The third regular season TOB event at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club in Oakham, MA was held on the morning of Saturday, June 21st, 2025.
This was the 2025 Toomey-Lovett Classic! We had 80 players on 20 teams in three divisions.
For the FIRST TIME NO RAIN THIS YEAR!!! It was a gorgeous day.
I’ll share the results and details below. Just as a reminder, you can get these updates automatically by becoming an email subscriber to this blog (you can do this at the end of the blog post). The cost – nothing! It’s free!
2025 Toomey-Lovett Classic Results
Time and time again this event proves to be highly competitive. This day was certainly no exception.
In the Nicklaus Flight, we had an amazing win by the team of Dan Mitchell, Jared Danitis, Jarrod Dandurant, and Steve Saunders who came in at -12. That is the lowest score by any team all year, and hats off to them for an amazing performance. Only two strokes back in second place was the team of Ken Jurczyk, Gary Donlin, Jim Lovett, and Lynn Morin. Congrats to both for hitting double-digits under par!
In the Player Flight, the team of Jim Wilson, Amanda Pierce, Doug Judd, and Doug Brown won with 8 strokes under par. In second place were not one but 4 teams all at -6:
- Mike Ellis, Dave Fiske, Brian Egan, and Jim Parker
- Tom Foley, Bill Gaudette, Jim McKeon, and Chris Waugh
- Mark A. Morin (yes me), Beth McCann, Clayton Rice, and Jeff McLeod
- Chip Wetherell, Mike Kularski, Tony Woodman, and Matt McLeod
In addition to this tight grouping at -6, the entire flight his group was very close with only 4 strokes separating the bottom team from the top.
In the Palmer Flight, we had a two-team playoff. These both came in at a stellar -7. After three hard-fought and exciting playoff holes, neither bested the other, so they ended up tied for first. These teams were:
- Mark Shores, Dennis Trela, Nelson Malin, and Marcy Kimball
- Tom Savage, Ken Burnham, John Desimone, and Ed Sanborn
As a testament to the competition, two other teams were just two strokes behind the winners. Well done!
As for skins, we had three this time. These were shared by the teams of:
- Tom Foley, Bill Gaudette, Jim McKeon, and Chris Waugh with an eagle on hole number 3.
- Mark A. Morin (yes me), Beth McCann, Clayton Rice, and Jeff McLeod with an eagle on hole number 5.
- Jack Dorman, Brian Leveille, Leo Forget, and Mark Bruso with a birdie on hole number 10.
As for closest to the pin, that award went to Gary Donlin with a distance of 11 feet, two inches.
Here are all of the results.
Congrats again to the winners and thanks to all the players!
The Next Tournament and some notes
Special thanks to Jim Lovett for his longstanding sponsorship of this event – as well as his participation.
Also, as always, thank you to Carl Fitz, 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 July on the 26th. It is a Saturday. It will be the 308 Lakeside Open sponsored by 308 Lakeside restaurant.. This event will also be VERY well-attended, so sign up early at Still Harts, at Quail Hollow, or on the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page!
You can sign up for this event up until July 20th. Teams will be published by the committee on July 23rd.
Remember, to qualify as a player for the FINALS on September 27th, playing three events is the normal needed threshold (with a very few exceptions).
Registration on July 26th starts at 7 AM, please arrive before 7:30 AM.
REQUESTS AND FYI FOR THE NEXT EVENTS
- 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.
- Registration opens at 7 AM!
- Not showing up does carry with it a possible suspension for the TOB – just a reminder.
- No one should be practice putting or chipping on a green before play on any 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.
No photos!
Sorry, but with some late arrivals and the memorial we held, I did not get much chance to take a lot photos this time. Next time…maybe…and yes the cover shot is another AI!
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A Special note to my Wargame/Miniature blog followers…
And as I have some folks who follow this blog to see what I do with miniatures and wargaming, I have a special message. I have not forgotten you! See below.
When I am not golfing, I have been preparing for HISTORICON, where I will be running 4 games.
Two of which are What a Tanker games with my modifications. These will be in honor of the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the US Army. The other two are Wars of Ozz games. For the US Army games, they will recreate an historical battle that happened in Morocco between the Vichy French and the US Army in Operation Torch. This occurred in November 1942 -where the US actually fought the French in the early days of the invasion of North Africa. I been assembling and painting up the needed tanks and armored cars, and have 53 vehicles done right now – 31 French and 22 American. For perspective, each vehicle base here is 1″ wide by 1.5″ long. They are 15 mm (1:100 scale).
I have not had much blogging time (but a lot of golfing time). I hope to share individual posts with you on this project very soon!
Thanks for taking a look – I’ll be back with more Life, Golf, Miniatures, & Other Distractions soon!
Mark A. Morin 