The Tour of the Brookfields – September 2023 Tournament – the 308 Lakeside Open

Our last regular season TOB event – the September 2023 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament – the 308 Lakeside Open – was held on the Sunday the 10th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. The weather was dry until after we were done which was great! We thank 308 Lakeside in East Brookfield for their sponsorship of the event.

We had another strong turnout of 23 teams with 92 players total in three flights. Each of the three flights was again very competitive with once again -two of the three flights ended up being tied after 18 holes and went into playoffs. What was different was that for the first time EVER, we had a 4-way playoff in addition to a two-way playoff.

Once again – NO team won by more than a single stroke over a second place team. There were 5 skins won this time.

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

In the Nicklaus Flight, the team of Jim Kularski, Dean Malin, Rick Gendreau. and Greg Wypych shot a stellar 12-under par to win the Nicklaus Flight by a single stroke. They edged out two other teams that came in at -11, that being the the teams of: Reece McLeod, Brandon McEvoy, Brad Earle, Jackie LaPierre as well as the team of Josh Russell, Steve Mansfield, Pete Peloquin, Sr., and Bernie LaPierre, Sr.

In the Player Flight, there was a two-team tie at a strong 10 under par, so there was a one-hole playoff. The team of Kevin Paradis, Amanda Pierce, Jeff Ford, and Jarrod Dandurant birdied the 10th hole (the playoff hole for them) and narrowly defeated the other -10 team, that being the team of Dennis Jennette, Ron McCann, Tom Foley, and Keith Tytula. Congrats!

In the Palmer Flight, there was the unprecedented 4-way tie for first place after 18 holes! The four teams played the 16th, 17th, and 18th holes in an aggregate score playoff. After the three holes were played, three teams remained tied at 2 under par for the three playoff holes. As lightning was threatening with imminent thunderstorms, there was no further playoff. So, the three teams that tied for first were:

• The team of Rich Ford, Sr., Rich Johnson, Mike Kularski, and Doug Brown
• The team of Beth Potvin, Jim Gregoire, and John McQuaid
• The team of Ken Frazier, Mark A. Morin, Tom McCarthy, and Bob Tilton (my team!)

The other team that qualified for the Palmer Flight playoff was the team of John Markey, Jerry Dufresne, Ray Rawlston, and Paul Wyman. Kudos!

There were five skins won as shown below – with 4 being Eagles! Congrats to those 5 teams! Additionally, closest to the pin was won by Ken Burnham for his team on the par-3 17th hole at 4′ 1″ away! Nice shot indeed Ken!

2023 308 Lakeside Open Results

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!

The FINALS are coming up quickly. The sign up closes on September 23rd. You can sign up on the Facebook event page, as well as on physical sign up sheets at Quail Hollow and Still Harts Café.

The list of the available players for the field and the ranked A players as selected by the TOB committee will be published on SUNDAY NIGHT, September 24th. I will post this the Facebook page and on this blog as well.

The FINALS player draft will be held at Quail Hollow. It is scheduled for Thursday, September 28th at 7 PM. All players are welcome – and encouraged to attend.

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. Here is the flyer that was distributed Sunday and that explains where to go:

And now, a few photos…

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.

Thanks again to all the players, to 308 Lakeside for sponsoring this event, 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.

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