One Day Player of the Year
Sponsored by Chris Cote's Golf Shop
AHEAD OF THE REST
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ach year the Al Acker One Day
Championship at Shennecossett
Golf Course marks not only
the official end of the CSGA
tournament season, but also the Chris Cote’s
One Day Player of the Year race. Now
in its fourth year, the One Day Player of
the Year Points race is sponsored by Chris
Cote’s Golf Shop in Portland, Connecticut.
Players in both the Gross and Net flights of
the Tettelbach and Siderowf Divisions can
accumulated points based on their finish at
One Day tournament throughout the season.
A total of $4,000 in merchandise prizes are
awarded to the top three finishers in each
division.
For the third consecutive season,
Brent Dietz of Cedar Knob Golf Course
captured the One Day Player of the Year
honor in the Tettelbach Gross division. Dietz,
who accumulated 744.2 points in 10 events,
captured four titles throughout the season to
go along with six other top 5 finishes. Dietz’s
victories came at New Haven Country Club,
the Golf Club at Oxford Greens, Suffield
Country Club, and the Traditions Club at
Oak Lane. Throughout his ten events, Dietz
never recorded a finish worse than fourth.
After finishing second in last
season’s One Day Player of the Year race,
Alden Foss of Stonybrook Golf Course
managed to capture the honor this season
accumulating 532.3 points in eleven events
in the Tettelbach Net division. Foss recorded
five top 10 finishes to go along with three
victories this season. Foss, who captured the
honor for the first time, earned his victories at
Heritage Village Country Club, Torrington
Country Club, and Ellington Ridge Country
Club.
In the Siderowf Gross division,
Edward Cashman of the Middlesex Eclub
charged to the One Day Player of the Year
title winning four times throughout the
season, including the Al Acker One Day
Championship. In his nine events, Cashman
never finished outside the top 10, capturing
the honor by almost 300 points and earning
his first One Day Player of the Year honor.
The closest of all the divisions, the
Siderowf Net One Day Player of the Year
honor was captured by Tom Hurd of Great
Neck Country Club. Hurd, who only needed
four events to earn his 420 points, edged out
Dominic Maselli by winning the Al Acker
One Day Championship. Hurd recorded two
other victories at Ellington Ridge Country
Club and Heritage Village Country Club to
go along with his second place finish at Twin
Hills Country Club. This is the first One Day
Player of the Year honor for Hurd.
2016
PICTURED: Brent Dietz (top), Alden Foss (above) and Tom
Hurd (left) all earned One Day Player of the Year honors in
their respective divisions.
One Day Player of the Year R ace
Final Points Standings ~ Sponsored by Chris Cote's Golf Shop
Tettelbach Division (Gross)
1
Brent Dietz, Cedar Knob GC
744
Siderowf Division (Gross)
1
Ed Cashman, Middlesex Eclub
632
2
Chris Maxwell, Farmington Woods GC
658
2
Paul Flament, Orange Hills CC