On Tuesday, Turning Stone’s Atunyote Golf Course will once again be teeming with top names in the game. It’s all for the 3rd Annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge.

The star-studded NB3 12-player field features PGA Tour stars Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas and Hunter Mahan, along with LPGA retirees Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa.

Also scheduled to participate in the fundraiser: LPGA Tour professionals Suzann Pettersen, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel and Anna Rawson, as well as Vijay Singh and Rickie Fowler.

All proceeds from the tournament go directly to benefit NB3 and the mission of teaching Native American youth about active, healthy and productive lives.

“Through their involvement and the partnership of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians and the Oneida Indian Nation, the NB3 Challenge will continue to fuel our commitment to the long-term battle to ensure that Native American youth are given the opportunity to be healthy and be engaged in positive activities that can promote their well-being and success as young adults,” Begay said in a press release.

SCHEDULE:
Group 1 – 11:00AM: Vijay Singh / Suzann Pettersen, Hunter Mahan / Cristie Kerr
Group 2 – 11:10AM: Anthony Kim / Morgan Pressel, Camilo Villegas / Anna Rawson
Group 3 – 11:20AM: Notah Begay III / Lorena Ochoa, Rickie Fowler / Annika Sorenstam.

VERNON – When Bill Lunde looks at the tree trophy he won at the Turning Stone Resort Championship, he just may credit Bob Vavrina of Rochester with the win.

On Saturday, after rallying Friday afternoon with three birdies in the final four holes to make the cut by one, Lunde was having a good time making his way around the Atunyote Golf Course with his friend Vavrina, who he calls “Dog.” Vavrina and wife Robin were driving back and forth everyday.

“I put the heat on him,” Bob said. “I said ‘I’m not schlepping an hour and a half every day for you to come in at the bottom. Go win the damn thing.’”

So Lunde did just that. He shot a final round 66, (-6), to finish 17-under par, 271, to edge PGA Tour veteran J.J. Henry by one stroke. Henry tied the course record with a 63 and was in the clubhouse at -16.

“I played great…to shoot 63, 9-under, on Sunday you’re always going to make a move,” Henry said. “Maybe I was a little too far back, maybe not.”

The win comes for a guy whose name most of the gallery couldn’t pronounce, including tournament ambassador Notah Begay III, who said “Lund” during the trophy ceremony, before being corrected and saying “Lundy.”

Either way, he earned more money on Sunday in the win – $720,000 – than he had in his short two-year career, $324,734 (162^nd on the PGA Tour money list). The total purse for the moved TSRC was $4 million.

Jerry Kelly (64), Josh Teater (66), Michael Sim (66), Billy Mayfair (69) and second and third round leader Alex Cejka (72) tied for third, 273, 15-under.

“Everybody was 16-under,” Cejka said. “I just said, you know, one more birdie. And then I just hit it in the water (on 14). A bogey under those circumstances really cost me.”

“Anytime you get your first win out here it’s a big improvement,” Mayfair said of Lunde. “Seems like a lot of guys I’m right behind them when they get that first win, so maybe one of these years the old guy can maybe come through.”

Richard S. Johnson (67) and Rory Sabbatini (68) were eighth; Jonathan Byrd shot 63 to finish in a tie for 10^th (-13) with D.J. Trahan (65), Steve Elkington (68), Woody Austin (69), Charles Warren (70) and Charley Hoffman (69), Lunde’s longtime friend.

“Charley grew up two houses down from me,” Lunde said. “Since I have memory, Charley’s been there.”

Lunde won once on the Nationwide Tour, the Children’s Hospital Invitational (2008). He is ranked 362^nd in the World Golf Rankings, a fact that was blazoned on the scoreboard next to the 18^th green as he stepped into the bunker to try and save par.

On 18 tee, Lunde had said to himself: “If I’m standing here on a normal day, it’s like I could kick it off the tee and throw it in the trees and still make par. And under those circumstances it’s a lot more difficult, but fortunate enough to do it, and it feels great.”

LUNDE’S UPSTATE NY VISITS

“Upstate New York has been very good to me,” Lunde said. “One of the first amateur tournaments I was able to get into was the MIC at Monroe…I was obviously very excited.”

As Lunde walked off the 18^th green, he was given a big hug by volunteer Bob Jordan of Pittsford, NY. Jordan met Lunde in the late ‘90’s when Lunde would play in the Monroe Invitational.

“We follow him whenever we can,” said Jordan, who was keeping score with Garth Mulroy and Tim Wilkinson, who also played at Monroe.

“I finished, (Lundy) was making the turn so I went out the back and followed him,” said Jordan, a second year volunteer. “I tried to get his group to score but couldn’t make that happen.”

Upstate ties? “Us,” said the Vavrinas.

Lunde stayed with them for three years when he would play the Monroe while a student at UNLV. “Dog” caddied for Lunde in the U.S. Amateur at Oak Hill, when Lunde made the quarterfinals.

“He’s like our adopted son,” Vavrina said of the 34-year old Lunde. “When you know him out of UNLV, and they’re 18-19 years old, and they grow up with your kids. He’s just a great, wonderful guy.

“His grandfather taught him and provided him the opportunity for the game. This is a big moment to have it happen near Rochester, it really is.”

As they watched the trophy presentation from the clubhouse porch, Robin was wiping a tear from her eye and Bob was clutching a prized souvenir – the caddie bib with the name “Lunde” still velcroed to the back to mark the first PGA Tour win.

“We’ve housed him,” Bob said. “We’ve stayed close friends over the years.”

The couple came all four rounds and kept him loose, caught every key shot, and chatted and relived old times.

“Just an emotional train wreck,” Bob said. “Big day, big day.”

“Exhilarating,” Robin said. “I wish his wife (Dana) was here. And I wish we were allowed to have cell phones so I could be calling her right now talking to her.”

“It’s great to get inside the ropes and walk with these kids,” Jordan said. “A lot of them we know from Rochester, they’re all amateurs and now they’re pros.”

LUNDE’S FINAL ROUND

This is Lunde’s second full season on the PGA Tour. He took command of the final round with six birdies on the front nine, enroute to a 30. He shot even par for the last nine holes.

“That front nine was something I won’t forget for a long time,” Lunde said.

Lunde shot 73-68-64 before the 66 Sunday. He birdied 15, 17 and 18 to make the cut by one stroke on Friday.

“I guess it’s pressure, but nothing like what I just experienced here,” Lunde said.

Conditions were a bit breezy on the course that is hosting just its fifth PGA tournament.

“It got a little breezy at times but with the conditions being so good weather-wise and the greens soft I knew I couldn’t just sit there,” Lunde said. “I had to try to make birdies and keep pushing along.”

Lunde saw that J.J. Henry had posted his course record tying 63, (-16), but saw he was atop the leaderboard on 13 when he saw a scoreboard.

“Actually, I heard someone say, ‘There’s the leader right now,’” Lunde said. “I was like, ‘Oh, I must be leading’ or they were talking about someone else nearby.”

He birdied the par-3 16^th, knocking a six-iron close from 177-yards. Then he stepped onto the 17^th tee box.

“I was standing on the 17 tee going, ‘Wow, I have a one-shot lead in a Tour event with two to go,” Lunde said. ‘It feels a long ways away.’”

Not as long as it once was, when Lunde gave up the game in late-2005 and actually went out to get a real job.

He had played the Nationwide tour in ’04-’05 but said he wasn’t enjoying any part of pro golf. He went to work for a title company in 2006 but was let go “because of the whole house of cards, the housing doom, gloom, whatever you want to call it.”

He had used all his money to get the first couple of jobs and, like a lot of folks, thought “what am I going to do now?”

Lunde played a mini tour in Las Vegas – the now defunct Butch Harmon Tour – and spent $17,000 to play 13 events.

His wife was working and he wasn’t.

“If your wife works and she’s getting up in the morning, going to a long day of work and comes home and you’re home on the couch, it’s not good,” he said. “And the other thing when you want to go out with the boys and you’ve gotta ask your wife for $100 bucks, it’s even more humbling.

“So I had to do something and started playing golf again.”

Next week, Lunde will play just his second professional Major at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He also picked up 250 FedExCup points.

“It’s hard to be successful at anything, let alone this level of golf, if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing,” Lunde said.

On 17, he called on his six-iron again.

“Being in the moment, you know, adrenaline and everything, I decided to hit 6 and I just kind of sat it a little bit and hit it kind of the front side of the green and…had a great two-putt there” for par.

As he stepped to the 18^th tee, a 624-yard par-5, he chuckled to himself.

“One good tee shot,” he thought. He did but then had to wait in the fairway while Chris Tidland and Scott McCarron finished up.

The pin was on the right, behind a huge bunker that Matt Kuchar needed to get up and down from last year.

“I’m just thinking, ‘OK, don’t hit it in the bunkers on the right,” Lunde said. “Anything up the left is fine.”

He put it in the bunker and had a 60-yard sand shot. He stepped in, blasted out, and left himself 21-feet, one inch, according to ShotLink, to make par. His tap-in from a foot gave him relief and validation to his career.

“Just working made me appreciate golf more and the lifestyle and the opportunities we have,” Lunde said. “I mean, you’re life could change in one week.”

And it has.

TSRC FIELD

Turning Stone was what the players call an “opposite” event, going up against the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, OH, west down I-90.

But the field still attracted 132 professionals that boast Major Championships – David Toms, Steve Elkington, Todd Hamilton – and several PGA Tour wins.

And it gives players a chance to get a round in before next week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.

“It might not be the household names but that’s what’s great about the PGA Tour,” said J.J. Henry, who grew up in Connecticut but lives in Texas. “Every week somebody can step up and make a name for themselves and play great.”

Billy Mayfair, who will not play in next week’s PGA Championship, finished tied for third: “The golf course is in immaculate shape. It’s the kind of weather I like. It was hot and warm and it’s a good golf course for me. You’ve got to drive the ball well and made a few good putts here and there.”

LUNDE’S SPOILS

At 34 years, 8 months and 21 days, Bill Lunde earns his first PGA Tour victory in his 53rd career start….he becomes the second player to record his first PGA Tour victory at the TSRC – Dustin Johnson (2008).

Lunde is now fully exempt for the remainder of 2010 and all of 2011-12 and earns a spot in next week’s PGA Championship as well as the 2011 SBS Championship, 2011 Arnold Palmer Invitational, 2011 Players Championship, 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational and 2011 Memorial Tournament.

FEDEXCUP STATUS

With the win, Lunde earns 250 points to move inside the top 125 in the FedExCup standings with 449 points…he tied for most birdies made this week with 22.

Last year, he missed the cut in his only previous appearance in Vernon.

He made three of four cuts coming into the TSRC including a T10 at the Reno-Tahoe Open, which is also an “opposite” event.

BILL LUNDE’S 2010 TSRC STATS

Driving Distance: 300 (11th); Driving Accuracy: 36 of 56 (64.3%) T36; Greens in Regulation: 62 of 72 (86.1%) T3; Putts Per Round: 30, T42.

CAREER NOTES

Best previous finish on Tour was T4 at the 2009 Frys.com Open…Registers the 280th Tour victory by a former Nationwide Tour player…Becomes the 12th first-time winner on Tour in 2010.

He has entered 23 tournaments; Been in the money 11 times; Top-10s: 3

Born November 18, 1975 in San Diego, CA. Lives in Las Vegas, NV. Turned pro in 1998. Earned a degree in Economics from UNLV in 1998…stands 6-foot-1, 220 pounds.

The Kodak Challenge is a season-long competition for players marking the beautiful and memorable holes on the tour. Players must play in at least 18 of the 30 holes to be eligible to win the $1 million top prize. The player with the lowest cumulative score relative to par wins the money and a trophy.

At Turning Stone, Troy Merritt drained a 21-foot birdie in the final round on the par-3 16^th hole. It played 177-yards. Merritt moves to -11, just one stroke behind the Kodak leader Rickie Fowler.

The TSRC winner Bill Lunde smacked his 6-iron to just four-feet for birdie. Tim Petrovic had the moment of the day, leaving his tee shot just 16-inches from the cup. The 16^th played the 11^th toughest hole Sunday at Turning Stone.

Down I-90, in Akron, OH, Geoff Oglivy had the Kodak moment of the day when he rolled in a 51-foot birdie putt on the par-5, 667-yard hole at the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational.

Lucas Glover left his shot closest to the pin when his second shot was just 16-feet away. Boo Weekley dropped a 13-inch putt for birdie there. Fowler parred the hole Saturday for his best score.

Firestone’s #16 was the toughest hole Sunday, yielding 18 birdies, 51 pars, six bogeys and three double bogeys.

The next Kodak Challenge hole comes in two weeks at Sedgefield Country Club during the Wyndham Championship August 19-22. It will be the 547-yard par-5 15^th.

Fowler leads the overall competition. He’s played 16 of the holes and is -12. Merritt has played 17 of the holes and is -11. Brendon de Jonge (17), Ted Purdy (17) and Steve Lowery (15) are all tied at -10. Mark Wilson (16), Jason Bohn (15), John Senden (13) and Zach Johnson (12) are all tied for fourth at -9.

For more information, go to www.pgatour.com/kodakchallenge.

Bill Lunde picked up his first TOUR win by one shot over J.J. Henry at the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

Lunde earns a spot in next weeks PGA Championship. It will be his second career start in a Major Championship. He missed the cut at the 2003 U.S. Open.

Bill Lunde wins his first TOUR event in his 53rd start at the age of 34 years, 8 months and 21 days.

Bill Lunde’s previous best finish on TOUR was T4 at the 2009 Frys.com Open.

Bill Lunde, a 2008 Nationwide TOUR graduate, missed the cut last year in his only other start at the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

Bill Lunde was four strokes behind leader Alex Cejka entering the final round. It is the third biggest come-from-behind win on the final day this year. Stuart Appleby came from seven strokes back to last week at the Greenbrier Classic, Bubba Watson came from six strokes back to win the Travelers Championship and five other golfers have come from four back this year to win.

Bill Lunde becomes the 12th first time winner on the PGA TOUR this season.

Bill Lunde tied for the most birdies this week with 22.

Bill Lunde’s 73 in the first round is the highest start by a winner on TOUR this season. Rory McIlroy’s 72 was the previous high at the Quail Hollow Championship.

J.J. Henry (2nd) and Jonathan Byrd (T10) shot final round 63s to tie the course record. Chris Couch and Charles Warren shot their 63s in the third round and Peter Lonard recorded his in last years final round.

J.J. Henry notches the fifth runner-up finish of his career. He finished T19 at the Turning Stone Resort Championship in 2008.

J.J. Henry’s lowest final round score is a 62 at the 2008 Wyndham Championship.

Alex Cejka has now held the third-round lead/co-lead three times on TOUR without recording a win:

Alex Cejka (T3) made the 228th start of his TOUR career. He has two runner-up finishes and two third-place finishes in his career.

Billy Mayfair (T3) has made 11 of 20 cuts on TOUR this year. Mayfair records his best finish on TOUR since 2008 when he had two second-place finishes.

The third-round leader/co-leader has won the Turning Stone Resort Championship twice in the four year history of the event. Bill Lunde came from four strokes back to win this year and Dustin Johnson came from two strokes back in 2008.

Jerry Kelly (T3) records his first top 10 of the season. Kelly has had at least two top 10s every season since 1996 (14 seasons). It is his fifth top 25 of the season. He has had at least seven top 25s each season since 1997.

Nicholas Thompson (T33) shot the first 29 on the back nine at Atunyote Golf Club in tournament history.

Michael Sim (T3) led the field in total putts with 108. It is Sims’ best finish on TOUR since his T2 at the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year.

Scoring Averages at the par-72 Atunyote Golf Club:

The par-4 13th hole played the most difficult this week, yielding a 4.227 stroke average. The par-5 5th hole played the easiest with a 4.520 stroke average.

By Timothy S. Wyld

VERNON – What a beautiful day at The Turning Stone Resort Championship! How beautiful? Beautiful enough for the course record to be tied by two men, Charles Warren and Chris Couch. They both shot 63.

There were blue skies, no humidity, and a high of 80 forecast, with some wind gusts. It was much nicer than Friday for the players, and for Upstate NY residents much nicer than the entire hot and humid summer.

For this cub reporter there were lots of questions left unanswered, though. What is the future of the Turning Stone event? This year it shared the PGA Tour schedule with a World Golf Championship Event at Firestone CC in Akron, Ohio. That took many of the game’s marquee players west down I-90. Only one 2010 winner was at Turning Stone, Reno-Tahoe Open champ Matt Bettencourt, who was tied for 50th at 5-under par after three rounds of play. That was 10 strokes behind the leader Alex Cejka who finished at 15-under par.

The Word Golf Championship event at Firestone, the Bridgestone Invitational, has a purse of $8.5 million. Turning Stone’s purse is $4 million. Can the folks organizing the TSRC convince the PGA Tour to give them their own weekend? Can they find enough sponsors to meet the PGA’s ever increasing demands for large purses?

What about FedEx Cup points? The winner in Akron receives 550-points, the winner here will only receive 250-points. If qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs was your goal, where would you rather play?

And finally, when will PGA Tour players realize that without fan support the tour could eventually crumble? These guys are harder to find after a round of golf than one of my oft-wayward tee shots! Even with a press pass, I couldn’t find anyone other than the leaders. The Media Center at these events is like a ghost town. In fact, as a volunteer WITHOUT a press pass, I had more conversations with female players at the Women’s U.S. Open!

The best players in the world need to make the PGA Tour a little warmer and congenial for the fans and reporters. But being a new kid on the block, I didn’t quite know where or how to find them, probably my inexperience showing through.

Sitting at the first tee grandstand in the front row, I watched the last eight groups of two tee-off and begin their serious day jobs.
Most of the players introduced themselves to the standard bearers, score keepers, volunteers, competitors and officials who would be with them in the “office inside the ropes.” But not one player turned to the grandstand to acknowledge the fans that came to see them. How hard would it be to use some of the eight-minute wait-time to say, “Good morning and thanks for coming.”

What happened to the examples set by Arnold Palmer, “The King,” and a fan favorite? Lee Trevino the “Mighty Mex”? Chi Chi Rodriguez the “bull fighting tale teller”? Alas, the PGA Tour is too much about purses and paying million dollar mortgages and not enough about producing a telecast and an event that draw people from varying walks of life.

For spectator Justin Mathews, the day was highlighted by a 3-wood approach shot hit by Brett Wetterich toward the 12th green. None of us saw the flight of the ball until it struck Justin in the solar plexus on the fly behind the ropes. Brett apologized with a, “Sorry dude,”
and managed to par the hole. Had Justin ducked instead of being struck in the chest, Wetterwich’s ball was bound for the blacktopped cart path and a much worse fate. I know Brett truly felt some remorse but I hope in the end Justin received something more from him than a large bruise and a, “Sorry dude.”

This is just one reporter’s opinions about “a day in the office on the PGA Tour.” Life as a professional golfer is ruled by the old maxim, “the strong survive, and the weak shall perish.” I know it isn’t an easy way to make a living and I know that these are the best players in the world. Somewhere however, I hope there is a prodigy that someday will transform this game by communing with those that make his life possible – the fans.

VERNON – It certainly doesn’t feel like it, but it was only 10 months ago that we were here for the PGA Tour’s Turning Stone Resort Championship. This time around the weather is much better, which made today’s experience even better than last year’s.

As soon as I got to Turning Stone today, I made my way to the driving range and found myself watching Brad Faxon and Jay Williamson hitting balls at the end of the range. Then Mike Bennett came over to me and we chatted for a bit. Mike is the inventor of the new swing called “Stack and Tilt.” Two years ago we were paired together trying to qualify to play in this event. Today, I watched as he worked with both Jay and Brad.

Later in the afternoon, I had a wonderful opportunity to chat with Brad Faxon one-on-one. I was really excited because he is a student of Dr. Bob Rotella and I had the opportunity to also work with Doc.
We talked about Brad’s preparation, his mental approach, his love for the game and even his new commentating career with NBC Sports. This is one of many interviews you will be able see here at capitalareagolf.com. Keep checking in!!!
Other interviews I did were with Jonathan Byrd, Michael Sim, Jay Williamson, and Mark Wilson. Each interview covers a variety of topics, including the mental game, nutrition, exercise and what it takes to become a PGA touring professional.

From my experience playing, teaching, and talking with these guys, I have come to realize the importance of balance in a player’s life.
Unlike the way the game was 20 years ago, more and more golfers are becoming focused on exercise and nutrition. Furthermore, more golfers are speaking to the importance of rest, hobbies and vacation in between events.
I am a true believer that a happy golfer makes a better golfer. When you show up to the golf course in a relaxed state of mind, and your body is in good shape, you find yourself in the best place to perform.
So if you are a “serious” golfer who is looking to improve not only your golf game but your life as well, balance is the key. Devising a good exercise and nutrition program will surely enhance every part of your golf game. You will find that you are more focused, more energized and physically more capable to create the shots you have always dreamed of. With that said, you will enjoy your time much more so on the course.

Par 3 Tourney: 24 All-tied and split $
Gamache-Warner, Buono-Huerter, Quinn-Keeler, Hampson-Farone
 
Member-Member
 
Women’s Gross
1st DiIorio-Heskett; 2nd Cushing-Squazzo; 3rd Trumbull-Burke
 
Women’s Net:
1st Piche-Guynup; 2nd Mullen-Bryce; 3rd Heller-Delong
 
Men’s Gross:
1st Levings-Bielawa; 2nd Nero-Nero; 3rd Degenero-Bottillo
 
Mens Net:
1st Farina-Bradley; 2nd Taddeo-Madsen; 3rd Dutch-Pecker

Price Chopper is now the title sponsor for the FUTURES’ season-ending tournament: the $120,000 Price Chopper Tour Championship, which will be held September 3-5 at the Capital Hills at Albany.

“Price Chopper and the Duramed FUTURES Tour share a commitment to its employees and players, as well as the community,” said Zayra F. Calderon, CEO of the Duramed FUTURES Tour.  “The Duramed FUTURES Tour continues to inspire young girls to become the future stars of the LPGA and we are delighted to be teaming up with Price Chopper as the new title sponsor for our season-ending event in Albany.”

Price Chopper is owned by the Golub Corporation, based in Schenectady, N.Y. Owner Neil Golub is an avid golfer who competes in a number of regular tournaments in the Capital Area.

“We are thrilled to host the last stop on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, right here in the Capital Region of New York,” said Joseph Kelley, Executive Vice President of Price Chopper. “We recognize the opportunity that this major tournament holds in launching LPGA careers and truly look forward to working in partnership with the Tour, the local tour organizers, Capital Hills at Albany golf course and other sponsors to insure that our setting lends itself to some dynamic competition.”

The 54-hole tournament is the final stop on the Duramed FUTURES Tour 2010 season.  At the conclusion of the tournament, ten women will be awarded 2011 LPGA Tour membership, based on the final standings of the Tour’s money list.

About Price Chopper

Founded in 1932 as the Public Service Market, Price Chopper is a family-owned discount supermarket with 128 stores located throughout six Northeastern states — New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The family-owned company prides itself on longstanding traditions of innovative food merchandising, leadership in community service, and cooperative employee relations. Golub’s approximately 25,000 associates own 51% of the company’s privately held stock.

About the Duramed FUTURES Tour

The LPGA’s developmental tour, the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is in its 30th season. The Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. The top 10 money winners each season earn automatic memberships on the LPGA Tour for the following season. With more than 500 alumnae moving on to the LPGA, former Duramed FUTURES Tour players have won a total of 345 LPGA titles, including 37 major championships. The Tour played for a record season purse of nearly $1.8 million during its 2009 season. Duramed FUTURES Tour events have contributed more than $4.5 million to charitable organizations throughout the nation since 1989.

GROSS DIVISION

The R.J. Murray Team of Robert Murray, Brandon Haase, Steve Petro and Rob Coan teamed with Jonathan Hines of Saratoga Spa Golf to win the event in a match of cards. Hines took $550 and the team won a 64 oz crystal pitcher.

Second, earning $300 for pro Matt Felber of Albany Country Club and a 48 oz crystal pitcher, was Team Goodman: Dr. Steve Goodman, Todd Goodman, Mike Lucey Jr. and Jared Cantanucci.
 

NET DIVISION

Host head pro Jeremy Kerr helped lead his team, earning $550 and a 64 oz crystal pitcher. Cote Team: Gerald Cote, Mike Supronowitz, Bob Fazio and Tommy Schmitz.

Second was David Lis of Wolferts Roost CC and Kennedy, MD Team: George Roberta Kennedy, Dr. Robert Kennedy, Michael McGovern and Bob Kennedy, Jr. They earned $300 for Lis and a 48 oz crystal pitcher.

Third was Anthony Therrien of Saratoga Golf & Polo Club and the combined team of Dan Beck (Daily Gazette), Meagan Beck (Daily Gazette), Mike Mullaney (Mullaney/Paulsen) and Dr. Carl Paulsen (Mullaney/Paulsen). Therrien earned $100 and a 6-inch Crystal Revere Bowl.

PROXIMITY PRIZES
Hole #1 – Longest Drive, 1 Doz Titleist Pro V1: Matt McNamara and Laura Couch.
Hole #2 –Closest to the Hole –1 Doz Titleist Pro V1: Bob Guillaunne  20’3”.
Hole #9 – Straightest Drive, 1 Doz Titleist Pro V1: Bill Shannon and Jane Golub.
Three-Putting Contest Finalist: Robert Kennedy Jr. 6-inches, both Dan Rinaldi and Herb Schultz holed their putts.