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The Causeway Club, 10 Fernald Point Road, Southwest Harbor, ME (2026)

05/01/2026

Happy May Day! The golf course and pickleball courts are open for the 2026 season. Celebrating 106 seasons!

03/18/2026

Anyone want some free pallets? You come and pick up.

03/09/2026

This is the last "Caddy Story" that I have. I certainly do have other Causeway stories from over the years and may show some here occasionally..... Jack M.
"The Caddy Tournament"
At the end of the caddy season there was a “Caddy Tournament” for all the caddies. The one I remember was the tournament in 1966. There was not a large group of caddies that season but most of them played in the tourney. I was in the group of the three oldest caddies. I expected there would be some serious competition between us. All three of us knew we had a chance to win as the caddy who used to win every year had gone on to a different job in the summer.
The tournament was eighteen holes stroke play. Par at that time was 64 as the second hole was played as a par three from what is now the women’s tee. The weather was perfect for that day.
We started out the front nine not playing really great golf but competing as best we could. At the end of nine holes, two of us had separated a bit from the third player. My opponent had shot a 40 while I shot a 41. So I was one shot back with nine holes still to go. We tied the tenth hole but then I evened it up on the eleventh. On the twelfth hole I hit a nice drive down the middle of the fairway. The other caddy hit a big hook which went across the road and out of bounds. He ended up with a triple bogey seven while I had gotten on the green in two shots and made a great putt for a birdie three! That gave me a four shot lead and much confidence. We continued to play fairly even the rest of the way. I made bogey on the seventeenth but wasn’t worried as I still had a good lead.
When finished, I had shot 41 on the front nine and 36 on the back nine for a final score of 77 and had won the Caddy Tournament! It was an awesome feeling! Ev Grant (the caddy master) presented me with the small wooden trophy. That was my first ever winning trophy and it sits on a shelf above my computer at home where I see it every day!
And yes, if you’ve gotten this far in the story, I may have won a few more trophies at Causeway since that time, but this one has always been very special ! JM

03/02/2026

Causeway Club's Director of Golf (Jeff McIntire) caddied in the Pro-Am at The Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando today. Max Greyserman was the Pro in his group. Max is ranked 52nd in the world. The amateur golfer that he caddied for (David Tozzi) is from Jacksonville and vacations in Boothbay Harbor Maine. He plays Boothbay Harbor CC.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational will be held at Arnold Palmers' Bay Hill Club and Lodge this week. It is a Signature Event for the PGA Tour.

03/02/2026

Another caddy story of a few golfers that I can remember clearly.

Some golfers I remember
Mr. Lauterstein was a nice old gentleman who smoked a pipe while playing. I’m not sure of the spelling of his name as it is an unusual one. He would quietly play alone some afternoons. What distinguished him was his unusual driver swing. As I recall he would tap his club ahead of the ball, then tap behind the ball, then move ahead with a 360 degree swing up and around to come down behind the ball making contact and sending it down the fairway. It’s now hard to describe but back then all caddies tried to imitate his swing. I still do it occasionally!
I remember caddying for Mr. Fox quite a few times. He had a lightweight golf bag and an odd little waggle before his swing. He didn’t talk much but was nice and easy to caddy for.
I caddied for Henry James one time. He was a big guy who could hit the ball a long ways. I saw him hit a drive on the third hole to right next to the green. He was a very good player but was only in town for a short time to visit his mother.
Another time I caddied for Walter Lippmann. It was a bit busy on the course that afternoon so he only played the last four holes. I knew he was famous for something and was a bit nervous carrying his bag. I found out later he was a journalist and writer for magazines and newspapers.
Rocky Ingalls played at Causeway. I caddied for both him and his son. They were very nice and it was a pleasure to caddy for them.
I remember caddying for Charlie Thompson. He was a good player. He had a distinctive left knee bend when he swung his driver. Another of those players we caddies would try to imitate his swing.
One golfer who was great to caddy for was Tom Zinsser. He could play pretty good and talked pretty steady to his golfing buddies. He was very friendly to the caddies.
Zantzinger is another name I recall caddying for. Mr. and Mrs. Zantzinger would sometimes play in the afternoon. As most of the members at Causeway were, The Zantzingers were very nice and easy to caddy for. They paid better than most also!
I caddied for Doctor Wilbur a couple times when he played with friends. He was a local M.D. and had his office on Main Street. I was in that office a number of times during those years. He was a good golfer with a smooth swing. Late one afternoon as I was going to play some golf he saw me approaching the first tee. He had me hit drives off the tee and gave me a bunch of tips on my grip, set-up and swing. It helped quite a bit and I enjoyed the time he spent with me. Later, some golfers who had seen me on the tee getting this lesson said that was the first time they had seen the Doc give out something for free! I knew he was a bit frugal but Doctor Wilbur was always nice to me. Jack M.

02/23/2026

I've got a few more caddy stories. This nine iron is from a set of four new clubs I purchased from Ev Grant in 1964.

Some early caddy days thoughts....
While I was caddying from ’63-’66 Ev Grant was the golf pro and lived in the white house, which is now the golf shop and offices. That was his residence during the summer. In winter he stayed in Florida.
The big porch of the house was where all the caddies hung out during the day when we were not out caddying. All the caddies had their own golf bag with clubs and leaned them against the house all the way around the porch. There was a 55 gallon barrel also on the porch where Ev sometimes put his trash. We could see the empty bottles of what he liked to drink and I can never forget all the Maalox bottles in there. As kids we joked about all that and everything else we could think of. A few times a day we might walk into the pro shop (when it was not busy) and get a bottle of soda out of the old cooler. I think it cost us a dime!
While waiting we would hit those plastic PG balls all over the place. We were always swinging clubs and trying to imitate the different golfer’s swings.
Between the porch and the fifth green were a bunch of trees. At the edge of the trees was a water fountain for golfers to drink as they left the fifth green and walked up to the sixth tee. It was connected to town water. Old pipes were laid in the ground to all the greens for watering. If we got extra thirsty while out on the course we would drink out of the garden hoses laying next to the greens and tees. And yes, the water did taste a bit rubbery from the hose.
I remember asking Ev about buying some golf clubs. I said when I played baseball that I swung from the left side, so should I buy left handed clubs? He said don’t do that, use right handed clubs as there are many more right handed clubs available than left handed ones! So I purchased four Byron Nelson irons from Ev. I still have the 3,5,7,9 irons in the garage somewhere! I bought a red vinyl golf bag for $24. I also purchased a used driver and three wood that had belonged to Gary Mitchell.
The caddies were allowed and encouraged to play a few holes of golf around noon time as most golfers were having lunch so the course was mostly empty. The only time I ever saw Ev swing a golf club was from the sixth tee while some of us caddies were playing. He hit a couple shots to the green.
Later that second summer my father thought it might be fun to start playing golf himself. He didn’t have much extra money to spend but did come up with something to trade with Ev for golf clubs. For some reason which I never figured out my father had purchased a new shotgun. He wasn’t a hunter, but Ev was and they worked out a trade. My father got a set of Tommy Armour irons, three woods, a putter and a blue vinyl golf bag…..and yes I still have some of those clubs in my garage too!
I found Ev to be a great old guy! He was fair and had to deal with many wild and crazy kids for years. He was good to me and very helpful. He got me started playing golf at Causeway a very long time ago. I still love the game and I still love Causeway! Jack M.

02/16/2026

This is one of my favorite "caddy stories" and one where I learned a lot about competitive golf. Jack M.

"Tom Schuller"
It was the 1965 club championship and I was going to caddy for the four time champion and Causeway legend Tom Schuller. I had caddied for him a few times before and knew he was a very good golfer. There were stories about a serious rivalry between Tom and Murray Johnston but I never saw any evidence of that. I just knew that I was going to be the caddy for a real Causeway legend.
In those days the club championship was played on consecutive days. All first matches were held on Wednesday, quarter finals on Thursday, semi-finals on Friday and championship finals on Saturday. Tom won his early matches to reach the finals. (Note: I’m calling him Tom here in this story but back then it was “Mr. Schuller”) He was to play a young local guy named Bill Hamblen. I had seen Bill playing sports in high school so had a good idea what he could do. Bill was a big hitter and a very good all-around athlete.
We started the 36 hole match and Tom was playing good but Bill was playing great! Bill drove the green on the thirteenth hole (fourth hole second time around) and Tom drove to the fringe. Tom chipped to a few inches to get a birdie. Bill had a twenty-five foot putt and rolled it in for eagle. Tom looked at me and just shook his head. The first 18 holes ended with Bill shooting two under par and being seven up. Par in those days was 64 as the #2 hole was a par 3. The afternoon second round was played with both players playing even until Tom ran out of holes and the match was won by Bill. I had gotten to see two really good players in a championship match!
That was Saturday and the next day (Sunday) was the final round of the MDI Championship at Kebo. Tom had asked me to caddy for him in that tournament. He was playing with Dennis Carr and Bill Hamblen (who had just beaten Tom the previous day at Causeway). The score of the leaders stayed close during the round. On hole seventeen Tom pulled his drive left and was just barely in the trees. Unfortunately it was out of bounds and he had to re-tee. This ended his chance to win the tournament. I do remember Dennis Carr’s drive on seventeen rolling into the ditch on the right side of the fairway. He dropped the ball onto the bank (it was not a great lie) and hit his third shot. He topped that one back into the ditch! I was feeling really bad for him but then he dropped again and hit his fifth shot up to the blind green to about six inches to salvage a double bogey six. That was one of the greatest recovery shots I had ever seen! Bill went on to win the MDI and beat Tom for the second time in the weekend! That was a weekend of golf that I would never forget!
Tom would go on to win three more Causeway championships in the following years.

02/10/2026

A few cold photos around the Causeway Club on February 9, 2026.

02/09/2026

A lot of wild and crazy things have happened on the ninth hole at Causeway.
Another caddy story from the 60's that happened here.

"Auchincloss"
During a 1965 club championship first round I caddied for Mr. Auchincloss. I had caddied for him a number of times before. For this match he was playing Mr. Eggert. Mr. Auchincloss was quiet and reserved on the golf course. Not so much for Mr. Eggert! They both enjoyed their match which Mr. Auchincloss won on the seventeenth hole. They decided to finish out the round and play up the eighteenth hole. Mr. Auchincloss hit a nice drive towards the green which featured a pin placement located in the right front of the green. I saw his ball disappear over the grassy mound in front but not roll up onto the green. I was well ahead of them as we walked to the green. I did not see his ball anywhere so I walked over to the hole and looked down and there in the cup was Mr. Auchincloss’s ball. I said “I think you just got a hole-in-one”! He calmly walked over and pulled his ball out of the cup. As I walked back to the pro shop I thought I might get a small bonus for my player winning his match and getting a hole-in-one! He paid me the usual rate of $3.00 for eighteen holes…no bonus!
I was supposed to caddy for a different golfer in the tournament anyway and switched to that player for the next round…. A golfer by the name of Schuller! That will be the next story… Jack M.

02/02/2026

I found a very old Titleist ball, cut the cover off, pulled out the elastic to find the rubber ball in the center. These were used in the 60's and the cover could be cut fairly easily. Hence my next caddy story...! Jack M.
Golf balls had rubber bands
Back in the 60’s most golf balls had a thin cover which cut easily. Because of that, many balls had that “smile” from getting “topped” by the golfer. The interesting part of that was then you could more easily tear the cover off the ball to expose the rubber elastic bands which were wound around a small rubber ball in the center. Of course caddies were curious and had to pull the entire rubber band out of the ball. Now what do you do with this very long piece of elastic band? Well….some caddies had the bright idea of stretching the elastic across the road, by wrapping it around two trees so vehicles would run into it and stretch it to it’s breaking point. Unfortunately they decided to do this on Fernald Point Road directly in front of the golf course parking lot! Sometimes it would catch the grille of the car and just stretch down the road until it snapped. That wasn’t too bad until one time the elastic was up higher and caught the windshield of a station wagon full of people driving by. The driver saw the elastic creeping up the windshield and slammed on his brakes coming to a stop with tires screeching! This brought the caddy master (Ev Grant) out of the pro shop. It usually wasn’t hard for him to figure out who the culprits were. He would call them out and say “DOWN THE ROAD”! That was his way of saying you’re fooling around too much so go home.
I was only watching this operation from a distance and I’m not sure that was the only time this caper was done!

02/02/2026

It was 20 degrees yesterday when these photos were taken. As you can see the Grill is not open and the #2 pond is frozen over and covered with snow! We have another month or two of this! JM

01/27/2026

This caddy story is a bit different than the others. It did happen when I was a caddy at Causeway, therefore it is Causeway history. Unfortunately it’s a sad story but it’s a story that I remember all too well and I believe it’s a story that needs to be told. Jack M.

The Tragedy
There were fun sunny days when caddies would be waiting for golfers to drive in to play a round of golf. To pass some time we played wiffle ball on the grass just west of the putting green which was located in the middle of where the parking lot is now. We used one of those plastic practice golf balls with holes through them. Sometimes we had golf tournaments using these balls. Sometimes Ev Grant would open his back door and throw out a “cherry bomb” which would go off with a sharp bang to wake us all up!
This day was different. It was a quiet cloudy day in 1963 and I was practicing putting on the putting green. I was the only one there as most of the other caddies were out caddying on the course. I had noticed two older caddies climbing in the large trees alongside the road. Suddenly I heard a loud thump behind me. I turned and saw one of the caddies laying on the ground. He had fallen from the tree. I walked over to him and could tell he was unconscious. A young man who was near his parked car must have seen the fall and ran over. He immediately yelled to Ev Grant (who was working in the pro shop) to call a doctor. Ev called the Herrick Road clinic and after a number of minutes a small Volkswagen beetle drove up the road and parked nearby. Two doctors who worked at the clinic got out and ran over. In those days there were no EMT’s, no Paramedics, no AED’s and no ambulance or fire department members standing by to respond quickly.
I had moved over near the white house. A group of golfers came from the ninth hole and were going to play a second nine. They weren’t really aware of all that was going on over near the road. One of the caddies was a good friend of the injured caddy and wanted to stay in the area. I took over for him and caddied the remaining holes. When I finished later in the afternoon I heard that the boy did not survive. I quietly walked home which took me across the mill dam and up to High Road where I lived. My parents were not home yet as they were still working their full time jobs. My Grandmother (who I was very close to) was sitting in her rocking chair in the kitchen. I told her the story of what had happened. I had been calm and subdued about this all day. Finally a sudden emotional release came over this 12 year old and as I sat in her lap getting a big hug the tears flowed.
That tragedy was over 62 years ago and I still often think about that day as I move through the parking lot at Causeway. It’s hard not to.

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