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Local
Golf Courses
Within a 30 minute drive of
Central Village, Westport, MA
Acoaxet Club
152 Howland Rd
Westport Harbor, MA
(508) 636-4782
Private
Acushnet River
Valley Golf Course
685 Main Street
Acushnet, MA
(508) 998-7777
Allendale Country
Club
1047 Allen St
North Dartmouth, MA
(508) 992-8682
Private
Bay Club of
Mattapoisett
1 A bay Club Drive
Mattapoisett, MA
(508) 758-7911
Private
Country Club of
New Bedford
585 Slocum Rd
North Dartmouth, MA
(508) 993-3453
Crestwood Country
Club
90
Wheeler St
Rehoboth, MA
(508)
336-4418
Private
Fall River Country
Club
4232
N Main St
Fall River, MA
(508)
678-9374
Private
www.fallrivercc.com
Green Valley
Country Club
of Rhode Island
371 Union Street
Portsmouth, RI
(401) 847-9543
Semi-Private
www.greenvalleyccofri.com
Hawthorne Country
Club
970 Tucker Rd
North Dartmouth, MA
(508) 996-1766
Hidden Hollow
Country Club
30 Pierce Ln
Rehoboth, MA
(508)-252-9392
Public
Hillside Country
Club
82 Hillside Ave
Rehoboth, MA
(508) 252-9761
Semi-Private
Kittansett Club
11 Point Rd
Marion, MA
(508) 748-0192
Private
Lakeville Country Club
44 Clear Pond Rd
Lakeville, MA
(508) 947-6630
LeBaron Hills Country Club
183 Rhode Island Road
Lakeville, MA
(508) 923-5700
Private
http://www.lebaronhills.com/
Marion Golf Course
10 S Dr
Marion, MA
(508) 748-0199
Public
Middlebrook Country Club
149
Pleasant St
Rehoboth, MA
(508)
252-9395
Public
More
information
Montaup Country Club
500
Anthony Rd
Portsmouth, RI (401) 683-0955
Semi-Private
www.montaupcc.com
Poquoy Brook Golf Club
20 Leonard Street
Lakeville, MA
(508) 947-5261
Rehoboth Country
Club
155
Perryville Road
Rehoboth, MA
(508)
252-6259
Public
www.rehobothcc.com
Reservation Golf
Club
Reservation Road
Mattapoisett, MA
(508) 758-3792
Private
Rochester Golf
Club
Rounseville Road Route 105
Rochester, MA
(508) 763-5155
Public
Round
Hill Golf Links
S.
Dartmouth, MA
(508)
992-4400
Private
www.roundhillcommunity.com
Sakonnet Golf Club
79 Sakonnet Point Rd
Little Compton, RI
(401) 635-4706
Private
Swansea Country
Club
299 Market St
Swansea, MA
(508) 379-9886
Public
www.swanseacountryclub.com
Sun Valley Golf
Course
Summer Street
Rehoboth, MA
(508) 336-8686
Public
The Back Nine
17 Heritage Hill Drive
Lakeville, MA 02347
(508) 947-9993 Clubhouse
(508) 947-9991 Golf Shop
Whaling City Golf
Course
581 Hathaway Road
New Bedford, MA
(508) 996-9393
Public
www.johnsongolfmanagement.com/wc.htm
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Information
for the listed courses without a website, or additional courses, can be
obtained at the following links:
MGA -
Massachusetts
RIGA – Rhode Island
Insight:
Acoaxet (9 holes) and Sakonnet (18 holes) are very exclusive,
very private, loonnng waiting lists, but great
ocean vistas.
Allendale (this writer’s
pick) and the Country Club of New
Bedford (best greens) are very well maintained with available
memberships. Slightly pricey.
Acushnet River
Valley
(best city-run) is a good track, fairly new, lots of fun with traditional
New England layout and 6 holes of links-style golf.
Hawthorne (9 holes -
hilly) and Whaling City (18
holes – great layout) are a little rough around the edges. Inexpensive golf
for the price conscious golfer.
Montaup is a great
value for the money (this writer’s second pick).
Swansea Country
Club
is very close to Montaup in price and venue; it’s
my third pick.
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Practice/Learning
Facilities
Best outdoor practice facility:
Caddy Shack
900 State Road (Route 6)
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
67 practice
tees
(508)
991-7976
View photos of the Caddy Shack
Best learning facility:
Elite
Golf Center
1865
Fall River Ave.
Seekonk, MA
(508) 336-3776
Website: http://www.elitegolfcenter.com
View photos and
article on Elite Golf Center
Best indoor practice facility:
Eagle
Quest Golf Dome
Temporarily closed due to storm
damage.
One
Keyes Way
West Warwick, RI 02893
(401)
828-3663
www.eqgolfdome.com/
Golf Dome review on Mar
14, 2008
“The
Eagle Quest Golf Dome is a great place to hone your game especially during
the winter months in New England. As a 2 handi-cap
I am constantly working on my game and I am able to get tremendous feedback
at the Dome. You get to see your ball flight for about 100 yards, letting
you know whether you have hit a good shot or not. The bays are double-deckered but I prefer the ground level. Although not
Pro V1's, the balls are good quality unlike some other driving ranges where
the balls seem to be made of clay. There are multiple targets to pitch too
as well as a practice bunker with a good amount of sand. There are a couple
of putting greens as well. One final added benefit is that there is also a
pub style restaurant to grab a burger and a beer as well as a pro shop,
making the Dome a great place to spend a morning or afternoon.”
Their
facility not only has 56 hitting bays, putting green, sand trap, but they
also have a full-service pro shop which is owned and operated by renowned
club-fitter Tom Spargo
of Spargo Golf.
Additional practice facilities
Lazy a Driving Range
24 practice tees
106 1/2 Dr Braley Rd
East Freetown, MA 02717
(508) 763-2320
8
miles from center of North Dartmouth.
Rebound LLC
358 G A R Hwy
Swansea, MA 02777-4503
(508) 675-8767
6-8 Heated Stalls
11 miles from center of
North Dartmouth.
Sherwood Golf Inc
1350 Fall River Ave
Seekonk, MA 02771-5927
(508) 336-3323
18 miles from center of North Dartmouth.
Lakeville Golf Practice Range
34 practice tees
49 Cross St
Lakeville, MA 02347-1204
(508) 947-1865
18 miles from center of North Dartmouth.
Seekonk Driving Range
140 practice tees
692 Fall River Ave
Seekonk, MA 02771-5632
(508) 336-8074
19 miles from center of North Dartmouth.
Deer Hollow Golf Practice Center
26 practice tees
1221 Bedford St
Bridgewater, MA 02324-3045
(508) 697-4468
22 miles from center of North Dartmouth.
Golf Learning Ctr/New England
150 practice tees
19 Leonard St
Norton, MA 02766-2410
(508) 285-4500
www.golflearningcenter.com
25 miles from center of North Dartmouth.
Golf
Shots Range and learning Center
123 Sandwich Road
Wareham, MA
(508) 295-8773
Meadowbrook
Driving Range
357 Main Street
Acushnet, MA
(508) 995-0000
Retail Golf Equipment & Supplies
Golfer’s Warehouse - Map
it
60 Freeway Drive
Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 467-8740
www.golferswarehouse.com
Golfer’s Warehouse - Map
it
2 Campanelli Drive
Braintree, MA 02185
(781) 848-9777
www.golferswarehouse.com
Dick’s Sporting Goods - Get
map
Get
Directions
475
State Road
Dartmouth, MA 02747
(508) 999-1617
www.dickssportinggoods.com
Joe & Leigh's Discount Golf Pro
Shop
Get
Directions
68
Prospect
Easton, MA 02334
(508) 238-2320
Visit
their web site!
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Golf
Trivia
Think YOU
know golf trivia?
Try
this quiz on for size! Click
on the graphic below.
What’s the
Origin of Mulligan”?
The
bottom line is that we don't know. Some mysteries may never be solved. The
term "mulligan" in golf is a second shot allowed by an opponent
and not counted on the scorecard. Just as an aside, note that Mulligan is
also a general "nickname" or stereotype for an Irishman, an
underworld term for policeman (obviously dating back to when so many police
were Irish), and a type of stew. Presumably all these relate to the surname
Mulligan, of Irish origin. The term mulligan in golf dates from the 1940s,
and the origin is uncertain. By 1949, it had made its way into P. Cummings'
Dictionary of Sports, so must have been fairly common before that. One
theory about the origin cites a certain individual named Mulligan who blew
so many drives that the club allowed him blah blah
blah. Those are presumably the type of origin
stories that you hear a particular golf club claim for their own. Another
theory ties to the period when Irish-Americans were joining fancy country
clubs and were derided as incompetent golfers. That would make the term
basically an ethnic slur that caught on, like "Indian summer" or
"Dutch treat."
Source: Straight Dope Science Advisory Board
It’s all a
matter of distance!
The
earliest golf balls were a thin leather bag stuffed with feathers
(feathery); it was not a distance ball, falling short of 200 yards. The
gutta-percha ball (whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex
of the gutta-percha tree) was adopted in 1848, reached an upper limit
distance of 225 yards. The rubber ball of 1899 helped golfers achieve
greater distance. A 430 yard drive was made by Craig Wood in the British
Open at St. Andrews in 1933. George Gayer, American pro made a 426 yard
drive in Tucson, Arizona in 1955. The greatest recorded carry of a golf
ball is 458 yards, by America's Jack Hamm, at Highlands Ranch,
Colorado, USA, on July 20, 1993. Today, routine tee shots of 300 yards and
more are not unusual for some professionals with their high tech drivers
and balls.
But,
in 1836 Samuel Messieux whacked a feathery 361
yards at St. Andrews – still the longest recorded drive with such a ball!
Reports say the shot was downwind on frozen ground.
What’s the
Origin of “Fore”?
This
is another term whose exact origin can't be stated. "Fore" is
another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft).
Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out
ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be
forewarned, in other words. The British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference
to "fore" in a golf book, establishing that the term was already
in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use
as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from
"forecaddie." A forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group
around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint
the locations of the groups' shots. If a member of the group hit an errant
shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling
out the term. It was eventually shorted to just "fore." A popular
theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and
18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain),
infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind,
over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell "beware
before," alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid
the shells screaming overhead. So when golfers misfired and send their
missiles - golf balls - screaming off target, "beware before"
became shortened to "fore."
Sources: British
Golf Museum, USGA Library, Brent Kelley
Where did the
word “golf” come from?
The
earliest reference to golf as a game was in Scotland around 1457. Did the
word "golf" originate as an acronym for "gentlemen only,
ladies forbidden"? That's a common old wives' tale. Like most modern
words, the word "golf" derives from older languages and dialects.
In this case, the languages in question are medieval Dutch and old Scots.
Here's what the USGA Museum says about the issue: "While many Scots
firmly maintain that golf evolved from a family of stick-and-ball games
widely practiced throughout the British Isles during the Middle Ages,
considerable evidence suggests that the game derived from stick-and-ball
games that were played in France, Germany and the Low Countries."
The
medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" meant "club." It is believed that
word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into
"golve," "gowl"
or "gouf." By the 16th Century,
the word "golf" had emerged.
Sources: British
Golf Museum, USGA Library, Brent Kelley
Do you know the
old club names?
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Brassie
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mashie
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Mashie
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Spade
mashie
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Mashie
niblick
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Niblick
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