GREENSBORO – A competitive summer of golf came to a fitting conclusion on Sunday at Mountain View Country Club as the Tuesday night league crowned not one, but two 2024 champions.
Two teams who tied for first place at the 2024 Mayor’s Cup title, the Tuesday night golf league championship, share the trophy Sunday afternoon. Players are (from left) Corey Pollard, Adam Whitney, Nate Brown (pink shirt), Cole Leroux, George Gattone, Ryan Hall, Derek Chamberlain, Dave Campbell, Andrew Whitney and Bob Fair. Both teams shot an eight-under par 62 in the 18 hole scramble. There were five players in each of the nine groups on Sunday as 45 players participated at Mountain View Country Club in Greensboro.
A total of 45 league participants came out for the final fling on a cool and foggy fall morning. After drafting teams, nine five-man groups were formed for the 18-hole scramble. By the time the tournament concluded mid-afternoon, the sun had burned off the morning fog and it was yet another warm, perfectly sunny day with some special rounds posted. September has been an exceptionally warm month this year.
It was a very tight finish with all nine teams scoring within six strokes of each other. Every team in the field finished under par.
The goal was to be the team to drink from the brew-filled Mayor’s Cup, a league trophy dedicated to longtime Tuesday night legend Richard Brochu, nicknamed was The Mayor. The league started a tradition, again in Brochu’s honor, of the champions drinking from the league trophy after their win.
Andrew Whitney finishes off the last drops as the winning teams complete the new tradition of drinking an ice cold Budweiser from the Mayor’s Cup after winning the title. The tradition started in 2022 after the passing of legendary Tuesday nighter Richard Brochu. This year’s event also honored Rob Lewis, a multiple Tuesday night champion who recently passed and the man who ran the Tuesday night league for a number of years.
The league also dedicated the 2024 tournament to Rob Lewis, who recently passed. Lewis was a multiple Tuesday night champion. He ran the league for a number of years and was a former Hardwick town manager.
The 2024 co-champions for the Mayors Cup are (from left) Corey Pollard, Ryan Hall, Bob Fair, Dave Campbell and George Gattone. The competition was held Sunday at the Mountain View Country Club in Greensboro.
The first team to become a 2024 champion was the five some of Bob Fair, George Gattone, Ryan Hall, Corey Pollard and Dave Campbell. They didn’t waste any time making a run for the title, shooting the day’s low nine-hole round, a six-under 29 on the front nine.
Gattone got them rolling early by chipping in for birdie on one from 30 yards out. They also birdied two and on the tough fourth hole, with a difficult pin placement, where Pollard had an amazing chip-in for birdie from 35 feet out. They completed the first nine with birdies on seven, eight and nine. Gattone put an approach to two feet on nine.
They weren’t quite as deadly on the back nine, shooting a 33 with birdies on seven and nine. Gattone chipped to within 12 feet on nine and they sank the putt to secure their 62.
The 2024 co-champions team for the Mayors Cup on Sunday were Derek Chamberlain, Andrew Whitney, Adam Whitney, Cole Leroux and Nate Brown.
The second team that tied for the championship went off right behind that first group. The five-some of Nate Brown, Adam Whitney, Derek Chamberlain, Andrew Whitney and Cole Leroux shot four-under par 31 on both nines for their 62.
They also started fast as Chamberlain and Adam Whitney each sank birdie putts on the first two holes. Then Chamberlain drove to nine feet on five and Brown putted it in for birdie. Andrew Whitney and Chamberlain drained two more birdie putts on seven and eight.
On the back nine, Brown had a birdie putt drop on two and Leroux canned one on seven and eight. Adam Whitney had two good approaches on eight and nine as Chamberlain sank the birdie on nine.
The second place team at the Mayor’s Cup golf league championship are (from left) Doug Allen, Mike Clark, John Stone, Dan Mencucci and Jamin Flanders. They shot a 63.
One stroke back in second place with a 63 was the five some of John Stone, Mike Clark, Dan Mencucci, Jamin Flanders and Doug Allen. They shot a 32-31 and birdied both the first and second holes on both nines. They had a birdie on seven and Clark put a shot to 10 feet on the third hole and they sank that putt for birdie. Clark also sank a long birdie putt on nine.
The third-place team at the Mayors Cup on Sunday at the Mountain View Country Club in Greensboro is (from left) Matt Kiley, Dale Hall, Andy Hunt, Dale Rowell and Carl Edwards
Three teams ended up in third place by shooting rounds of six-under par 64. The five some of Andy Hunt, Matt Kiley, Carl Edwards, Dale Hall and Dale Rowell shot 31-33. After a birdie on two, Dale Hall fired a drive to four feet on five and they made the putt.
Then on seven, Dale Rowell stepped up and chipped in from 65 feet out for an eagle three. They would birdie the 10th hole, then ended strong by birdying 16, 17 and 18. Kiley chipped in from 35 feet out for the birdie on 17.
In five-some competing in the 2024 Mayors Cup are (from left) Dan Hudson, Mike Nixon, Ethan Lapierre, Mark Wright and Bill Hunt. The event was held Sunday at the Mountain View Country Club in Greensboro.
Also shooting rounds of 31-33 was the five some of Mark Wright, Dan Hudson, Mike Nixon. Bill Hunt and Ethan Lapierre. They were even par going into the seventh hole when Bill Hunt matched Rowell by also chipping in from 65 feet out for an eagle three. Then they birdied eight and nine to get to five-under. They birdied 11 and 16 on the backside. It was Dan Hudson’s first competitive round of golf since heart surgery earlier this summer.
The third-place team of (from left) Brian Niemi, Steve Parker, Rich Ahern, Slade farnham and Dennis Pudvah competed for the Mayors Cup on Sunday at the Mountain View Country Club..
Finally, the five some of Brian Niemi, Steve Parker, Slade Farnham, Rich Ahern and Dennis Pudvah shot a 31-33. They also eagled the seventh hole when Ahern hit a long drive and followed it with a 220-yard fairway wood to the green. Parker would drain the 25-foot eagle putt. They sandwiched birdies on two and eight with a bogey on four. Then on the back nine, they had birdies on 16 and 17.
In between nines, the group held a putting contest on the practice green. Only one person made the 40-foot downhill putt, Adam Whitney, who took home the entire pot of money.
Competing for the Mayor’s Cup on Sunday at the Mountain View Country Club were the team of Brad Ferland, Roger Boone, Dave Burnham, John Sperry and Patrick Hussey
Competitors in the Mayors Cup at the Mountain View Country Club on Sunday are (from left) Kip Doyon, Richard Coolbeth, Arron Molleur, Karl Ferland and Rowdy Doyon.
Two teams shot 66 including the five-some of Arron Molleur, Kip Doyon, Rowdy Doyon, Karl Ferland and Richard Coolbeth. Joining them at 66 was the group of John Sperry, Pat Hussey, Dave Burnham, Roger Boone and Brad Ferland.
Competing in the 2024 Mayor’s Cup at the Mountain View Country Club on Sunday were (from left) Dave Rogers, Danny Rogers, Dan Miko, Darwin Thompson and Jeremy Kaufman.
The final group had Dan Miko, Darwin Thompson, Danny Rogers, Dave Rogers and Jeremy Kaufman posting a 68.
Closest to the pin contests were held on both nines. Winners included Mike Clark on three, 10 feet away; Dale Hall for his drive to four feet on five; Bob Fair getting to two feet, two inches in two on eight and Gattone landing just two feet, five inches away on nine.
No player made the third green on the back nine, but Jamin Flanders landed nine feet away on five to win; John Sperry got to four feet, 10 inches in two on eight and Dave Rogers settled an approach just three feet, eight inches away on nine to win.
There were several shots of the day handed out. Four of them were for the three eagles on seven. Rowell and Hunt each got one for their amazing 65-foot chip-ins. Ahern and Parker each got one for their combined eagle there. Gattone and Pollard each got an award for their two birdie chip-ins on one and four.
Darwin Thompson won one by sinking a 45-foot birdie putt on five from the fringe for birdie. Matt Kiley won for his 35-foot chip-in on eight for birdie. And Jamin Flanders got one on two when a nearby donkey started bellowing during his backswing from the tee box, but he stayed focused and nearly drove the green.
The day capped another very successful 2024 season for the Tuesday night league. They set a record by averaging 47 golfers per week, with a record high of 72 in July. A total of 106 different golfers participated in the league and almost $1,900.00 in cash prizes were awarded.
The league will keep playing into October with three more weeks scheduled before the course closes for the season on October 15.
