Rock Ridge CC

 

Ladies Tuesday Night Scramble Winners, July 20: Low Net – 1. Carole Polcyn, Carol Piorkowski, Kerry Cleary and Susan DeSanto.

Men’s Thursday Quota League Winners, July 22: Low Net – 1. Bob Wilhelmy, 2. Steve Spaulding, 3. Tom Bartram and Mike Portnoy, 4. John Piorkowski, 5. John Muller, Dave Sigovich and Tim O’Connell.

Kickers Winners, July 24: Low Gross 1. (70) John Piorkowski and Gary Horvath; Low Net – 1. (57) John O’Connor and Charlie Grant, 2. (58) Len Calbo and Ed Sherrick.

 

Buick Championship

 

For the 15th year, Chris Berman of ESPN will serve as host of the St. Paul/Traveler’s Celebrity Pro-Am at the Buick Championship next month at the TPC at River Highlands in Cromwell.

Joining Berman at the tournament will be 2004 NCAA women’s basketball championship coach Geno Auriemma, former Yale football star Jack Ford, and West Hartford native John O’Hurley (J Peterman of Seinfeld fame).

The Pro-Am will be held Wednesday, August 25.

“Chris Berman means so much to our tournament,” said tournament director Dan Baker. “He hosts our media day, does our radio and TV advertisements, promotes us out at other tour events, hosts our Celebrity Long Drive Contest, and then recruits and plays host to all of our celebrities at the Pro-Am. We couldn’t find a greater ambassador for the Buick Championship than Chris.”

Berman won his third broadcaster of the year award in 2002, honored by his peers for his role on ESPN’s NFL Game Day. Berman is one of two broadcaster’s left from the original ESPN team.

The Greater Hartford Jaycees have announced that New England tour professionals Brett Quigley and Patrick Sheehan have committed to play in the Buick Championship, joining a host of other players such as Nick Price, Fred Funk, Mark Calcavecchia, Brad Faxon, Billy Andrade, Tim Petrovic and JJ Henry.

“Patrick Sheehan has show steady improvement from the Nationwide tour to the PGA tour,” said Baker. “I think it’s a matter of time before he finds his way to winning out there. He has all the skills to be a successful player.”

Quigley has one more than $3 million in his PGA career and has recorded two second-place finishes - one at the 2001 Greensboro Open and recently at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

Sheehan is a 1992 graduate of the University of Hartford. He is in his second year on the PGA tour after qualifying last year by finishing 12th on the Nationwide tour money list.

Area Golf Tournaments

 

Monday, August 16 – B’Nai Israel will host its first annual Golf and Tennis Classic on Monday, August 16, at the Country Club of Waterbury. Call Susan Commike at 1-203-267-4594 if you would like to participate. There are plenty of sponsorship opportunities and golf/tennis slots available.

Monday, August 16 – The 10th annual VFW Post 308/American Legion Post 202 Timothy Powell Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Monday, August 16, at Pomperaug Golf Club in Southbury. The tournament will be an 18-hole shotgun scramble, held rain or shine. Fee is $90 per golfer and includes golf with car, steak barbeque at the VFW Hall, refreshments, trophies and cash prizes. For further information, call George A. Powell Jr at 426-4004 or Dan Winsett at 459-9634.

Monday, August 23 – The Newtown Junior Women’s Club will hold its second annual golf tournament on Monday, August 23, at Whitney Farms Golf Course in Monroe. All proceeds from this event make it possible for NJWC to sponsor all of their major town wide service programs, such as Back-to-School Backpacks; Tag-a-Gift; Discovery, Science, Math & Technology Workshops; their new Field Trip Fund; and other charitable causes. NJWC is actively recruiting sponsors and players now, so please contact tournament co-chairs, Kim DiDomizio at 426-4917, or Kathryn Wolf at 270-0307. For as little as $100, any interested sponsors can advertise their company, and support our efforts. Please send all information, along with your tax-deductible donation to P.O. Box 217, Botsford, CT, 06404.

Monday, September 13 – The Special Olympics Connecticut Southwest Region Golf Tournament will be held Monday, September 13, at the Yale Golf Course in New Haven. Registration will begin at 7:30 am and the tournament – with a shotgun start – will begin at 9 am. Registration fee is $250 and all proceeds will benefit local Special Olympics athletes.

For a registration form and more information, call (203) 380-9990.

Hole In One

 

Kristi Regan of Newtown recorded a hole-in-one at Gainfield Farms Golf Course in Southbury back on Monday, July 19.

Regan aced the par-3, 124-yard ninth hole with a three-iron. She was playing with Becky Soder and Bob Leonard.