Marion, MA
The Kittansett Club
In the early 1920s, Marion residents bought land on Butler Point, previously occupied by the Beverly Yacht Club. They saw the possibility of a seaside course with qualities found in British golf.1
- Location
- Marion, MA
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71
- Club website
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A golf club on Butler Point
Kittansett opened for play in 1923. Thirty years later, it hosted the Walker Cup, won by the United States over Great Britain and Ireland, 9 to 3.1
The course
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Championships
Results and dates 2 editions
U.S. Senior Amateur
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Rusty Strawn
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Walker Cup
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United States (Walker Cup)
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Sources and editorial notes3 references
Sources for this story
- Our History The Kittansett Club
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Senior Amateur record book, page 9 Offline: archived primary source /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/26SeniorAm.pdf; SHA-256 db447a8079c9a707c54710acb92d7da567e788bc38b4b449c065d542155ab300. Exact result row: 2022 (Aug. 27-Sept. 1) Rusty Strawn d. Doug Hanzel , 3 and 2; The Kittansett Club, Marion, Mass.; Medalists — 140, Miles McConnell, Jeff Wilson ; Entries: §2,865 Use the championship final, not the qualifying medalist. Match-play outcomes are not stroke totals. Current routing, scorecard and par are not asserted. The primary result identifies this exact Club and place; the retained named physical Course is its sole Course identity. This links Course identity only, without asserting an unchanged historical routing or scorecard.
- R&A official Walker Cup match history The primary match-history entry records these dates: 1953 (Sept. 4-5): USA 9, GB&I 3; Kittansett Club, Marion, Mass. Dates corroborated against the retained official USGA 2026 Record Book. No participant, score or historical routing changes are selected.