Last modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:55 AM EDT MARK STOCKWELLDwight Evans hits out of the sixth fairway during the Red Sox Legends and Friends Pro-Am tournament at the TPC-Boston in Norton. Legends, up-and-comers thrill fans BY JAMES SCHNEIDER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF NORTON - The absence of Tiger Woods may loom large over Norton and the Deutsche Bank Championship this week, but for at least one day, nobody seemed to care. Deutsche Bank Championship Week kicked off Tuesday as the Tournament Players' Club of Boston played host to the Red Sox Legends and Friends Pro-Am in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite Red Sox of old, current Bruins players and popular television personalities. The two best-ball tournament featured teams with one PGA pro, one historic Red Sox player, Bruins player, television personality or high-ranking executive, and three amateurs. The 24 teams competed to raise money for the Red Sox Foundation and the Tiger Woods Learning Center. The team led by PGA pro Brett Quigley and former Red Sox great Dennis Eckersley won the tournament with a score of 53. Rick Dery, John Eysie and Andy Penaskovic rounded out the winning team. Current Bruins star Marc Savard teamed with PGA pro Pat Perez and amateurs Tim O'Brien, Joe Gray and Paul Rooney to shoot a 54, one shot behind Quigley and Eckersley. Pro Kyle Reifers and Fenway Sports Group Executive Vice President Mark Lev combined with Rick Cohen, Jim Loring and John Provencal to shoot a 55, tying them for third with the team of PGA pro Tim Wilkinson, television announcer Sean McDonough, Kellie Ebert, Mike Bobo and Paul Sullivan. Other former Red Sox stars participating in the event were Dwight Evans, Carlton Fisk, Jim Lonborg, Rick Miller, Bob Montgomery, Rico Petrocelli, Fred Lynn, Luis Tiant and Sam Horn. Other Boston Bruins included Peter Chiarelli, Phil Kessel, Bob Sweeney, Dennis Wideman, Andy Brickley and Shawn Thornton. Hazel Mae and Tom Caron rounded out the television personalities taking part in the tournament. Most spectators at the event were far from concerned with who walked away the winner, wanting instead just to get a glimpse of some of their favorite athletes of old and grab a few autographs, if possible. Robert Dunne, of Worcester, brought his father, Robert Sr., and his two children, Chris (10) and David (8), to see both the golf pros and the Red Sox legends of old. "This is fun, it's a blast," Dunne Jr. said. "Me and my dad are both golf and baseball fans, so this is the day for us." Dunne's two boys had just witnessed their first Red Sox game at Fenway Park last week, and understandably didn't know many of the Red Sox greats walking the course. The two were more excited to see Tom Caron from NESN. Many of the young fans at the event were more excited to see the current Bruins players than the Sox legends, while their parents clamored for shots of their heroes from their youth. "I didn't know who was coming. I heard my dad talk about some of them, like Dwight Evans and stuff," said Michael Cannata, 12, of Attleboro. Cannata was there to see his two favorite Bruins players, Mark Savard and Phil Kessel. Nick Petersen, 13, and his brother Matt, 9, of Norton cited Joe Andruzzi, the former Patriots offensive lineman that won three Super Bowls with the Pats, as their favorite athlete they had met. John and Mary Rorqe, 12 and 9 respectively, of Norton, were most excited to see Carlton Fisk, but admitted their mother, Janice, who was wearing a hat from Fisk's Hall-of-Fame induction ceremony in 2000, was more excited to see him than they were. The walkway between the ninth and 10th holes was the prime area to grab autographs, as almost every player stopped to sign hats, programs, flags, or anything that you could write with on a pen. The pro-am is the first of two during the DBC. The second, featuring high-ranking pros such as Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Vijay Singh and well-known celebrities like Donald Trump and Chris Berman, starts this Thursday at 6:50 a.m.