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SPRING 2020 I MassGolfer 19 SISSTORY hen Morgan and Molly Smith teamed up last Sometimes a good October to qualify for the 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship, a new chapter story about golf comes in their family’s impressive golf history began to be written. Over this past winter, the teenage sisters dreamed of along that touches all Wtheir fi rst taste of playing in a USGA championship come late April in Florida. MassGolfer had reported that they would be- the bases. Love for the come the fi rst Bay State sisters to compete during the same year in a USGA Championship Proper since Harriot and Margaret game being passed on Curtis did so in the 1914 U.S. Women’s Amateur. “The goal is to make it through to match play,” Molly said to a new generation. with confi dence after the duo posted the medalist score of 68 at Franklin Country Club. “I think we can do it.” A cherished event that Alas, their dream was put on hold come this March when the USGA canceled the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet unites a community. for each youngster — Morgan turned 16 in February while Molly turned 15 in April — a bright future seems a certainty based on a Traditional ways being string of successes the past few years in top competitions, including Mass Golf Championships and Tournaments and the MIAA changed for the better. State High School Golf Tournaments (see page 23). But to understand what fueled the passion for the game for Here is one of those these two Westford residents, one must take a brief detour to see how their community’s nearly 100-year-old beloved event has good stories. impacted them and, in turn, how they are impacting that event. Established in 1923, The Lowell City Golf Tournament is Molly (left) and Morgan Smith believed to be America's oldest continuously played inter-club were feted, with many others, in January amateur tournament. Growing over the years into a multi-faceted at the Mass Golf Champions Dinner event, ‘The Cities’ — as it is colloquially called — was conceived by Colin Macdonald, a golf writer for the Lowell Courier Citizen. — see pages 26-27 for more on Using his sly pen name of R. Putting Baddeley, Macdonald — in the Smiths and other honorees. consort with golf enthusiasts Walter Jewett and Francis P. Walsh — convinced area clubs to stage a 54-hole medal play tournament to determine the fi nest male amateur player in Greater Lowell. A men’s team championship was added in 1924, contested for decades by nine-member teams qualifying at three home clubs — Mount Pleasant Golf Club, Long Meadow Golf Club and Vesper Country Club. In 1962, Nabnasset Lake Country Club was added to that roster while teams would expand to 12 players in 1980. In 1999, The Cities introduced a one-day, 18-hole women’s stroke play tournament while a senior division and two junior divisions, one each for boys and girls, have since been added. “In the wide world of golf, the Lowell City Golf Tournament is nothing,” commented Phil Smith, the father of Morgan and Molly, to the Lowell Sun in 2019. “But if you are from around here it’s a big deal. It’s the biggest tournament we’ve got.”

20 MassGolfer I SPRING 2020 BRIAN SMITH IN THE MAKINGBy Maxwell M. Carey By gallery counts, The Cities has always been big compared to most any amateur golf event. Back in the day, there were reports of many thousands in attendance. Today, despite so many more entertainment choices, the tourney still draws huge crowds and dominates the headlines of the Lowell Sun’s sports pages. Now 47, the Smith family patriarch knows more than most about the special allure of The Cities. After making three unsuc- cessful attempts to qualify as a member of Vesper’s men’s team, Phil made his fi rst showing as a 15-year-old in 1988. One year later, he led the fi eld by four strokes entering the fi nal day’s round before falling back. He broke through in 1994, winning his fi rst men’s title at age 21, and turned professional soon thereafter. After his amateur reinstatement, Phil ran off wins in seven consecutive Cities men’s tournaments from 2006 to 2012, still The Smith sisters the all-time record streak. He came close to extending that competed for the mark in 2013, fi nishing one stroke back. By then, he had also ƓUVWWLPHLQWKH found a new passion... sharing the game with a growing family. 0DVV:RPHQōV $PDWHXULQ Phil Smith and his wife, Lynn Smith, introduced their FRQWHVWHGDW girls to golf at an early age and knew a day might come when :HVWRQ*ROI&OXE they would enjoy their own quest to compete in The Cities. 0RUJDQ WRS Come 2015, Lowell’s golf community met the youngest two ƓQLVKHGQGLQ qualifi ers in the women’s tournament 15-year history. PHGDOSOD\ZLWK “I was 11 years old and my sister Molly was 10,” Morgan DQHYHQSDUVFRUH recollected about their joint debuts, before extending a nod of ŋ appreciation to two local predecessors. “Prior to us competing, EHIRUHDGYDQFLQJ the two youngest to ever qualify for the women’s tournament WRWKHTXDUWHUƓQDOV were Jaclyn Sweeney, at age 12, and Alison Walshe, at age 14. Both of those players have played on the LPGA Tour.” 0ROO\ƓQLVKHG Both girls quickly made their marks. In 2017, Molly, who 7LQPHGDOSOD\ qualifi ed for the Mount Pleasant team, became the youngest ŋ winner, at age 12, of the Cities women’s tournament. EHIRUHEHLQJ In 2018, paired in the women’s tournament fi nal group, GHIHDWHGLQWKH Morgan led the fi eld after 13 holes, including a 4 shot margin URXQGRI over Molly, who quipped to her aunt in the gallery: “I have to get a hole-in-one and a bunch of birdies to even have a chance.” She then aced the 14th, parred the 15th and birdied the fi nal three holes for a back nine, 7-under-par score of 29 and a one stroke victory over Morgan, who had shot a sparkling score of 73. In the aftermath, Phil could only shrug a bit and comment: “Morgan didn’t miss a shot all day... she just got hit by a tornado.” In 2019, Morgan’s 73 edged Molly’s 75 for the women’s title. One month earlier, Morgan made huge news as she became the fi rst female to play in what for decades has been called The Cities “men’s tournament” — she fi nished 39th playing for Long Meadow (qualifying 8th out of 53 for its team). Sisstory is in the making.

DAVID COLT SPRING 2020 I MassGolfer 21 SISSTORY IN THE MAKING

Before either sister had won a Cities women’s title, each had already earned a statewide crown — playing DAD with their dad — in an event that also PHIL SMITH cut back on his competitive helped fuel their love of the game, the golf schedule a half-dozen or so years Mass Father & Daughter. Playing in DJREXWKLVFRPSHWLWLYHƓUHVWLOOEXUQV the Forward Division, Molly took hot — and late — in rare tournament play. home the honors in 2014 and 2018, 8QGHUVWDQGDEO\LQWKHƓUVWURXQGRI while Morgan won in 2015 and 2017. the 2019 Cities men’s tournament, he In 2019, Morgan and Phil entered, was more focused initially on Morgan and won, the Championship Division. EHFRPLQJWKHƓUVWIHPDOHWRSOD\LQWKH Like many parents, the pressure is event. After watching her tee off early on on while teaming up with one’s own, the 1st hole (sis-boom-bah... she birdied), as Phil reported: “When I play (on Phil started revving up his own engine. my own), I don’t get nervous, but I By day’s end he was back on familiar defi nitely get nervous for this.” ground, tied for the lead after posting a Both girls have been moving up score of 71. An uncharacteristic 78 the the leaderboard in other Mass Golf next day dropped Phil back to T8, yet he events. In the Mass Girls’ Junior UDOOLHGWRƓQLVKUG Amateur, Morgan fi nished T3 in 4 strokes back, after 2019 and 6th in 2018, while Molly ƓULQJDƓQDOURXQG fi nished T7 in 2019 and 4th in 2018. 69, the best score The Smith girls have Each also made a fi rst-time entry of the tournament. each twice captured into the Mass Women’s Amateur $ƓQLVKLQJNLFN Mass Father & Daughter in 2019. Morgan fi nished 2nd in seems to be the Forward Division titles medal play with an even-par score of dominant gene in with Phil, including 73-73—146 before advancing to the the Smith clan’s Molly in 2014 (top) quarterfi nals. Molly fi nished T10 in golf DNA, exhibited and Morgan in 2015. medal play before being defeated in in perhaps Phil’s the round of 16. top comeback win. They also made the most of their selections to compete in the Coming in to the 2019 Junior Inter-City Team Matches, a prestigious competition week of the 2007 featuring teams of six top players representing Massachusetts, Mass Mid-Amateur New York and Philadelphia. Morgan and Molly each earned 5.5 at Cohasset Golf points to account for 11 of the Team Mass total of 11.5 points. Club, Phil already Phil at the KDGHDUQHGDƓYH 2019 Mass Four-Ball. A bell rang for decades from the back porch of a house in stroke win in the Westford, tolling each time a native daughter won a golf event. Norfolk County Classic (back-to-back 68s) It was clanged frequently by Pat Bradley’s mother, including for DQGKLVWKLUGFDUHHU&LWLHVWLWOH%XWDƓUVW each of the legend’s 31 LPGA Tour wins. Bradley graduated in URXQGOHIWKLPDW7DGLVWDQWVKRWV 1969 from Westford Academy, the town’s public school. She was behind formidable leader Frank Vana, Jr. MVP for three teams — fi eld hockey, basketball and softball — Having won seven of the previous eight but did not play golf because the Grey Ghosts didn’t fi eld a team Mid-Amateurs, The Boston Globe noted back then. Nor did she play in The Cities because there was no that Vana looked “unbeatable.” But these women’s tournament back then. But, times change. two well know golf is “unpredictable.” Morgan and Molly — respectively, a sophomore and freshman Smith shot a day two low round of at Westford Academy — play today on their school’s golf team. WRULVHWRQGZLWKLQVKRWVRI9DQD In 2019, Morgan broke a ‘grass ceiling’ at the Cities. Last fall, in whose 71 left him as the leader. On day the 2019-20 MIAA Boys Division 1 State Golf Championship, three, with the two stalwarts paired in the Molly fi nished T3, just 2 strokes off the winning score. ƓQDOJURXS6PLWKWRRNWKHOHDGZLWKD Ultimately, golf is the best game because it is about getting birdie on the 9th. Posting a 68, he held the ball in the hole from the same tee boxes in the fewest strokes. on to secure a 1-shot margin of victory . Morgan and Molly have been doing that well and are hoping that On saving his best for ‘late,’ Smith noted: leads to even more chances to ring a new bell. e “This was the round of the year for me.” e

22 MassGolfer I SPRING 2020 DAVID COLT SIS #1 SIS #2

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MORGAN SMITH'S GOLF RESUMÉ MOLLY SMITH'S GOLF RESUMÉ Select Recent Highlights Select Recent Highlights 2019 Lowell Men’s City Golf Tournament 2018 Lowell Women’s City Golf Tournament Finish 39th ƓHOGRI Score 84-78-83—245 Finish 1st ƓHOGRI Score 72 Site Mount Pleasant GC Site Vesper CC 2019 Junior Inter-City Team Matches 2019 Lowell Women’s City Golf Tournament Finish 1st LQGLYLGXDOFRPSHWLWLRQ Score 75 Finish 2nd ƓHOGRI Score 75 Site Whitford CC (PA) Site Mount Pleasant GC 2019 Lowell Women’s City Golf Tournament 2019 Junior Inter-City Team Matches Finish 1st ƓHOGRI Score 73 Finish 3rd LQGLYLGXDOFRPSHWLWLRQ Score 77 Site Mount Pleasant GC Site Whitford CC (PA) 2019 Mass Girls’ Junior Amateur 2019 Mass Girls’ Junior Amateur Finish T3 ƓHOGRI Score 76-72—148 Finish T7 ƓHOGRI Score 79-75—154 Site The Ridge Club Site The Ridge Club 2019 Mass Women’s Amateur 2019 Mass Women’s Amateur Medal Score 73-73—146 QGLQƓHOGRI Medal Score 76-77—153 7LQƓHOGRI Match Play Finish4XDUWHUƓQDOLVW Site Weston GC Match Play Finish Round of 16 Site Weston GC 4XDOLƓHUŋ U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball 4XDOLƓHUŋ U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Finish 1st ƓHOGRIWHDPV Score 68 ZLWK0ROO\6PLWK) Finish 1st ƓHOGRIWHDPV Score 68 ZLWK0RUJDQ6PLWK) Site Franklin CC Site Franklin CC 2019-20 MIAA Girls Division 1 State Golf Championship 2019-20 MIAA Boys Division 1 State Golf Championship Finish 2nd ƓHOGRI Score 75 Finish 3rd ƓHOGRI Score 72 Site Pleasant Valley CC Site The Haven CC

Maddie and # Lynn at the SIS 3 & MOM 2018 Mass Girls’ Junior MADDIE SMITH — yes, she is the youngest of the Smith Amateur. clan's three children — turned 11 in April of 2019, and two PRQWKVODWHUSOD\HGLQKHUƓUVW&LWLHV$PHPEHURIWKH Maddie at Long Meadow team in the women's tournament, and the the 2019 HYHQW V\RXQJHVWFRPSHWLWRUVKHVKRWWRƓQLVKWKLQ Mass Girls’ WKHƓHOGRI6KHKDGDJRRGFDGGLHŋ/\QQ6PLWKWKH Junior Amateur. FODQ VPDWULDUFKKHUVHOIDQWLPHSOD\HULQ7KH&LWLHV 7ZRZHHNVODWHU0DGGLHƓQLVKHGUGLQWKH0DVV*LUOVō Junior Amateur's Junior-Junior Division; in 2018, she had ZRQWKDWHYHQW V0LWH'LYLVLRQ$PRQJPDQ\RWKHUVRQWKH state's golf scene, Morgan and Molly are hearing Maddie's IRRWVWHSV/\QQUHSRUWVŏ0RVWUHFHQWO\,SUHIHUQRWWRSOD\ LQWRXUQDPHQWV, PSHUIHFWO\FRQWHQWWRZDWFKWKHJLUOVe

DAVID COLT SPRING 2020 I MassGolfer 23 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE What the new World Handicap System means for you.

THE USGA MARKED another extraordinary 1 Your new Handicap Index in 2020 is based PLOHVWRQHLQJROIRQ-DQXDU\E\EHLQJWKHƓUVW on the modernized Rules of Handicapping and national association to launch the World Handicap is more responsive to good scores by averaging System (WHS). In doing so, the U.S. joined coun- your eight best scores out of your most recent 20 tries on every continent in adopting the new Rules (before, it was 10 out of 20 with a .96 multiplier). of Handicapping throughout 2020, connecting the In most cases for golfers in the U.S., it will change golf community and promoting what makes our less than one stroke. So, if you notice that your game great — a fair match, a welcoming spirit and Handicap Index is different now despite not hav- camaraderie among friends. ing played, this is why. As a joint initiative between the USGA and 1 It will only take 54 holes — any combination of The R&A, the WHS has been an eight-year effort 9 and 18-hole scores — to establish a Handicap Index to unite different systems and be a part of the World around the world and The most noteworthy change Handicap System. Whether provide a single measure " you play recreationally or for determining a golfer's is the new way to calculate competitively, the WHS was ability. It enables golfers a golfer’s handicap, built with you in mind. of different abilities to 1 Slope Rating and now play and compete on a fair which now has the addition Course Rating and par are basis, in any format, on any of the difference of used to determine your course, anywhere in the Course Handicap, which world. Ultimately, the WHS the Course Rating and represents the number of aims to add enjoyment for par for the tees that strokes you’ll need to play to all who play the game. are being played. par. Your Playing Handicap is ’’The introduction of " the actual number of strokes the WHS brings several you give or receive for the interesting and exciting changes for our golfers,’’ round being played. It is typically the same number says Mike Wice, Mass Golf’s manager of GHIN as your Course Handicap. The exception is when a services and IT. ’’The most noteworthy change term of the competition applies, such as a handicap is the new way to calculate a golfer’s handicap, allowance used for equity in certain formats of play. which now has the addition of the difference of 1 Whenever the format of play allows, you are the Course Rating and par for the tees that are encouraged to pick up once you’ve reached your EHLQJSOD\HG$QRWKHUVLJQLƓFDQWFKDQJHLVWKH maximum hole score for handicap purposes — new Maximum Hole Score procedure, which uses which is a Net Double Bogey (Net Double Bogey = Net Double Bogey as the highest score a golfer Double Bogey + any handicap strokes received on can take on any one particular hole.’’ a hole). If you were to pick up on a hole before Here are a few other WHS differences: reaching Net Double Bogey, then you would 1 Now that Course Handicap is tied to Course record your Most Likely Score as long as it does Rating and par (historically it has represented the not exceed your Net Double Bogey limit. number of strokes needed to play to the Course 2QWKHIDFLQJSDJH\RXōOOƓQGDFKDUWZLWKƓYH Rating), your Course Handicap will vary more from key things to know about WHS. For any questions tee to tee than it did in the past. For you to play to regarding your Handicap Index or scoring record, your handicap, your target score for the day will email Mike Wice at [email protected] or feel be par plus Course Handicap. free to give him a call at (774) 430-9100.

24 MassGolfer I SPRING 2020 WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM 5 Things You Need To Know

OUT8 OF Your Handicap Index calculation has changed 20 Your Index in now based on the 8 (previously 10) lowest scoring differentials of your last 20 scores. 9.9 = Look up your course handicap before starting your round 12 Your Course Handicap is now adjusted for Course Rating minus par, resulting in a graduated adjustment depending on which tees you play from.

The GHIN mobile app and GHIN.com can calculate your Course Handicap and your course may also have Handicap lookup tables posted.

Your Course Handicap and the holes you receive strokes on apply to a friendly match or competition and...

NET Net Double Bogey has replaced ESC DOUBLE BOGEY for the highest score that you can post on a hole (MAXIMUM HOLE SCORE)

Net Double Bogey = double bogey + any handicap strokes applied on that hole, based on your Course Handicap.

With a Course Handicap of 9: the Maximum Hole Score you can post is a double bogey + VWURNH WULSOHERJH\WRWDO RQWKHƓUVWVWURNHKROHVDVLQGLFDWHGRQWKHVFRUHFDUG The Maximum Hole Score for stroke holes 10 through 18 would be double bogey.

Your Index is updated daily when you post a score — so post the same day you play

It’s easy to post your score on the GHIN mobile app, GHIN.com or the scoring kiosk at the course. When you post a score, your Index will be updated overnight. Your 9 hole scores will be combined as in the past. While it’s not preferred, you can still post score to past dates if needed.

Your Index is responsive and subject to adjustment when unusally high or low scores are posted

An Exceptional Score Reduction (ESR) will automatically apply to score differentials (for regular or competition play) of at least 7 strokes or better than your index.

The system will automatically regulate or limit the upward movement of your Handicap Index as it relates to your Low Handicap Index (over the last year) and in rare cases, will make an adjustment to all scores posted on a day when playing conditions dictate.

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