📚 The Massachusetts Golfer 📚 [Found in Volume IV - Now in Mailboxes] Beyond The Nines: An inside look and reflection during a day at the Boston area’s most popular golf hangout The climb feels like takeoff. Nose pointed skyward, wheels up, and suddenly everything beneath falls away. Granite Links crowns the hill in Quincy as Boston’s skyline is carved out on the horizon. Below, traffic on 93 grinds through another weekday as headlights creep along. From up here, the noise fades. The city looks smaller. The day feels lighter. For a few hours, there is only the hill, the game, and the privilege of being here instead of anywhere else. As you walk in, a continuous stream of golf balls lifts off, vanishing between the nets, each towering the height of an eight-story building. Each swing propels the hill's steady, rhythmic activity, much like windmills in the breeze. Some are here to perfect their swing, but most come for a cold drink, a pristine view, and the chance to step out and ha...