There may have been turbulent weather at the New England PGA Pro-Assistant Tournament at the Bay Club at Mattapoisett on Monday, but a pair of teams sailed in calm waters all the way to first place.
Host professionals Greg Yeomans, PGA and John Paesani, PGA shared the victory with the Kernwood Country Club duo of Frank Dully, PGA and Steve Bramlett, PGA after both teams posted scores of 7-under par 64 in a four-ball stroke play format. Both teams made seven birdies without a bogey.
Dully and Bramlett built some momentum on the front nine, sitting a 3-under par through seven holes when the weather horn blew. The team picked up right where it left off after the break with two more birdies to make the turn at 5-under with a run of four straight birdies. The pair added two more birdies on the back nine to post 64.
“A couple times we’ve finished runner-up here, and we were talking about how we always get going on the back but we wanted to get going early,” Dully said of the 5-under front nine.
“Teamwork was working,” Paesani said. “Greg and I have a very good chemistry playing as partners. We trust each other tremendously and we had two balls in play most of the day.”
“That’s always the key in these events, keeping two balls in play,” Yeomans added. “Obviously knowing the course allows us to take some more aggressive lines from time to time, knowing where the misses are. We made a couple putts early.”
Also finishing well in the tournament was the Tedesco Country Club pairing of Jacob Leech, PGA and Nick Desjardins, PGA, who finished in a tie for 13th place. The duo was steady throughout the round, shooting a 1-under 34 on the front nine before a 2-under 34 on the back nine locked up a 3-under par 68.