Keeping score around New England

Claire Sheldon, a senior-to-be at Harvard, shot 72 at Charles River Country Club to qualify for her first US Women’s Amateur. Sheldon, who starred at Milton Academy, was one of five to advance from Charles River; Natalie Sheary (West Hartford) and Alexa Rancourt (South Portland, Maine) were the others from New England. The US Women’s Amateur is Aug. 3-9 at Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis . . . Two players with Massachusetts ties made impressive showings at last week’s North and South Women’s Amateur championship at Pinehurst No. 2, with both losing to eventual champion Amelia Lewis. Jaclyn Sweeney of Andover, who helped Arizona State win the NCAA Division 1 title this year, advanced to the semifinals before losing to Lewis, 6 and 4. Sweeney, who prepped at The Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla., before starting her career at Oklahoma State, won four matches to advance to the semifinals. Chelsea Curtis of Mashpee lost to Lewis in the second round, 4 and 3. Curtis, a recent graduate of Georgetown, was the North and South runner-up last year, when her first four matches all went extra holes . . . The WGAM will hold its junior championships Tuesday and Wednesday at Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston. Winners will be determined in three age groups.

The Rhode Island-based Johnnie Walker Golf Tour concluded its five-tournament summer run with a two-day event at Newport National, with Dustin Cone beating Kyle Gallo in a two-hole playoff. Cone (71-70) and Gallo (68-73) each had 36-hole totals of 141, two strokes better than Jesse Larson and Mike Welch. Cone, from Bennington, Vt., won $2,000, and tops the tour’s money list with $8,300. Gallo earned $1,400, and is second with $6,650. Former PGA Tour player P.H. Horgan runs the tour . . . Jim Landers, the host pro, won $500 at the New England Senior Tour event at Marlborough Country Club. Landers shot a 1-under 70. In the New England Golf Tour event for those under 50, Chris Maxwell of Farmington, Conn., shot 72 and beat Bart McCarthy of West Springfield by two strokes.

Rick Finlayson and Mike Videtta of Country View CC had scores of 66-67 to win the New England PGA’s Pro-Am Championship, held at Andover CC and Indian Ridge CC. Three teams - Thomas Rooney and Ricker Love (LeBaron Hills), Marc Spencer and Jeff Weishaar (Atkinson Resort), and Thomas Tobey and Bruce Wedge (Bay Club) - tied for second, three shots back . . . Five professionals - John Rainone and Brian Owens of North Kingstown, Richard Durocher of Concord, Frank Dully of Kernwood, and Bill Link of Sterling National - shared low honors at the NEPGA’s pro-am event at Whitinsville Golf Club. Link’s team, which included Mark Goodrich, Jim Perreira, and Mike George, and the Gloucester entry of David Baluik, Matt Creamer, Sean Hardiman, and Bobby Labrie, each had 12-under-par totals.

The grudge match will have to wait. Bill Drohen won the Massachusetts Amateur last week at The Country Club with his brother, Andy, serving as caddie. Six years earlier, Andy won the Massachusetts Amateur, also at The Country Club, with Bill as his caddie. The brothers were half-joking after Bill’s win that now, with each owning a state title, they’ll need to play again to see which Drohen brother has bragging rights. It was going to be at this week’s New England Amateur at Portsmouth (N.H.) Country Club, but Bill withdrew Monday. He’s recovering from shoulder surgery, and last week’s grind at The Country Club can be physically and mentally taxing . . . We reported erroneously last week that the Drohens became the first brothers to win Massachusetts Amateur titles. The Martin twins - Leo in 1941, and Edward in 1948 and 1951 - were the first brothers to win the state’s ultimate amateur golf championship. Leo J. Martin was killed in 1943 during World War II, and the Donald Ross-designed course in Weston bears his name . . . Craig Steckowych of Portsmouth Country Club, playing on his home course, is tied for the lead after 36 holes of the New England Amateur. Steckowych, the 2001 winner, shot a 66 yesterday for a two-day total of 4-under 140. Twice a New Hampshire Amateur winner, the 50-year-old Steckowych is tied with a pair of youngsters: 22-year-old Kevin Velardo (Billerica CC) and Thomas McCarthy, who will be a junior at Yale. McCarthy shot 67, Velardo 68. The field has been reduced to 43 for today’s final two rounds.

Andrew Cho of Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., shot 67 and continues to lead the Deutsche Bank Partners for Charity Junior Shoot Out in Dedham. Cho’s two-round total of 137 at Dedham Country and Polo Club leads Theodore Lederhausen by four strokes. Joshua Feinberg of Hudson is tied for third. Rachel Morris (73-71) of Carlsbad, Calif., leads the girls’ division by seven strokes. The final round is today . . . The tournament is part of Deutsche Bank Partner for Charity Week. The Camp Harbor View Harborthon, a 5K road race on Boston Harbor’s Long Island, is scheduled for today. The run benefits Camp Harbor View.

The 42d Francis Ouimet Memorial Tournament is next week at Wellesley Country Club (Wednesday), Charles River (July 30), and Woodland (July 31) . . . The 17th Ouimet Marathon, with 45 teams expected to compete, is scheduled for Aug. 5 at Stow Acres . . . The MetroWest Junior Open for boys and girls 9-17 is Aug. 10 at Glen Ellen CC in Millis. For more information, call 508-376-2775 or visit www.glenellencc.com . . . TechBoston Academy is hosting its annual golf tournament fund-raiser Aug. 7 at Blissful Meadows. To register, or for more information, visit www.techbostonacademy.org . . . July is Autism Awareness Month, and Braintree Municipal GC is offering a putting lesson and contest next week to help the cause. Bob Beach will conduct a putting program Monday at 6 p.m.; autistic children and their families and friends can participate. A $5 donation will benefit the Doug Flutie Foundation for Autism. For more information, call 781-843-6513 . . . If your handicap is 21 or better and you’re looking for a place to play, the North Shore Amateur Golf Tour might be a good fit. The tour plays weekly tournaments. For more information, call Rob Mucci at 978-328-9145 . . . Dylan Doucette didn’t let his age (7) or the length of the hole (143 yards) get in the way of his first birdie. Playing in the Brian D. Silber Memorial at the Meadow at Peabody last week, Doucette smacked a driver to 2 feet on the 16th hole, one of only two players to place a drive inside the “ring of gold.’’