The 2025 Hardwick Crossing Open was the August event for the Tour of the Brookfields. Our sponsor was Hardwick Crossing Golf Course.

It happened on August 16th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. We had 92 players in three divisions. Apologies for this later post. I have switched from an HP PC to a Mac. There are some new things to learn!

Back to the event. Weather was once again great. Please note that we are getting to the end of the year already! There is JUST ONE more regular season event before the FINALS. All are at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club:

• Sunday, September 7th: Lamoureaux Ford Open
• Saturday, September 27th: THE FINALS

To play in THE FINALS, a player must have signed up for three TOB events. 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 this year’s 2025 Hardwick Crossing Open. See the results and details below. You can get these updates automatically. Become an email subscriber to this blog. You can do this at the end of the blog post. The cost – nothing! It’s free!

2025 Hardwick Crossing Open Results

This event saw some of the best scores we have seen in a long time. For the second time this year, there were no playoffs. This was fortunate as we could not have had any playoffs due to another tournament right behind ours.

In the Nicklaus Flight, the team of Ken Jurczyk, Rich Johnson, Jared Danitis, and Mark Bruso achieved a new feat. They set the 2025 low scoring record with a great score of 13-under par! Incredible score!

Just two shots back in second place were three teams at -11:

• Reece McLeod, Ron McCann, Wes Cassavant, and Sherry Peterson
• Cory Heyes, John Markey, Matt Morrow, and Brian Leveille
• James LeBlanc, Tom Foley, Robin Balicki, and Laurie Foley

Well done all!

In the Player Flight, yet another team won by scoring in double-digits under par! At -11 was the team of Tom Orszulak, Ed McLeod, Jake Malin, and Linda McLeod. Congrats!

Four teams tied for second place in the Player Flight at -7:

• Gary Ward, Beth McCann, John McQuaid, and Dick LaPierre
• Adam Kettles, Dean Malin, April Pagnoni, and Ed Sanborn
• Ryan Auger, John Desimone, Rob Peterson, and Bob Ford
• Kevin Paradis, Paul Boulette, Jim McKeon, and Barbara Orszulak

In the Palmer Flight, the team of Pete Peloquin, Sr, Brian LaCroix, Paul Sanborn, and Bob Weighill took top honors. They finished at 8-under par! Close behind them tied for second was just one team at -7.

That was the team of Brandon McEvoy, Rick Gemme, Kathleen Soltys, and Greg Wypych.teams at -7.

Superb golf by all!

As for skins, this was amazingly competitive. We changed the skins to compete by fight. As a result we had 13 skins that you will see in the chart below.

Lastly, the closest to the pin prize on the 17th hole was awarded to James LeBlanc and his team. Their distance was 4 feet, 5 inches.

Here are all of the results – first the overall results:

And the Skins:

Big congrats again to the winners and thanks to all the players!

The Next Tournament and Some Notes

Special thanks again to Hardwick Crossing Golf Course for their sponsorship of this event!

Also, as always, thank you to Carl Fitz and Jim LeBlanc. We also appreciate all the staff at Quail Hollow. They work so hard to make the Tour of the Brookfields possible.

IMPORTANT!!!

The next tournament is in September on the 7th.

It is a Sunday!!!

It will be the Lamoureux Ford Open sponsored by Lamoureux Ford.

Sign ups will be coming down VERY QUICKLY – closing on August 31st.

This event will also be VERY well-attended. 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 31st. Teams will be published by the committee on September 3rd.

Remember, to qualify as a player for the FINALS on September 27th, you must play three events. This is the normal needed threshold, with very few exceptions.

Registration on Sunday, September 3rd will start at 7 AM, so please arrive before 7:30 AM.

PLEASE:

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. You can do this at Still Harts or at Quail Hollow. You may also sign up on the event section of the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page. Texts do get lost or buried…so please use the lists.

Third, if you write your name down on the closest to the pin list, make sure we can read it. Also, ensure the distance is legible! If we cannot read it, well…you might lose out…

And finally, If you drop out for ANY reason after signing up, you need to message a committee member directly. We make teams on September 3rd. If you think you cannot play, please, please, please let us know before that date.

Lastly, I did get a few photos in as well – so enjoy!

PHOTOS!

As a special message for my wargaming/miniature/hobby readers – tank destroyers are coming!!