Mass Amateur golf tournament information about Framingham CC, player profiles, stats

116th Massachusetts Amateur facts and figures

Defending champion: Ryan Downes (Essex County Club)

Stroke Play

Monday and Tuesday: 18-holes/day

Low 32 players will qualify for Match Play beginning Wednesday.

Parking: Extremely limited. Additional overflow parking will be available at Framingham State University's Maple Street Lot (123 Maple St.). Shuttle service will be provided.

Match Play

Wednesday: Round of 32 (a.m.) and Round of 16 (p.m.).

Thursday: Quarterfinals (a.m.) and Semifinals (p.m.).

Friday: Finals (36 holes)

For first round tee times, click here.

For past champions, click here.

Framingham Country Club

For course information, including hole flyovers and player profiles, click here.

Opened: 1902

Par: 72

Yardage: 6,682

Notable Framingham CC players

Ray Wright: won State Am in 1990 at The Kittansett Club

John Salamone: won State Am in 1991 at Brae Burn CC

Jon Curran: Born in Hopkinton; three-time captain at Hopkinton High, where he won two team and two individual state titles; All-American at Vanderbilt, where he placed 8th at 2007 NCAA’s; Two-time winner, with Hopkinton’s Keegan Bradley, of CVS Health Charity Classic; Played in two PGA Tour playoffs: falling both at the 2015 Puerto Rico Open and 2016 Memorial Tournament, where Rory McIlroy finished T-4 and Phil Mickelson T-20; Joined PGA Tour in 2015; now part of Korn Ferry Tour.

FCC players this week

(with Monday, Tuesday tee times)

Lawrence Dore III

(12:26 p.m.)

-Lives in Framingham

-Qualified with an even-par 72 at Blissful Meadow GC (June 12)

-Family works for Boston Sword & Tuna

Victor Galvani

(9:20 a.m.)

-Grew up in a house along 16th hole

-Has won several Framingham men’s club championships

-T8 in 2021 Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship

Matthew Naumec

(12:15 p.m.)

-Finished runner-up in 2023 Mass Amateur (36-hole championship match) against Ryan Downes at Essex County Club (6&5); Quarterfinalist in 2022, 2016

-Played in 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (74-79, missed cut)

-Former pro, regained amateur status in 2022

-Low Amateur (T2 overall) in 2022 Mass Open

-Won Framingham men’s club championship in 2023 (joined club in recent years)

-Former Boston College golfer: https://bceagles.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/matt-naumec/10819

Kyle Tibbetts

(1:10 p.m.)

-Made it to the Round of 16 at Mass Amateur in three of his last four attempts (T3 in stroke play in 2021)

-Won Framingham men’s club championship in 2008, 2020, and 2022

-Played in 2022 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with Brandon Parker, his former St. John’s (Shrewsbury) teammate

-T4 in 2022 Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship

-Won 2018 Worcester County Amateur

-Won 2006 Division 1 title at St. John’s (Shrewsbury); college golf for Providence College

Jesse Zorfas

(1:21 p.m.)

-Tied for Round 1 lead in 2023 Mass Amateur (1-under 69)

-T11 in 2024 Norfolk County Classic

-Played high school golf for Newton South; college for Franklin & Marshall College