Our fourth regular season TOB event at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club in Oakham, MA was held on the morning of Saturday, July 26th, 2025. This was the 2025 308 Lakeside Open sponsored by 308 Lakeside restaurant. We had 96 players on 24 teams in three divisions.
Weather was once again in our favor – which was nice. We had several new players – and welcome to all of you! There are two more regular season TOB’s before the FINALS. All are at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club:
- Saturday, August 16th: Hardwick Crossing Open
- Sunday, September 7th: Lamoureaux Ford Open
- Saturday, September 27th: THE FINALS
In order to qualify to play in THE FINALS, a player must have signed up to participate in three TOB’s. For example, those who signed up for the originally rained-out TOB in April, get credit for participating as one event. You can sign up to play at Still Harts Cafe, Quail Hollow, or on the TOB Facebook page.
Back to the results from the 308 Lakeside Open. See the results and details below. Once again, 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 308 Lakeside Open Results
There were some excellent scores this time – and several teams in each division had a shot at the top place. For the first time this year, there were no playoffs.
In the Nicklaus Flight, the team of Jack Dorman, Dennis Trela, Brian Lacroix, and Deb Durgin won with a great score of 11-under par! Just one shot back in second place was the team of Josh Russell, Tom Waugh, Jay Gregory, and Cathy Patchen. Congrats to both for hitting double-digits under par!
In the Player Flight, yet another team won by scoring in double-digits under par! At -11 was the team of Ron McCann, Brandon McEvoy, Jason McCarthy, and Mark Bruso. Outstanding!
In second place were two teams at -8:
- Adam Kettles, John DeSimone, Jarred Dandurant, and Leo Forget
- Matt DeSimone, Stan Nolin, Matt McLeod, and Marcy Kimball
In the Palmer Flight, at 9-under par, the team of Ed McLeod, Bill Gaudette, Tom McCarthy, and April Pagnoni came out on top! Close behind them tied for second were two teams at -7. These teams were:
- Shane Higgins, Ron Jette, Joe Pagnoni, and Kathleen Soltys
- Beth McCann, Nelson Malin, Rick Gemme, and Jim Parker
Superb golf by all there!
As for skins, this was amazingly competitive. We ONLY had one this time – and that skin was a birdie on the par-four tenth hole. The team walking away with all of the skin money was Amanda Pierce, Paul Boulette, Ted Balicki, and Eddie Kosla. Great job!
As for closest to the pin, that award went to Ron Jette and his team with a distance of 4 feet, 4 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 again to 308 Lakeside restaurant for their longstanding sponsorship of this event!
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.
IMPORTANT!!!
The next tournament is in August on the 16th. It is a Saturday. It will be the Hardwick Crossing Open sponsored by Hardwick Crossing Country Club. It is held at Quail Hollow.
Sign ups will be coming down VERY QUICKLY – closing on August 10th.
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!
Again, you can sign up for this event up until August 1oth. Teams will be published by the committee on August 13th.
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 August 16th will start at 7 AM, so please arrive before 7:30 AM.
A FEW REQUESTS:
First, thanks everyone for being timely in arriving. It helps us to get going much faster, please keep that up.
Second, if you want to sign up, PLEASE use one of the three sign up opportunities (Still Harts, at Quail Hollow, or on event section of the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page). Texts do get lost or buried…so please use the lists.
Lastly, if you write your name down on the closest to the pin list, MAKE SURE WE CAN READ IT AND THE DISTANCE! If we cannot read it, well…you might lose out…
A Few Photos:
Any comments? Add them here in the comments section or on the Facebook page! Until next event!
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Wargame “Stuff” is coming to this blog soon- I can hear it on the road…or at least I can smell the smoke…
Mark A. Morin 
So that’s why they called it Operation Torch – all those burning vehicles! 🙂
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Good one John!
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