Keeping score around New England
June 25, 2009
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Pros
Twice the fun
Boston Golf Club is sending two professionals to the PGA Professional National Championship, which starts Monday at Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M., with 20 spots in the PGA Championship on the line. How rare is having two participants from the same club? According to the PGA of America, only one other facility in the country - Grand Traverse Resort & Spa in Acme, Mich. - has more than one person competing this year. J.J. Weaver and Boomer Erick will be representing the Hingham club. The other local professionals trying to play their way into the PGA include Eric Barlow (Worcester), Frank Dully (Kernwood), Daniel Dwyer (Bass Rocks), George Goich (Turner Hill), Bret Gracey (Concord), Adam Hemeon (Weston), Cory Mansfield (Fore U Golf Center), Mark Heartfield (Sankaty Head), Scott Spence (Carnegie Abbey), Brian Spitz (Black Rock), Thomas Tobey (Bay Pointe), Jay Wick (Old Sandwich), Greg Yeomans (Bay Club), James Antonelli (Marshfield), John Hickson (golf retail manager, Dick’s Sporting Goods), Ron Philo (Sugarbush), Chip Johnson (Hatherly), and Jeff Martin (Point Judith).Amateurs
Altomare advances
Brittany Altomare of Shrewsbury broke a tie with a birdie on the 16th hole, then added another on the 17th to beat Pennapa Pulsawath of Thailand, 2 and 1, in the first round of the US Women’s Amateur Public Links championship yesterday at Red Tail Golf Course in Devens. Altomare, who will be a freshman at Virginia and has qualified for next month’s US Women’s Open, faces Ellen Mueller of Bartlesville, Okla., this morning in the second round. Sarah Whitney, a William & Mary student from Hingham, lost her first-round match to Leanne Bowditch of Australia, 4 and 3.Alexandre Belmont of Concord qualified for the US Junior Amateur, shooting 72-77 -149 to grab one of four spots at Walpole Country Club. Chris Houston of Gilford, N.H., and Joe Toland of White River Junction, N.H., also qualified. Peter Williamson earned one of two spots at the qualifier at Shaker Hills, shooting 70-68 -138. The US Junior Amateur is July 13-18 at the Jimmy Austin/University of Oklahoma Golf Club in Norman.
tournaments
Durocher on target
Richard Durocher of Concord Country Club shot 75 to win the New England PGA Pro-Am at Blackstone National Golf Course. Durocher beat Richard Hasenfus by a stroke. The Whitinsville Golf Club team of James Richard, Joe Murphy, Don Bonner, and Bob Karwiel had a two best-ball total of 6-under 138 to win the team event . . . The Course at Yale is one of six regional sites for the 2010 NCAA Division 1 men’s championship. The three-day event will be held May 20-22 . . . David Walde of East Boston shot 73 to win a Tour of Greater Boston event at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth . . . Rain didn’t damper the Women’s Golf Association of Massachusetts junior season opener at Wampatuck Country Club. Megan Khang was the winner in the junior division (ages 11-13), while Maddy Vergura finished first in the mite division . . . The third Southcoast Amateur will be held at Allandale Country Club Aug. 22-23. The two-day event features men’s and women’s divisions, with flights based on handicap. Entry fee for the tournament is $80 (with cart and birdie pool extra). To enter or for information, visit www.allandalecountryclub.com or call 508-992-8682.Miscellany
Family plans
July has been designated Family Golf Month, with participating courses offering clinics, family scrambles, parent/child camps, and play days. For more information, or to see a list of participating courses, visit www.playgolfamerica.com.
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