ONE DAY TOURNAMENTS
Cashman, Flowers Win 15th Al Acker One Day Championship
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or the 15th consecutive year, the CSGA ended its championship Season with the One Day Championship.
Renamed the “Al Acker One Day Championship” in memory of the King of the One Day’s himself, the 15th
playing was nothing short of exciting.
Contested on the 6,562 yard, par 71 Donald Ross design in Groton, Connecticut, the Al Acker One
Day Championship serves as the final event on the One Day series schedule. Players can earn their invitation
to compete in the final event by recording a top-five finish in any of the CSGA’s thirteen One Day tournaments
throughout the season.
In the Tettelbach (under fifty-five) Division, Chris Flowers of H. Smith Richardson Golf Course edged Brent
Dietz of Cedar Knob Golf Course on the first playoff hole to capture the victory. Both Flowers and Dietz turned
in a score of two under-par 69 to send the event to a playoff. Flowers edged Dietz with a par on the first playoff
hole to capture his first victory of the season. Flowers recorded two eagles to go along with a birdie and three
bogies during his round.
“I came into today’s round with a ‘finish strong’ attitude,” said Flowers, who will begin working as a PGA
apprentice this winter. “I got off to a bad start, but when I made eagle on my 6th hole, I picked up momentum
and played solid golf the rest of the way. Fortunately, I made the par putt on the first playoff hole to win.”
In the Siderowf (fifty-five and older) Division, Edward Cashman of the Middlesex Eclub captured his
fourth win of the season, with a three under-par score of 68. Cashman used three birdies and an eagle to offset
just two bogies during his round. Cashman bogied his second hole of the day on the par-4 11th, but was able to
quickly bounce back, recording a birdie and eagle on the back 9. Cashman edged out Bruce Kraczkowsky of Blue
Fox Run Golf Course by two for the title.
In the Tettelbach Net Division Tom Dowd of Topstone Golf Course captured the title with a round of six
under-par 65. With the win, Dowd earned his second title of the 2016 One Day season. Tom Hurd of Great Neck
Country Club captured his third win of the 2016 One Day season by also turning in a six under-par 65.
The Connecticut State Golf Association would like to thank all of the golf clubs who hosted tournaments
this season, and the golfers and volunteers who helped make 2016 another successful year for participation in
the CSGA One Day Tournament Series.
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