Headline: 2016 Massachusetts Senior Amateur Qualifying Held at Brookmeadow Country Club in Canton

For Immediate Release: August 9, 2016

Brookmeadow CC

Canton, MA —The second straight day of Massachusetts Senior Amateur qualifiers took place Tuesday, with 13 players qualifying for the Championship Proper to be held at the Golf Club at Turner Hill on September 12-13. Tuesday’s qualifier was held at Brookmeadow Country Club in Canton.

Carter Fasick (Westborough CC) was the lowest scorer on the afternoon and finished atop the leaderboard with a 1-over par 73 mark. After a rough start that saw three bogeys in the first five holes, Fasick settled down and registered birdies on Holes 8, 10 and 12 before finishing the round with all but one par.

Tom Lennon (Wampatuck CC) and Peter Sachs (Woodland GC) placed T2 after recording 3-over par 75 marks on the afternoon. Lennon tallied 4 birdies and 7 pars in his round of 18 while Sachs made two birdies and added 11 pars to highlight his overall performance. The remaining scores of qualifiers ranged from 4-over par 76 to 6-over par 78 on the day.

Two more state qualifiers are scheduled throughout the month. The MGA will be onsite at Acushnet River Valley GC on August 18 and at Veterans Memorial GC on August 24 where the rest of the field will be determined ahead of next month’s main event.