PGA PRO Peter Bracey 2023 New England PGA Youth Development Award.SALINETTI HEADLINES 2023 MA CHAPTER AWARD WINNER
— The Massachusetts Chapter is proud to announce that Jim Salinetti, PGA has been named their 2023 Golf Professional of the Year.
Salinetti is the Head Golf Professional at Winchester Country Club, a position that he has held since the 2011 season. Salinetti, who comes from a playing background, has taken his work ethic and love of tournament golf and applied it to become a stand out Golf Professional. His knowledge of the game, it's rules and traditions, are noticeable as he conducts his daily activities. In addition to overseeing the overall operation at Winchester, Jim is also a talented merchandiser and teacher.
Salinetti has served the Section on several occasions, first on it's Membership and Communications committees from 2011-2013. He then served as the Chair of the Junior Golf committee from 2013-2017 and played a large role in the creation of the New England PGA's Junior Tour Scholarship. He has hosted and led PGA Junior League educational events, NEPGA Junior Tour Banquets, college golf seminars, and Section Junior Golf Summits showing his dedication to growing the game.
Prior to being named the 2023 Massachusetts Chapter Golf Professional of the Year, Jim had been recognized as an award winner at the Chapter and Section level. He was the recipient of the 2014 MA Chapter Junior Golf Leader, 2015 New England Section Youth Player Development Award, 2016 MA Chapter Golf Professional of the Year, and the 2020 New England Section Bill Strausbaugh Award.
Salinetti is one of five individuals to earn recognition for their service and dedication to their profession as the Massachusetts Chapter announced its full slate of 2023 award winners. The Chapter looks forward to celebrating these recipients throughout the 2023 season.
The complete list of the five individuals recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Chapter Award Winners includes:
View this email in your browserSALINETTI HEADLINES 2023 MA CHAPTER AWARD WINNERSBOYLSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Chapter is proud to announce that Jim Salinetti, PGA has been named their 2023 Golf Professional of the Year.
Salinetti is the Head Golf Professional at Winchester Country Club, a position that he has held since the 2011 season. Salinetti, who comes from a playing background, has taken his work ethic and love of tournament golf and applied it to become a stand out Golf Professional. His knowledge of the game, it's rules and traditions, are noticeable as he conducts his daily activities. In addition to overseeing the overall operation at Winchester, Jim is also a talented merchandiser and teacher.
Salinetti has served the Section on several occasions, first on it's Membership and Communications committees from 2011-2013. He then served as the Chair of the Junior Golf committee from 2013-2017 and played a large role in the creation of the New England PGA's Junior Tour Scholarship. He has hosted and led PGA Junior League educational events, NEPGA Junior Tour Banquets, college golf seminars, and Section Junior Golf Summits showing his dedication to growing the game.
Prior to being named the 2023 Massachusetts Chapter Golf Professional of the Year, Jim had been recognized as an award winner at the Chapter and Section level. He was the recipient of the 2014 MA Chapter Junior Golf Leader, 2015 New England Section Youth Player Development Award, 2016 MA Chapter Golf Professional of the Year, and the 2020 New England Section Bill Strausbaugh Award.
Salinetti is one of five individuals to earn recognition for their service and dedication to their profession as the Massachusetts Chapter announced its full slate of 2023 award winners. The Chapter looks forward to celebrating these recipients throughout the 2023 season.
The complete list of the five individuals recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Chapter Award Winners includes:
2023 19th hole kickoff meeting, March 13, 2023 6:30-7:30 pm collation, 7:30 meeting. Downstairs restaurant at Woburn Country Club.
THE NEW ENGLAND PGA SADLY ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF PAUL R. BARKHOUSE
PAUL BARKHOUSE, PGA AND A MEMBER OF THE NEPGA HALL OF FAME PASSED AWAY ON JULY 11TH. BETTER KNOWN AS "BARKY", BARKHOUSE WAS A TREASURE OF THE NEPGA. HE LEAVES HIS BELOVED WIFE, NANCY AND THEIR DAUGHTER, TRACY AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
THE NEW ENGLAND PGA WILL SHARE SERVICE INFORMATION WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
PAUL R. BARKHOUSE
NEW ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS’ ASSOCIATION
HALL OF FAME 2000
PAUL BARKHOUSE, THE HEAD PROFESSIONAL AT WOBURN COUNTRY CLUB IN WOBURN, MASS., HAS DEDICATED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER TO THE NEW ENGLAND PGA, HIS FELLOW PGA PROFESSIONALS AND TO PROMOTING THE GREAT GAME OF GOLF. BEGINNING HIS GOLF PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN 1965 AS ASSISTANT GOLF PROFESSIONAL AT WHITE CLIFFS IN SAGAMORE, MASS., BARKHOUSE WENT ON TO HOLD HEAD PROFESSIONAL OR DIRECTOR OF GOLF POSITIONS AT UNICORN GOLF CLUB IN STONEHAM, MASS.; FERNCROFT COUNTRY CLUB IN DANVERS, MASS.; STEPLECHASE COUNTRY CLUB IN GROVEPORT, OHIO AND IPSWICH COUNTRY CLUB IN IPSWICH, MASS.
BARKHOUSE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED ON EVERY LEVEL, CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO IMPROVE THE ASSOCIATION AND THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS. HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITIES AND HIS STRONG DESIRE TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE ASSOCIATION HAVE INSPIRED HIM TO SERVICE WITHIN THE NEW ENGLAND PGA.
NOTABLY, HE SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM 1977 THROUGH 1979 AND AS CHAIRMAN AND CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE FROM 1978 THROUGH 1985. HE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENIORS’ CHAPTER SINCE 1998 AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DELIVERING QUALITY, SPONSORED TOURNAMENT EVENTS AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
BARKHOUSE RECEIVED THE COVETED NEPGA PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 1981 IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS AS THE IDEAL CLUB PROFESSIONAL AND WAS HONORED AS THE NEW ENGLAND SECTION’S MERCHANDISER OF THE YEAR IN 1980 AND AGAIN AS THE SOUTHERN OHIO SECTION’S MERCHANDISER OF THE YEAR IN 1989.
BARKHOUSE’S PLAYING ACHIEVEMENTS ARE LEGENDARY. HE IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST CONSISTENT PLAYERS IN NEPGA HISTORY. HE HAS EARNED THE WOGAN AWARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR TROPHY TWICE, IN 1969 AND AGAIN IN 1977 FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN PLAYING ACHIEVEMENTS. IN 1979 AND AGAIN IN 1980, BARKHOUSE TEAMED WITH PAUL HARNEY TO WIN THE NEPGA SENIOR-JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. IN 1980, HE ALSO PLAYED IN ANOTHER SENIOR-JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, PGA OF AMERICA’S, AND TOOK HOME NATIONAL CHAMPION ACCOLADES. PAUL WON THE NEPGA INDIVIDUAL MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE, IN 1981 AND 1984. THE PRO-PRO STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP ENDED WITH PAUL AT THE TOP THREE TIMES, IN 1979 WITH PARTNER LES BOND, AND IN 1982 AND 1997 WITH PARTNER PAUL PARAJECKAS. HE ALSO TEAMED WITH PARAJECKAS IN 1984 TO WIN THE PRO-PRO MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOT ONLY HAS BARKHOUSE WON NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS, BEGINNING IN 1966 WHEN HE WON THE ASSISTANTS’ CHAMPIONSHIP, HE HAS EARNED CHAMPIONSHIP LAURELS IN OPEN EVENTS SIX TIMES: HE WON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE OPEN IN 1969 AND IN 1977, THE MAINE OPEN IN 1972 AND 1974, THE NEW ENGLAND OPEN IN 1975 AND THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN IN 1976. BARKHOUSE WON THE PGA CLUB PROFESSIONAL SERIES IN 1980 AND HAS PLAYED DISTINGUISHABLY IN NUMEROUS U.S. OPEN, PGA TOUR, PGA SENIOR TOUR AND PGA CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS. HE EARNED THE NEPGA SENIOR CHAPTER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS IN 1998 AND 1999.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BARKHOUSE HAS NOT ONLY EXCELLED AS A GREAT PLAYER OF THE GAME, HE IS ALSO A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER TEACHER OF THE GAME OF GOLF. HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE MAKING GOLF A BETTER GAME AND IN SERVICE TO THE NEW ENGLAND PGA AND IS A TRUE AMBASSADOR OF THE GAME.
ATTENTION GOLF NEWS
Woburn Golf and Ski Authority has selected Peter Bracey to be Head Professional for Woburn Country Club for the 2018 golf season. Peter is a member of the PGA and has been General Manager and Head Golf Professional for 3 years at Ole Monterey Golf Club, an 18 hole public facility in Roanoke, Virginia .Prior to Ole Monterey Peter was Assistant Golf Professional at Cabarrus Country Club in North Carolina for 2 years and Assistant Golf Professional at Providence Country Club in North Carolina for 16 years. Peter graduated from Methodist University in North Carolina with a degree in Business Administration with a concentration Professional Golf Management. Peter spend his youth in Woburn before heading off to Methodist University and has fond memories of playing golf at Woburn Country Club, and he enthusiastically looks forward to coming back to the Head Golf Professional at Woburn Country Club.
POSITION OF STRENGTH: MASS GOLF & THE USGA
On the heels of what was a successful merger between the Massachusetts Golf Association and Women’s Golf Association of Massachusetts on January 1, it was announced last week that the newly-formed Mass Golf was named one of only 59 regional golf associations to have entered into a new relationship with the United States Golf Association.
ONLINE: Full Release | Allied Golf AssociationsMass Golf will now be part of the Allied Golf Association (AGA) and fully supported by the USGA’s five existing regional affairs offices and will administer the USGA Handicap and Course Rating Systems within defined geographic areas across the country.
In addition, Mass Golf will serve as the community’s primary resource for USGA services such as championship qualifiers, governance, golf facility support and programs that help grow and improve the long-term health of the game.
“Regional golf associations are the lifeblood of the golf community and the USGA,” said Mike Davis, USGA CEO. “We felt that now was the best time to formalize this new alliance, in the spirit of working together on grassroots programs, improving how we serve golfers and providing a healthy foundation from which the entire golf community can grow.”
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