Championship sneak peek: The Golf Club at Turner Hill

We are only about two months away from the Four-Ball Championship, which opens our season. This event is a favorite of our members, and our biggest Championship, as nearly 400 golfers descend on the two host courses. This year, we make the trip up to the beautiful North Shore, as The Golf Club at Turner Hill and Ferncroft Country Club play host to this enormous tournament.

Turner Hill is gorgeous!. The club is centered around a 100+ year old mansion that underwent a restoration a few years ago. It is stunning.

From the Turner Hill website:
Completed in 1903, the mansion boasts hand-molded plaster ceilings, vivid wall friezes, gleaming oak hardwood floors, and hand-carved paneling, doors, and stairways. The reception hall's wildlife motifs and windows were modeled after Haddington Hall in Scotland. These features constitute a structural work of art that could rarely be replicated today.

At Turner Hill, the Rices raised their children and entertained their family and friends in grand style in the early 1900's. A young George Patton was a frequent guest of Turner Hill and once entertained party guests from the book ladder in the library.

In the late 1990's, developer Ted Raymond purchased the property with the intent of creating a golf course/residential development. The golf course was completed in 2004, but the economic downturn took its toll. The existing membership knew that they didn't want to see the golf course fall into disrepair, bought him out in 2007, and poured money into the renovation of the property, including the historic mansion.

To learn a little more about Turner Hill, check out this article in the Gloucester Times from 2010.

The Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship will take place from May 12-13. Click here to learn more.