July 2025

The Links opens each day at 7:30am with the last tee time at 7:00pm.

Members can book their tee times ten days in advance, non-members can book five days in advance.

Upcoming July Outside Events / Course Closures to keep in mind:

• Wednesday July 16th, Links Junior Member Tune-Up Clinic 11:00am-12:00pm
• Wednesday July 16th, Attleboro Rec. Junior Clinic, 12:30pm-1:30pm.
• Wednesday July 23rd, First Tee Chapter Championship Qualifying, Tee times start at 10:00am (rain-date Friday July 25th)
• Thursday July 31st, Carroll School Golf Outing, 9:45-12:00.

Regular League Play

• Monday July 7, 14, 21, 28, First Tee Classes, 12:30-4:00, front nine
• Monday July 7 14, 21, 28, Hockomock YMCA Integration Team, 5:00 shotgun start on the front nine.
• Tuesday July 8 15, 22, 29, First Tee Classes, 12:30-2:00, front nine
• Wednesdays, Women’s Wednesday League, 5:00 shotgun start on the front nine.
• Thursday July 10, 17, 24, 31 First Tee Classes, 12:30-4:00, front nine
• Saturday July 12, 19, 26, PGA Junior League Matches, 10:00AM shotgun start on the front nine.

Sign-Up Dates to Keep in Mind

Parent-Child/Grandchild Tournament

Member Teams and Non-Member Teams

(Member Teams: only one player needs to be a Member of The Links)

Saturday, August 23rd 10:00 shotgun start.

• Format: Select Drive-Alternate Shot: Both players tee off, the most advantageous drive is selected, the player whose shot was not selected will hit the second shot, alternate shots until the ball is holed out.
• Team Score only (net and gross prizes, a modified Calloway Scoring System will be used to determine net scores).  
• Member and Non-Member Divisions: Children under 18 / Children 18 or over based on the number of teams competing.

Have fun with your family! The tournament features 18 holes and includes post-round pizza and prizes. The cost is $40 per team member, $60 per non-member team.

Players can sign up 30 days in advance in the pro shop or by calling 508-222-0555.

Sign up cut-off date, August 22nd 10:00 a.m.

For a complete list of all Links’ events including First Tee classes, please refer to The Links’ calendar often on our website linksatmassgolf.org or inside the clubhouse on the events bulletin board.

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Volunteers Needed

If you have the time and would like to make an impact on junior golf and the future of the game, we have many opportunities and are always looking for volunteers.  If you have an interest in helping out, please contact PGA Golf Professional Drew Chapman: dchapman@massgolf.org.

Drew’s Tip of the Month

"When the Chips are Down"

Sixty percent or two thirds of golf is played inside fifty yards. It makes sense then to spend two thirds of your practice time working on your putting, chipping and pitching, yet most golfers failto practice these areas of their game that will actually lower their lowest scores. The PGA/LPGA Tour’s best ball strikers on average hit only thirteen greens in regulation.  That means that theymiss five green per round, yet their scoring average is always under par. If you work on your short game, especially your chipping, your confidence will improve and so will your scores.

Here are some suggestions to help a right-handed golfer become a better chipper. If you are left-handed, just switch around right and left.

Visualize and feel the shot as an underhand toss. Select the club the fits your eye. I recommend a minimum amount of airtime and a maximum amount of ground time. This takes the variable of green firmness out of play and can help a case of nerves as well.

Set up as you would if you were impacting a golf ball on a full swing. When viewed from face on (caddy view), your arms and club form a lowercase “y”, giving you forward shaft lean where the grip of the club is ahead of the clubhead. The forward shaft lean will create a flat left wrist/bent right wrist allowing you to hit slightly down on the golf ball. Set your weight leaningabout 80% to the left at address to further encourage a downward blow.

Use your body/torso to create a swinging motion of your Arms and Shoulders like a dog wagging its tail or a hitting motion using a bending and straightening Right Arm to move your Left Arm and Golf club…your choice. For both options, your acceleration should be smoooooooth.

Find your Target (the hole or your landing spot, again your choice). Picture the target in your mind’s eye. Your eyes are on the ball, but your mind is on your target. Develop a routine where on your last look at your target, you come back to the ball and make your stroke within a secondwhile the target is still fresh in your mind.

Practice different shots. Your brain loves variety and learns better than if you hit the same shot over and over.  Keep Swinging and Chipping away at your scores.

Golf Quote of the Month

"Around the green, play the club that keeps the ball nearest to the ground.  It’s easier to roll the ball up to the hole than to fly the ball up and stop it by the hole. Putt rather than chip, and chip rather than pitch."

​-Billy Casper, Past Masters and U.S. Open Champion

Contact Us

Drew Chapman - Head Golf Professional

P: 508-222-0555 | dchapman@massgolf.org