Gareau Team Tops Nicklaus Flight, Kettles Team Wins in Player Playoff, and Pierce Team Annihilates the Palmer Division!! The 2025 Tour of the Brookfields FINALS Results

What an amazing final we had for the 2025 Tour of the Brookfields! It was held on Saturday, September 27th at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Oakham, MA. We had 107 golfers. on 27 teams in 3 different flights. Let’s get into the results!

In the top flight, the Nicklaus flight, the team of Tom Gareau, Nelson Malin, Jared Danitis, and Lisa Persson won. They secured the victory by two strokes by coming in at a super 12-under par. Well done!

In the middle flight, there was a tie between two teams at -12. Team members were: Todd Allen, Paul Boulette, George Fiske, Doug Brown. The members of the opposing tied team were Adam Kettles, Ron McCann, Jarred Dandurrant, Ed Sanborn. A playoff of one hole would ensue with Adam Kettles dropping a 15-footer to win first place. Congrats to both teams!

Lastly, in the Palmer Flight, the team of Amanda Pierce, Jason Malin, Mark Bruso, and Jim Parker absolutely dominated. They achieved a score of 13-under par! This was the best score of the FINALS tournament. It also tied the best score by any team for the entire season, and won by 4 strokes. An absolutely stunning performance – wow!

Below you can see the results of all three flights. You can also see the closest to the pin results. Additionally, the Skins won by flight are displayed. Click on the images to get a better view.

Special thanks again to all of our sponsors this year: 

Extra special thanks to Carl Fitz, Jim LeBlanc, Tara, Ed, Art, Kenny, Ron and all the staff at Quail Hollow. They work so hard to make the Tour of the Brookfields possible!!!!

Next Year and Some Photos

We hope to have all of our players return next year plus some more. Recruit a few yourselves! When we know some details, we will share it with you on the Facebook page and in this blog. The Committee hopes to meet before the snow flies to capture any lessons learned and make next year even better!

By the way, next year marks the 47th year of the TOB!!

Personally, I want to credit and thank the Committee for being a great team. George Fiske, Brad Earle, Ed McLeod, Mike Kularski, and Matt Desimone, you guys are AWESOME. It is wonderful to work with all of you on the TOB Committee!!!

By the way, PLEASE subscribe to this blog. You’ll get updates on the TOB. You will also get a good view of my many hobby projects. You can read or ignore them! You can also add comments here at the end of this post.

Now some photos from Saturday’s FINALS!! See you next year!!

The 308 Lakeside Open of 2025 (Tour of the Brookfields)

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:

The registration desk is rocking!
Mark and Lynn Morin
The ever-cheerful Clayton Rice
Ron Jette and Norm Laliberte.
Dave Fiske ready for action
Matt, Tony, and Clayton with Tara at the bar pre-round

Any comments? Add them here in the comments section or on the Facebook page! Until next event!

A Special note to my Wargame/Miniature blog followers…

Wargame “Stuff” is coming to this blog soon- I can hear it on the road…or at least I can smell the smoke…

Gisby's Gaming Blog

Miniatures gaming projects, products, and reviews

Carrion Crow's Buffet

Narrative Wargaming, Fiction and General Musings on the Universe

Despatches from Fort Syllabub

An account of fictional adventures on the North West Frontier - and other times and places, real or imagined

Man of Tin blog

Toy soldiers, gaming, Imagi-Nations

Zauberwurfs Blog

Ein Blog über Tabletop und Miniature Wargames.

Frank Tank Rants

musings of a fat old bloke on tanks and wargames

Dragons of Lancasm

Games, miniatures, painting, books and more games

Tiny Painted Heroes

The Adventures of a lifelong Tabletop Gamer, Game Design hobbyist, and full-time Software Engineer

Steve's Paint Brush

Grimdark model making and mini painting

Wargamesculptors Blog

Life, Golf, Miniatures, & Other Distractions

Dead Dick's Tavern and Temporary Lodging

Life, Golf, Miniatures, & Other Distractions

Guru Pig - the gaming Guru

Guru's thoughts on wargaming, life, and the universe!

Wisely lead... without a head!

History, Miniatures and Wargaming

Kuribo's Painting

Fallout Wasteland Warfare, Warhammer, and Hellboy Painting, Terrain, Dioramas, and Battle Reports

Don't Give Greg Ideas

Seriously, just don't

War Across the Ages, and other dark horrors

A discussion of miniatures collecting, painting and gaming.

Classic Warhammer 40K

Painting diary focused on Warhammer 40K 2nd ed., 5th ed. WHFB, related GW games, and miscellaneous whimsy

Colonel Mustard

WW2 Modelling in 1/72 Scale

Bogenwald

Random painting and terrain making.

Pat's 1:72 Military Diorama's

Scale diorama tips and ideas

Arcade Dreams

Building the Arcade Dream

P.B.Eye-Candy

Phil's 20th century wargame pages

SP's Projects Blog

A futile fight against entropy or 'Every man should have a hobby'? Either way it is a blog on tabletop wargames, board games and megagames

30mmdave

Wargaming Plausible reality?

The Imperfect Modeller

Miniature Figure Painting and Diorama Modelling

Double Down Dice

Painting miniatures and rolling dice!

Just Needs Varnish!

My ongoing wargames projects!

miniaturepopcorns

Sculpting some worlds

Despertaferres

Wargaming with the ability of a dull nine year old

Dawn of the Lead

Miniature wargaming and the occasional zombie

Rantings from under the Wargames table

Wargames, Figures, Sculpting and Converting Miniatures

Simple as War

Miniatures & Terrains

Buck's Blog

Life, Golf, Miniatures, & Other Distractions

IRO aka Imperial Rebel Ork

- I model - therefore I am -

Azazel's Bitz Box.

Painting, Modelling, Miniatures, 1:6, Games... Whatever else I find interesting.