- Paul Parajeckas is a runaway leader in New England PGA Player ofthe Year standings. The veteran Woburn CC professional has 51.5points at the midway mark of the season. His nearest competitors areSalem CC director of golf Kirk Hanefeld, with 20, and Mike Baker ofBangor (Maine) Municipal, with 18.5.
- The Rhode Island chapter of the NEPGA won Monday's Tri-ChapterChampionship at Agawam Hunt in East Providence. David Baliuk ofGloucester and Dave Weiss of Metacomet combined for a 6-under 64 tohelp Rhode Island finish at 9-under 271. The Southeastern Mass.Chapter finished second, thanks to some great play by Jimmy Dee ofMarshfield and his assistant, Sam Bennett, who combined for a 65.Tom Cavicchi of Wollaston and Mickey Folan of Ponkapoag shot 68.Senior Rockland Open- Paul Bersani shot a 6-over 60 to win yesterday's Senior RocklandOpen at Rockland Golf Course. In the 50-59 division, Bob Lyons andJay Abernathy shared first with 60s; Art Gray shot 65 to win the60-69 division; and Ted Colombi fired a 61 to win the 70-overdivision.- Longtime New England fixture Bob Menne shot rounds of71-77-70-74 at last weekend's British Senior Open at Portrush inNorthern Ireland. Gary Player earned the victory in a playoff withJohn Bland, the South African's ninth Senior major to go with hisnine on the regular tour.Sactioned by NEPGA- For the first time, the Massachusetts Women's Open will beconducted under the auspices of the New England PGA. 'We are pleasedto have the Massachusetts Women's Open as a New EnglandPGA-sanctioned event,' said Jim Remy, president of the NEPGA. JohnHancock Funds will sponsor the tournament, which will be Aug. 19-20at Wellesley CC. The tournament is open to women PGA members andapprentices, members of the LPGA, women professional golfers residingin any of the six New England states, and women amateur golfers witha handicap of 8.0 Golfers interested in competing can call the NEPGAoffice at 508-664-6555 for information.- In connection with the playing of the US Women's Amateur, BraeBurn CC will host a 'Women's Day Out' program next Thursday.Organized by the Women's Executive Golf League, which focuses on howsuccessful women are embracing the game of golf, the day will includea luncheon, fashion show, and talk by Sports Illustrated writerJackie MacMullan. How popular was the concept? It's already soldout.- Nancy Black has been a part of the New England women's golfscene for the last 50 years. Now her name will live on as long asthe Women's Golf Association of Massachusetts holds its annualMother-Daughter championship, which will be played for the first timeMonday at Newton Commonwealth GC. The winner will receive the NancyBlack Trophy. Black will have a chance to win her own trophy becauseshe is scheduled to play with her daughter, Deborah Drain.- Defending Welch's Championship winner Emilee Klein will be atBlue Hill CC in Canton Monday to meet with the media and talk abouther first LPGA victory. Klein was pitted in a horse race with KarrieWebb, who, despite a closing 69, finished two strokes behind Klein(65). Webb missed a 5-foot birdie putt at 17 and hit the flagstickwith an eagle attempt from the sand at 18. The tournament will beSept. 18-21.One for the ages- Dan Fitzhenry, a retired firefighter from Dedham, accomplished arare feat recently when he shot his age. Fitzhenry shot a3-under-par 67 at Norfolk GC, and he did it the hard way, shooting 32on the back nine.- Every tournament golfer has a handicap, but next week there willbe a tournament for golfers with a different sort of handicap. TheNational Amputee Golf Association will hold its national championshipAug. 4-7 at Marshfield CC. The tournament was held there last in1972 as part of the club's 50th anniversary celebration. This yearMarshfield CC celebrates its 75th anniversary.- Salem CC beat The Country Club, 49-41, to clinch first place asthe Metropolitan Four-ball League ended its regular season. CharlesRiver was second, followed by Woodland, Weston, Oakley, TCC,Winchester, Pine Brook, Tedesco, and Brae Burn.- Jay Hart of Medford shot 80 to win the Boston Amateur GolfSociety's tournament at Foxborough CC Monday. The week before, BrianSutherland of East Providence shot 79 to win at Shaker Hills inHarvard.Not a bad start- It's been quite a summer for 12-year-old Kelli Robb. Shefinished as first alternate in a qualifying round for the US JuniorGirls' Amateur, then shot 75 to win the 12-13 division of the MaxfliPGA Junior Championship at Ponkapoag. Her roll continued when shefinished runner-up in the Concord CC Women's Club Championship, thenat the WGAM Junior Girls when she finished sixth in the 18-underdivision (she opted not to play in the 12-13 division). No wondershe was picked by the WGAM to represent Team Massachusetts in theTri-State matches.- Calling all Plymouth County junior golfers. The 23d-annualJunior Championships, sponsored by ProSports of Hingham and Kingston,will be Aug. 13 at Pembroke Country Club and North Hills Golf Course.Entry fee is $16, and applications can be obtained at the two golfcourses.- The 12th-annual Mayor's Cup Junior Golf Tournament will beWednesday at Franklin Park. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. for thehigh school division, noon for the novice scramble. There is noentry fee, but it is open to Boston residents only. Call 635-4505,ext. 6209.Coming soon- Two new golf courses will open in Massachusetts during August.The municipal course in Bridgewater, Olde Scotland Links, will openwith a VIP tournament Aug. 15. The public opening is scheduled forAug. 17. Designed by Brian Silva, Olde Scotland Links will bedifferent from many area courses because of the absence of treesalong the fairways. Another track that will open in mid-August -- nodate has been determined -- is Cyprian Hills in Boylston. This27-hole track was designed by Silva's partner, Mark Mungeam, and willbe the home of the New England PGA and the NEPGA's Hall of Fame.130 youths treated- More than 130 boys and girls from Boston were treated to a golfclinic on Boston Common Tuesday. Prudential teamed with the Boys &Girls Clubs of Boston and Black & White Boston Coming Together to puton the clinic, which concentrated on driving and putting. The annualBlack & White on Green Golf Tournament will be Sept. 9 at FranklinPark.- More and more courses are going spikeless. In Brockton, ThornyLea GC and Brockton CC have decided to go spikeless during the fallgolf schedule. Farewell to traditional metal spikes.- Massachusetts author Carl Vigeland's book, 'Stalking the Shark'(NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company, $14.95), is out. Vigeland, whohas written on various subjects for several magazines, including theBoston Globe Magazine, takes a close look at life on the professionalgolf tours.
