On Saturday, July 11th, 2026, the Tour of the Brookfields held the 308 Lakeside Open at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club in Oakham, MA. We were blessed with perfect golf weather!

Our longtime sponsor was 308 Lakeside Restaurant in East Brookfield, MA.

We had 84 players on 21 teams that were competing in our regular three divisions. Play was VERY competitive. While we had no playoffs, no division was won by more than one stroke!

Let’s get to the results!

2026 308 Lakeside Open Results

Nicklaus Division

In the Nicklaus Division, the team of Ken Jurczyk, Ken Burnham, Denis Miner, and Bob Weighill won with an outstanding score of 11-under par! This tied another team as the lowest score in the tournament across all three of the divisions. At just 1 stroke back, in second place at 10-under par was the team of Jack Dorman, Rich Johnson, Johnny Wheeler, and Barbara Orszulak.

Player Division

In the Player Division, the team of Todd Allen, Bill Babineau, Matt McLeod, and Tina Burke shot another great score of 11-under par to win. This also tied the best score of the tournament. Coming in second place, was the team of Tom Orszulak, Jon Foley, Jim McKeon, and Jay Gregory. They shot 10-under par, falling just one stroke back of Team Allen.

Palmer Division

In the Palmer Division, the team of Ken Dorman, Lisa Kularski, Jerry Parker, and Chris Waugh led with an excellent score of 8-under par. This was also a one-stroke victory, edging out the team of Donnie Casey, Rich Ferguson, David Burke, and Lisa Persson.

Skins and Closest to the Pin on the 17th Hole

There was the usual skins contest within each division. There were 10 total skins awarded: five in both the Player and Palmer Divisions. In the Nicklaus Division, no skins were awarded and by rule a single team was drawn at random to win the divisional pool. The winners are as shown on the consolidated list below.

Bonny McDonald was the winner of the closest to the pin contest at 12′ 7″.

Congratulations again to the winners and thanks to all the players!

The Next Tournament and Some Notes

Special thanks once again to 308 Lakeside Restaurant for their very appreciated sponsorship of this event.

Also, as always, a special thank you to Carl Fitz, Colleen Fitz, Matt Paakkonen, and all the staff at Quail Hollow who work so hard to make the Tour of the Brookfields possible.

THE NEXT EVENT IS AUGUST 1st. SIGN UP BY JULY 26TH!

The next tournament, our 5th regular tournament of 2026, is on Saturday, August 1st at Quail Hollow.

It will be the Hardwick Crossing Open – another very-highly attended event. The signups for this event will close on Sunday, July 26th.

Sign ups will be coming down on July 26th or when we are full, which ever comes FIRST!

That usually happens VERY QUICKLY and we expect the event to fill up!

If you want in, sign up early at Still Harts, at Quail Hollow, or on the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page! When its full, its full!

A FEW REQUESTS:

First, thanks everyone for being timely in arriving. It helps us to get going much faster, please keep that going!

Second, if you want to sign up, PLEASE use one of the three sign up opportunities (Still Harts, at Quail Hollow, or on the event section of the Tour of the Brookfields Facebook page).

Lastly, please at the end of the tournament when scoring is being done and results tabulated – please give the committee some space at the scoring table and at the score sheets. It takes time and effort to get it right – scoring results, skins, etc. We are collecting cards, and trying to double-check everything from scores to skins to closest-to-the-pin results. We know you want to know the results too – just please give us some space. Thanks in advance for understanding. We want to get you the results correctly and as quick as we can.

Texts do sometimes get lost or buried…so please use the lists!

If you sign up and have to drop, please try to let us know by the Tuesday before the event. After we make teams when someone drops and that person could have let us know before we picked teams – well, that is a completely avoidable pain for the committee. I do try to post a list on Facebook of who has signed up right before we take the signups down. That way, folks can be reminded and helps to verify the list. PLEASE sign up early!

Remember, to qualify for the FINALS you need to play in at least three of the 6 regular season events. Just 2 events are left to play in before the FINALS – so plan accordingly!

Both of the two remaining events before the FINALS are in August, August 1st and August 29th.

Lastly, I managed to take a few photos:

A Few Photos:

Thanks again to all the players and we will see you soon.

REMEMBER – all updates on the results of our events can be found here on this blog throughout the year leading up to the FINALS!

Once again, thanks all and see you soon!

If you have a favorite memory of the tournament, feel free to share it in the comments section. Feedback is always welcome.