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August 1, 2025: SFMC Code of Conduct

For over 40 years the Sterling Farms Men’s Club has fostered a history of keen and fair competition on one of the finest public courses in the state, Sterling Farms Golf Course.  Our tournaments are congenial and competitive, and a common love of the game has created many friendships that have lasted for decades. Furthermore, our members are true competitors and over the years have represented well at various tournaments at the state, regional and national levels.  The Men’s Club’s success has not gone unnoticed. The membership has grown to close to 400 members, making it one of the largest public men’s clubs in New England!

One of the reasons for our success is our reputation for fostering camaraderie and a sense of belonging within our community.  How we conduct ourselves on the golf course is a very important component of fostering this reputation.  All SFMC members must adhere to the Sterling Farms player code of conduct policy.

This includes maintaining a positive attitude and refraining from offensive and disrespectful language or behavior towards fellow golfers, staff, and officials. Additionally, if anyone is found to be in violation of the code of conduct policy with behavior that is detrimental to the welfare of golf, the course on which it is played, the Club or the community in general, that person will face disciplinary action that can include expulsion from the club.  This is in accordance with our Club By-Laws Section 7.

For more information on our by-laws, I invite you to go visit our website … www.sterlingfarmsmensclub.com/club-bylaws/

Joe McHugh
President, SFMC

July 31, 2025: 2025 Scholarship Fund Recipients

On behalf of the Board of Governors, I am excited to announce the recipients of our Sterling Farms Men’s Club Scholarship Fund.  We had several applications to consider but the two candidates that stood out were…Lorenzo Scorziello, son of SFMC member Steve Scorziello and grandson of Alex Lionetti, and Charles Cook, son of SFMC member Jim Cook and one of our Sterling Farm Golf Shop & junior camp employees.  Lorenzo and Charles were each awarded a check in the amount of $1,000 at our recent Member Guest golf tournament.

Both Charles and Lorenzo are recent high school graduates and will be entering their freshman year of college this fall.  Lorenzo will be attending Indiana University to study Finance and Charles attending Fairfield University with plans to study Economics.

This scholarship program is in its second year of existence and has become an exciting new chapter in the history of the Sterling Farms Men’s Club.  The program is just one way that demonstrates the impact and strength that we have as a golfing community.  In two short years, we have raised just over $21,000 and have awarded $5,000 in scholarship money.  We look forward to seeing the impact that this program will have on both Lorenzo and Charles and will continue to sustainably build this program to impact many more.

I would like to thank long time board member Jim Romaniello for leading this venture along with committee members Bart Weissman and William Ward.  To learn more about our Scholarship program, I invite you to visit our website … www.sterlingfarmsmensclub.com/scholarship/


Thank you all for your continued support and commitment to the club!

July 31, 2025: 2025 Member-Guest Recap

Thank you all who participated in our 2025 Member Guest Tournament.  We had a great day, feedback so far has been awesome, and I really hope everyone enjoyed the format change and the event overall.

First off, congratulations to our tournament Gross Champions Mike Guarneri and Jake Bauer with a gross score of 68 (-4) as well as Lorenzo Scorziello and James Duggan Net Champions, with a net score of 64 (-8)!  Both teams won $200 in pro shop credit and 200 POY points as overall tournament champions.


TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Unlike prior years where we played an overall low gross and low net best ball format with payouts across the 7 lowest scoring teams in both gross and net scoring, we decided to change the format to flighted best ball of two format including three flights with first, second, and third place payouts across gross and net per flight.  This not only increased prize opportunities but also created a more fair and equitable format where comparable skilled players were matched against
similar skilled players.  We then crowned the overall champions based on the lowest gross and net scores across all teams.

Here are your First Flight Low Gross & Net tournament winners:

  • 1st Place Gross (-4) – Mike Guarneri & Jake Bauer $200 purse ($100 each) / 200 Player of the Year Points (100 each)
  • 2nd Place Gross (-2) – Chris & Taylor Nossokoff $150 purse ($75 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 3rd Place Gross (-1) – Chris DiCocco & Kyle Groudy $100 purse ($50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)
  • 1st Place Net (-8) – Joe McHugh & Andy Rumpelt $200 purse ($100 each) / 200 Player of the Year Points (100 each)
  • 2nd Place Net (-7) – Brendan Muller & Dan Muhlstock $150 purse ($75 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 3rd Place Net (-6) – Ted Blackinton & Doug Johnson $100 purse ($50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)

Here are your Second Flight Low Gross & Net tournament winners:

  • 1st Place Gross (+2) – Lorenzo Scorziello & James Duggan $200 purse ($100 each) / 200 Player of the Year Points (100 each)
  • 2nd Place Gross (+4) – Lawrence Costello & Liam Bogucki $150 purse ($75 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 3rd Place Gross (+4) – Anthony Marciano & Bill Tassinaro $100 purse ($50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)
  • 1st Place Net (-8) – William Arias & Luis Gallego $200 purse ($100 each) / 200 Player of the Year Points (100 each)
  • 2nd Place Net (-6) – Alan Rwambuya & Daniel Fusaro $150 purse ($75 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 3rd Place Net (-3) – Doug Jamieson & Rick Dewey $100 purse ($50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)

Here are your Third Flight Low Gross & Net tournament winners:

  • 1st Place Gross (+6) – Tristan Chang & Alex Armentano $200 purse ($100 each) / 200 Player of the Year Points (100 each)
  • 2nd Place Gross (+7) – Eber Aragon & Gregory Aiello $150 purse ($75 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 3rd Place Gross (+7) – Lawrence Boothroyd & Joseph Fava $100 purse ($50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)
  • 1st Place Net (-7) – Peter Rathman & James Masur $200 purse ($100 each) / 200 Player of the Year Points (100 each)
  • 2nd Place Net (-6) – Mitchell Schepps & David Kammerer $150 purse ($75 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 3rd Place Net (-5) – Bill Ward & Alex Garrison $100 purse ($50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)

Tie breakers were decided as follows:

  • Last 9 holes
  • Last 6 holes
  • Last 3 holes
  • Last hole

I also want to share that we were able to raise an additional $2,715 for our Scholarship Fund.  Thank you all who contributed to the raffles, with special appreciation to Joe Lieto for supporting the Happy Gilmore hockey putter auction.  To learn more about the SFMC scholarship fund, please see the link below…

https://www.sterlingfarmsmensclub.com/scholarship/

A lot of planning and preparation goes into this event both before and day of the event.  It truly takes a village to run and produce events of this scale.  I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Angela Aulenti and her amazing golf staff…Keith Handler, Chris LaPolice, & Kent Smith, Bekim Ukperaj and his staff with golf operations, Mike Golden, our top notch course superintendent, and his maintenance crew, and the staff at Royal Green.

I also want to express a special thank you to SFMC board members Bart Weissman, Dave Persaud, & Mitchell Schepps for their help to organize and manage the event, Joe Paladino and our sponsors for the tee signs, as well as John McGroarty, Tristan Chang, Chris Terzian, & Bill Ward for their help in setting up and handling raffle sales.

Again, I want to thank you all who participated and hope to see everyone back next year!

July 30, 2025: Divot Filling Event

A big THANK YOU to the volunteers who came down and filled divots on our golf course yesterday afternoon in the heat! What a great way to give back to the course we love!

July 15, 2025: Divot Filling Event – Looking for Volunteers!

TAKE CARE OF THE COURSE, AND THE COURSE TAKES CARE OF YOU!!!

On that note, Tuesday, July 29th at 5:30pm, we will have a divot filling night at Sterling Farms. Pizza, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided for those that help out, as well as a chance to win one free round of golf for one lucky volunteer.

We will meet at 5:30pm at the cart barn where we will distribute divot mix and assign holes. If you can assist, please contact me, Joe Paladino (joe_pal68@yahoo.com), so I can begin organizing assignments.

We only do this a few times a year which makes for a great opportunity to meet members, find a weekend game, and give back to the course while having some free pizza and a drink.  It isn’t a bad way to spend a Tuesday Evening!

July 10, 2025: Governor’s Cup Results

Back in the spring, we began our major tournament season with the annual Governor’s Cup.  Governor’s Cup is a best ball of two match play event where you compete over three rounds to determine the winner of your flight.

Below are the final results for each flight.  Winners take away $100 per team in pro shop credit and 250 points each towards Player of the Year.  Runner Ups take away $60 per team and 125 points each towards Player of the Year.

Thank you all who participated in this event and congratulations to our winners & runner ups!  Player of Year points and purse winnings will be available this week.

Purse Points Players Match Players Purse Points
$60 250 Weissman, Bart + McGillicuddy, Stephen 4&3 Nossokoff, Christopher + Dicocco, Chris $100 500
$100 500 Zerman, Hal + Bonfiglio, Conor 1 Up Bartsch, Hanno + Engelbrecht, Jonathan $60 250
$100 500 Scanlon, Tom + Scanlon, Tommy Forfeit Canora, Lenny  $30 125
$60 250 Arias, William + Aragon, Eber 1 Up Durkin, Sean + Perrotti, John $100 500
$100 500 Paladino, Joseph + Carlucci, Tony Forfeit Stygares, Thomas + Summers, Rick $60 250
$60 250 Carriero, Michael + Macri, Jon Paul 3&2 Dexter, Paul + Bittlemann, Thomas $100 500
$60 250 McGroarty, John + Behan, Kevin 2&1 Snyder, Andrew + Arist, Jonathan $100 500
$60 250 Moskowitz, Ben + Moskowitz, David 1 Up Terzian, Christopher + Villeneuve, Donald $100 500
$100 500 Dampf, Richard + Morris, Bill 4&3 Van Dyke, David + Ward, Bill $60 250
June 2, 2025: 2025 Member/Member Final Results

Our annual Member Member Tournament was played this past Saturday, May 31st.  This event is played in honor of our membership which is now 367 members strong this year.  It is with the support of you and our sponsors (Sentinel Maintenance, Park Ford of Mahopac, Active Dog, Pensiero Refuse, Holiday Inn Express of New Rochelle, Rubino Bros Inc.,, Coromandel Cuisine of India, BTU Systems, Ocean North Pools, and OpenTeeBox.golf) that makes our club so special and a tight knit community within a large city like Stamford.  This event would also not have been possible without the help and support of Angela Aulenti & her elite pro shop staff, Bekim Ukperaj & his staff, Mike Golden & his staff, and Ari Thanos & his staff at the Royal Green.  We sincerely thank you and the SGA for supporting us and making our event a success despite all the nasty weather we had to endure!

Crowned champions include Ted Blackinton (not pictured) & Enrico Miozzo who won Low Gross along with Alex Lionetti and his grandson Lorenzo Scorziello who won Low Net!

TOURNAMENT WINNERS

Here are your Low Gross tournament winners:

  • 1st Place (-4) – Ted Blackinton & Enrico Miozzo $300 purse ($150 each) / 400 Player of the Year Points (200 each)
  • 2nd Place (-2) – Chris DiCocco & Sam Meyer $250 purse ($125 each) / 200 POY Points (100 each)
  • 3rd Place (-2) – Bart Weissman & Eric Bleile $200 purse ($100 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 4th Place (+1) – Rick Berman & Erik Nilsson $175 purse ($87.50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)
  • 5th Place (+1) – Bill Duggan & Ryan Duggan $150 purse ($75 each) / 128 POY Points (64 each)
  • 6th Place (+2) – Joe Labbadia & Jimmy Romaniello $125 purse ($62.50 each)
  • 7th Place (+2) – Simon McCarthy & Declan McCabe $100 purse ($50 each)

Here are your Low Net tournament winners:

  • 1st Place (-7) – Alex Lionetti & Lorenzo Scorziello $300 purse ($150 each) / 400 Player of the Year Points (200 each)
  • 2nd Place (-6) – Tristan Chang & Ryan Gallagher $250 purse ($125 each) / 200 POY Points (100 each)
  • 3rd Place (-6) – Brendan Muller & Ryan Weir $200 purse ($100 each) / 160 POY Points (80 each)
  • 4th Place (-5) – Jake Ninan & Joji Parappallil $175 purse ($87.50 each) / 144 POY Points (72 each)
  • 5th Place (-5) – Doug Jamieson & Chris Velander $150 purse ($75 each) / 128 POY Points (64 each)
  • 6th Place (-4) – Chris Munzer & Zack Delvaglio $125 purse ($62.50 each)
  • 7th Place (-4) – Keith Pensiero & Sam Pensiero $100 purse ($50 each)

Tie breakers were decided as follows:

  • Last 9 holes
  • Last 6 holes
  • Last 3 holes
  • Last hole

I also want to share that we were able to raise an additional $1,020 for our Scholarship Fund.  Thank you all who contributed to the raffles, Sam Meyer for donating the baskets, and Lenny Canora and Alex Lionetti for supporting the auction.  Applications are due by June 30th and we hope to make a few high school seniors very happy soon!  See link below…

https://www.sterlingfarmsmensclub.com/scholarship/

Our next large scale event is our Member Guest.  It will be played on Sunday, July 27th.  Be on the look out for registration in the coming weeks.

May 15, 2025: Summer Rules

Starting Friday, May 16, 2025, Summer Rules are in effect.  This means that you must play the ball down…as it lies.  No more rolling it over in the fairway or on the fringes of the greens.

Additionally, I would like to remind you of our local bunker rule which is you must play the ball down in the bunker as it lies unless your ball ends up in a foot print.  If your ball ends up in a foot print, you will get free relief which entails lift, clean & place within the length of a scorecard, no closer to the hole.  If your ball is a fried egg, play it as it lies.  If your ball is a fried egg in a foot print, you get relief.  The majority of your playing group must agree on the relief for foot prints.

We ask that everyone do their part to take care of the course.  That means replace and fill divots, repair ball marks, and rake the traps after you play your shot.  Taking care of the course will bring good karma.  Let the SFMC set the example and not be the example…Mike and Bek will be happy if we do!