July 9, 2018 will mark the 12th annual Jim Tanner Caddy Classic to be played at Pawtucket Country Club.
The first JT Classic was played in November 2007 with 24 ex-caddies of Pawtucket Country Club to celebrate our common experience of caddying and golfing the summers of our teenage years. Jim Tanner was the Caddy Master at Pawtucket when I caddied from 1967 through 1976 and Jim is still putting the club member’s bags on carts today.
What have we accomplished in the past 12 years? We raised over $80,000 for a dozen deserving young men and women from Pawtucket and surrounding communities. Jim Tanner has been recognized by the membership of Pawtucket Country Club, former caddies, bag boys, club workers, and friends for his mentoring of young men and women and his service. JT has been inducted Into the Professional Caddies Hall of Fame and the Rhode Island Golf Association Hall of Fame.
Pawtucket Country Club has recognized a recent revival with many new members and their families. These new members and the young men and women that benefit from the Jim Tanner Scholarship have learned some of the legend of Jim Tanner. Jim started out as a caddy in the middle 1950s and became the Assistant Professional to Les Kennedy in the 1960s. With a growing young family, JT took the position of Caddy Master at Pawtucket Country Club and continues today in that role.
Jim has help in the bag room these days, but the majority of the bags are still put on the carts by Jim. JT says it is a not work but a labor of love.
Several local clubs have made a donation of a foursome for the silent auction. We are grateful to Kirkbrae CC, Newport CC, Rhode Island CC, Crestwood CC, New England CC, Valley CC, Wannamoisett CC, Segregansett CC, Ledgemont, Montaup, and Crystal Lake. Special thanks to Bob Savoie, Dave Rampone, Bob Wilkie, Phil Ayoub, Troy Turgeon, Chris Howe, Frank Doheny, John Bedarian, Ozzie Kooloian and Brad Bellows for personal donations.
This year the teams competing in the Jim Tanner Caddy Classic include:
Team #1 TANNER, JIM TEAM #12 DELUDE, GARY
MASSEY, BILL GILMORE, BOB
MOTTA, DAN SR. RAND, GEORGE
GELINAS, MIKE MAHONEY, TERRY
TEAM #2 REGO, PAUL TEAM #13 MEEHEN, GRANT
LUND, JACK MORAN, STEVE
CRISAFI, JOE HAGGERTY, MIKE
HUGHES, BILL DEROUIN, LEE
TEAM #3 HENDERSON, TOM TEAM #14 SPENCER, DAVID
HOWE, CHRIS TROY, PETER
LUND, DAVID LARIVIERE, RON
WARZYCHA, JOE GREEN, JOE
TEAM #4 SPENCER, LISA TEAM #15 REIS, GARY
GREEN, JANE REIS, ADAM
LARIVIERE, MARIANNE GAGNON, BILL
LABRANCHE, JOANN DONAHUE, BRIAN
TEAM #5 O’NEILL, PETER JR. TEAM #16 GEORGUE, ART
NAPOLI, STEVE MCCONAGHY, HUGH
WINTERS, JOHN GEORUE, JACK
O’NEILL, PETER SR. BROOKS, JOE
TEAM #6 FISCHER, BILL TEAM #17 BOGHOSSIAN, LEON
RAMPONE, DAN BOGHOSIAN, PAUL
ANDERSON, MARC BOGHOSSIAN, MATT
MCCORMACK, SHAWN DEBLOIS, CHARLES
TEAM #7 BROTHERS, RAY TEAM #18 GIFFORD, TOM
FAFORD, TONY LOPEZ, HENRY
MULVEY, MIKE BEDARIAN, BEN
DEGEN, AL MACKENZIE, BRUCE
TEAM #8 CHALMERS, PAUL TEAM #19 KEARNEY, BOB
GODINHO, JOHN FELICI, RON
MURRAY, JOE FAHERTY, JOHN
LABRANCHE, CARL DROUGHT, MIKE
TEAM #9 O’NEILL, JOHN TEAM #20 PAINE, TIM
O’NEILL, TIM PAINE, NELSON
KENNEDY, LES JR. ORCHEL, TOM
O’NEILL, TERRY GAMACHE, BRUCE
TEAM #10 TREANOR, PAUL TEAM #21 KARBOSKI, CHUCK
BRENNA, RUSS MASCIO, DICK
TREANOR, JOHN MARKLEY, JOHN
NIXON, JACK MULLEN, HARRY
TEAM #11 SULLIVAN, JOHN
SULLIVAN, ROBERT
BEDARIAN, JOHN
MACKENZIE, RODNEY
Tags: 2018 by Rod MacKenzie