May 2024 Tour of the Brookfields Golf Tournament – The Still Harts Open

Our second regular season TOB event – the May 2024 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament – the Still Harts Open – was held on Saturday, May the 25th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. It was a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

We sincerely thank Still Harts Cafe in North Brookfield for their longtime sponsorship of the event. This TOB always has a big turnout, and this one was no exception.

We were maxed out at 27 teams (108 players)! With so many players, we broke the field into 4 divisions/flights. Three of the divisions had 7 teams and one had 6.

As is becoming the norm for the TOB, all of the flights were very competitive. We had not one playoff – but two three-team playoffs (in the Nicklaus and Palmer Flights). The other two flights were narrow one or two stroke victories. There were only 3 skins!

Because of the addition of a 4th flight, this time there was no addition of a second place prize in each flight, but we did add a second closest-to-the-pin consolation prize – so two other teams won those.

The results table and some photos that I took will follow the narrative and some notes below.

As mentioned earlier, in the Nicklaus Flight, there was a three-team tie for first place at -7. The teams played off on the 18th hole – and the team of Mike Ellis, Ken Begin, Keith Tytula, and Brian Leveille were victorious with a birdie in the playoff! Congratulations to all – and of note this was Mike Ellis’ second win in a row as an A-player. The other two teams in the playoff (who got par and tied for second in the playoff) were the team of Jim Kularski, Dan Foley, Mike Kularski, Matt McLeod and the team of Ryan Kularski, John Desimone, John McQuaid, Ed Sanborn. (There certainly were a lot of Kularski’s in that playoff!).

In the Player Flight, the team of Gary Ward, Mark A. Morin (yup me), Wyatt Alm, and Jeff McLeod narrowly won with a score of -7. The team of Adam Kettles, Amanda Pierce, Jim McKeon, and Deb Durgin came in at second one stroke back at -6. 

In the Palmer Flight, we had another three-team playoff on holes 16-18. Two of the teams tied after the three holes at seven under par – that being the team of John Markey, Dave Ashworth, Paul Wyman, and Pete Stafford and the team of Ryan Auger, Paul Davis, Bill Gaudette, and Mark Bruso. Both these teams finished the three playoff holes at -1. The other playoff team was the team of Dave Daoust, Brandon McEvoy, Jason Mcarthy, and Christopher Thibaud, who came in one stroke back in the playoff.

In the Daly Flight, the team of Jack Dorman, Kevin Kokansky, Dave Fiske, and Barbara Orszulak shot the low round of the tournament at -9 to take a two-stroke win over the second place team of Rich Johnson, Stan Nolin, Brian Chaffee, and Lisa Persson. Nicely done!

There were only three skins – all Eagles on holes #5, 7, and 12. See the chart below for those results.

Lastly – the closest to the pin on #6 was won by Jim Wilson (1′ 7.5″) and on the 17th by Ryan Kularski (13’0″).

Now for the results table…

2024 Still Harts 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…my phone was a bit smudged so these are less clear (sorry):

The Next Tournament and some notes

Thanks again to all the players, to Still Harts Cafe 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 June coming up FAST on Saturday the 15th of June. It will be the famous Toomey-Lovett Open.

Sign ups for the Toomey-Lovett Open will come down on Sunday, June 9th at noon.

Registration starts at 7:00 AM on June 15th. This event will also 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

1. If there is a playoff, your team will need you! All playoff teams PLAY TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME ON THE SAME HOLE!
2. Today was better, but PLEASE 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.
3. Not showing up does carry with it a likely suspension for the TOB – just a reminder.
4. Scorecard accuracy is the A-player’s responsibility – please work with your team to ensure it is correct before turning it in – after that it is official and no changes can be made
5. 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.