Great Weather, Great Conditions, Great Golf

      We are just 8 weeks into spring but the weather and the golf season has been in mid summer form for well over a month. We have been blessed this year with some of the best early course conditions ever in New England and temperatures that have been well over seasonal averages. The combination has been a shot in the arm to the golf industry throughout the northeast, which in past years has not fared so well during the spring season. This  also bodes well for two of New England’s newest golf courses that have opened this year amidst some of the most tenuous economic times for golf.

     Meadowbrook Golf Club in Richmond RI opened its door in the last month and unveiled a great new Rulewich / Fleury designed facility that now is the longest course in the state at nearly 7500 yards from the tips, it is magnificent.

   And in Northbridge, Ma Shinning Rock Golf Club opened it doors with one of the most dramatic course designs in the region cut into hills overlooking the Blackstone River. Inside you will find reviews of both new facilities, we wish them both the best in the years ahead and welcome them to the family of New England Golf.

    At the International Network of Golf Conference in Pinehurst NC in May New England Golf Monthly was chosen “The Best in Conference Publication Award” for 2010. We are very proud of the achievement voted on by industry leaders from all over the world.  I want to offer a special thank you to the staff at New England Golf Monthly, our contributors, writers and especially you, our readers for making our publication the best of the best.

Timothy R. Branco

tbranco@newenglandgolfmonthly.com