The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Brooklawn Country Club
Fairfield’s Brooklawn CC was set host to a significant event, the third U.S, Senior Women’s Open on July 9-12. The club hosted the men’s 1987 U.S. Senior Open and the 2003 U.S. Girls Junior, so this would mark the return of another USGA Open championship.
We’re under two weeks away from the culmination of the high school baseball and softball season. Alas, the spring season was canceled, and it will be all quiet at Palmer Field in Middletown and DeLuca Field in Stratford. The June weekend of championship ball is always memorable — for players, parents, fans, and state media.
The Yankee Train
This was expected to be a training humming along to some October excitement. Connecticut’s Yankee fans were anticipating a fun summer from a team that added ace Gerrit Cole — Greenwich homeowner, by the way — to an already-strong roster. How many wins would Cole have as we close out May? How many celeberatory train rides back to Connecticut have fans missed?
Derek Jeter’s Hall of Fame Enshrinement
Imagine the caravan of Yankees’ fans traveling from Connecticut to Cooperstown for Jeter’s July 26 induction. The Hall of Fame was expecting a huge crowd, possible breaking the 2007 record of 80,000 for the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn. Instead, induction weekend was postponed until 2021. And with the possiblity of Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens being elected next year, Jeter’s 2021 Coopertown weekend might be the most star-studded in
Kashima Soccer Stadium in Japan on May 10.
history.
New England Little League Regional at Bristol
This has been an annual August event since 2001, with Connecticut’s representative winning the regional five times — most recently in 2017, when Fairfield American won. With a trip to Williamsport at stake, there’s always plenty of drama involving the six New England teams.
Corporate Row, 18th Gallery at TPC
Is there a better, more electric setting on
the PGA Tour? The Travelers Championship is often defined by its crowd, especially the gathering around the final hole on the final day. The state’s biggest sporting event will take place June 25-28, but without fans in Cromwell. It won’t be the same.
Yale-Harvard Regatta
The oldest collegiate sporting event in the country does not draw the fans it once did along the Thames River in New London. But it remains an iconic event and has been a fixture on the sports calendar