Members were recently treated to a special cooking demonstration, tasting and book signing with Joanne Chang at the Bay Club.  Joanne is the owner of three Flour Bakery + Café locations throughout Boston in the Fort Point Channel, South End and Central Square and a partner in Myers+Chang restaurant.  The shop has received numerous accolades for her homemade sticky buns, scones and cinnamon cream brioche. Chang also writes pastry articles and reviews cookbooks for Fine Cooking magazine.  She opened Myers+ Chang Restaurant with her husband Christopher Myers in the South End neighborhood in the fall of 2007.

Joanne demonstrated how to make Sticky Buns, Pop Tarts and Banana Bread all from her new cookbook Flour, Spectacular Recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe.  The demonstration was held at the Sports and Activities Center and members left with a copy of her cookbook.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is conducting a series of interactive workshops this spring and summer focusing on developing the golfer’s mindset for optimal performance.  These sessions will be led by Dr. Adam H. Naylor,  a sport psychologist from Boston University, who has worked with professional and amateur athletes from many arenas.

Dr. Naylor will be providing mental coaching in a variety of forums throughout the season. Each session will be conducted either on the course, range or short game area.  In one workshop, The Body->Mind Connection participants will meet at the Driving Range and explore how the body’s responds to stress and how this influences good swings and putts. Each golfer will learn about his/her optimal energy levels for solid swings. Another workshop being held at the Driving Range is Routine Reconstruction. The pre-shot routine is the anchor that keeps one’s game steady throughout the course of a round. Too often routines are built without purpose, being filled with superstitions and random actions. This workshop will highlight the value of having a consistent and purposeful pre-shot routine.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

MFA Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Highlights of the Art of the Americas

Bay Club at Mattapoisett members will receive a private tour of the new wing of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. With 53 new galleries on four floors, the new wing opened in November 2010 to display the Art of the Americas collection. More than 5,000 works of art produced in North, Central and South America over three millennia are shown, many of which have not been displayed for decades. Architects Foster and Partners of London designed the new wing which features nine Period Rooms and four Behind the Scenes Galleries which add to the experience of viewing these works of art.

After the highlights tour, members will enjoy lunch in one of four café/restaurants and spend the afternoon visiting other galleries in the museum taking advantage of the self-guided multimedia guides that are available at the museum.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club is holding a special Dinner and a Movie night at the Golf House restaurant in celebration of our most accomplished member, Peter Uihlein.  In rather convincing fashion Peter won the 110th United States Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay this past summer on his 21st birthday. As a result of his victory, Peter received a coveted invite to the 2011 Masters!

Members will gather to watch his U.S. Amateur victory as they prepare to chair him on at the Masters Tournament in Augusta on August 7 – 10.   Chef Mercer and his team will prepare a buffet dinner to be served prior to the viewing of the final round.

Peter was recently featured in Golf Magazine. To view the full article, please click here.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Dave Maloney, Fitness Director, Bay Club at Mattapoisett offers this months golf exercise of the month, “Spine Angle Turns”.

One of the most common swing faults shared by inconsistent golfers is coming out of your spine angle or loss of posture.

1) Place one of the padded bars behind your upper back so it is crossing your shoulder blades.

2) Now maintain your spine angle while you are turning into your backswing.

If you are coming out of your posture, the padded bar will be almost parallel to the ground at the top of your backswing.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Living Healthy:
A Yoga and Healing Workshop
with Mike and Beth Houlihan

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett continually strives to offer members ways to improve their body and health. This month members participated in a Living Healthy workshop aimed at activating one’s natural healing potential and recovering health by overcoming physical and mental barriers.  The 4 hour workshop was taught by certified yoga instructors Mike and Beth Houlihan who are owners of Roots to Wings Yoga and Healing Center in Newburyport, MA one of the pre-eminent yoga and healing facilities north of Boston. The workshop included a variety of gentle exercises, stretches and meditations to increase strength, flexibility and focus. It encompassed traditional Hatha yoga postures for strength, stamina and flexibility, Ki Gong movements to improve circulation and activate your body’s natural healing ability and short meditations to enhance focus, clarity and concentration.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mailor phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett recently re-opened its Winter Indoor Practice Center.  This facility allows members to practice with a P3Pro Swing Desktop Simulator, three independent hitting stations, a 40 x 20 putting carpet and multiple swing training aids.

Head Golf Professional Greg Yeomans takes advantage of the indoor practice facility to provide complimentary clinics for Bay Club members.  Greg works with members offering instruction which includes swing tips, winter practice strategies and skill contests.  The facility is open to members 7 days a week until the golf course opens in April.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mailor phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett recently acquired snowshoes for the Sports and Activities Center allowing members to enjoy winter hikes on the golf course.  Snowshoeing is wonderful aerobic exercise that also provides the ability to experience the beauty and quiet of the snow-covered course in the off-season.

As part of my New Year’s resolution to exercise more, I grabbed my husband and our hound and headed out to the 9th hole.  Although the much hyped Christmas nor’easter did not actually produce an impressive accumulation, it did provide enough snow cover for a wonderful hike.  Along the way we discovered the new burm constructed late last fall on Hole #11, and I secretly crossed my fingers hoping it was the snow cover making it look so ominous.  We also paused at the new tee box on Hole #9 which has my husband itching for Spring; I on the other hand observed that the drive over the water now looks impossibly long.

When we finished our hike, my husband chose to head to the club’s Indoor Golf Practice Center while I enjoyed a visit to the steam room at the Sports & Activities Center.  Our well exercised dog relished a nice nap in the car.

Using my iPhone camera for the photo shot and the angle of the sun doesn’t give quality to the view, however I decided it would be nice to share.  For a better look at the club in the warmer weather, please view our slideshow!

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

For the second year in a row, Bay Club Head Golf Professional, Greg Yeomans captured the Cape Cod Chapter of the New England PGA’s Wessner Player of the Year Award! Earning points for his performance in Cape Cod Chapter events played throughout the year, Greg surpassed the second place finisher by 65 points.

Highlights of the season included winning both Cape Cod Chapter Majors – the Chapter Championship played at New Seabury and, for the third year in a row, the Chapter Match Play played at the Golf Club of Cape Cod.   Contributing to the overall results were several  Pro-Am team events, of which Bay Club members were able to join Greg as he defended his title.

In addition to Greg’s performance on the course, he was recently elected Cape Cod Chapter President after previously serving as the Tournament Chair this past season.

Greg recently sat down with Goldie of   95.9 WATD’s Goldie Bounce Golf host Liza Churchill for a friendly chat about his year and the future of the NEPGA. To listen to the interview please click on the gray bar at the bottom of this post.

Congratulations Greg on a great year on the links!

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Each year around the holidays, the Bay Club joins together with the community to create an Angel Tree at the club.  The tree holds angel ornaments for the members to “adopt”, each identifying a local child’s needs and wishes for the holidays. Established in 2007, the Bay Club Angel Tree has supplied hundreds of gifts to local children during the holiday season.  Members purchase and wrap gifts for their selected angel and put them under the tree until they are distributed to the children at the appropriate time.

For the past few years the project has been spearheaded by Mary Beth Morse, Director of Communications at the Bay Club.  “The spirit of giving that exists at the club during this time of year never ceases to amaze. To watch the gifts grow under the tree is a visual testimonial to the generosity of the membership.”

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is chock full of special events this December; many of which have become family traditions.

The Holiday Wreath Workshop starts off the holiday season when local favorite Chad Michael Peters offers his assistance and a vast assortment of materials for members to create their personalized holiday masterpiece for doors, mantles or tabletops.

The young members of the Bay Club are treated to an incredible Gingerbread House Workshop. Willie Wonka himself could not provide a more elaborate spread of confections used to adorn the prebuilt houses. Generations of family members gather to enjoy the process and welcome Santa to the Bay Club!

Traditionally, a group of Bay Club members plan a trip to Boston to attend a Boston Holiday Pops performance. This year, however, the venue has been revised and the group heads to the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra as two of the young members of the club will play in the Family Holiday Pops performance!

Nestled in between the family events is a member holiday party where Chef Mercer outdoes himself each year with an amazing offering of holiday fare.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via email or phone, 508-758-9543.

Over the winter months, Bay Club members will have the opportunity to work on their drawing skills with Artist Susan Slowey.  Whether a first timer or a seasoned artist, Sue will encourage her students while walking them through the process.

In November, Sue will help students to create a work of art using watercolor paint and paper along with permanent ink pens that will be printed and turned into the perfect thank you note or seasonal greeting card. And in January, Sue returns to the club for a five week Pen and Ink Drawing Course.  She will encourage students in achieving great results with just a pen and paper.  The course is limited in number to allow for individualized attention.  Regardless of member’s personal perception of their artistic talent, Sue’s gentle encouragement will guide them in both courses.

Sue is a member of the Cape Cod Art Association as well as the Plymouth Art Guild and studies with Robert Mesrop at CCAA.  Members had the opportunity to work with Sue last winter when she taught a popular Pen and Ink Drawing Class at the Bay Club.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via email or phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett recently announced the issuance of a limited number of Off-Season Dining Memberships for the 2010/2011 season.

This membership extends dining privileges at the Club’s charming Golf House restaurant between October 1, 2010 and May 15, 2011, including special dining events.  Previous dining events hosted by Bay Club Executive Chef Jim Mercer include: Palm Beer Dinner, La Cucina Italiana Dinner, Wines of the World Dinner the popular Dinner and a Movie Night Series, and the Julia Child Dinner.  Additionally, members are entitled to take-away menu items, as well as the enormously popular option of ordering a home cooked Thanksgiving Dinner.

Those who wish to join this program must be sponsored by a current Bay Club member and are charged a flat rate, of which seventy five percent is credited for food and beverage. Details on the Off-Season Dining Membership, including a FAQ sheet and application, can be found by clicking here.  Or, if you prefer, please contact Dave Andrews directly at 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club is a golf and country club community with 625 acres of wooded and gently rolling terrain, that includes 200 acres of open space and 175 home-sites in Mattapoisett along the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Bay Club of Mattapoisett Director of Fitness, Dave Maloney, works with members on their golf and fitness conditioning to improve their overall strength and lower their golf scores.  Certified by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Dave offers this exercise to develop core stability and strength.

1. Set the functional trainer arm to be level with your chest height while sitting on a stability ball.

2. Lift one leg off the ground and rotate as far as possible across your body.

3. Perform 2 sets of 15 repetitions with your left leg elevated and repeat with your right leg elevated.

4. You just want enough weight, so that you feel your core is needed to stabilize you on the ball.

The Bay Club is a golf and country club community with 625 acres of wooded and gently rolling terrain, that includes 200 acres of open space and 175 home-sites in Mattapoisett along the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

This Fall the Bay Club at Mattapoisett is exploring healthy lifestyles through the food we eat by offering presentations for the members.  Dr. Lilian Cheung will be at the club to discuss her new book Savor – A Mindful Approach to Fitness, Eating and Life which she co-authored with Zen Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh. Dr. Cheung is a Public Health professional and will discuss new ways of coping with competing demands on your energy, thoughts, and time as well as new ways to maintain wellness.  A renowned nutritionist and co-author of various books on nutrition, Dr. Cheung is also the Director of Health Promotion and Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition.

Also this month, in the Sports and Activities Center at the Bay Club at Mattapoisett, there will be a special viewing of Food, Inc. This documentary film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy in a way that is abusive of animals and environmentally harmful. Although difficult at times to watch, it will certainly change the way that you look at food and enlighten you about where our food is really coming from.  This documentary is a must see film for everyone!

The Bay Club is a golf and country club community with 625 acres of wooded and gently rolling terrain, that includes 200 acres of open space and 175 home-sites in Mattapoisett along the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.