Our fifth regular season TOB event – the August 2024 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament was held on Saturday, August 17th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. It was sponsored by Hardwick Crossing Golf Course.

We had great golf weather – and for the second time in a row had 104 golfers on 26 teams in three divisions/flights.

We sincerely thank Hardwick Crossing for their sponsorship of the event!

I may sound like a broken record, but once again, each of the three flights were very competitive. One were decided by two strokes, one by one, and one by a playoff to break the tie.

There were just two skins won as well.

In the Nicklaus Flight, the team of Reece McLeod, Tom McCarthy, Paul Boulette, and Lynn Morin won with agreat score of -11. Congratulations to all for a fine round of golf! Coming in second place two strokes back at -9 was the team of Jim Kularski, Rick Gemme, George Fiske, and Greg Wypych. Well done!

In the Player Flight, there was once again a two-team playoff as both top teams ended their rounds at 9 under par. That playoff took place on hole number 18, and was decided there. The team of Jim Wilson, Amanda Pierce, Jarrod Dandurant, and Joe Nichols won the playoff. The team that fought it out for first place and came in second was the team of Chip Wetherell, Pete Peloquin, Sr., Jake Malin, and Bernie Lapierre, Sr.. Of course, Chip’s team did get an amazing Eagle on the par-5 hole number 16 which was worth a good number of bucks – so kudos there!  

Finally, in the Palmer Flight, the team of Dave Daoust, Tom Foley, Nelson Malin, and Mike McCarthy took top honors with the best score of the entire tournament at -12!! Wow!! In second place at only one stroke back was the team of Tanner Frankian, Dave Russell, Dylan Allen, and Jamie McShera. That team also were happy winners of the other tournament skin with an Eagle on the par-4 8th hole! So good news for them too! GREAT golf was played by these two teams!

On hole number 17, Matt Desimone got the closest to the pin prize for his team with a fine shot – a 3′ 5″ pin-seeker (that edged out his brother Joe Desimone!).

The results table is below as are some notes for the upcoming September event and the highly-anticipated FINALS! As I was busy at the event, I did not get any photos or videos this time – my apologies.

2024 Hardwick Crossing Express Results

The Next Tournament and some notes

Thanks again to all the players, to Hardwick Crossing 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 the last regular season event.

It is a SUNDAY – NOT A SATURDAY – event!

It is coming up on Sunday the 8th of September, and will be the great Lamoureux Ford Open. Sign ups for this event will come down on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 28th.

The event is coming up very quickly – and 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!

Registration starts on the day of the event (September 8th) at 7:00 AM.

Some of you need to play in this event to qualify for the FINALS, so sign up!

As before, many players are trying to get qualified for the FINALS (you need to have played in 3 to be qualified for the FINALS).

Going forward only players who have a chance at playing in 3 will be allowed to sign up. The exceptions will be sponsor’s teams and individual medical issues as reviewed by the Committee.

Key information for the FINALS – Mark your calendars!

1. After the Lamoureux Ford Open, all of the results for this year’s events will be consolidated and published in a blog post here in this blog (“Life, Golf, Miniatures, & Other Distractions”) similar to what I did last year. Due diligence on the A-players’ parts will be an important aspect in preparing for the draft night. All will have access to the same information published here.
2. The FINALS sign up will close no later than September 15th – and possibly even closed up earlier. Sign up at the September 8th event or afterwards at Still Harts, at Quail Hollow, or on the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page!
3. The committee’s decision on A-men rankings and the publication of the players in the field will occur by September 23rd – also here in this blog.
4. The DRAFT NIGHT for the FINALS will be held at Quail Hollow on September 26th (Thursday) evening at 7 PM. ALL are invited and encouraged to attend.
5. The FINALS will be on Saturday September 28th with registration starting at 7:30 AM.

REQUESTS AND FYI

1. Thanks for arriving on time on Saturday! Thanks for getting the scorecards in quickly – these two items made things run a LOT more smoothly. Please keep that going by continuing to come early for registration. 7:30 should find everyone at Quail on September 8th.
2. As we hope to continue a full player showing, please sign up early – by August 28th – that’s a Wednesday! When it’s full, it’s full. If we still have openings after Aug 28th, that will be shared on the Facebook page.

If you have any feedback or comments on this blog post – there is a comment section that you can use below. I will continue to put up these events on Facebook – with results posted here on this blog.

Once again, this blog is titled, “Life, Golf, Miniatures, and Other Distractions”. I do post other stuff here – mainly around miniature toy soldiers and tabletop wargaming (my other passions). Feel free to subscribe as an email follower! (and it is free and you’ll get instant updates).

A consolidated list of 2024 Golf Posts is here