O’Donovan, Mass Golf Win 2026 Tri-State Matches
Former URI star Aidan O’Donovan helped Mass Golf to their third straight Tri-State Match victory this past week in Connecticut.
Mass Golf won the Tri-State Matches with 77 points over Connecticut’s 67 1/2 points and Rhode Island’s 47 1/2 points.
O’Donovan posted 5 1/2 points on the final day to help Mass Golf pull away.
He will now get ready for the First Stage of PGA Tour Q-School early next month.
For Rhode Island, this is their fifth straight third-place finish at the Tri-State Matches.
RI has not won the Tri-State Matches since 2001 at Newport Country Club.
The 2027 Tri-State Matches will be played at Cape Cod National Golf Club.
Rhode Island Points Breakdown
Round 1 – Four Ball
Rhode Island earned two points against Connecticut in the first session of the tournament courtesy of the teams of Nate Winsor/Matt Shubley and John Drohen/Randy Millen.
Drohen and Millen earned the only full point in the match against Massachusetts, while the teams of Larry Lafauci/Kevin Blaser and Winsor/Shubley each earned half points.
Round 2 – Alternate Shot
In the Tuesday afternoon Alternate Shot, the duos of Tim Carroll/ Mike Hamilton and Jason Kalin and Matt Shubley earned full points (1 point each) against Connecticut.
Jamie Lukowicz/Larry Lafauci, and Dave Marshall/Chris O’Neill earned half points.
In Alternate Shot against Massachusetts, three Rhode Island pairs earned full points – they were Nate Winsor/Tyler Cooke, Carroll/Hamilton and Rick Angeli/Brian O’Leary.
The duos of Lukowicz/Lafauci and O’Neill/Marshall earned half points.
Round 3 – Singles
In the singles matches, players got a point for winning the front nine, back nine and overall.
So a total of three-points per match is possible.
Against Connecticut, Shubley, Cooke, Blaser and Millen earned three points.
Blaser and Drohen earned 2.50, Marshall earned 2 and O’Neill earned 1.50.
Lukowicz earned 1 point, while Kalin, Hamilton, and Lafauci earned a 1/2 point.
Connecticut beat Rhode Island in the singles matches 28-20.
In the singles against Massachusetts, Lukowicz and Blaser were the only players to earn three points for Rhode Island.
Marshall and Drohen earned 1.5, O’Neill, Winsor Shubley, Hamilton and Mike Calef earned one, and Lafauci, Cooke, O’Leary, Millen, and Angeli earned a 1/2 point.
Massachusetts beat Rhode Island in singles 31.5-16.5.
Team Massachusetts PHOTO: Mass Golf