2014 Aki Cup

Friday, April 18, 2014

Haru Cup #3: Manna CC Gary Player Course Event Report

On a special holiday edition of the Haru Cup, Aya Morohoshi shot a net 69 to take first place in the third event of the Haru Cup.  Held last Tuesday, April 29th, Aya played very solid golf throughout the round and finished with a gross 91 for her first win and 500 Haru Cup points.  With her win, Aya also moved into third place in the overall points race.

Coming in second on the Midori no hi (Greenery Day) holiday event was the overall points leader, Chris Hurquin. Chris's net 71 captured the 350 point second place prize, while Haru Cup #2 winner, Steve Novosel, took third with a net 72.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Haru Cup #2 Report


The second event of the 2014 Haru Cup sponsored by Accor and Piranha Golf was held last Saturday, April 12th, at the Kodama Golf Club in Saitama.  On a beautiful day with some cherry blossom petals still in sight, Steve Novosel won the event with a net 74. This was Steve's first Haru Cup event and he is now in third place in the overall standings. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

The inagural Haru Cup sponsored by Accor and Piranha Golf is off and running

Last Saturday, April 5th, 28 golfers kicked off the first ever Haru Cup golf tournament at Camp Zama Golf Course just outside Tokyo.  On a crazy weather day, Canadian Chris Hurquin took first place and the 500 point prize.  Chris shot a net 65 (gross 91) and also took a near pin prize on one par three and for the first time scored two birdies in one round.  In addition, Chris won the Sagami Cup being played that day (42 Stableford points) and the ¥15,000 first prize.  The Sagami Cup was a tournament for the same 28 players and organized by Jason Millward.