
Another PGA HOPE Play Day is in the books at The Ranch Golf Club and the race for the 2026 Land • Sea • Air Championship just got a whole lot more interesting.
Forty-eight PGA HOPE alumni teed it up for another day of golf, camaraderie, and some very important points in the Land • Sea • Air Championship.
Forty-five Veterans played 18 holes, while our final group played nine.
And with two Play Days remaining, every point is starting to matter.
1st Place
Kimberly Devine-Coyne, Steven Exware, Kara Stackpole & Bruce Stackpole
67 (-5) | 41 Stableford Points
2nd Place
Christopher Dupont, Christopher Plotniak & Roger Corriveau
70 (-2) | 39 Stableford Points
T-3rd Place
Rob Chauvin, Todd Brunelle, Gregory Libby & Richard Robillard
70 (-2) | 38 Stableford Points
T-3rd Place
David Deniger, Truman Small, Mike Ratcliffe & Carl Dixon
70 (-2) | 38 Stableford Points
T-3rd Place
Edwin Zorrilla, Aidan Marino, Jack Liu & Brian Zukowski
70 (-2) | 38 Stableford Points
T-6th Place
Jaime Bao, Ivan Gutierrez, Michael Pflanz & Robert Williams
70 (-2) | 37 Stableford Points
T-6th Place
Kevin Hourihan, Josh Plouffe, Andrew Donlon & Deanna Greenleaf
71 (-1) | 37 Stableford Points
T-8th Place
Tim O’Sullivan, John Staruk, Jacob Dushane & Matthew Stephens
72 (E) | 36 Stableford Points
T-8th Place
Brian Benito, James Burke, Jason Shaw & Sean Edwards
72 (E) | 36 Stableford Points
T-8th Place
Maddy Venancio, Charles Higgins, David Demers & Chris Grizzle
72 (E) | 36 Stableford Points
T-8th Place
Francis DeGregorio, Marvin Lazo & Nate Zajac
72 (E) | 36 Stableford Points
12th Place
Robyn Stoll-Lyons, Jaime Santiago & Tom Orifice
74 (+2) | 33 Stableford Points
Kimberly Devine-Coyne, Steven Exware, Kara Stackpole and Bruce Stackpole took home the win with an impressive 5-under-par 67 and 41 Stableford points.
They were the only team to break 70 and finished two Stableford points clear of second place.
Tammy Foular, Amy Morin & Leonard Cataudella
36 (E) | 18 Stableford Points
Our final group played nine holes and finished exactly even par.
This is where things got interesting.
Land – 38.90
Sea – 36.56
Air – 36.39
Land came into The Ranch sitting in third place in the season-long championship.
They left with the Play Day victory.
Land posted a 38.90 average, while the battle behind them couldn’t have been much closer.
Sea finished at 36.56.
Air finished at 36.39.
That’s just 0.17 points separating Sea and Air.
And when those numbers were added to the season standings, things got really interesting.
With the championship this close, we will carry the standings out to two decimal places for the remainder of the season.
At this point, every fraction of a point matters, and using decimals will accurately reflect just how close this competition has become.
You’re about to see why.
Coming into The Ranch:
Air – 325
Sea – 323
Land – 322
After the Play Day:
Air – 361.39
Land – 360.90
Sea – 359.56
Read those numbers again.
After an entire season of PGA HOPE Play Days…
Air leads Land by 0.49 points.
And Sea? They’re only 1.83 points out of first place.
That means just 1.83 points separate all three Divisions.
We’re not at the finale quite yet.
There are two PGA HOPE Play Days remaining in the 2026 season, which means there are still plenty of points left on the table.
But now there is virtually no margin for error. Whatever happens at the next Play Day will set the stage for the 2026 Championship Finale.
Every birdie.
Every par.
Every bogey saved.
Every putt that somehow finds the bottom of the cup.
Every point.
And now…
Every decimal.
They all matter.
Three Divisions.
Two Play Days.
One championship.
The race for the 2026 Land • Sea • Air Championship is officially on.
A special thank you to The Ranch Golf Club and the entire staff for once again welcoming our PGA HOPE Veterans and continuing to support PGA HOPE Connecticut.
Until next time… remember to swing hard because if you happen to hit it, the ball might go far.