Darien, May 15, 2012 - A wet, but immaculately manicured Country Club of Darien played host to U.S. Open local qualifying on Monday, May 15.  Six places and two alternate spots were up for grabs, as one hundred players hoping to advance to the sectional round faced a steady rain over the 6,703 yard, par 71 course.  The field included professionals, and amateurs with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4.

The state’s top amateurs will gather at the Country Club of Waterbury on May 21-22 for the 9^th playing of the Russell C. Palmer Cup presented by Johnson Brunetti.  2011 Champion, Branden Chicorka, a junior at the University of Rhode Island and resident of Enfield, will be seeking to become the first player to win the event twice.

Terryville, May 8, 2012

Paul Flament of Orange Hills Country Club claimed medalist honors in the Dick Tettelbach Division of the CSGA One-Day tournament at Pequabuck Golf Club on Tuesday with a 1-over par 70. Flament carded nine pars, four birdies and five bogies over the 6,015 yard par 69 layout, and finished three shots clear of Ben Day of New Haven Country Club and Tim Giuliano of Wampanoag Country Club. Rainy, cold and breezy conditions made for difficult scoring for the 116 competitors at Pequabuck, one of Connecticut’s oldest courses, founded in 1902.

May 7, 2012; Old Lyme, CT

With a 36 hole score of 4-under par 138, Nick Cook (Tashua Knolls) and Tim Kane (Simsbury Farms) outplayed a field of forty-eight teams to win the 2012 CSGA Two Man Team Championship on Monday, May 7 at Black Hall Club in Old Lyme. 

May 3, 2012; Hamden, CT

Despite a furious back nine rally by the CSGA’s Challenge Cup team of fourteen amateurs, the Connecticut Section PGA professionals prevailed by a narrow 32.5-30.5 margin to capture the 41^st annual Julius Boros Challenge Cup at New Haven Country Club on Thursday, May 3. The CSGA side was looking for their fourth straight victory in the event, having captured the cup in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Whitney Farms Golf Course in Monroe played host to the CSGA’s first tournament of 2012 on Monday, April 23.  Cold, breezy and wet conditions made for difficult scoring as eighty-five golfers competed in the One-Day event held over the par 72, 6,714 yard course. 

On April 3, 2012 the Connecticut State Golf Association announced New Haven Country Club, in Hamden, as the venue for three major championships in the next decade.  New Haven Country Club will host the 2013 Connecticut Amateur, 2018 Connecticut Open, and 2022 Connecticut Open.