The Valledolmo Invitational Golf Classic was held Aug. 5 at Shorewood Country Club. Pictured, from left, are: Ray Coniglio, Michael Corleone Flight winner; Ross Conti, overall champion; Ang Cusimano, senior champion; Larry Lundin, Michael Corleone Flight runnerup; Chuck Civiletto, Vito Corleone Flight winner; Bill Coughlin, Sonny Corleone Flight runnerup; Ricky Laurito, Peter Clemenza Flight winner; Kevin Kaszuba, Ron “Moony” Rys Trophy winner for low Polish-American score; Dan Scaglione, Sonny Corleone Flight winner; and Joe Conti, Peter Clemenza Flight runnerup. Mike Dunning, Vito Corleone Flight runnerup, was absent.
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The Valledolmo Invitational Golf Classic was held on Monday, Aug. 5 at Shorewood Country Club.
Italian and Sicilian food delicacies were the order of the day. A box lunch prepared by Chef Rich Semonian and his staff contained a classic Italian sandwich with Italian meat and cheese charcuterie, pickled eggplant and a cucidati cookie. Dinner started with appetizers of tripe provided by Scott Parker, eggplant caponata prepared by Jeff LaBarbera of The Colony Restaurant, Steve “Spanky” Zatarski’s summer pasta, Paul Luce’s Favata-style pizza and Cindy Coniglio’s olive salad. The main course consisted of antipasto, Italian pasta salad and sausage with peppers and onions all done expertly by the Shorewood kitchen staff. Dessert featured fresh-baked Italian cookies by Lisa Brisley and Bob Cerrie.
Ross Conti was the overall champion winning the Paul LoPresto Memorial Trophy. Angelo Cusimano captured his second senior title and was awarded the Charlie Alessi Sr. Memorial trophy. Kevin Kaszuba won Ron “Moony” Rys Trophy for the low Polish-American score. The Vito Corleone Flight was won by Chuck Civiletto with Mick Dunning the runnerup. The Sonny Corleone Flight was won by Dan Scaglione with Bill Coughlin the runnerup. The Michael Corleone Flight was won by Ray Coniglio with Larry Lundin the runnerup. The Peter Clemenza Flight was won by Ricky Laurito with Joe Conti the runnerup. Spanky Zatarski and Larry Lundin won skins with eagles. Other skins winners, all birdies, were Eric Bellando, who won two skins; Phil Tantillo and Bill Shaw. Closest to the pin winners were Ang Cusimano, Ross Conti, Frank Leibl and Phil Tantillo.
All proceeds will go to the Junior Golf Program at Shorewood Country Club. The program is open to young golfers regardless of membership status. The committee members Ray Coniglio, Chuck Civiletto, Bill Militello, Ron Siracuse, Joe Granata and Bob Manzella would like to thank all our sponsors, volunteers, the wonderful staff at Shorewood and all of the players.