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By GARRETT COTE

Shawn Durocher spent her weekend mornings and afternoons wheeling a small gas grill behind the clubhouse at Amherst Golf Club, where she would cook hamburgers and hot dogs for those playing. She was in high school and needed a way to make some money, so Amherst’s head golf professional, Dave Twohig, hired Durocher – an Amherst native – to handle grilling duties.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Throughout the 125 year history of Amherst Golf Club, a member of the Twohig family has been the head golf professional for 65 percent of the time.After Ed Twohig Sr., who began his tenure in 1944, stepped down following 35 years, Dave...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — A course record that stood for 41 years at Amherst Golf Club was bested last week, and it perhaps couldn’t have been done by a more fitting member with familial ties to the course.Belchertown’s Michelle Morgan, the course’s 2024 women’s club...

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the fourth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)AMHERST — There perhaps isn’t a better word to describe...