81 ST TRI-STATE MATCHES
Tumble Brook Country Club Bloomfield, Conn. October 9-10
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CONNECTICUT
finished Runner-Up at the 81st
Tri-State Matches, winning
a total of 54.5 points. Massachusetts
claimed the title in decisive fashion,
collecting a total of 62 points after an
impressive run in the Singles Matches. .
The 81st Tri-State Matches,
played this year at Tumble Brook
Country Club, brings together teams
of twelve players from Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island each
fall for a two day team competition.
The competition consists of an opening
round of foursomes matches followed
by a round of singles matches. A total of
three points are available in each match.
With their victory, the Bay
State contingent continued to make
history by capturing an 11th straight
Tri-State Matches title. In its more than
80-year history, no other team has been
able to claim that many titles in a row.
With its most recent victory,
Massachusetts now lays claim to 32 TriState Matches titles and is narrowing the
gap with Connecticut (39), which still
leads the race for overall titles.
Connecticut
54.5 Points
The Massachusetts team rallied
from a 1.5-point deficit following the
foursome matches on Thursday to win
the title by 7.5 points over Connecticut.
Massachusetts finished with 62 points,
while Rhode Island came in third with
45.5 points.
Leading the charge by
capturing the maximum six points on
Friday in his singles match was Alex
Stimpson (Woods Hole GC). Stimpson,
who is a two-time Massachusetts FourBall Champion, dominated in his singles
match against Benjamin Day (CT) and
Dr. George Pirie (RI). One day earlier,
Stimpson combined with John Kelly
(Twin Hills CC) to capture 5.5 out of
a possible six points in their foursome
match. As a result, Stimpson finished as
the top Bay State point getter this year.
Leading the way for Team
Connecticut was Jim Romaniello, who
finished with a total of eleven points.
Dave Szewczul and Mark Vasington
finished with 10 and 9.5 points,
respectively.
Massachusetts
62 Points
Rhode Island
45.5 Points
Threesomes Match Play
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Szewczul-Vasington
4
Reycroft-Houghton
3.5
McNally-Goryl
1.5
Romaniello-Torza
5
Smith-Carter
3.5
Acciardo-McLane
0.5
Hrostek-Zagaski
2.5
Clapp-Higgins
1.5
Blaser-Quigley
5
Dietz-Violet
2.5
Burke-Riley
3.5
Hoffman-Pelletier
3
Owens-Day
5.5
Jeffers-Guthrie
2
Hamilton-Pirie
1.5
Foster-Ballo
1.5
Kelly-Stimpson
5.5
Grossguth-Lukowicz
2
Singles Match Play
Connecticut
Bill Torza
Dave Szewczul
Jim Romaniello
Mark Vasington
Mike Zagaski
Chet Hrostek
Brent Dietz
Kevin Foster
Benjamin Day
Addison Owens
Peter Ballo
Top to Bottom: Mike Zagaski and Chet Hrostek react after
a long birdie putt on the 5th hole; Jim Romaniello was Rob Violet
0.5
6
6
5.5
1
2.5
5
4.5
2
0.5
0
0
Massachusetts
Don Reycroft
Dave Houghton
Bruce Carter
Kevin Smith
Doug Clapp
Jordan Burke
Ryan Riley
John Kelly
Alex Stimpson
Alex Jeffers
J.C. Guthrie
Brian Higgins
3
2.5
2.5
3.5
5.5
5.5
1
1.5
6
3
5.5
3
Rhode Island
Dave McNally
Tom Goryl
Tom Acciardo
Gary McLane
Paul Quigley
Mike Hamilton
Jamie Lukowicz
Rob Grossguth
Dr. George Pirie
Ryan Pelletier
Kyle Hoffman
Kevin Blaser
5.5
0.5
0.5
0
2.5
1
3
3
1
5.5
3.5
6
Connecticut’s top point-getter; Mark Vasington earned 9.5
points in his debut at the Tri-State Matches.
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