Since 2024, Rediscover Mapledale has held the Robert H. Hawkins Memorial Golf Tournament to honor Robert H. Hawkins, a co-founder of the United Golfers Association in 1925 and founder of Mapledale Country Club (now Stow Acres), the first golf course built, owned, and operated in Massachusetts by an African American. Mapledale Country Club hosted the first three UGA “Negro National” Open Championship golf tournaments in 1926, 1927, and 1928 before closing in 1929 under the weight of the Great Depression.

Part of the proceeds from the golf tournaments goes to the United Golfers Association, which is committed to the development of Black youth and adults in the sport of golf. 

If purchasing entries separately from your group, please make sure to note your group leader in the form!