The Tour of the Brookfields – July 2023 Tournament – the Lamoureux Ford Open

After a very rainy weekend caused us to have to reschedule, the latest Tour of the Brookfields event was held on Sunday, July 30th. It was the July 2023 Tournament – the Lamoureux Ford Open. We thank Marc Kokansky and Lamoureux Ford for their sponsorship of the event.

Unfortunately, the TOB lost a very fun and active player the very morning of the event with the untimely passing of Rich Dupell prior to the event. Rich had played in every TOB this year and was liked by everyone. His team came in first at the Still Harts event, and he was a great asset to any team. While we do not know many details, we extend our thoughts, prayers, condolences and sympathies to Rich’s friends and family. RIP.

Returning to the event, we had a great turnout of 25 teams – especially with the short window for a reschedule. We had 99 players total (with Rich’s sad absence) in three flights. The weather, for once, was beautiful.

Each of the three flights were very competitive. No team won by more than a single stroke over a second place teams with a two team tie in the top Division. Once again, there were also 5 skins won this time with 4 of the 5 being Eagles!.

The results table and some photos will follow the narrative below.

In the Nicklaus Flight, we had a very tight matchup between the team of Tom Staiti, Chuck Krikorian, Nelson Malin, Deb Durgin and the team of Marty Leach, Ed McLeod, Amanda Pierce and Jake Malin. Both came in at -7. Close behind were two teams at -6, those being the team of Matt Brown, Bill Babineau, Anne Jette, and Chris Thibaud and the team of Leon Wetherell, Dave Russell, Jim Lovett, and Clayton Rice. There was no playoff.

In the Player Flight, the team of Rick Lindsten, Mark A. Morin, Rob Peterson, and Sherry Peterson (yes my team) eked out a one stroke victory at -9 over the team of Dennis Jennette, Jerry Dufresne, Joe Heyes, and Barbara Orszulak who came in at -8.

In the Palmer Flight, the team of Beth Potvin, Brian Lacroix, Pete Peloquin, Sr., and Jarred Dandurant had the low score of ANY team with a blistering -10! They needed to, as close on their heels in second place was the team of Ken Frazier, Dean Malin, Tom McCarthy, and Jeff McLeod at -9. Wow!

For the second TOB in a row, there were a whopping FIVE skins won as shown below – with congrats to those 5 teams! Additionally, closest to the pin was won by Jeff Ford for his team on the par-3 17th hole at 1′ 4.5″ away!

The August Tournament is the Hardwick Crossing Open. It is a SATURDAY EVENT to be held at Quail Hollow. It is scheduled for Saturday August 19th. You can sign up on the Facebook page, as well as on physical sign up sheets at Quail Hollow and Still Harts Café.

The cut off to sign up for the Hardwick Crossing Open will be Saturday, August 12th. Sign up early as possible as we are growing and as I’m sure that you understand that the course cannot handle an infinite number of players. In terms of signing up, for any new players, the committee will want to get a good idea of your golf game, so reach out to any of us (myself, Ed McLeod, George Fiske, Mike Kularski, or Brad Earle).

Remember that the registration time is 7:30 AM at Quail Hollow.  PLEASE SHOW UP BY 7:30 AM!!!!! NOT 8 AM!!!

If you have any feedback or comments on this blog post – there is a comment section that you can use below. I will be putting up these events on Facebook – but if you are not on Facebook and want to sign up, you can use the comment section here on this blog. The purpose is to give full data to every player in advance of the FINALS draft picks.

Thanks again to all the players, to Lamoureux Ford for sponsoring, and to Gary and Debbie Donlin, Jim LeBlanc, and all the staff at Quail Hollow who work so hard to make the Tour of the Brookfields possible.

If you want to check out my other hobby posts here in this blog – feel free to do so– my guess is you will be surprised at what you see. Or you’ll think I’m nuts…or both. For me, it’s golf time or toy soldier time!

For a listing of all the links that will bring you to the results of all of the 2023 Tour of the Brookfields results, go to this page. If you are curious as to who’s been successful, this is where you would go.

The results – and some photos I took – are below – and click on any of the photos for a bigger image. Congrats again to the winners!

2023 Lamoureux Ford Open Results

Photos from the Event