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35-651: The course was designed by Donald Ross and opened for play in 1926. Along with Detroit Golf Club, they are currently the only two Ross-designed courses hosting a regular event on the PGA Tour. From its inception, the Ross course consisted of Bentgrass greens until 2007, in which a major $ 3 million restoration project added Champion Bermuda Grass greens and restored its rolling fairways with Tifway 419 Bermuda grass. In 2011, McConnell Golf acquired Sedgefield Country Club and added new membership benefits, including reciprocal access to

70-794: A course in Cuba during his tenure in Manchester that previous year, though a Boston Herald article still placed him in Holyoke in 1919. He would work with the Mount Tom Club for many years, welcoming Holyoke neighbors visiting his winter home in Pinehurst, completing a full redesign of the Mt. Tom course by 1922, and later serving as a pallbearer for Wyckoff following his death in 1931. Ross's work in Holyoke would remain largely untouched until

105-569: A decade after an epidemic killed much of the native people. Fishing was the major industry in the town almost from its incorporation in 1645, but in the mid-19th century it began to grow as a popular seaside resort community. The town has appeared, either by name or as a filming location, in a number of films and TV shows, notably the eponymous 2016 film Manchester by the Sea . Native Americans inhabited what would become northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of

140-406: A firearm from the police station and sold it to a pawn shop for $ 650. Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Department Sergeant John "Jay" Swallow was sentenced to jail for the vicious beating of his wife and weapons charges. He engaged in a physical altercation while pointing a handgun at both his wife and the family dog. [1] One mile (1.6 km) from the town center is Singing Beach, so named because

175-532: A greens keeper. Ross started his career by being an apprentice to Old Tom Morris at St Andrews in Scotland around 1899. With the help of an American agronomy student, fellow Scotsman Robert White from St. Andrews, Ross decided to move to America. Ross invested all his life savings to move to the United States and walked off the boat with only $ 2. After his year long apprenticeship he went back to

210-458: A house in the town. Over the next fifty years, development of summer houses along the coastline established the community as Boston society's community of choice for summer residency. The trend continued with designs of houses by architects, such as "Sunnywaters", designed by John Hubbard Sturgis for his older brother, Russell, in 1863. The best known of these "summer cottages" was Kragsyde , completed in 1885. Commissioned by George Nixon Black,

245-580: A man who "really knew about the laying out a golf course" for the Mount Tom Golf Club, today known as Wyckoff Country Club. Babb introduced Wyckoff to Ross later that year, bringing him back to the course, where he suggested key changes, but was unable to prepare plans as he had just signed a two-year contract as professional for the Essex County Country Club. Completing this contract he returned to Holyoke in 1914 where he

280-571: A new course with the thought to "make each hole present a different problem. So arrange it that every stroke must be made with a full concentration and attention necessary to good golf. Build each hole in such a manner that it waste none of the ground at my disposal and takes advantage of every possibility I can see." His most widely known trademark is the crowned or "turtleback" green, most famously seen on Pinehurst No. 2, though golf architecture writer Ron Whitten argued in Golf Digest in 2005 that

315-399: A par-4 hole, he favored an uphill short hole. Ross often created holes which invited run-up shots but had severe trouble at the back of the green, typically in the form of fall-away slopes. All of these exemplify his naturalness design philosophy which did not require intense earth moving, he simply let the lay of the land dictate what each and every hole should be. Ross would go into designing

350-578: A regional newspaper, the Gloucester Daily Times . The community lies within the Manchester Essex Regional School District . The Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Department have been subject to controversy, including sexual harassment by sworn officers, with allegations "that officials had permitted a sexually hostile environment, and that Christopher Locke, an officer in the police department, made

385-495: A secret recording of [a young woman], violating the state's wiretap law." Howard Lewis, who had been appointed as a reserve officer in 2008 and a full-time officer in 2010, had been assigned to the 12 to 8 a.m. shift and served as the department's primary firearms instructor, when he was placed on administrative leave amid an internal affairs investigation on December 15, according to Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Chief Edward Conley. An internal affairs investigation determined he stole

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420-437: A vote of 97 to 95. This was ratified by an act of the state legislature passed on September 25, 1989. "Manchester by the Sea" was a familiar alternative town name since it was first used in 1877 by Boston publisher James T. Fields while attending an annual summer picnic of the "Manchester Elder Brethren" that still takes place today. The name change was driven by Edward Corley, a longtime resident of Manchester. According to

455-535: Is a coastal town on Cape Ann , in Essex County, Massachusetts , United States. The town is known for scenic beaches and vista points. According to the 2020 population census , the population is 5,395. The town lies on the southern side of Cape Ann, at the point where the peninsula meets the mainland. The North Shore was populated by the Agawam people prior to European settlement, which began in 1629, about

490-493: Is the design principles and elements he used. He displayed great attention to detail. Often he created challenging courses with very little earth moving; according to Jack Nicklaus , "His stamp as an architect was naturalness." Some of his designs include the "turtleback" greens, a Ross double plateau, and The Punchbowl. The route the golfer had to take was an important decision Ross had to make and he favored very clear routes that would not require much walking. When he would design

525-703: The 1903 U.S. Open and eighth in the 1910 Open Championship . As his fame grew, he began to teach and play less and to focus on golf course design. While working at the Oakley Country Club, Ross had left an impression on the president of the Boston Athletic Association at the time, Edward E. Babb. During an exchange in 1910 between Babb and Joseph L. Wyckoff , a business partner of stationery maker White & Wyckoff in Holyoke, Massachusetts , Wyckoff remarked that he wished to find

560-756: The Municipal Golf Course at Asheville, North Carolina in 1927. Ross also designed Whippoorwill Country Club , in Armonk, New York ; however, Charles Banks was hired by Whippoorwill to redesign the course in 1928. He also designed a 9-hole course in northern New York, known as the Schroon Lake Municipal Golf Club in 1918. He designed the Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, North Carolina in 1927. In

595-586: The Peabody and Stearns -designed residence has been hailed as the zenith of the Shingle style substyle of the Queen Anne style of architecture. It was demolished in 1929. To prevent confusion with the nearby and much larger city of Manchester, New Hampshire , the name of the town was officially changed in 1989 following a close town meeting vote that year; the decision was extremely close and passed only by

630-643: The Royal Dornoch Golf Club where he honed his playing abilities while also taking care of the greens and making clubs. Ross learned several skills related to golf throughout his life such as greens keeping, club making, golf pro, and architect. Later in 1899, with the encouragement and support of Harvard astronomy professor Robert W. Willson, he obtained his first job in America at Oakley Country Club in Watertown, Massachusetts . In 1900, he

665-679: The United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 18.3 square miles (47.3 km ), of which 9.2 square miles (23.9 km ) is land and 9.0 square miles (23.4 km ), or 49.47%, is water. The town lies along the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay , which in turn leads to the Atlantic Ocean. There are seven beaches lining the coast, and several small islands dot the coast, the largest being Kettle Island and House Island . Several small coves edge

700-459: The poverty line , including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over. The local newspaper, The Manchester Cricket , has published weekly since 1888. The newspaper has been owned by just three families since it began. Within the Cricket, there is a special section dedicated to the neighboring town, Essex. This section is called The Essex Echo . The town is also served by

735-628: The 14 other McConnell Golf properties. From 2003 until 2021, Rocky Brooks of the PGA served as director of golf at Sedgefield. He was succeeded by Eric Ferguson who now serves as the director of golf. This golf club or course-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports venue in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Donald Ross (golfer) Donald James Ross (November 23, 1872 – April 26, 1948)

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770-492: The 1930s, he revolutionized greenskeeping practices in the southern United States when he oversaw the transition of the putting surfaces at Pinehurst No. 2 from oiled sand to Bermuda grass. Ross also designed the course at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina . Currently, Sedgefield Country Club is one of only three regular Donald Ross designs on the PGA Tour. What allows a Donald Ross golf course to stand out

805-482: The Americas . The area that would become Manchester was inhabited by Agawam people at the time of contact in the early 1600s, who were decimated by virgin soil epidemics especially in 1617–1619, after which fewer than 50 indigenous individuals are estimated to have survived within the modern bounds of Manchester. Manchester was first settled by English colonists in 1629 and was officially incorporated in 1645. It

840-545: The North Shore to Boston's North Station . The nearest airport is the Beverly Municipal Airport , with the nearest national and international service at Boston's Logan International Airport . As of the census of 2010, there were 5,136 people, 2,147 households, and 1,444 families residing in the town. The population density was 562.7 inhabitants per square mile (217.3/km ). The racial makeup of

875-435: The coast, the largest being Manchester Harbor, which is fed by Sawmill Brook and other small bodies of water. There are several protected areas within town, including Cedar Swamp Conservation Area, Cheever Commons Conservation Area, Coolidge Reservation, Dexter Pond, Owl's Nest Nature Preservation Land, Powder House Hill Reservation, and Wyman Hill Conservation Area. Manchester-by-the-Sea is bordered by Beverly and Wenham to

910-475: The construction of I-91 in 1965 left only 5 fairways of his design today. Although Ross was a competitive golfer, he is primarily known for his work as a course designer. In his time as a designer he is credited with roughly 400 course designs or redesigns between 1900 and 1948. Some of his early work was in Virginia and includes Jefferson Lakeside Country Club and Sewell's Point Golf Course. He also designed

945-729: The corner of Essex. Route 127 also passes from west to east through town, traveling through the center of town. There is no bus service directly into town, with service passing east via the Cape Ann Transportation Authority in Gloucester, and an MBTA bus route providing service to Beverly. The town is served by a stop along the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail , providing service from Rockport along

980-680: The effect had become exaggerated compared to Ross's intention because greenkeeping practices at Pinehurst had raised the center of the greens. Ross died while completing his final design at Raleigh Country Club in North Carolina. He is buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts . DNP = Did not play WD = Withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts Manchester-by-the-Sea (also known simply as Manchester , its name prior to 1990)

1015-512: The sand comprising the beach squeaks when walked upon . The sand is an iridescent color when the sun sets. This beach is quite popular during summer months in particular, because it is easily accessible from Boston by a one-half-mile (800 m) walk from the MBTA train station . Also located on this beach is the tourist attraction "Eaglehead", a rock composite that is the focal point of rock climbing and other recreation activities. The town provided

1050-412: The town was 97.6% White , (5,012); 0.9% Asian , (46); 0.2% Native American , (10); 0.1% African American , (5); 0.1% from other races , and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% (77) of the population. The median income for a household in the town was $ 95,243, and the median income for a family was $ 109,760. About 4.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below

1085-431: The west, Hamilton to the northwest, Essex to the north, and Gloucester to the east. The town is located 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Salem and 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Boston . Manchester-by-the-Sea lies along Massachusetts Route 128 , the inner of two beltways around Greater Boston . Route 128 has two exits within town as it passes from Beverly to Gloucester, with a small portion crossing through

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1120-467: Was a professional golfer and golf course designer . Ross was born and raised in Scotland but moved to the United States as a young man. Ross designed dozens of courses across North America and is generally regarded as one of the top golf course designers of all time. Ross was born in Dornoch , Scotland . Ross got his first job at the Royal Dornoch Golf Club , where he played while growing up, working as

1155-760: Was appointed as the golf professional at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina , where he began his course design career and eventually designed four courses. He then began running a substantial practice with summer offices in Little Compton, Rhode Island . At its height, Donald J. Ross and Associates, as his practice was known, oversaw the work of thousands of people. However, Ross always kept up his professional golf standing. Ross won three North and South Opens (1903, 1905, 1906) and two Massachusetts Opens (1905, 1911). He also finished fifth in

1190-495: Was formed from territory taken from Salem (that portion since given to Beverly) and Gloucester. In 1700, Manchester selectmen paid three grandchildren of Agawam sachem Masconomet three pounds and nineteen shillings for the rights to the land. The community thrived primarily as a fishing community for more than 200 years. Beginning in 1845, it started to attract summer residents from the Boston area after poet Richard Dana built

1225-506: Was put up in a house built for him by Wyckoff, who as an executive committee member of the Massachusetts Golf Association, saw himself as a patron of Ross, and offered him financial backing to move from being both an architect and golf pro, to focusing his career mainly in golf course architecture. It is unknown what duration or regularity Ross lived in Holyoke, as he travelled often, even spending time designing

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