The team of Jay and Jesse Morgan won the Amherst 2-Ball Open, which was played on Saturday Oct. 4th and Sunday October 5th. The results are as follows:

Gross Results
1st – Jay Morgan and Jesse Morgan –  68

2nd – Aaron Punska and Paul Lentz – 70

3rd – Mike Johnson and Brian Wood – 71 (tie)
Mike Lentner and Dennis Yarrows – 71

Net Results
1st – Dan Cutler and Jesse Morgan – 65 (tie)
Bill Dowd and Jeff Brown – 65

3rd – Paul Torpey and John Collura – 66 (tie)
Gary Kmetz and Dennis Sullivan – 66

5th – Sam Lussier and Adam Lussier – 67 (tie)
Jim Tudryn and Roger Frant – 67
Sam Lussier and Roger Frant – 67

Complete Results:

Michelle Morgan and the late Ed Twohig Sr. will be inducted into the 8th class of the Western Massachusetts Golf Hall of Fame.  The Hall of Fame golf tournament and evening awards dinner will be at Wycoff Country Club in Holyoke on October 3, 2014.  Ticket information will be forthcoming.

Link to www.masslive.com article on Western Mass Golf Hall of Fame

Michelle is being recognized as the longtime Amherst College golf coach.  She has also reigned as the AGC Women’s Golf Champion 14 times since first winning in 1982, including winning the 2014 Women’s Club Championship.  Michelle has a golfing family with her husband Jay Morgan winning the AGC Men’s Championship 15 times, and her son Jesse winning 6 times, including the 2014 Men’s Club Champion.  Congratulations Michelle!  Link to Amherst College article honoring Michelle.

Ed Sr. will be honored in memoriam.  He was the head pro at Amherst Golf Club for 35 years and also fostered a successful golfing family.  In 1979, Ed Sr.  was succeeded by his son, the current AGC pro Dave Twohig.   His son Ed Jr. is also a PGA Pro in Hadley, Mass.  All six of Ed. Sr.’s sons worked in some capacity as part of the AGC operations, from “cooking hot dogs to shagging balls to caddying to opening and closing the pro shop”.   Link to UMass Magazine on Ed Sr. and Dave.

UPDATE:  Link to Masslive.com article on the Oct 3rd event

Western Mass. Golf Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014 shines on perfect induction day

The 2014 Amherst 2-Ball Open will take place the weekend of October 4th and 5th.  There will be gross and net prizes with cash skins. Entry fee is $100 per non-member teams, $60 for member/member teams, and $80 for member/non-member teams.  Play Saturday, Sunday or both days!  Call Dave Twohig PGA at 256-6894 to arrange your tee time.

Download a flyer by clicking here.

The Hadley Open was played September 6th and 7th. Paul Torpey Jr. won the individual stroke play with a gross score of 78, and Wally Kielb won the net with a score of 69.

Hadley Open 2-Ball Best Ball Results:

1st Gross (tie):
Don Hodgkins and Gene Klos – 69
Chris Kamansky and Ray Beaudin – 69
3rd place Gross (tie):
Roger Frant and Sam Lussier – 70
Jay Morgan and Glenn Allan – 70

1st Net:
Chris Kamansky and Ray Beaudin – 60
2nd Net:
Roger Frant and Kris Carver – 61
3rd Net (tie):
Paul Torpey Sr. and Paul Torpey Jr. – 63
Charlie Parham and Ken Kahn – 63

Click on thumbnail for the complete results:

From L to R, Joe Yusko, Andrew Hollander, and Carl Teschke

The Amherst Golf Club Junior Championship was played on Saturday August 30, 2014.  There were three Divisions, age 13-18, 11-12 and age 10.

In the 13-18 year old division, Andrew Hollander took home the Junior Championship trophy with an 84, edging out Joe Yusko and Carl Teschke Jr., who both scored 87.

For the 11 to 12 year old Division, Evan Rutherford won with a score of 96.  JB Mills came in 2nd with a 99 and Eli Kayser-Hirsh was third with a 105.  Filling out the field were Owon Lee, Eli Slovin and Conrad Kang who shot 129, 141 and 154.

Nate Mills scored a 109 to take the the 10 yr old division.

Great job by our junior golfers!

Click here for Photo Gallery of the Junior Championship.

We are asking the membership to recruit new members for this year.  If you have people that are interested in joining, please bring them by the course and play a round of golf with us. Below is the New Membership Program for this Fall.

Fall Membership Special:

$300 for Single

$400 for Family Membership

Amherst Golf Club offers a Fall Membership Special starting August 1st.  The cost applies to the balance of this year, and this cost will also be fully-deducted from your 2015 Membership Dues.

Come and become a Member at one of the
Best 9-Hole Golf Courses in Western Massachusetts!

Enjoy the Benefits:

• No Initiation fees to become a member.
• No Tee time needed, just come and play. Women’s Leagues Tuesday Morning & Thursday Nights.
• Men’s League on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
• Senior Men’s League on Wednesday Morning.
• Couples League on Monday evenings.
• Tournament Play throughout the golf Season.

We offer Golf Lessons with PGA Pro Dave Twohig.  Dave also has Junior Camps in July & August & other successful junior programs like Speed Golf for Kids.

Amherst Golf Club is recognized for its friendly membership and the quality of the golf course, and is especially known for its great greens maintained by Superintendent Carl Teschke & crew.

Come try out the course and see the great value by playing a round & you will see the difference. After playing a round at Amherst you will want to join!

The winner of the Men’s 2014 President Cup was Jesse Morgan IV with a Gross score of 68.  The Men’s Vice President’s Cup was a 3-way tie between Gene Klos, Sam Lussier and Blake Keedy with a Net score of 68.

The Women’s 2014 President’s Cup Winner was Mary Godfrey with a Net score of 75.

The President’s Cup, an annual 18-hole stroke play event with Men and Women Divisions, was played Sunday August 17, 2014.   The Complete results are provided below:

Men

Women

For the 3-person Best-Ball teams, which were drawn, the following were the winners:

Men

Gross winner:
Jesse Morgan IV, George Pelis and & John Ciesluk – 67 gross

Net winner (tie):
Jeff Gold, Mike Gillis & Charlie Parham – 60 net
Jesse Morgan III, Matt Ahmed & Gene Tansey – 60 net

Women

Net Winner:
Mary Appleby, Ann Gowdey and Rosie Klaes – 64 net

2nd Place Net:
Jean Gowdey, Claire Christopherson, Mary Godfrey – 65 net

Amherst Golf Club will be offering an 8-week League on Tuesdays for the months of September & October that will begin on September 2nd.  The 2 person teams will play anytime on Tuesday after 12 noon.  You will be responsible to post your team scores with the Pro Shop on Tuesday.   We will offer prizes for Gross & Net play.

The Fee will be $25.00 and you can sign up with Dave Twohig in the Pro shop if you are interested.