Brockton Fourball- Seeded Division The heavily favored team of Matt Parziale and Steve Tasho were expected by many to run away with the Brockton City Fourball title this weekend but team Carrozza/MacGovern had different ideas as they played the defending champions shot for shot in the opening round at DW Field as they both carded 9-under, 61′s on the 6000 yard track. The plot thickened on da...

Day one of the Brockton City Fourball is in the books and with all expectations, the team of Parziale-Tasho is on top of the seeded division at 9-under par thanks to a blemish free round with 9 birdies. Surprisingly, the champs of last year are only share the lead as Carrozza-McGovern also card a 61 at DW today. After making par on the first hole, Rich McGovern holed out for an eagle 3 on the par-...

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 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...

Day two is in the books at Forest Lake Golf Club and with the unusual small field of 64, just 21 players instead of the usual 40 lived to see another day. Scrolling through the players scorecards for the past couple of days, it appears to be business as usual with pars, birdies and bogeys. I didn’t see too many doubles or triple bogeys never mind any eagles. The only notables that I can see...

After a few weeks off, the Hooters Winter Tour resumed today at Forest Lakes GC in Ocoee, Florida. This weeks event has an unusual small field with just 64 players entered. Massachusetts has four golfers competing this week and all four are in the top 10 after today’s first round. Leading the pack is Rob Oppenhiem with his 6-under, 65 today. Rob had a bogey free round and made 5 of his 6 bir...