Belief and Trust is a Winning Formula for Brent Ito

Captures the Connecticut PGA Open Title at Lyman Orchards Golf Club

MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (August 16, 2022) – For those who saw Brent Ito yesterday and today playing on the Jones Course at Lyman Orchards Golf Club, it’s hard to comprehend.

Ito followed up his course record-tying 64 yesterday with a solid 4-under par 68 today for a 12-under par, 36-hole total of 132, and a 4-stroke margin of victory in the Connecticut PGA Open.

When asked what this win means to him, Ito smiled and offered an honest introspective.

“It’s been six years since my last win,” he said modestly. “I think I last won in junior golf when I was a junior in high school.”

The 23-year-old University of Michigan graduate from New Rochelle, N.Y., also confessed that he never even won collegiately.

“This shows that my game is heading in the right direction.”

That would be an understatement.

Yet Ito’s journey to the winner’s circle was not without challenge.

Jason Thresher of West Suffield, Conn., and Timothy Umphrey of Northborough, Mass., were playing two groups in front of Ito who was in the final pairing. Both Thresher and Umphrey each shot 70 in the first round and then followed with impressive 6-under par 66’s today to finish at 8-under par for the tournament to finish tied for second place.

Kyle Gallo of Berlin, Conn., finished fourth at 140. Charlie Blanchard of Warwick, R.I., was alone at fifth at 141 and captured the senior division title.

Andra Frappier of Cheshire, Conn., strung together a pair of 75s for first place in the women’s division.

Ito said that he typically looks at leaderboards but today since he was in the lead, he tried to stop looking at them too much.

“I think I handled myself well under pressure today,” Ito explained. “On the back nine I discovered that I was getting a little too excited and swinging too hard, so I toned it down a little bit and started flighting the ball under the wind.”

Ito said his formula for success is simple.

“I need to make sure I stay focused and my trust in my game is 100 percent.”

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FINAL Results

 1    Brent Ito                New Rochelle, NY        64-68–132 -12

 T2   Jason Thresher           West Suffield, CT       70-66–136 -8

 T2   Timothy Umphrey          Northborough, MA        70-66–136 -8

 4    Kyle Gallo               Berlin, CT              70-70–140 -4

 5    Charlie Blanchard        Warwick, RI             68-73–141 -3

 6    Bennett Cotten           Chicago, IL             72-71–143 -1

 T7   Stephen Cerbara          Langhorne, PA           74-70–144 E

 T7   Adam Rainaud             Chester, CT             72-72–144 E

 T7   Timothy Hegarty          Briarcliff Manor, NY    70-74–144 E

 T10  Brent Dietz (a)          Neptune Beach, FL       73-72–145 +1

 T10  Danny Yustin             East Amherst, NY        72-73–145 +1

 T10  Peter Hong               West Chester, OH        71-74–145 +1

 T10  Fletcher Babcock         Danielson, CT           71-74–145 +1

 T10  Taylor Kay-Green         Needham, MA             70-75–145 +1

 T10  Andrew Deforest          Cottekill, NY           69-76–145 +1

 T16  Michael Sweeney          Port St. Lucie, FL      73-73–146 +2

 T16  Ethan Farnam             Crystal Lake, IL        75-71–146 +2

 T16  Austin Cilley (a)        Westerly, RI            72-74–146 +2

 T16  Paul Pastore             Stamford, CT            72-74–146 +2

 T20  Matt Chorches (a)        West Hartford, CT       78-69–147 +3

 T20  Robert Meheran           Tampa, FL               77-70–147 +3

 T20  Sunny Kim                Palm Beach Gardens, FL  75-72–147 +3

 T20  Adam D’Amario            West Hartford, CT       76-71–147 +3

 T20  Rick Leal                West Springfield, MA    72-75–147 +3

 T25  Nathan Chuwait           Chantilly, VA           74-74–148 +4

 T25  Geno Giancola            Plantsville, CT         73-75–148 +4

 T25  Colin Murphy (a)         Middlefield, CT         75-73–148 +4

 T25  Uttdom Sowinkong (a)     Newington, CT           75-73–148 +4

 T25  Daniel Morgan            Amherst, MA             76-72–148 +4

 T25  Jason Zaniewski (a)      Woodbury, CT            70-78–148 +4

 T31  Mike Winter              Babylon, NY             74-75–149 +5

 T31  Jim Becker               Bloomfield, CT          73-76–149 +5

 T33  Andra Frappier           Cheshire, CT            75-75–150 +6

 T33  Matt Stein               Hampden, MA             71-79–150 +6

 T33  Joseph Ensign (a)        Rocky Hill,, CT         76-74–150 +6

 T36  Brian Keiser             Longmeadow, MA          79-72–151 +7

 T36  Ron Robinson             Hatfield, PA            74-77–151 +7

 T38  Ralph Giansanti (a)      Jupiter, FL             78-74–152 +8

 T38  Sathscia Sowinkong (a)   Newington, CT           75-77–152 +8

 T38  Tyler Woodward (a)       Durham, CT              76-76–152 +8

 T38  Alejandro Soto           Newton, MA              76-76–152 +8

 T42  John Vitale              Watertown, CT           79-74–153 +9

 T42  Milton Torres            Chicopee, MA            77-76–153 +9

 T42  Kevin Ausserlechner      Mount Kisco, NY         75-78–153 +9

 T42  Kyle Leeds               Riverside, CT           73-80–153 +9

 T42  Fran Marrello            Plymouth, CT            76-77–153 +9

 T47  Kevin Shea               Waterford, CT           78-76–154 +10

 T47  Aidan McBride (a)        Ludlow, MA              74-80–154 +10

 T47  J.T. Barker              Bethlehem, PA           76-78–154 +10

 T47  Bart McCarthy            Ludlow, MA              76-78–154 +10

 T47  Gerard Courville         Stratford, CT           76-78–154 +10

 T47  Jeff DelRosso            Cheshire, CT            76-78–154 +10

 T53  Rick Fleury              West Springfield, MA    79-76–155 +11

 T53  William Street           Shelton, CT             80-75–155 +11

 T53  Bob Mucha                Southwick, MA           78-77–155 +11

 T53  John Soltys              Ware, MA                76-79–155 +11

 T57  Evan Thornton            Lake Worth, FL          79-77–156 +12

 T57  Brandon Smith (a)        Feeding Hills, MA       73-83–156 +12

 T59  Scott Yancy III          Saint Cloud, FL         78-79–157 +13

 T59  John Herbert (a)         New York, NY            78-79–157 +13

 T59  Alexander Phibbs         Hartford                76-81–157 +13

 T59  Michael Argentine        Bethel, CT              77-80–157 +13

 T63  Tyler McDonald (a)       Davidsonville, MD       79-79–158 +14

 T63  Mike Martin              Ansonia, CT             83-75–158 +14

 T63  Jen Holland (a)          Branford, CT            77-81–158 +14

 T66  Michael Rege (a)         Hartford, CT            81-78–159 +15

 T66  Jae Kwon                 Little Ferry, NJ        83-76–159 +15

 T66  Jeremy Berbert           Palm Beach Gardens, FL  79-80–159 +15

 T66  James Levere             West Hartford, CT       78-81–159 +15

 T66  Bryan Truszkowski        Manalapan, NJ           77-82–159 +15

 T71  Nicholas Segaline        Haddam, CT              80-80–160 +16

 T71  Jason Gobleck            Madison, CT             80-80–160 +16

 T71  Michel Painchaud         Westerly, RI            80-80–160 +16

 T71  Kevin Mahaffy            Southington, CT         77-83–160 +16

 T75  Marty Byrnes             Terryville, CT          80-81–161 +17

 T75  Jordan Gosler            Manchester, CT          81-80–161 +17

 T75  William Burns            West Hartford, CT       79-82–161 +17

 T78  Marc Bayram              Berlin, CT              81-81–162 +18

 T78  Archie Cart              Old Saybrook, CT        80-82–162 +18

 T78  Mike Gramelis            West Haven, CT          79-83–162 +18

 81   Dave Cook                Southbury, CT           81-82–163 +19

 82   Jack McConachie          Plainville, CT          81-83–164 +20

 T83  Isak Hopfner (a)         Guilford, CT            81-84–165 +21

 T83  Ronnie Pfaefflin         Winsted, CT             82-83–165 +21

 T83  Louis Sileno             Dix Hills, NY           78-87–165 +21

 T83  Christopher Clark        Joshua, TX              78-87–165 +21

 T87  Alexander Cavalieri      Marlborough, CT         80-86–166 +22

 T87  Bobby Powell             Hartford, CT            84-82–166 +22

 T87  Joe Mentz                Hartford, CT            78-88–166 +22

 T90  Kevin Zipp (a)           Farmington, CT          83-84–167 +23

 T90  Kevin Moore              Sharon, CT              84-83–167 +23

 T92  Zachary Happy            Prospect, CT            88-80–168 +24

 T92  James MacKenzie          Wayland, MA             88-80–168 +24

 T94  EJ Dzialo (a)            Middlefield, CT         85-84–169 +25

 T94  Jake Socha (a)           Ludlow, MA              87-82–169 +25

 96   Sienna Fucci             Guilford, CT            84-86–170 +26

 T97  David Wright             Belchertown, MA         85-86–171 +27

 T97  Glen Kallinich (a)       Madison, CT             86-85–171 +27

 99   Jason Loomis             Norwalk, CT             88-86–174 +30

 T100 David Jubinville (a)     South Hadley, MA        87-88–175 +31

 T100 Jason Beffert            Southbury, CT           82-93–175 +31

 T102 E.J. Altobello           Westfield, MA           82-94–176 +32

 T102 Jo Rasmussen (a)         Westport, CT            87-89–176 +32

 T102 Riley Carey (a)          Glastonbury, CT         88-88–176 +32

 T102 Lynn Scully (a)          Watertown, CT           90-86–176 +32

 106  Andrew Buckholz (a)      New Haven, CT           94-83–177 +33

 107  Selam Olson (a)          New Haven, CT           88-95–183 +39

 108  Ismael Garcia            Wethersfield, CT        101-84–185 +41

 109  Elena Spangle (a)        Brooklyn, CT            100-95–195 +51

 110  Anthony Migliori (a)     Dorchester, MA          101-97–198 +54