The CSGA Links Volume 2 Issue 3 May, 2014 | Page 22

8th Senior Match Play Championship » Click here for complete coverage May 27th - 29th, 2014 The Farms Country Club O n Tuesday, May 27th, a field of 120 of the state’s top senior amateur golfers will begin their quest for the 8th Senior Match Play Championship, presented by Johnson Brunetti. The championship, hosted by The Farms Country Club, is open to bona fide members of a CSGA club who are fifty five years of age and over by the start of the tournament. The tournament is the first of two majors for senior golfers on the CSGA schedule, and challenges competitors with a round of stroke play to determine the low sixteen match play qualifiers, followed by two rounds of match play each day that culminate in an eighteen-hole final match. Last Year’s Champion: In 2013, Dave Szewczul of Tunxis Plantation Country Club captured his second consecutive Senior Match Play Championship, defeating Bill Torza of Timberlin Golf Club by a score of 3 & 1. Szewczul, who advanced to the Quarterfinals in last year’s U.S. Senior Amateur, comes into the 2014 season as the five-time defending Dick Siderowf Senior Player of the Year, and will be looking for a three-peat at this year’s Senior Match Play Championship. About the Course: Designed by architect Geoffrey Cornish, The Farms Country Club is located in Wallingford, Conn. and was established in 1960, with the present championship layout opening for play in July of 1962. The course is the essence of true New England “Parkland-Golf”, with narrow, rolling fairways that wind through tall trees. The greens, though generous in size, require precise iron shots on the correct side of the hole. The hardest stretch of the course lies on Holes #8-10, as players will face a difficult par-3 over water followed by a pair of par-4’s that require precise tee shots shaped around the dogleg. Schedule of Events: Tuesday, May 27th- 18-Hole Stroke Play Qualifying Wednesday, May 28th - Round of 16 (AM) and Quarterfinals (PM) Thursday, May 29th- Semi-Finals (AM) and Finals (PM) 22 Connecticut State Golf Association