Tokyo Golfer: Aki Cup #2: Kazusa GC Report

The second stop of the 2014 Aki Cup tour came to Chiba again at the Kazusa Golf Club. On an overcast but comfortable day last Saturday, Thierry "Thy" Grave played one of his best rounds ever shooting a net 65 (gross 100) and winning the event by five strokes. Thierry scored a total of 510 points with the win and was quite modest about the victory--he attributed his good round to his playing partners.

Low gross scorer Savuth Kong (83) took second place and 360 points with a net 70. Yasuo Asoh finished third with a net 75 (gross 84) and 255 points.

The tight fairways and abundant foliage and hazards made the course difficult for the group overall. Several players finished with higher than average scores and significantly fewer golf balls than when they started. Like Kamo GC, host of the first leg of the Aki Cup, Kazusa is deep in Chiba's Boso Peninsula with lush, verdant scenery and lots of wildlife. Animals spotted on this outing included monkeys, wild boar, hawks and a giant praying mantis.

After two events, Yasu Iwatani still leads the Aki Cup Race with 675 points. Thierry Grave moves into second with 510 points and Savuth Kong is in third with 500.

As with Aki Cup #1, special thanks to Yasu Iwatani for booking the event and organizing everything--everyone seemed to enjoy the outing. And again Yasu provided the prizes for the four closest-to-the-pin. Yasu even handmade the markers with cardboard paper and used yakitori skewers from the night before!

The third leg of the Aki Cup comes to familiar ground for many players, Kodama GC in Saitama. It will be held on Saturday, October 11th. The twelve person event is now full, but there are still places available for the other Aki events.

In other Aki Cup news, all eight events have now been finalized.

Aki 3: October 11th @ Kodama

Aki 4: October 25th @ Shirosato

Aki 5: November 1st @ Murasakizuka (Kouyou Cup)

Aki 6: November 15th @ Windsor Park

Aki 7: November 24th @ Naruzawa

Aki 8 (finale): December 8th @ Kodama

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Aki Cup #2: Results from Kazusa

	HC	JGA/Club	GS	Gross	Net	Pts
Thy	35		10	100	65	510
Savuth	13		10	83	70	360
Jack	8	30		83	75	255
Asoh	9	30		84	75	255
Araki	32	30		109	77	180
Tomoko	28		10	106	78	145
Yasu	16	30		99	83	145
Aya	22	30		105	83	145
Steve A	15			93	78	135
Peter	12	30		98	86	125
Chris	22	30		108	86	125
Toshi	21	30		108	87	110

2014 Aki Cup Overall Standings

	RANK	TOTAL	Kamo	Kazusa
Yasu	1	675	530	145
Thy	2	510		510
Savuth	3	500	140	360
Asoh	4	485	230	255
Jack	5	430	175	255
Marcos	6	350	350
Chris	7	275	150	125
Aya	8	265	120	145
Spike	9	260	260
Araki	10	180		180
Tomoko	T11	145		145
Alastair	T11	145	145
Steve A	13	135		135
Peter	14	125		125
Joe	T15	110	110
Toshi	T15	110		110
Genc	17	100	100
Bri	18	90	90
Stan	19	75	75
Caro	20	65	65
Vincent	21	50	50