Our first regular season TOB event – the April 2024 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament – the Country Auto Open – was held on Saturday the 27th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA.
The weather was chilly – but thankkfully NO RAIN! We thank Country Auto in North Brookfield for their sponsorship of the event.
We had a nice turnout of 24 teams, with many new players and new A players especially. There were 95 players (one no-show) on 8 teams of 4 in each of the three flights/divisions.
All three flights were very competitive. We had one playoff (Nicklaus Flight), with the other two flights being within 2-3 strokes. There was only 1 skin!
A change this time was the addition of a second place prize in each flight, with teams having to match cards on the most difficult holes for 2nd place. We will do this going forward.
The results table and some photos that I took will follow the narrative and some notes below.
In the Nicklaus Flight, the 3-player team (due to the no-show) of Rick Lindsten, Ken Burnham, and Keith Tytula and the 4-player team of Kevin Paradis, Bob Demaio, Brian Chaffee, and Susan Benoit both shot 9 under par to meet in a playoff. After two playoff holes (they could have gone 3) the teams settled for a tie and split the first and second place pools.
In the Player Flight, the team of Mike Ellis, Tom McCarthy, Lisa Kularski, and Tim Nason, Jr. fired off a stellar 10-under par to tie the best score across the tournament. The team of John Markey, Tom Foley, Jonathan Foley, and Barbara Orszulak came in at second at -7. Congrats!
In the Palmer Flight, the team of Matt Desimone, Pete Peloquin, Sr., Nelson Malin, and Christopher Thibaud also finished at 10 under par – AND this team got the sole skin of the tournament with an eagle on hole #1. The second-place in the Palmer Flight playoff was the team of Tom Orszulak, Dean Malin, Ed McLeod, and Sherry Peterson. Kudos!
The closest to the pin was won by Spencer Rice for his team on the par-3 17th hole at 8′ 0″ away! Nice shot Spencer!
2024 Country Auto 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!
And now, a few photos…
The Next Tournament and some notes
Thanks again to all the players, to Country Auto 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.
The next tournament is in May on Saturday the 25th. It will be the Still Harts Cafe Open. Sign ups will come down on Sunday, May 19th.
REMEMBER IT WILL BE EARLIER IN THE MORNING – Registration starts at 7:30 AM. This event will likely be VERY well-attended, so sign up early at Still Harts, at Quail Hollow, or on the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page!
REQUESTS AND FYI
- We need you to arrive WELL-BEFORE the shotgun start time. If you are showing up at 7:55 AM for an 8 AM shotgun – YOU ARE LATE!!! This is very inconsiderate, and just not fair to the committee members at the sign-in desk. PLEASE you MUST arrive BY the registration time – we have a lot of players to sign in.
- Not showing up does carry with it a likely suspension for the TOB – just a reminder.
- No one should be practice putting or chipping on a green before a hole is complete. Even afterwards, this is discouraged for pace of play reasons.
- A reminder, once a ball is holed out, that score counts – so if you tap in a ball at the edge of the hole before another player gets his turn to putt, the hole is over.
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A consolidated list of 2024 Golf Posts is here.
Mark A. Morin 
Looks like it was fun. So good when sport brings people together like that.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Cheers Pete and hope that all is well. Saw your recent vehicles and really liked them, just behind on everything. We have grown our group to nearly 100 players for each event and a few years back it was 70 or so, so yes, very rewarding!
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