Wellesley Country Club

Monday, 11 a.m. shotgun start

The par-71, 6,338-yard course was originally designed by Donald Ross in 1910. Wayne Stiles updated it in the 1920s, and Geoffrey Cornish helped expand it to a full 18 holes by the 1960s.

The most difficult hole is rated as the 435-yard par-4 sixth, featuring a sloping fairway and long green that leaves a difficult approach shot.

A pair of par-5s await on the 17th and 18th, carrying 541 and 527 yards, respectively. The 18th presents a true challenge with a narrow fairway, elevated green, and false front.

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Defending champ Xaverian (294) headlines a 13-team, 19-individual field, joined by St. John’s (Shrewsbury) (294), BC High (310), and Longmeadow (310) as sectional winners.

Xaverian’s Chris Morrow looks to become just the fourth two-time Division 1 state medalist, and his Hawks are eyeing the first repeat in program history. Their eighth title would tie St. John’s (Shrewsbury) for third most.

Morrow won in dramatic fashion last year, beating out Connor Henrey (Longmeadow) and Owen Shea (Arlington) in a playoff to become Xaverian’s first state medalist since 2007.

Teams: Auburn, BC High, Belmont, Chelmsford, Concord-Carlisle, Hingham, Lincoln-Sudbury, Longmeadow, St. John’s (Shrewsbury), St. John’s Prep, Wachusett, Wellesley, Xaverian

Franklin Country Club

Monday (Oct. 26), 10 a.m. shotgun start

A Stiles creation with construction overseen by Ross, Franklin Country Club expanded to 18 holes in 1972 under the direction of Philip Wogan. The par-71 plays 6,139 yards.

The course’s signature hole is the 144-yard par-3 14th, with a tee shot over the 50-acre Uncas Pond to a hump-shaped green making for a tough par.

Masconomet (294), Norton (312), Tantasqua (324), and Medfield (335), are coming off sectional titles, headlining a 14-team field with 20 individual competitors.

After last year’s champion, Canton, bowed out at the North sectional, it’s anyone’s contest. Nauset and South sectional medalist Oliver Smith are in the hunt for their first state title, earning the Cape & Islands championship last Friday and finishing a comfortable second in the South sectional.

“Anything can happen,” Smith said. “It’s one round of golf, we can get lucky, and who knows? . . . We feel great for Monday.”

Brookline, MA – 10/16/2024 Jack Oreal (cq) from Newburyport High School Tee’s off of the 13th hole in the Division 2 North golf championship at Brookline Golf Club/Robert T. Lynch Municipal Course . (Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Smith also believes his talented group could be a factor in his performance. He’ll join Newburyport’s Jack Oreal, Milton’s Devin Prince, and Mt. Greylock’s Jacob Hillman at the second tee.

“It gives me people to go back and forth with, and I’d say my group is probably one of the best in the tournament,” he said. “I know if I win my group, I have a great shot at winning it all.

“I think we all just need to play our own game and see what happens. We’re just as talented as any team in this tournament.”

Teams: Archbishop Williams, Hanover, Masconomet, Medfield, Milton, Mt. Greylock, Nauset, Newburyport, Norton, Norwood, St. Bernard’s, Scituate, Tantasqua, Wakefield

Stockbridge Golf Club

Monday, 10 a.m. shotgun start

Stockbridge will host 12 Division 3 teams and 20 individual qualifiers, with defending champion Old Rochester, which captured the D3 South sectional last week with a 312 team score, seeking a repeat.

Triton (314), Hopedale (340), and Monty Tech (337) join ORR as sectional champs.

Opening in 1895, Stockbridge was one of the first 100 golf clubs in the United States, and the par-71, 6,204-yard layout has remained almost unchanged since 1934.

The par-3, 121-yard fifth hole presents a unique challenge, forcing a shot across the Housatonic River to a bunker-protected green. Despite the short yardage, there’s plenty of room for error.

However, the course also features another challenge: getting there.

Uxbridge, MA 10/27/25- Seekonk’s Aidan Connell finished two over to garner the medalist award at the MIAA Division 3 golf championship at Blissful Meadows Golf Club in Uxbridge on Monday, October 27, 2025. (Ken McGagh for The Boston Globe)Ken McGagh for The Boston Globe

“I wasn’t originally going to get a practice round in, but we’re going to go up Sunday morning,” said Seekonk junior captain Aidan Connell, the reigning D3 medalist and co-medalist at the South sectional. “Just scope the course out, decide what shots I’ll hit, what clubs, stuff like that.”

South sectional co-medalist Jack Czerkowicz and Old Rochester have the same plan.

“I’ve never played the course before, but I know it runs on a river and it’s a pretty tricky course,” he said. “Just keeping the ball in play is going to be a big thing.”

Momentum is also key for bringing home hardware, especially if there’s a target on your back.

“It gives me a little bit of confidence, if anything,” Connell said. “The thing with golf that’s tough, you could show up as the best player, have a bad day, and then anybody out of the 100 could play better than you. Knowing that I can compete and I can win, that’s why I play.”

Teams: Advanced Math & Science, Franklin County Tech, Hopedale, Ipswich, Lenox, Lynnfield, Monty Tech, Norwell, Old Rochester, Sandwich, Triton, West Bridgewater