

So it is with particular relish
that the gentlemen (phrase used loosely.ed.)
who comprise the players in the Arbuckle Cup Invitational Golf Tournament
(ACIGT) will play two Ross courses in Massachusetts in this year’s event.
Ross came to the US in 1899, in fact to Massachusetts,
with only two dollars in his pocket but within less than a year had a job as
golf pro at Pinehurst, where he eventually designed four courses. The rest is
history. Ross’ layouts are striking because they make use of existing
topography; they are as Jack Nicklaus asserted “noteworthy due to their
naturalness”. Two of his courses in the
Commonwealth are The Orchards in South Hadley MA and Wachusett in West Boylston.
The 2013 ACIGT will be contested on these two demanding layouts.
Play on the two Ross courses, plus the other tracks chosen
for the rest of the week, are the result of the tireless work of this year’s
host, the legendary Little Cat, Rick Last. Let the games begin.