Thank you to everyone for your understanding as we try to make the best out of a difficult situation.

A couple of reminders….
– Please no coolers on the day of  the tournament.  We will have the beverage carts out to keep everyone hydrated.
– Please no tailgating afterwards.  We understand that this is a reunion of sorts, but unfortunately this is a different year.

Tee Time	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
9:40 AM	Chris Coleman	Dick Johnnson	Wayne Maynard
9:50 AM	Greg Nolan	Kevin Leahy	Brooks Marston	Tim Murphy
10:00 AM	Paul Hussey	Jay Rabeni	Josh Stuart	Peter Vanhauer
10:10 AM	Michael Bridgett	Bob Cerow	Frank Gallagher	Kevin Kavanagh
10:20 AM	Don Foley	Dan Romanelli	TBD	TBD
10:30 AM	Matthew Leahy	TBD	TBD	TBD
10:40 AM	John Arnold	Bernie Haffey	Bob Phinney	Scott Shaugnessey
10:50 AM	Adam Brown	Gary Delvecchio	Chris Seely	John Shower
11:00 AM	Jaime Asbedian	Rob Attalah	Chris Igo	Ryan Murray
11:10 AM	Jay Brennan	Chris Brennan	Jake Brennan	Steve Kennedy
11:20 AM	Ned Flaherty	Ronnie Koss	Scott Shorer	TBD
11:30 AM	Mike Cicerone	Steve Garrett	Mike Hulett	Damon Sparrow
11:40 AM	Michael Bonner	Kurt Holloway	Brian Murphy	Geoff Wilkinson
11:50 AM	Tom Mackinnon	Connor McDavitt	Shawn McDonough
12:00 PM	Berman Josh	Chris Kullak	Coppens Mike	Chris Nelson
12:10 PM	Michael Paynotta	Dave Rakauskas	Dan Rakauskas	Greg Roche
12:20 PM	Patrick Fitzsimons	TBD	TBD	TBD
12:30 PM	Craig Fairfield	Matthew Leonard
12:40 PM	Jessica Erickson	Andy Erickson	Courtney Mottau	Mike Mottau
12:50 PM	Peter Venturelli	Jack Venturelli	Venturelli	Venturelli
1:00 PM	Bobby Farrelly	TBD	TBD	TBD
1:10 PM	Chris Festa	Todd Jones	Matt Jones	Mike Kenney
1:20 PM	Jason Leary	Brendan Okeefe	Andy Reardon	Joe Reardon
1:30 PM	Anton Arapoff	Don Christenson	Gutsche Kar	Don Yucius
1:40 PM	Lou Ballerene	Greg Barker	Andy Johnson	Dan Pittenger
1:50 PM	Jerry Abban	Matt Landolfi	Chris Magwood	Jack Smith
2:00 PM	Joe Cheney	Ben Craig	Jim Curtin	Bill Schmitz
2:10 PM	Tim Driscoll	Stephen Kenneally	Christopher Sherwood	TBD
2:20 PM	Dan Najarian

Friday, September 18

7:00 AM	John Mulvey	Julie Mulvey	Guest	Guest
7:10 AM	Jim Young	Jerry Delaire	Mike Lopes
7:20 AM	Bill Leverone	Dan Bonda	Ben Leverone
7:30 AM	Matt Abusheery	Alexander Ponmarenko	Justin Farland	Ben Perrota
7:40 AM	Bill Vokey	Mr. Paco	Paul Easter	Chris Easter
7:50 AM	Peter Leverone	Tom Pratt	Brian Johnson
8:00 AM	Thom Miller	Mark Wintringer	Bob Corgingley	Joe Saccardo
8:10 AM	Arnold Harvey	Dennis Johnson	Chris Shipps	Hugh McGill
8:20 AM	Jim Nauen	Pat Bilbo	Joe Pelligra	Augie Venice
8:30 AM	John Cincotta	Moose Gillis	Mark Wood	Glen Dalton
8:40 AM	Mac Johnson	Eric Johnson	Justin Reed	Joe Centeio
8:50 AM	Jonathan Pelletier	Josh

No Greens Aeration
September and October can be the best months of the year to play golf, so why screw it up with holes in the greens? Obviously punching the greens is a very important maintenance practice, but we like to wait until the busiest part of the season is over before we face that inconvenience.  We will not be aerating greens before October 26 at the earliest.

Starting on September 8 Twilight Rates Start at 2 PM 
In other news, our Twilight Rate will start at 2 PM and Super Twilight will start at 4 PM.  This correlates with the cart return time being earlier as well. Days are getting shorter – it feels like fall is in the air, so get your golf in now!

No Leaves!
Another bonus of playing fall golf at Southers Marsh is that we have very few deciduous trees, so you can spend more time playing golf and less time searching for your ball in a pile of leaves.

Updated August 31
As we continue to feel our way along with our latest venture, here are some updates.  Our prices have been adjusted so bay reservations and bucket rentals are now in line.

Current Hours – 11:15 AM to 7:30 PM – Toptracer does not work in the dark. Lights will be installed within a week which will allow us to stay open later.

Pricing Changes – Bay Reservations
Reserved in 2 hour blocks, including sales tax
Each bay accommodates up to 4 players and includes range balls
Monday-Friday Before 3:00 PM – $25 per hour
All Other Times – $40 per hour
If you start your reservation at 2, you’ll pay $25 for the first hour and $40 for the second hour

Pricing Changes – Walk-in Buckets
We will still have 2 bays reserved for walk-in buckets. If you want to hit a bucket in the barn, please do not reserve a bay for 2 hours. Buckets are for walk-ins only. Our hours are now 11:15 AM to 7:30 PM. The last bucket will be sold at 7:00.
Pricing (including sales tax)
Monday-Friday Before 2:30 PM – Full Bucket – $12, Half Bucket – $6
All Other Times – Full Bucket – $20, Half Bucket – $10

Change to Reservations – Updated August 19
Due to the demand we’re experiencing, we’re now accepting reservations for 8 bays instead of just 4. Additionally, bays will be reserved in blocks of 2 hours instead of just one. Our experience in the first few weeks has been that one hour is not enough to fully enjoy the Toptracer experience, so now we are booking 2 hours blocks so we don’t have to kick people out before they are ready to leave.

Thank you for your support!

Quick Links
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How to Reserve a Bay Online
Online Reservations
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The Barn Hall of Fame

Walter Hartley won on the first hole of a playoff against Dennis Mello to win the 2020 Southers Marsh Club Championship.  We had a record 30 players for the event, which was awesome to see.  Thank you so much to everyone who played!

Recap

First Round Leaders
1. Bill Bacchiochhi – 66
2. George Costa – 67
3. Tom Audette – 71
4. Jay Rowles – 72
5.(t) Steve Buffington – 73
5.(t) Dave LaRose – 73
5.(t) Dennis Mello – 73
8.(t) Walter Hartley – 74
8.(t) Reed Bacchiocchi – 74

The front nine was a struggle yesterday.  In the last 2 groups no one made a birdie on the front, but there was trouble left and right.  George Costa started his weekend by breaking his eight iron practicing Friday afternoon and then started with a triple bogey on 1.  Tom Audette got his triple out of the way on 4, and then Bill Bacchiocchi 5 putted on 6 after missing a 3″ tap in for par.  The only one who even thought about making a move was Steve Buffington who birdied 2 and 4 before making a string of bogies.  The highlight of the front nine was a hole-in-one by Dave LaRose on 7.  Quietly, defending champ Reed Bacchiocchi, Dennis Mello, and Walter Hartley all had decent front nines to pull into the lead pack after being 7 and 8 strokes back.  Paul Rodrigues shot 34 to pull within one stroke, and Steve Hart had the low front nine score of 33 to get onto the first page of the leaderboard.  

27 Hole Leaders
1.(t) George Costa – 67-42=109
1.(t) Reed Bacchiocchi – 74-35=109
1.(t) Dennis Mello – 73-36=109
4.(t) Bill Bacchiocchi – 66-44=110
4.(t) Walter Hartley – 74-36=110
4.(t) Paul Rodrigues – 76-34=110
7.(t) Jay Rowles – 72-39=111
7.(t) Nick Baker – 77-34=111
9.(t) Steve Buffington – 73-39-112
9.(t) Steve Hart – 79-33-112
9.(t) Andy Rosen – 77-35=112

After 27 holes, there were 11 players within 3 shots of the lead, and it was really anyone’s jacket to grab.  With so much action, I will now mark 5 players with their time of death…

Hart – Hole 10 – Double Bogey
Rosen – Hole 12 – Double Bogey
Rodrigues – Hole 12 – Triple Bogey
Buffington – Hole 13 – Double Bogey
Baker – Hole 15 – Triple Bogey

Leaders with 4 holes left…..
1. Dennis Mello – 125
2. George Costa – 126
3.(t) Walter Hartley – 127
3.(t) Bill Bacchiocchi – 127
5. Reed Bacchiocchi – 128
6.(t) Jay Rowles – 129
6.(t) Nick Baker – 129

At this point every stroke counted.  Rowles made a birdie on 15 but was too far back at this point.  Billy Bacchiocchi made unfortunate bogies on 15 and 18 to just miss out on the playoff.  Hartley and Reed both made costly bogies on 16.  Costa took doubles on 16 and 17 to take himself out of contention.  Mello also bogied 15 and then made a double on 17 that cost him a win in regulation.

Second Round Scores
1.(t) Dennis Mello – 73-69=142
1.(t) Walter Hartley – 72-68=142
3.(t) Bill Bacchiocchi – 66-77=143
3.(t) Reed Bacchiocchi – 74-69=143
5. George Costa 67-77=144

First Ever Playoff in Southers Marsh Club Championship History

There was a capacity crowd on the deck and lawn when Hartley and Mello went back to the 18th tee  for the playoff.  We’ll gloss over the details, but Walter gutted it out to take the hole and win his first Club Championship.  

Thank you very much to everyone who played.  We’re really happy with the level of participation, and we will be planning another event for September, so please stay tuned.

Saturday Skins
Holes 2 and 4 – Steve Buffington
Hole 7 – Dave LaRose – Hole-in-One
Hole 8 – Nick Baker
Hole 9 – Paul Rodrigues
Holes 10 and 17 – Daraugh McCann
Hole 11 – Tom Audette
Hole 12 – Colin Dillon
Hole 13 – Dennis Mello
Hole 15 – Jason Rowles

Net Winners
Players can’t win in both gross and net (top 3 places pay for each)
1.(t) Bobby Henderson – 154-110
1.(t) Steve Hart – 148-110
3. George Costa – 144-116