Keeping score around New England

As torrid as their opening 66 was, Mickey Herron and Tom Tobey of Bay Pointe CC in Onset were even better in Round 2, shooting 63 -129 to storm to a five-shot win in the NEPGA's Acushnet Pro-Assistant Championship at the Bay Club of Mattapoisett. Evan Belcher and Brian Spitz of Black Rock CC in Hingham shot 67-67 -134 to finish second.

It was home, sweet home as host pro Mark O'Brien shot 75 to earn a two-stroke victory in an NEPGA Cape Cod Pro-Am at Captains GC in Brewster. The entry from Ballymeade, Craig Garris and Doug Errhalt, anchored the winning team with a 68.

The home course also proved profitable for Mark Heartfield of Sankaty Head on Nantucket. With a round of 73, Heartfield finished two better than Rusty Gunnarson of Rochester CC. Paired with Barbara Boone, Heartfield also won the pro-pro division.

For the first time since 1997, Team Massachusetts won the Griscom Cup, an annual competition that includes teams from New York and Philadelphia. Tara Joy Connelly was a stalwart in singles, chalking up 5 1/2 points, while Mary Gale and Pam Kuong had 4 1/2 each in singles, while Caitlin Sullivan and Mary Chamberlain had 4 each. The team of Karen Richardson and Chelsea Curtis proved nearly unbeatable in foursomes, gathering a whopping 6 points, while Chamberlain and Connelly had 4. Team Massachusetts finished with 44 1/2 points to New York's 40 and Philadelphia's 23 1/2. The tournament was held at Somerset Hills CC in Bernardsville, N.J.

Linda Jamieson and Patty Boutilier combined to shoot 87 and win the WGAM Allen Bowl at Framingham CC. Dee Bouffard of Newton Commonwealth and Ginny Evans of Juniper Hill shot 65 to take low net honors.

Adam Rainaud of South Hadley, a senior at the University of Louisville, shot 298 and finished in a share of 13th at the NCAA championships in West Lafayette, Ind., while Trevor Murphy of St. Johnsbury, Vt., a senior at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, was tied for 33d at 305. Charlotte was eighth in the team competition, Louisville 10th.

Hal Marshall of Tewksbury shot 75 for a one-stroke win in a Boston Amateur Golf Society tournament at Cyprian Keyes in Boylston.

Granite Links GC in Quincy will host a PGA of America "Play Golf, America" event June 14 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be activities for players of all ages and skill levels, particularly for newcomers to the game. PGA of America professionals will be on hand to provide clinics - with Sue Kaffenburgh and Susan Bond working with women (10:30-11:30) and Bob Beach with juniors (1:30-2:00). Trick-shot artist Peter Johncke will be on hand from 12:30-1:30. For information on this free event, call 617-689-1900, ext. 2.

The fifth Children's Championship Golf Tournament to benefit the West Suburban YMCA will be June 17 at Blackstone National GC in Sutton. Proceeds will go toward the health and wellness center at the camp's Frank A. Day residential camp in East Brookfield. For information, call 617-244-6050 or go to westsuburbanymca.org.

Proceeds from a June 23 Cadillac Invitational tournament at Walpole CC will benefit the "Art beCAUSE Foundation," which is dedicated to funding research to look into the environmental causes of breast cancer. You can register at artbecause.org.

Bay Pointe GC will host local qualifying for the PGA of America's McGladrey Team Championship June 28. Teams of three amateurs can enter and the top two finishers will earn spots in the sectional qualifier later in the summer, accompanied by their fourth player, either Bay Pointe professionals Mickey Herron or Tom Tobey. The format will be a best-ball of three, with team members playing at 50 percent of their handicaps. (Combined team handicaps cannot exceed 54.) To enter, go to pga.com/teamchampionship or call the Bay Pointe pro shop at 508-759-8802. The national final will be in Pinehurst, N.C., in late October.

There are charity tournaments, but few will sound as delightful as The Beethoven Open. That's right, classical music will be the focal point of a July 14 tournament at Lake Winnipesaukee GC in New Hampshire as the owner of the private club, Bernard Chiu, gets behind an effort to provide scholarships for young people 14-26 to study at The Heifetz International Music Institute. Chiu is also CEO of First-Act Musical Instruments. What will start the tournament is not the blast of an air-horn, but the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and while bagpipes are part of the golf landscape, at the Beethoven Open there will be string quartets. And the ever-popular hole-in-one contest? Forget a car; the lucky player will receive a Yamaha baby grand piano. For information, refer to golfdigestplanner.com/5625-4thAnnualBeethovenOpen/.

Compiled by Jim McCabe