The Birch Heights Open
Blackledge Country Club in Hebron plays host each year to the Birch Heights Open. This illustrious Major Tournament honors those founding members of the league who first began their athletics journey in the forested hills of Franklin. Now fierce competitors, they once honed their talents together in the front and back yards of Birch Heights Road.
First won by Andre Joyner in 2023, winners of this Major can count themselves amongst the lucky few to hold the vaunted Birch Heights Cup.
The East Coast Championship
Poised to initiate the mid-season swing each year, the East Coast Championship separates the Contenders from the Pretenders in the race for the UPS Cup. A wild jaunt along the back-and-forth fairways of Bass River Golf Course, the East Coast Championship is pure adrenaline, and mental fortitude throughout. Thick scrub grasses, blind approaches, and drive-able Par 4s abound in what can only be described as a battle of grit amongst an ever-shifting Event Leaderboard.
The East Coast Championship, being the only out-of-state Major on Tour, was first won by Francis Lee in 2023. Tour players must shoot low and scramble to survive the treacherously beautiful Par 3 18th hole to have a chance at hoisting the East Coast Cup.
The Roses Classic
A nod to the humble beginnings of the Friends of Connecticut Tour, The Roses Classic is a step back in time for most Tour players. Painted across 100 acres of rolling hills above the Thames River, Norwich Golf Course has hosted not just The Roses, but also such storied tournaments as The Norwich Invite and The Chop Classic. These here are hallowed grounds.
Andre Joyner took home the first ever Roses Cup in 2023, finally adding his name to the long list of Norwich tournament champions. A competitive air seems to linger on these greens, as each year Tour players once again seek to etch their name into the annals of hometown history.
FOC Open
For good reason, the unofficial motto of the FOC Open is “Sink, or Swim.” Along the windy shoreline of Groton, Connecticut, Shennecossett Golf Course is where UPS Cup dreams are realized. Considered to be the most challenging Major course on Tour, Shennecossett has a history of upsets and spoilers; many a UPS Cup Contender has lost their final grasp at the title amongst these thickets and bunkers.
The first winner of the FOC Open was David Miller in 2023, who took home the onyx FOC Cup and blackened the hearts of more than one UPS Cup Hopeful in doing so.
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