Our little state sure does pack a punch!

This morning, the PGA Tour announced that a Champions Tour event was coming back to Boston! The last time our state was home to a stop on the Champions Tour was from 1981-2008, when Nashawtuc Country Club annually hosted the Bank of America Championship. Starting in 2015, Belmont Country Club will host the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship.

The scenic Belmont Country Club

Obviously this is huge news! It is a great honor for one of our oldest Member Clubs, and a nice feather in the cap for the state of Massachusetts. Belmont recently completed a massive clubhouse renovation and the place is GORGEOUS! Definitely a worthy venue for a PGA Championship.

Although we are a small state, we are no slouch when it comes to hosting big golf championships. Earlier this year, the USGA announced that Wellesley Country Club will host the 2016 U.S. Women's Senior Amateur Championship, and The Country Club played host to last year's U.S. Amateur Championship. And of course we cannot forget about the Deutsche Bank Championship that each labor day weekend brings the best of the best to our little town here in Norton. These events are immense undertakings for the host clubs, and can bring a great boon to the local economies surrounding the venue.

Since 1980, Massachusetts has welcomed not only the Bank of America and Deutsche Bank Championships, but also:

U.S. Amateur: 2013, 1982
U.S. Open: 1988
U.S. Women's Open: 2004, 1984
U.S. Women's Amateur: 1997, 1995
U.S. Senior Open: 2001
U.S. Senior Amateur: 1996
U.S Junior Amateur: 2005, 1992 (when a young man named Tiger took the title)
U.S. Girls Junior: 1995, 1987
Curtis Cup: 2010
Ryder Cup: 1997

Not bad for a state that only has golf weather for six months out of the year! Read more about the Constellation Championship.