Will Brett- Now a three time Club Champion at White Beeches Golf and Country Club

2019, 2023 and 2024 Club Champion- William Brett

After my maiden victory in the 2019 Club Championships, I had two unfortunate injuries. One a stress fracture in my heel from soccer which inflicted plantar fasciitis and a tough year and a half of recovery through the Pandemic. The other a bad sprain in my left pinky, which for a right handed golfer was not pretty. In 2020, I managed to get to the final of my clubs ladder match play and the final of the Club Championship. That in itself was a major accomplishment due to the burning in my foot and the fact I had to ice my finger in the final after almost every shot. Due to the pandemic I was determined to play and compete and unfortunately I didn’t allow my finger and foot fully recover.

That changed in 2021, where I has able to have therapy which cleared up both injuries. 2022 eluded me competition wise, due to now having two kids and it wasn’t until 2023 that I could re-enter the state level tournaments and the Club Championship.

Last year I made the finals of the NJ State Amateur at Manasquan River, which was jeopardized by an invite to Fishers Island on the final day. Hence I didn’t make the cut, but the trip to Fishers was worth it! What a heavenly place.

Having already qualified due to winning the tournament in ‘23, I played the #8 seed and won comfortably. The semi-final was against a two-time former champ and after a nervy front 9, I found my groove and won 5&4.

Like the final last year, this year’s club championship was another wet affair. I played a tough scratch golfer and was 2-up after the first 18, thanks to some great wedge play saving par. My opponent came out hot in round 2 who tied the match after the first 4 holes as he made two great birdies. The 5th hole proved pivotal as I was able to stop his momentum when I holed out from 25yards for a birdie to go back 1-up. My opponent was able to pull off some amazing par saves by sinking putts from all over, but I was able to take advantage of some of his poor tee shots and won a few holes with par as for once my driver was keeping me on the fairway to take advantage of lift clean and place. In the end I was best able to hold my nerve and closed out the match 5&4.