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News Release

For Immediate Release: January 27, 1999

January 27, 1999 - Donald Ross did it in 1905, and again in 1911. Walter Hagen, Francis Ouimet, Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, Julius Boros, and Dana Quigley did it too. The "it" in this instance is win The Massachusetts Open Championship.

On June 21-23, 1999, the 90th Massachusetts Open Championship, conducted by the Massachusetts Golf Association (MGA), will be played at historic Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley Hills, MA.

Today, the MGA released the dates and host sites for the nine other MGA Championships for 1999:

• 19th Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship: May 17-18, 1999 at Franklin CC, Franklin, MA
• 90th Massachusetts Open Championship: June 21-23, 1999 at Wellesley CC, Wellesley, MA
• 91st Massachusetts Amateur Championship: July 12-16, 1999 at The Kittansett Club, Marion, MA
• 81st Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship: August 2-4,1999 at Woods Hole GC, Falmouth, MA
• 3rd Massachusetts Senior Four-Ball Championship: August 5-6, 1999 at Haverhill CC, Haverhill, MA
• 18th Massachusetts Public Links Championship: August 16-17, 1999 at Westover GC, Ludlow, MA
• 23rd Massachusetts Father & Son Championship: August 23, 1999 at Blue Hill CC, Canton, MA
• 17th Massachusetts Father & Daughter Championship: August 25, 1999 at Bellevue GC, Melrose, MA
• 39th Massachsuetts Senior Championship: September 27-28, 1999 at Hatherly CC, Scituate, MA
• 16th Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship: October 4-5, 1999 at Longmeadow CC, Longmeadow, MA

"1999 promises to be one of the most exciting in the 96-year history of the MGA," according to MGA Executive Director, Tom Landry. "We expect that more golfers than ever before will attempt to qualify for and participate in our 10 different MGA Championships this year."

The MGA has scheduled Championships in every part of the state so that golfers throughout Massachusetts will be encouraged to participate. Landry believes that "MGA Championships are among some of the most historic and prestigious in the United States. Some of Golf’s biggest names have played and won here."

Participation in any one of the 1999 MGA Championships is open to any qualified member of an MGA member club. For information on getting an official MGA Handicap, or for more information on the 1999 Championship schedule, visit the MGA web site at www.mgalinks.org or any MGA member club. In addition, The Massachusetts Golfer magazine will provide comprehensive championship information and is sent to all MGA member golfers.