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Our fourth regular season TOB event – the July 2024 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament – the 308 Lakeside Restaurant Open – was held on Saturday, July 27th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. The weather was spectacular, as was the number of players we had sign up – we had 104 golfers sign up (with one last-minute late drop due to illness). This left us with 103 players on 26 teams in three divisions/flights to max out the available carts at the course.

We sincerely thank 308 Lakeside Restaurant in downtown East Brookfield for their sponsorship of the event!

As is the norm for the TOB, all of the flights were very competitive. None were decided by more than one stroke, with 14 of the 26 teams finishing within 3 strokes of the winning scores in their respective flights. See the results after the narrative.

We had two sudden-death playoffs – with two teams each playing off in the Player and Palmer Flights. Amazingly, there was just skin won as well (and that was a BIG prize).

In the Nicklaus Flight, the team of Ryan Toomey, Dave Fiske, Jared Danitis, and Doug Brown took top honors.  They were victorious with a spectacular score of -11. This was the best score of any team across the three flights. Congratulations to all for a fine round of golf! In second place at one stroke back at -10 was the team of Cory Heyes, John McQuaid, and Matt McLeod. Due to the previously-mentioned player drop, this team valiantly played with three players instead of four – and was only 1 stroke away from the top score as well – so kudos to you three!

In the Player Flight, there was 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 after the 18th was played only once. The team of Tom Orszulak, Rich Casault, Jason McCarthy, and Lynn Morin (my wife!) won the playoff with a par. Tom told me that all of his team contributed of course to their -9, but Lynn had two spectacular putts that made a huge difference. She dropped a 35-foot downhill putt for an Eagle on the par-5 fifth hole. And she was not finished as on the next hole she then dropped a 25-foot putt on the par-3 sixth hole. WOW! The team that joined Tom’s team in that playoff was the team of Jack Dorman, Norm Laliberte, Joe Nichols, and Leo Forget, which came in at second but had also an amazing -9 round – INCLUDING that sole skin of the tournament with an Eagle on the first hole (par 4). So, they were the big winners money-wise! 

Finally, in the Palmer Flight, there was a two-team playoff on holes 10, 18, and 18 as both teams there finished at an astounding -10. The team of Fran Lamothe, Rich Johnson, Ed McLeod, and Tom Korzec came out on top on the final hole. The other contending playoff team was the team of Shane Higgins, Tom Savage, Bob Demaio, and Jamie McShera who fought valiantly to the end and just came up a bit short on the final playoff hole. Wonderful golf was played by these two teams – well done!

Brian Leveille got the closest to the pin prize for his team with a fine shot – a 6′ 9″ dart!

The results table and some photos that I took will follow this narrative and some notes below.

2024 308 Lakeside Open Results

The results – and some photos I took – are below. Big congrats again to the winners!

As for photos, I did not get as many as I would have liked – and some had folks with closed eyes (I thought I’d delete those). I did get a few videos and I’ll include two here below.

Click on any of the photos for a bigger image.

As for videos, these are not great (I never claimed to be trying out as a videographer), but the first is Tom Orszulak in the playoff hitting from Lynn Morin’s drive position. It’s a tough shot – probably about 125 yards – to an elevated green over a swampy pond.

As you can see Tom’s shot stayed on the green. The other team ended up off the green, chipped on, and two-putted for a 5. Tom’s team putted close and Lynn Morin got to finish as you see below (the exuberant yell at the end is from me).

Before the tournament started, Tom and Lynn gave me a pose – how prophetic!

The Next Tournament and some notes

Thanks again to all the players, to 308 Lakesidefor 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 in August coming up on Saturday the 17th of July. It will be the prestigious 308 Hardwick Crossing Open and will be at Quail Hollow. The event is coming up very quickly – so sign ups for the Hardwick Crossing Open will come down on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 7th. 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 (August 17th) at 7:00 AM.

As 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.

REQUESTS AND FYI

1. Thanks for arriving on time! 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.
2. As we hope to continue a full player showing, please sign up early – by August 7th – that’s a Wednesday! When it’s full, it’s full. If we still have openings after Aug 7th, that will be shared on the Facebook page.

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A consolidated list of 2024 Golf Posts is here

Our last regular season TOB event – the September 2023 Tour of the Brookfields Tournament – the 308 Lakeside Open – was held on the Sunday the 10th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. The weather was dry until after we were done which was great! We thank 308 Lakeside in East Brookfield for their sponsorship of the event.

We had another strong turnout of 23 teams with 92 players total in three flights. Each of the three flights was again very competitive with once again -two of the three flights ended up being tied after 18 holes and went into playoffs. What was different was that for the first time EVER, we had a 4-way playoff in addition to a two-way playoff.

Once again – NO team won by more than a single stroke over a second place team. There were 5 skins won this time.

The results table and some photos will follow the narrative below.

In the Nicklaus Flight, the team of Jim Kularski, Dean Malin, Rick Gendreau. and Greg Wypych shot a stellar 12-under par to win the Nicklaus Flight by a single stroke. They edged out two other teams that came in at -11, that being the the teams of: Reece McLeod, Brandon McEvoy, Brad Earle, Jackie LaPierre as well as the team of Josh Russell, Steve Mansfield, Pete Peloquin, Sr., and Bernie LaPierre, Sr.

In the Player Flight, there was a two-team tie at a strong 10 under par, so there was a one-hole playoff. The team of Kevin Paradis, Amanda Pierce, Jeff Ford, and Jarrod Dandurant birdied the 10th hole (the playoff hole for them) and narrowly defeated the other -10 team, that being the team of Dennis Jennette, Ron McCann, Tom Foley, and Keith Tytula. Congrats!

In the Palmer Flight, there was the unprecedented 4-way tie for first place after 18 holes! The four teams played the 16th, 17th, and 18th holes in an aggregate score playoff. After the three holes were played, three teams remained tied at 2 under par for the three playoff holes. As lightning was threatening with imminent thunderstorms, there was no further playoff. So, the three teams that tied for first were:

• The team of Rich Ford, Sr., Rich Johnson, Mike Kularski, and Doug Brown
• The team of Beth Potvin, Jim Gregoire, and John McQuaid
• The team of Ken Frazier, Mark A. Morin, Tom McCarthy, and Bob Tilton (my team!)

The other team that qualified for the Palmer Flight playoff was the team of John Markey, Jerry Dufresne, Ray Rawlston, and Paul Wyman. Kudos!

There were five skins won as shown below – with 4 being Eagles! Congrats to those 5 teams! Additionally, closest to the pin was won by Ken Burnham for his team on the par-3 17th hole at 4′ 1″ away! Nice shot indeed Ken!

2023 308 Lakeside Open Results

The results – and some photos I took – are below – and click on any of the photos for a bigger image. Congrats again to the winners!

The FINALS are coming up quickly. The sign up closes on September 23rd. You can sign up on the Facebook event page, as well as on physical sign up sheets at Quail Hollow and Still Harts Café.

The list of the available players for the field and the ranked A players as selected by the TOB committee will be published on SUNDAY NIGHT, September 24th. I will post this the Facebook page and on this blog as well.

The FINALS player draft will be held at Quail Hollow. It is scheduled for Thursday, September 28th at 7 PM. All players are welcome – and encouraged to attend.

IMPORTANT INFO FOR A PLAYERS

For a listing of all the links that will bring you to the results of all of the 2023 Tour of the Brookfields results, go to this page. If you are curious as to who’s been successful, this is where you would go. Here is the flyer that was distributed Sunday and that explains where to go:

And now, a few photos…

If you have any feedback or comments on this blog post – there is a comment section that you can use below. I will be putting up these events on Facebook – but if you are not on Facebook and want to sign up, you can use the comment section here on this blog.

Thanks again to all the players, to 308 Lakeside 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.

And once again, if you want to check out my other hobby posts here in this blog – feel free to do so – my guess is you will be surprised at what you see. Or you’ll think I’m nuts…or both. For me, it’s golf time or toy soldier/wargaming time!

After all, this blog is titled, “Life, Golf, Miniatures, and Other Distractions”. Feel free to subscribe as an email follower! (and it is free).