Birdies, bogeys and TRD

Real estate power players hit the links for third annual golf outing

The winners: David Axelrod, Matt Keller, Jim McPartland and Gerard Lynch
The winners: David Axelrod, Matt Keller, Jim McPartland and Gerard Lynch

The last few weeks in August are a notoriously slow time for New York City real estate. So what better way to spend the time than by hitting the links?

That’s what some 150 real estate power players did on a Monday last month — at The Real Deal’s third annual golf outing at the Baiting Hollow Golf Club on Long Island’s North Fork.

The group of Sarah Collins of StreetEasy, Josh and Andrew Goldfarb of Goldfarb Properties and Deb Conway of StreetEasy

The group of Sarah Collins of StreetEasy, Josh and Andrew Goldfarb of Goldfarb Properties and Deb Conway of StreetEasy

Golfers practice before tee-off

Golfers practice before tee-off

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Brokers, lawyers, bankers and developers on both the commercial and residential sides donned their khakis and collared shirts for the event. Attendees included MNS CEO Andrew Barrocas, the Corcoran Group’s Tamir Shemesh, Douglas Elliman’s Ariel Cohen, Eric Anton of Brookfield Financial, Adam Gordon of Universal Mortgage, James Famularo of New York Commercial Real Estate Services, and Anthony Lolli of Rapid Realty.

From left: Matt Hidalgo, Hunter Semels of Wells Fargo, Randy Brown of JFB Print Solutions and Nick Chavin of Miller Advertising

From left: Matt Hidalgo, Hunter Semels of Wells Fargo, Randy Brown of JFB Print Solutions and Nick Chavin of Miller Advertising

Golfers at play

Golfers at play

From the pro shop to the driving range, players agreed that the market is strong: “Somewhat frantic,” is how Anton put it. The players gathered for lunch and networking, then teed off. After a few raindrops, three teams came out on top. Bank of America Home Loans’ team — which included David Axelrod, Gerard Lynch, Matt Keller and Jim McPartland — walked away with the win. Second place went to Elliman’s Jon Evans, Tom Drew and Michael Constantine. And rounding out the top three was the Rapid Realty team of Gabriel Chapman, Simon Day and Tyler Evenson.