HAVERHILL – There is a sense of brotherhood to the Joseph F. Healey Memorial Golf Championship, a reunion every July.
After 11 years away from the event, Joe Leavitt missed it. So, there was joy when the two-time champ (2012, 2014) teed it up in Round 1 on Friday at Bradford CC.
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