Our August 2023 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament – the Hardwick Crossing Tournament – was held on the Saturday 19th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. The weather was great! We thank Hardwick Crossing for their sponsorship of the event.
We had a great turnout of 20 teams with 80 players total in three flights. Each of the three flights was again very competitive with two of the three ending in ties. Because of another follow on tournament – and with agreement of the affected players, no playoffs were held. Once again – NO team won by more than a single stroke over a second place team. There were only 2 skins won this time.
The results table and some photos will follow the narrative below.
In the Nicklaus Flight, we had a two-way tie between the team of Jim Kularski, Jim Gregoire, Jason McCarthy, and Bernie LaPierre, Jr, and the team of Corey Heyes, Amanda Pierce, Jake Malin, and Bob Weighill. Both came in at a stunning -10. Hot on their heels was the team of Dennis Jennette, Tom McCarthy, Rick Gendreau, and Paul Wyman at -9. Again, there was no playoff.
In the Player Flight, the team of Tom Orszulak, Stan Nolin, Dave Fiske, and Mark Bruso won out with yet another -10 AND another one stroke victory over, edging out he team of Ken Frazier, Pete Peloquin, Sr., Bill Gaudette, and Lisa Persson who came in at -9.
In the Palmer Flight, there was yet another first place tie. The team of Steve Whitman, Doug Judd, Jim McKeon, and Keith Tytula as well as the team of Phil Woods, Tom Savage, Ray Rawlston, and Christopher Thibaud tied at -5. Three other teams came in at -4.
There were just two skins won as shown below – with congrats to those 5 teams! Additionally, closest to the pin was won by Matt Desimone for his team on the par-3 17th hole at 10′ 4″ away!
The September Tournament is the 308 Lakeside Open. It is a SUNDAY EVENT to be held at Quail Hollow. It is scheduled for Sunday September 10th. 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 308 Lakeside Open will be Saturday, September 2nd. 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 on the Committee (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 Hardwick Crossing 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!
IMPORTANT INFO FOR A PLAYERS
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 Hardwick Crossing Open Results
See you next month!
Mark A. Morin 