80th Invitational Four Ball: Cody Booska and Chris Bourbeau take down Dave Kennedy and Nate Burdick to capture championship at Country Club of Greenfield.
Published: 07-27-2025 4:01 PM
Modified: 07-27-2025 6:52 PM |
GREENFIELD — There was no shortage of experience in the championship match of the 80th Invitational Four Ball at Country Club of Greenfield Sunday.
Cody Booska and Chris Bourbeau earned the No. 7 seed in match play, took down Chris Shover and Cliff Osborne in the quarterfinals and defeated Jarrod Goss and Michael Regan in the semifinals to punch a ticket to Sunday’s championship match. Booska had won the tournament twice prior while Bourbeau went into Sunday seeking his first title.
On the other side was the duo of Dave Kennedy and Nate Burdick, those two winning the tournament together in 2013 and 2015. Kennedy went into Sunday looking for his sixth overall title while Burdick was going for his fourth. Kennedy and Burdick, the No. 5 seed, beat Benjamin Westerman and Tyler Boissonneault in the quartefinals before taking down the defending champions — Dave Donoghue and Sam Wolanske — in the semis to reach the finals.
The morning rain didn’t slow Booska and Bourbeau down early, as the pair went 2-up after four holes. The two led the rest of the way, going 3-up going into 16 where Kennedy and Burdick needed to win out to pull off the comeback. A pair of pars on No. 16 sealed the tournament for Booska and Bourbeau, who took home the title, 3 and 2.
“This feels awesome,” Booska said. “It’s one of the toughest tournaments to win up here so it feels great.”
Booska has now won the tournament with three different partners, first winning with KC Finley in 2014 before coming out victorious with his dad, Dennis, in 2022.
“Three with three different partners,” Booska said. “It’s crazy but it’s a great feeling. It always is.”
Bourbeau, who is from Turners and now lives in Whately, has been competing in the Four Ball for a while but didn’t have a win to show for it. Now, his name is etched in the tournament’s history forever.
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“This is such a hard tournament,” Bourbeau said. “It’s incredible. Cody is an amazing player and anytime you have him on your team, you know you have a chance.”
Birdies on No. 1 and 4 gave Booska and Bourbeau the early lead, which is always a massive advantage in match play.
“We had a good start,” Bourbeau said. “We had some putts going early in the round.”
Kennedy chipped in on five to cut into the lead but Bourbeau responded with a birdie on six. Burdick birdied eight to get the duo back in it but a strong surge in the middle holes followed by a birdie on No. 14 by Booska and Bourbeau put them 3-up.
Against competitors like Kennedy and Burdick who have championship match experience, Booska said he knew it was going to be a challenge to win the championship.
“It was a little back-and-forth all day but we stayed up the whole match which was nice,” Booska said. “It was a battle. They always are. Whether you’re playing well or not, it’s a battle. It’s fun stuff.”
It wasn’t an easy path to the finals for Booska and Bourbeau. They won 3 and 1 over Shover and Osborne, that pair coming off an upset victory over No. 2 Andy Lesenski and Justin McCloud, before a 4 and 3 win over Goss and Regan.
Playing two rounds on Saturday always provides a challenge, with Booska and Bourbeau finding a rhythm late to make it to Sunday.
“We battled in the morning but in the afternoon we played some great golf,” Booska said. “That was a great match we had with Jared. We played well the second round.”
No matter the outcome, Booska said he would have been happy to have seen Kennedy and Burdick win it and that he enjoyed getting to play with them.
“If we weren’t going to win it, I wanted those guys to win it,” Booska said. “It was a win-win either way. We played solid golf all things considered and it feels good. It was a great weekend and it was fun.”
Here are the remaining division champions: Matt Grayson and Paul DeNofrio in the Championship Consolation, Lesenski and McCloud in the First Division, Dan Lapierre and Joe Groth in the First Division Consolation, Alec Meikle and Derek Hoy in the Second Division, KC Finley and Owen Finley in the Second Division Consolation, Connor Piecuch and Michael Bechard in the Third Division, Hugh Barber and Jared Barber in the Third Division Consolation, Brendan Fleming and Zachary Circosta in the Fourth Division, Chris Robbins and Sam Clarke in the Fourth Division Consolation, Andrew Wroblewski and Michael Ventura in the Fifth Division, Alex Towne and Matt Llewelyn in the Fifth Division Consolation, Perlmutter and Kennedy in the Sixth Division and Labbe and Salvatore in the Sixth Division Consolation.
Continued winners were Carl Hoynoski and Josh Waldron in the Seventh Division, Colin Cloutier and Jeffery Cusson in the Seventh Division Consolation, Dan Gavin and Bill Luippold in the Eighth Division, Michael McGoldrick and Ian Leonard in the Eighth Division Consolation, Nick Marscher and Jon Atkins in the Ninth Division, Michael Hall and Dale Parda in the Ninth Division Consolation, Jake Morris and Chad Softic in the 10th Division, Mike Covey and Rich Young in the 10th Division Consolation, Terry Sinclair and Tom Smith in the 11th Division, Steve Patenaude and Jim Elwell in the 11th Division Consolation, Joe Wisneski and Joe Clark in the 12th Division and Bob Welsh and Frank McDonald in the 12th Division Consolation.
Two Hole-In-Ones were hit during the tournament. Jake Morris nailed one on No. 15 on Sunday from 140 yards out using an 8 iron, witnessed by Chad Softic, James Deery, Jeremy Rousel and Norm Morris.
Paul Vincellette sank an ace on No. 2 on Friday from 144 yards out, the sixth of his career. It was witnessed by Mark Cady, Jeff Houle and Rick Wissell.