Watertown, Connecticut (August 16, 2022) – The tandem of Brett Franklin and Annie Desanto turned in a splendid 1-under 70 to capture the 85th Mixed Team Championship at Watertown Golf Club. Franklin and Desanto finished an impressive five shots in front of the runner-up Mark Vassalotti and Sydney Bardsley who were 4-over.
“It means a lot to win,” Brett Franklin said. “It is nice to win anything. It is nice that we fed off of each other. When one person hit a bad shot we picked each other up.”
Competing in the event for the first time and beginning on the par-4 second hole Franklin and Desanto were 2-over after three holes before hitting their stride beginning with a birdie on the challenging par-4 eighth. That birdie would be their first of four in a five hole stretch and five overall.
Mixed in were two spectacular birdies from off the green. Desanto, a member of the Hall High School golf team, jarred one from the greenside rough while Franklin playing from the fringe clanked one off the flagstick for a birdie.
“We putted really well today,” said Franklin the head boys golf coach at Conard High School. “We scrambled and we putted pretty decently today which was a big key.”
Jason Morrow and Nicole Elliott (+5) were third with Todd Schaller/Laura Nietch and Ari Marcus/Charlotte Daughan sharing fourth at 6-over.
In the Net Division Willam and Pam Zanetto won the title with an 8-over 63. One shot further back was Jim Abbott and Paula Sheahan at 7-under while Kyle Crosby/Diane McCauley, Schaller/Nietch, Andrew Wienke/Diann Wienke, and Dennis Medeiros/Lori Caracciolo finished 6-under.
About the Connecticut State Golf Association
The Mixed Team Championship is one of 20 championships conducted by the Connecticut State Golf Association. The CSGA functions as an extension of the USGA and provides stewardship for amateur golf in Connecticut. Founded in 1899, it is the country’s oldest state golf association and conducts over 60 Championships, Qualifiers, and One Day Tournaments throughout the year.
