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Adventurous
Golfers Climb New Heights as the
2003 U.X. Open™ Comes To Bromley Mountain
Golf Tour Challenges Players With Rugged Mountain
Terrain
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 MANCHESTER,
VT., AUG. 10, 2003 - Nearly 50 adventurous golfers
took on the rugged challenge of Bromley Mountain
in Manchester, VT on Aug. 9 in the 2003 U.X. Open
on a wet, rainy and just plain extreme day. After
several hours of playing up, down and around the
mountain golf course, Ben Johnson of Clifton
Park, NY and Ernie Salo of Bondville, VT
survived to advance to the 2003 U.X. Open Finals
in Aspen, CO. on September 21.
Although several New England area mountains have
hosted tourneys, this marked the first tour event
in the state of Vermont. The 26-year old Johnson
shot a (+1) 36 to edge Salo (+3) and third place
finisher Gregor Gieras (+3) from Cambridge, MA by
two shots. But in the chip-off Salo stuck his shot
closer than Gieras to advance to earn the spot in
the finals. After the finals, Gieras made plans
to try again, next week (Aug. 16) at Wildcat Mountain
in Jackson, NH.
"UX Open is fun and different. It is physically
demanding yet kind of relaxing. It is hard to be
uptight when you have gorgeous views from the top
of a ski mountain in the summertime," admits,
Johnson, who grew up in Dalton, MA, skiied for Boston
College, had played in the U.X. Open at Jiminy Peak
in 2000. "A good deal of skill is required,
but luck also plays a major role. You could be the
best golfer on the mountain, hit the best shots,
and yet somehow lose because of a bad bounce off
a chairlift pole...Only in the UX Open."
The U.X. Open is golf with Attitude … and Altitude!
It leaves the manicured fairways, rigid dress codes,
extensive rules and high costs at the country club.
The U.X. Open offers golfers a whole new challenge
… up, down, and across a 10-hole mountain course,
with 10 simplified rules catering to the rocky terrain.
Instead of putting, participants must pitch the
ball onto a painted circle 20-30 feet in diameter;
a four-club limit; less severe penalties for lost
balls and unplayable lies; and no dress code …
although hiking boots are strongly recommended.
And you can forget about yardage markers and golf
carts - laser rangefinder binoculars and ski lifts
are preferred.
The 2003 U.X. Open Tour includes qualifying
events on: Aug. 2 -- Mammoth Mountain (Mammoth
Lakes, CA); Aug. 9 - Bromley Mountain (Manchester,
VT); Aug. 16 -- Wildcat Mountain (Jackson,
NH); Sep. 13 -- 49º North (Chewelah,
WA); Sept. 20 -- Snowmass Mountain (Aspen,
CO). |
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