the first time ever. 17 is a visually tricky hole, as from the tee it can be tough to know exactly where youre going. Kittansett Club Team Growth. After he and Littler dropped the first hole to Wilson and MacGregor (dubbed the sporting goods team by one press wag,) Jackson discovered he was carrying 16 clubs, having failed to remove his brassie and an extra wedge after warming up. That finish of Ronnie Whites made us all proud to be British.. Littler, then 23, was obliged to arrange leave from the Army to attend the Kittansett matches. 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. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Sorry. And with Hanse continuing to act as the clubs architectural consultant, one can be sure that the course at Kittansett will keep getting better. The fund-raiser has. Briggs maintains that he voted under the Rule of Necessity, which is a Common Law construction that may be used when a public body is legally required to act on a matter due to members being disqualified by conflict of interest. The conditions were surprisingly calm and beastly hot that Labor Day weekend 53 years ago. The course is located in South Newark and is operated by Essex County along with classics Francis Byrne and Hendricks Field. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Stay up to date on all the latest news from Boston.com. (LogOut/ The conditioning and scenery were also fantastic. 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. The locker room is surprisingly small, but it fits the quaint atmosphere of the club. Not even the members, who are used to the carries, the obstacles and the speed of the greens. Finally, in March of this year, while Briggs was on a motorcycling vacation in Florida, he got a call from his attorney saying the Ethics Commission was ready to sign an agreement to resolve the matter. The course held the Walker Cup in 1953, and most recently held the US Senior Amateur in September 2022. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). The Kittansett Club layout elicited similar praise from competitors and spectators alike. 32% of Kittansett Club employees are women, while 68% are men. Briggs was cleared of wrong-doing in that instance. Ward and Charlie Coe were the top international amateurs of their day, and Sam Urzetta, a 51 Walker Cupper, was the 1950 U.S. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2012-2022 Location 180, LLC | All rights reserved. While this hole is drivable in theory, I think the ideal play is doing whatever you can to find the fairway. Verdict:The charming and exclusive Kittansett Club is one of the most underrated courses in America and might be my dark horse candidate for best course in New England. A charming rock wall and fescue guard just right of the green as well. But Kittansett is seldom what it appears to be, especially at first glance. The golfer needs to think his way around this hole, but birdies can certainly be had with good ballstriking. This approach is a bit more challenging with large bunkers 60 yards short on the left and to the right of the green. Briggs, 60, owns Sherman E. Briggs Excavating, a business which has performed excavating work for Tabor Academy in Marion for more than 20 years. The Conservation Commission, which Briggs has long presided over, was the only board the school had to go to for permitting. Yet Kittansetts length (6,814 yards, par 70), its smallish, steeply pitched greens, its overall strategic mettle were undiminished. In some areas its more subtle (like on the 2nd fairway for instance.) The American team was, in a word, loaded. This green is one of the largest on the course. In the 1990s, the team of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner restored the course to its original glory by removing trees and renovating bunkers. This is certainly one of the easier holes out there and one of several holes on the course that provides the golfer numerous options. They had to put the rocks somewhere, Demmer says with a smile and a shrug. Opened for play in 1923, Kittansett and its various attributes should surprise visitors. At a prodigious 220 yards, this is a semi-blind par 3 courtesy of tall fescue directly in front of the teebox. Perhaps the best hole on the course is No. But if a golfer decides instead on the less perilous route down the right, he must then clear a gnarly bunker complex and more grassy mounds to land his second shot onto the putting surface. The Kittansett Club opens with the two longest par fours on the course. 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. Originally only open to high rollers like Shadow Creek, Cascata is now fully public but doesnt receive much play and commands a hefty $400+ pricetag. When asked what he thinks brought the matter to the attention of the state Ethics Commission, Briggs offered a few theories. With his plans and knowledge, the club brought in famed architect Gil Hanse to restore the course to fit Mr. Flynns original designs. Its easy to see why the course is consistently rated among the best in the country. Playing from the whites, most golfers should have no trouble clearing the center-line bunkers, but they certainly make you second-guess your line. Briggs lawyer, Robert Troy of Troy Wall Associates in Sandwich, used the Rule of Necessity in arguing Briggs case before the state Ethics Commission. The first and second holes both measure 415 yards from the white tees. The course layout originated and concluded at the unprotected ocean end of the Point. The clubhouse is perched at the point of the peninsula which has 270-degree views of Buzzards Bay. The Club was originally built by founding member Frederic C. Hood who had significant knowledge of other American and British courses of the era. Welcome to The Kittansett Club Our History Guest Information Golf Contact Login Eleven Point Road. The building of the course is a bit of an anomaly. Its a seaside course peninsular for heavens sake; the Aboriginal American name means near (sett) the sea (kittan) but there isnt a proper dune in sight. The green itself sits about 4-5 feet above the bunker, and the water from the cove comes in on the right-hand side. Membership at the club is strictly invitation only, with initiation fees ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. Pace of play is tremendous, and this seaside gem is a joy to walk. We didnt play on a particularly windy day, but I imagine these two holes rarely play the scorecard yardage. From this vantage, at this introductory stage, its perhaps too easy to lump Kittansett in with the dozens of quirky, antique but ultimately docile, wind-dependent tracks that dot the Northeastern coastline. Kittansett was one of the first courses to be built with predetermined specifications. The 12th is a fantastic strategic dogleg left playing at 380 yards. It was nice to have the extra time to wander around and soak in the setting. This undulating green is guarded by tall trees on the left and bunkers on either side. Playing back towards the clubhouse with a busy road on your right, this hole features a generous fairway especially the further left you go. 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.. Your email address will not be published. This hole is extremely open on the left with the 18th fairway but features a lateral hazard on the right with marshland. So my good friend joined The Kittansett Club this year and Ive been lucky enough to play about a dozen rounds there. 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. And theres a good chance driver will be too much and take you through the fairway. Several experts had been consulted regarding the course layout, including William Flynn, but it was founding member Frederic C. Hood who undertook the actual construction of the course based on his considerable knowledge of American and British golf courses of that day. The A.V. Stay up to date with everything Boston. A cross bunker comes into play from the left on tee shots, and the best move is taking on that hazard with ones drive, keeping the ball on that side of the fairway for a more open approach to the green. Thats absolutely wild to think about, and it makes you glad the membership voted to take a chance and go ahead with the removal. Sure enough, in the early 2000s plans for the course were found in William Flynns attic. Donations to this. This approach runs uphill towards a back-to-front sloped green guarded by bunkers on either side. The penalty for this infraction is disqualification, of course, and Grainger invoked it without hesitation. The Walker Cup, international golfs most prestigious amateur team competition, has been staged in New England on three separate occasions, twice (1932 and 1973) at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., where so many prestigious events have been held, USGA championships and otherwise, theyve begun to bunch. But that has to end, say some. Other times they come off quite strategically. 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. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab), Bill Murray and Wynonna Judd spotted at Newport restaurant, Jill Biden visited a beloved Boston seafood restaurant, Complaint about Bill Murray leads Searchlight to halt filming of Being Mortal. The reachable 330 yard 10th gets my vote for easiest hole at Kittansett. The 47 year old from Washington state the sitting U.S. Im of the opinion we should have further discussion, Marion Selectman Chairman Steve Cushing said. 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