Last week was an exciting one at the North Conway Country Club as it hosted the 118th New Hampshire Amateur Championship.
Presented by Tuckerman’s Restaurant, it was a six-day championship event that began with 36 holes of stroke play qualifying to determine the 64 golfers that would advance to the match-play rounds.
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