General Manager & Director of Golf
Barbara Boone Scalcione, is a graduate of the Professional Golf Management Program at Mississippi State University. She became a Class A PGA Professional in 1991 and has been in the golf business ever since. A native Mississippian, Barbara played golf for Mississippi State and continues to play tournament golf. The highlight of her tournament career was winning the Cape Cod Women’s Open. The personal highlight of her golfing career was playing golf with her father in Scotland. Barbara came to Chequessett in November of 1998 and currently serves as the General Manager and Director of Golf. Barbara also offers private golf lessons.
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Golf Pro
John Hickson’s roots run deep in New England. He earned a BS in Business Management from the University of Maine in 1987 and from 2015 through 2017 was the Head Pro at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine.
He can also play a little bit, too, winning PGA Section Player of the Year five times and earning a spot in the Maine Golf Hall of Fame. Already this year, John won the New England PGA Winter Pro-Pro on the Magnolia Course at the Disney Resort after taking seven sectional events in 2019.
“It is with great pleasure to be hired as your Head Golf Professional starting in 2020,” says Hickson, 55, who spent his winter in Melbourne, Fla. “Golf became my profession starting in 1987. I have been very fortunate to have had wonderful mentors and colleagues from that point up until the present.”
Like many of us, John learned the game as a child, tagging along with his father, and competed in high school and college, turning pro right after graduation in 1987. Along the way he has mastered all aspects of the game.
“Beyond playing, I have always loved the teaching and club fitting aspects of golf,” says Hickson, a certified club-fitter. “As for teaching, I believe it goes hand in hand with learning golf. I have learned from many great golf instructors, but I’ve also learned from great students who have brought their own life lessons.”
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Head Tennis Professional
Calvin has been a certified USPTR Tennis Professional since 1997 and has more than twenty years of teaching experience. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Winston-Salem State University and played competitively in USTA tournaments for over twenty years as a junior and young professional. He continues to play competitively in two USTA leagues and is rated as a 4.5 level player. During the indoor season, Calvin teaches adults and juniors of all skill levels by means of private and group lessons at Bloomfield Tennis Club in Connecticut. He has successfully coached his junior tennis team to the national championships two years in a row.
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Waterfront Supervisor
Christine Maxwell looks forward to a return of waterfront activities in 2021!
Director of Events
Tia Scalcione graduated from Boston University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts and has shown her work in numerous galleries both in Boston and on Cape Cod. Before joining Chequessett in Special Events, Tia had her own catering business and had owned and operated a deli. She now divides her time between her work here and raising two young children.
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Camp Director
Fran Siracuse looks forward to Chequessett’s Junior Camp returning in 2021!
Fran started out attending camps herself when she was 5 and loved that feeling of a new adventure awaiting me every day and sharing that adventure with her fellow campers and wonderful camp counselors. She has had the pleasure of passing on those same experiences for the past 19 years (and counting) with the kids and counselors she has worked with in various camp environments and after school programs. Fran has been a resident of the Cape for several years now. She looks forward to a fun filled, adventurous summer here with all at Kids Camp.
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Golf Course Superintendent
David Stott has served as the Golf Course Superintendent at Chequessett since 2001. Prior to this appointment, he was the Construction Project Manager for Atlantic Golf Course Construction in Winchester, Massachusetts. David has also served as the Assistant Superintendent at the York Golf and Tennis Club in York, Maine.
David’s background in golf course construction has proven to be an essential asset as Chequessett continues to upgrade it bunkers and teeing areas. His continued sculpting of fairways with the use of high, native grasses has helped restore the course to its original links style.
