Mastroni Team Championship

Tournament Description

Early June marks the first round matches of the Mastroni Team Championship. Much like the President’s Cup, the Mastroni is a match play single elimination format. It too is a handicapped event and strokes for opponents are a factor. This team event provides drama throughout the whole tournament.

2008 Tournament Results

Congratulations to Paulo Rodella and Peter Nikitadis, the 2008 Mastroni Team Champions!!

2007 Tournament Results

Congratulations to Jack Gillis and Bob Bennett, the 2007 Mastroni Team Champions!

2006 Tournament Results

Paules / Pocock Defeat Defending Champs to Win 2006 Mastroni !

Defending champs go 3-down after first three holes.
Alan makes 15 footer for par (with stroke), Tim birdies No. 2 from 12 feet and they win 3rd hole with par.
With chance to get back in it, Lou hits PW on No. 4 to 4 feet.
Tim's second shot (after big drive) lands in front bunker, he blasts out to 20 feet and then drains putt for par. Lou, on same line, misses birdie putt and match is still 3-up for the challengers.
On No. 5, Lou makes 5-footer for par (with stroke), beginning run of three straight wins. On No. 6, Lou has 50-footer for birdie, lags to 6" for par (net 4). On No. 7, Bill chips to a foot to win with par, and match is suddenly even.
On No. 8, Tim, Bill and Lou are all on. Lou misses from 30 feet, Tim's putt from 15 feet stops inches short. Bill, 10 feet behind hole, has chance to put team up for first time, but putt slides by on left side.
On No. 9, Tim hits prodigious drive and his second shot is nearly on the green. Birdie is eventually conceded and Pocock/Paules are 1-up at turn.
Match turns their way on No. 10 when Lou and Bill drive in trouble and Tim hits fine second shot 10 feet under the hole and makes it for birdie.
No. 11 is halved with pars and No. 12 (unbelievably) with bogeys. On No. 13 all four players make par, but Alan's stroke is huge as it puts his team 3-up.
Bill comes back with a birdie on No. 14 to get back to 2-down. No. 15 is halved with pars and Tim hits the shot of the match on No. 16, a beautiful short iron that settles 3 feet from the pin. Lou, over the green, gets up and down for par and Bill's 25-footer for birdie misses on the high side.
Tim hits a center-cut putt to win the match and oust the defending champs, who had won nine consecutive matches over two years.

2005 Tournament Results

Congratulations to Bill Spiegel and Lou Pintek on their 2005 Mastroni Team Championhip Win!

Champions Notes..

Bill and I had to go 23 grueling holes against Mark Haba and Dirk Vanderblue in the semifinals. Bill had to make a 12-footer on 18 just to extend the match. We halved 1 and 2 with pars, then we all missed birdie putts on 3, halving with pars. On No. 4, Dirk was on in 2, about 25 feet away. Bill and I both bunkered our approaches, and after Dirk came up short on his birdie putt, I knocked in an 8-footer for par. Dirk then made a clutch 3-footer and we went to No. 5. Dirk hit the green in 2, about 30 feet away, and I reached the green also, about 35 feet away. I putted first, left it 2 feet under the hole. Dirk was next and slid it about 2 1/2 feet by, with a tough left-to-right putt coming back. He missed it, and I made it to end the match.

In the finals against Dave and Ed Nadolny, Ed made pars on 1 and 7 with strokes--everything else was halved-- and they were 2-up going to 8. Bill made birdie from 2 feet (after Dave made a 15-footer to save par), then chipped in for eagle on 9 to square the match. I parred 10 to win and Bill stuck it stiff on 11 to put us 2-up. He won 12 with a par, we halved 13 with par and he won 14 with par to go 4-up with 4 to go. I made a 3-footer on 15 for par to end it.

Five tough matches, including a taxing quarterfinal against defending champs Bill Fortune and Ray Klein, but Bill was conceded a birdie on 18 to give us a 2-up win. Probably the most mentally draining tournament I've ever experienced, especially with the heat and all.

2005 Mastroni Bracket

2004 Tournament Results

2004 Tournament Brackets

2003 Tournament Results

Champions:

   Joe Targowski, Joe Targowski, Jr.

Runners-Up:

   Lou Pintek, Frank Martinelli

Semi-Finalists:

   Al Valentine, Pat McKinley