Results
Recap by tournament organizer David Biggy:
“Through a variety of conditions and against a solid professional field that included three of the top four finishers from last year’s inaugural event, Mark “Highlighter” Novicki was the epitome of consistency on Saturday, May 17, tallying a three-round score of 110 to capture The Lighthouse Classic title at Jen’s Links at Lighthouse Cove in Barnegat Light, N.J.
With cloudy and showery conditions for the first round, the Connecticut pro — a week removed from the World Adventure Golf Tour championship in Portugal — managed a 1-over-par 37 on the High Tide course and was tied for the lead at 73 with defending champion Matt Liles after dropping a 36 in the second round, as skies began to clear and gnats swarmed the back nine.
During the sunny and warmer third round, Highlighter had a rough sixth hole but otherwise deuced and aced his way to another 37, while Liles slipped back to third and “El Presidente” Aaron Kaminski of New Jersey drained back-to-back aces on the 10th and 11th holes to ultimately wedge his way into the second position. New Jersey’s Joe DiPrima swiped the fourth spot with 114 and tournament host David Biggy, last year’s runner-up, grabbed fifth at 116.
As he did last spring, Liles delivered the low score of the day — this time a 35, a stroke short of his course record 34 — and Novicki, Kaminski, DiPrima and Biggy were the only pros to record sub-40 scores in each of the three rounds. Rounding out the top 10 among the 17-player pro field were New York’s Bill Mezier (117), New Jersey brothers Griffin (118) and Landon (119) Weiss and their father, Ed Weiss (120), who last year finished fourth by beating Novicki in a nine-hole puttoff, and Pennsylvania’s Bryan Weaver (122).
The pro field consisted of eight players from New Jersey, five from Connecticut, two from Pennsylvania and one from New York. Meanwhile, the seven-plater amateur field, featuring all New Jersey players, was won by Ray Marcolongo, who fired back-to-back scores of 40 to win by two strokes over Bradford Birch III, who carded a 40 and 42 to finish with an 82. Bradford Birch Jr., who won the amateur division last year, scored 40 and 44 to finish in third place with an 84, winning a tiebreaker by criteria over Craig Henry, who registered the low amateur score of the tournament with a 38.”
Tournament Details
AMA Scoring: Red (2025 Scoring Details)
2nd Lighthouse Classic Hosted by David Biggy at Jen's Links at Lighthouse Cove
Pro: 3 rounds
Amateur: 2 rounds
Practice: 9:30am
Player’s Meeting: 10:15am
Competition start: 10:30 am
$50 per pro and $30 per amateur
Visit thelighthouseclassic.com to register. Registration ENDS at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 14. No registrations will be accepted afterward, no exceptions.
Unlimited practice time again will be available for all tournament participants on Friday, May 16, from noon until closing, generally about 7:30 p.m., at a cost of $8 per player. Remember, practice is ONLY for the High Tide course, not the Low Tide course. On tournament day, practice will begin at 9:30 a.m. and run until 10:15 a.m., when we will have a briefing to go over any questions on rules and announce pairings for the first two rounds.
After the first two rounds are complete, there will be a 30-minute break while amateurs are ranked and awards/prizes dealt, before third-round pairings for the pro division are announced and play continues. After the third round, any puttoffs needed to determine the top cash-prize payouts will commence. Like last year, cash payouts will be determined by the number of registered players in each division and determined by Friday, May 16. The goal again will be to award the top five pros and top three amateurs. Expected to finish around or shortly after 3pm
All pre-tournament info and rules are on the tournament website under the tab "Major Details.