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A Bartender, a Firefighter and a Giuliani Walk Onto a Fairway

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The Brooklyn Open golf tournament attracts players whose backgrounds are as varied as their swings.

Mike Scott, center left, and Mark Minto, center right, were among the 108 participants in this year’s Brooklyn Open, which was open to any golfer who paid its $175 entry fee.

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Paul Rogers played in the 2022 Brooklyn Open, shooting 79 and finishing in 12th place in the championship division.

  • Oct. 3, 2024

The sun was just starting to rise over the marinas and box stores of South Brooklyn on Monday as Sam Maurer, a bartender at Lucky Jack’s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, wriggled his foot into a golf shoe.