Jason Malcolm of Sky Meadow Country Club fired a 3 under par 69 at Stonebridge CC to win the Individual Professional Division of this week’s NH Chapter of the New England PGA Pro- Am. Taylor Stout (Nashua CC), Mitch Jefferson (Rochester CC) and Dan Wilkins (Laconia CC) all tied for 2nd, one shot back at 70. Jay Pollini (The Oaks) and Matt Delois (About Golf) shared the 5th spot at even par.
Jason Malcolm after his win.
Brett Smestad (Rochester CC) and his team of Mike Mahan, Troy Joncas and Stacy Levesque grabbed the team Best Ball Gross win with a 10 under par 62, followed by Jay Pollini and his Oaks group of Tim Melanson, Josh Johnson and Ben Ekstrom at 63. The Rochester team of Jefferson, Jim Cilley, Josh Parker and Caleb Vinciguerra finished in a tie for third at 65 with Laconia CC’s Patrick Hesseltine, Tommy Dowell, Mark Smorczewski and Trevor Fuller.
Host Professional Ken Hamel (far left) chats it up with Brett Smestad (middle) and his Rochester team.
Nate Faulkner (Keene CC) and the team of Paul Schweizer, Bob Lefebvre and Mike Giannetto took the Best Ball Net competition with a 13 under par 59. Malcom and the Sky Meadow team of Kevin Burke, Tyler Lizotte and Bo Harris were one back at 60. Host Professional Ken Hamel along with Chase Martell, Dave Hildenbrand and Jim Reid tied for third at 61 with Bill Andrews (Portsmouth) and his partners Mark LaFlamme, Robert Andrews and Kevin Gilchrist.
Nate Faulkner sends one down the fairway.
Mitch Jefferson’s three straight under par rounds have given him the lead in the NHPGA Player of the Year Points Race.
Mitch Jefferson leads the NHPGA Player of the Year points race.
Thanks to Ken Hamel, PGA Head Professional at Stonebridge, Keith Daury, Superintendent and the entire staff for a fantastic day. The players were raving about the condition of the course. Also thank you to New England Golf Cars and Titleist for their support of this event.
Rob Hardy rolls in a birdie on 9.
Next week the NH Chapter travels to Keene Country Club.