Dalton—Wahconah Country Club hosted Massachusetts Open local qualifying yesterday.

Someone forgot to tell the locals.

Only four players from a field of 45—Wyantenuck’s Andy Congdon, Taconic’s Ed Budz,  Berkshire Hills’ Bob Linn and Stockbridge’s Jim Finnerty—call Berkshire County home.

None of them advanced to this year’s state open, slated to begin June 18^th at Kernwood Country Club in Salem, Mass.

“It was a funny day,” said Linn, who made the trek from his home in Enfield, Conn. “A little bit of every part of my game was off and it added up to 79.”

Budz and Congdon both shot 76. Finnerty shot 84.

Professional Frank Graziosa, who competed with Matt Donovan and Jim Salinetti on the now-defunct New England Pro Golf Tour, shot a 1-under 70 and shared medalist honors with three other players.

Fifty-five players—none from Berkshire County—have qualified at three sites across the state thus far. Qualifying continues today at Black Rock and Foxborough Country Clubs. The field at Black Rock includes Skyline’s Mike Slosek and Chris Marinaro and Country Club of Pittsfield member Donnie Troy, who has qualified for the Mass. Open the past three years.

The Berkshire County Men’s Player of the Year schedule awards 85 points to medalists and 70 points to qualifiers.

Jim Salinetti (6^th) and Taconic Assistant Josh Hillman (T14) earned exemptions from qualifying by virtue of top 20 finishes in last year’s Mass. Open. Stockbridge Head Professional Jimmy Marston also earned an exemption as the 2006 Berkshire Chapter Champion of the Northeastern New York PGA Section.

In other news, Berkshire Hills member Mark Chylinski recorded the rare double-eagle on the 273-yard 10^th hole at Cranwell on Monday. His 13-year old son, Brent, witnessed the shot. Chylinski now has four career hole-in-ones. He called the moment “a priceless memory.” For the record, the odds of making a double-eagle are one million to one, according to the USGA’s Dean Knuth; compare that to 13,000 to one for a traditional hole-in-one on a par-three.