Hey Everyone,
This will be a quick one today. Spent the week recording some podcasts, making some videos, and prepping for a video project I’m doing at The Hornblower this weekend.
Here’s a preview of The Hornblower. It’s a very cool event with a strong field.
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News and Notes
Pro Golf
Charles Schwab Challenge: Keegan Bradley shot 65 (-5), Michael Thorbjornsen shot 66, and Davis Chatfield shot 69 on Thursday at Colonial in Texas.
UNC Health Championship: Chris Francoeur shot 67 (-3) in the opening round. Rob Oppenheim shot 72. LIve Scoring
ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern: Alexa Pano is in the field this week at Skyview in New Jersey. The event is 54 holes and starts on Friday. Live Scoring
College Golf
National Golf Invitational: URI finished third as a team in its final event of the season. Aidan O’Donovan (Somerville, Mass.) wrapped up his college career with a T24 finish, and Tyler Bruneau (Concord, Mass.) also finished T24 for the Rams. Results
NCAA Men’s National Championship: Ryan Downes will tee it up for Vanderbilt in the National Championship starting on Friday at La Costa in California. The Commodores won the Athens Regional to earn their spot. This is Downes’ second time in nationals. He finished 32nd last year, and Vanderbilt finished 13th as a team, just seven shots from the top 8. The top 8 teams advance to match play. Live Scoring
Two Podcasts about the NCAA National Championship:
Ryan Downes joined me for a podcast to talk about the season and how the team is prepping for La Costa. Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Marcus El, who is the GM of Scoreboard by Clippd filled me in on a lot of the men’s and women’s national championship scene from the ground of La Costa. Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Amateur Golf
Huddleston Cup: Maridoe GC in Texas is hosting the Huddleston Cup. Matt Parziale shot 73 (+1) and is T13 after one round. Live Scoring
There were four Mass Amateur Qualifiers this week. Here are the players who will have a tee time at Winchester CC in July.
The average qualifying across the four sites score was 71.58…
Fall River CC (par 70): Eric Tankanow 71, Michael Hunsinger 71, Ryan Murphy 72, Nolan Skaggs 72, Brian Li 72, Matthew Casey 73, Jonathan Stoddard 73, Nick Resor 73, Kevin Blaser 73, Mason Bowie 73, Andy Luther 73, Conor McCormack 73
Northern Spy Par 70): Chris Pickreign 69, Adrian Daigle 69, Maxx Zides 69, Ryan Whitehead 70, Reid Ohanesian 71, Stephen Planeta 71, Patrick Ginnity 72, Brendan Roy 72, Jason Colavito 72
Westover (Par 70): Taylor Fontaine 66, Brayden Fennessy 69, David Fontaine 70, Michael Murray 70, Galen Fowles 70, Jim Patterson 70
Cape Club of Falmouth (par 72) Sam Jenkins 71, Zachary Georgantas 72, Kyle Puchol 72, Matt Williams 73, Brian Steverman 74, Tyson Laviano 74, Bo Picking 74, Michael Martin 74, Christopher Poli 74
Plugs
Highland Links in Truro, Mass. was the focus of this week’s video.
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When I’m not golfing…
I’m reading…
Middletide by Sarah Crouch. A murder mystery set in Washington state
I’m listening to…
I’m eating…
Creamy Lemon Pasta was a good find on NY Cooking
We went to Extra Dirty Cocktail Club last weekend. It’s in the North End at the back of Red Fox. It was a cool experience. They give you a list of cocktails to choose from, you pick three, and then they bring you four small plates to share between two people. Worth a trip, and their theme changes every 6 weeks or so. Here are the cocktails we had to pick from; they were wild!
I’m watching…
About to finish up Legends on Netflix. An excellent watch
