Saturday, August 28, 2010

8:00 am check in
9:00 am tee time

The fourth annual HCC Summer Winds tournament, a NEFA points event, was another fun event with perfect sunny calm weather and fifty players in attendance.  Thanks to Mike Morin, Bernie Kuszewski and Jason Charpentier, the course was well-groomed and the greens were fast.  Karen Ducharme provided some much appreciated snacks once again. This tourney brought a lot of new faces to HCC, and brought back many familiar ones. In the AM Open division, Cameron Gallant tied Karl Molitoris'  tournament course record of 109 (3 under) and was the lowest scoring player.  He also scored a whopping 52 (4 under) in his first round.  Juano Flores played a consistent 1 under in each round to take the Pro Open division.  Davis Johnson, back from the recent Worlds tournament (and his 60th birthday party) proved his mettle by scoring as well as tough competitors half his age.  He handily won the Pro Grandmaster division.  Jason Johnson, a long time fixture on the New England disc golf scene, took the crowded Intermediate division.  No one claimed the Ace Pot.  In the CTP throw-off, Brian Carter landed inches from the pin to claim the prize.

FINAL STANDINGS PRO Open 1. Juano Flores  55  55  110 2. Kelly Conroy  63  53  116 2. David Redlund  56   60  116 Master 1. Felix Rentschler  58  55  113 Grandmaster 1. Davis Johnson  57  54  111 2. Rick Williams  61  57  118 3. John Fissel  60  61  121 AM Open 1. Cameron Gallant  52  57  109 2. Pete Charron  56  54  110 3. Abel Rodrigues  60  52  112 4. Brad Harris  53  61  114 5. Karl Molitoris  55  61  116 6. Gabriel Boys   60  57  117 7. Jeff Fleury  64  60  124 8. Joe Allen  62  64  126 Master 1. Cary Powell  56  59  115 2. Michael Morin  65  63  128 3.  Paul Rashaw  72  80  152 Grandmaster 1. Alan Thresher  75  75  150 Intermediate 1. Jason Johnson  63 56 119 2. Nate Thresher  60 60 120 3. Josh Bergman  61 60 121 (toss-up) 4. Mark Sheppard  57 64 121 5. Jeremy Thresher  60 63 123 6. Evan Arteaga  63 61 124 7. Joe Canali  63 62 125 8. Jason Charpentier  67 59 126 8. Kyle Moriarty  64 62 126 10. Jacob Aman  62 65 127 10. Brad Ayotte  59 68 127 10. Brian Carter  64 63 127 (CTP) 13. Sean Curcio  66 62 128 13. Bernie Kuszewski  66 62 128 13. Dan Nakamoto  60 68 128 16. Troy Dietrich  60 69 129 17. Tim Griskus  65 66 131 17. Patrick Taylor  69 62 131 19. Patrick Hetu  67 65 132 19. Rudy Saccoccia  68 64 132 21. Sumner Stone  66 73 139 Recreational 1. Jonathan Dunlap  61  66  127 2. Sam Thresher  64  69  133 (playoff) 3. Tony Malikowski  66  67  133 4. Kyle Stevens  69  69  138 5. Jacob Batrano  72  67  139 6. Daniel Moriarty  81  74  155 Novice 1. Jon Massey  64  68  132 2. Steve Marcil  73  74  147 3. Timothy Kranz  89  82  171

The lead-off group of Kelly Conroy, Juano Flores, David Redlund and Felix Rentschler blast out of the tee box on hole 1.

Karl Molitoris returned for his fifth HCC tournament to defend his amateur title.  He had strong competition and eventually passed his crown to Cameron Gallant.

Bernie Kuszewski putts out as Kyle Moriarty, Dan Nakamoto and Rudy Saccoccia take a breath after surviving the grueling trek to the basket of 18.

Landing on the hill next to hole 1 always makes for an interesting putt.

Jason Charpentier winds up on hole 2 as Joe Canali, Brian Carter and Sean Curcio look on.

Paul Rashaw watches as Michael Morin heads off into the thick of hole 10.

Tim "Red Beard" Griskus makes a dangerous putt from high up at the basket for hole 17.

The Thresher family made a fine showing in the tournament.  Here, Nate flicks his disc at the 17th tee.

Sumner Stone putts uphill into the shade of the fifth basket.

Felix Rentschler makes a tricky approach on 18 as Grandmaster champion-to-be Davis Johnson watches.

NEFA #4, Rick Williams, putts out on hole 18 and goes on to take runner-up in the Grandmaster division.

Since once again no one got an ace, the players crowded around outside the Bartley Center for the CTP playoff. Brian Carter was the victor, with his disc landing inches from the pin.