HOSPICE OF THE FISHER HOME 7th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Amherst Golf Club is proud to be hosting the 7th Annual Golf Tournament for the Hospice of the Fisher Home on the afternoon of Friday June 2, 2023. Fisher Home is an independent non-profit hospice program based out of Amherst and serving Western Massachusetts. The organization has touched the lives of many, and we are fortunate to have this exceptional hospice organization offering care and compassion within our community.

The tournament will be a 9-hole par 3 tournament with a Best Ball format. Scheduled tee times begin at 1pm through 5ish PM, but the tee times are going quickly, so grab your foursome or fill out another group if you can.

Fisher Home will have exciting activities on every hole, a beer tasting (Amherst Brewing), great raffle prizes, and much more to come. If you can’t play, consider supporting the Fisher Home by entering into one of the raffles that include:

• A pair of Red Sox tickets vs Colorado Rockies on June 12th
• Four tickets to Gladys Knight at Springfield Symphony Hall on July 15th

You can also be a golf sponsor or make a donation to the Fisher Home . . . the link to register for the tournament on-line or to donate/sponsor is HERE, or just stop and sign up for the tee times or the raffle in the Pro Shop.

Solheim Cup – Saturday May 6th and Sunday May 7th
The first playing of the Solheim Cup team golf event was played this past weekend. Twenty women competed on Saturday and the match result was a tie at 22 1/2 points each between the Blue and Red Teams. Fourteen women competed on Sunday to complete the two day event and the Blue Team walked off with the win in a close two point victory.

Saturday, May 6th Teams and Pairings – Scramble Format
Blue Team vs Red Team
Shannon/Horrigan vs. Ayre/Everden
French/Appleby vs. Wright/Bell
Godfrey/Gowdey vs. Brown/Estes
Mariani/Foster vs.May/Daniels
Hunsberger/Snopek vs.Bradley/Sheffield

Sunday, May 7th Teams and Pairings – Best Ball Format
Blue Team vs Red Team
Shannon/Mahoney vs. Ayre/Everden
Appleby/French vs.Palley/Bell
Mariani/Hunsberger/Foster vs. O’Brien/Bradley/Fuderich

2 Ball Stableford – Sunday May 7th
The team of Don Hodgkins and Deron Estes won the low gross with a score of -6. In the net contest, the team of Sean Cleary and Jason Carlson tied with the team of Ryan Staplin and Steve Levin at 19 points.

Amherst Golf Club would like to congratulate Coach David Hixon on the rare honor of being elected to the 2023 Inductee Class for the Basketball Hall of Fame . . . from the Amherst College website:

Hixon coached at Amherst for 42 years, winning two national championships and twice being named Div. III Coach of the Year. He compiled a coaching record of 826-293, ranking him 15th in NCAA men’s basketball when he retired in April 2020. His winning percentage of .738 was good for 10th place in NCAA Division III history at the time of his retirement.

In the Hixon era, Amherst participated in the NCAA national tournament 20 times and compiled a 43-20 postseason record.Hixon is the first Div. III coach to earn enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was elected to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. In May of 2022, the floor at Amherst’s LeFrak Gymnasium was named Hixon Court.”I remember in the fall of 1973, myself and some friends were sitting around the dorm at Amherst and someone asked, “where do you see yourself in 10 years?,” Hixon recalled. “One said doctor and became a doctor, one said working with computers and worked at IBM, one said psychology/psychiatry and ended up working in that field. I said I wanted to be the next men’s basketball coach at Amherst. That’s all I ever wanted.”

David and his wife Coach Mandy Hixon, who is also a decorated coach, are frequent morning golfers at the course, and are usually one of the first players out on the weekdays. Last May, the Club hosted a the “Hixon Golf Outing” that was part of the celebration of Amherst College naming it’s basketball facility “Hixon Court”. The outing was attended by David and his family, many of his friends and colleagues, and a plethora of David’s former players, including some foursomes consisting of players from his national championship teams.

AGC Member and Amherst College Director of Athletics, Don Faulstick, said it well: “What an amazing and deserving accomplishment. I’m very happy for Dave, his family and all his former assistants and players. Dave also had a “hall of fame ” impact on many coaches and students within Amherst athletics over his 42 years. It’s the ultimate pinnacle on such an amazing career.”

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