Brockton City Fourball- Field Division Nine teams were within four shots entering the final round at Thorny Lea CC with Almeida-Cronin clinging to a one shot lead over Doherty-Figuerido. The final pairing exchanged blows through the first three holes then Doherty-Figuerido made bogey on 4th hole putting them two shots back. Things got worse for Doherty and Fig after making bogey on the long par 4,...

What used to be a tournament for residents and past residents of the City of Brockton has expanded their horizon to allow any team to compete in this weekends event. Thorny Lea asst Pro, Robbie Thompson announced last night at the players reception that this is the largest amount of teams in the last 7 years with 50 field teams and 31 seeded. A year ago Matt Parziale-Steve Tasho took the seeded di...

It is hard to believe that the Fourth of July has come and gone already with the summer being nearly half over but that is the reality for New England golfers. The first or two major tournaments for Brockton is now less than 2 weeks away and there have been a few changes this season. Unlike previous years where golfers had to be a resident or past resident of Brockton to play in this prestige even...

New England has been well represented on the Hooters Pro Tour and it has been very successful for several Massachusetts players such as Rob Oppenheim who is now on the Nationwide Tour, Jim Renner ( 5th on the money list) and  Michael Welch (6th on the money list) as well as up and coming hopefuls like Matt Parziale. This week, some of these players took a break from the southern based tour to com...

This weeks Hooters Pro Tour Event at Sunset Hills CC in Edwardsville, IL and Plainville’s, Jim Renner was the only player from New England to take the trip. Constant rains and lengthy delays shortened The Sunset Hills NGA Classic to 54 holes. Renner entered Sundays final round tied for 6th, just three shots behind the three co-leaders of Devlin, Miller and Brehm with a big task at hand. Up ...

Quincy’s Michael Welch was awarded an exemption into this weeks Nationwide Tour event, The Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, CA. Welch earned his ticket to Cali and a chance to play compete against fellow Massachusetts native, Rob Oppenheim (who gained a full exemption last fall at Q-School) by being the leading money leader after the first four events on the NGA Hooters Pro...

Up here in the Northeast, we are not so lucky when it comes to golfing in nice conditions year round. To compensate for frozen grounds, wet conditions, leaves all over the place and just plain old crappy weather, we have what is called winter rules. What are winter rules? Basically you get a preferred lie everywhere on the golf course with no penalty but does this mean you can hockey puck the ball...

This weeks NGA Hooters Pro Golf Tour stopped  in Fernandina Beach, FL at the Amelia National Golf & Country Club. After a few weather delays and suspended play due to darkness, Quincy’s Michael Welch is $30,000 richer as he took the victory over the 168 player field this week. This was Welch’s first win since the 2007 season and second top ten in as many weeks, good enough to take...

The 2010 summer NGA Hooters Pro Tour kicked off this week in the first event of the new year. This years first stop is at Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club in Ocala, FL. Golden Hills features tree lined fairways and large greens that are elevated and undulated. This 7200 yard par 72 course is just the beginning of the tougher courses this summer that the winter tour players are not used to not to me...

Rob Oppenheim(-9) completed his wire to wire run at Forest Lakes golf club with a 2-under,69 as he held off Ted Potter(-8) who also carded a 69 today. This is Oppenheim’s second title of the Hooters Winter Tour. Matt Parziale (-7) shared low round of the day with an impressive 5-under, 66 surging him up to a third place finish. Parziale made six birdies on the day with four of them on the ba...