Aki Cup #5: Kouyou Cup Report

The Kouyou cup, an autumn annual golf tournament in the Kanto area, played host to the fifth leg of the 2014 Aki Cup. And on a damp autumn day, Savuth Kong got his first Aki Cup win of the season with a net 66 (gross 79). Four people tied for second with a net 71.  Alastair Macdonald (gross 80), Steve Anthony (gross 81), and Hiroko Saito (gross 107) were among those in second place.

   

While the weather wasn't perfect yesterday, it wasn't bad either--overcast with some drizzle from time to time.  It was the first time for an Aki Cup event to take place at Murasakizuka Golf Course, and 18 golfers took on the Saotome and Ujiie courses. The 27-hole course has some very attractive holes and was in fine condition, especially the greens.  And one nice thing about playing here on a damp day is using the resort's onsen (hot springs)--not many mountain courses have this feature.   

The event was organized by Steve Novosel and included some nice extra prizes and a side bet.  One prize, called the "honest golfer award," was for a golfer playing closest to his or her handicap.  This prize was a forged Fourteen wedge and went to Steve Anthony.  Another included a birijyo (last place prize) "won" by Andy Cheek with a net 85.  The side bet consisted of a stableford competition which was won by Savuth Kong, while second place went to Alastair Macdonald. 

A big thanks to Steve for organizing the event and donating the nice prizes.  Also thanks to Yasuo Asoh for donating closest to the pin prizes.

With this victory, Savuth Kong moves back into first place with a comfortable lead of 287 points (1370 total). Jack is second with 1083 and Yasu Iwatani is in third with 840 points.  The next Aki Cup event, #6, takes place November 15th at Windsor Park in Ibaraki. For those thinking of joining, some spots are still available.

  

Aki Cup #5 Results

	HC	JGA/Club	GS	Gross	Net	Pts
Savuth	13		10	79	66	510
Jack	8	30		79	71	268
Hiroko	36		10	107	71	248
Stephen A	10		10	81	71	248
Alastair	9			80	71	238
Yasu	16	30		88	72	165
Aya	22	30		96	74	150
Marcos	4		10	76	72	145
Steve N	23	30		99	76	125
Matt	13		10	89	76	105
Chris	22	30		102	80	100
Takamichi	28			104	76	95
Kolo	12			88	76	95
Peter	12	30		93	81	90
Asoh	9	30		92	83	80
Kieron	16		10	100	84	60
Paul	15		10	100	85	60
Andy	13			95	82	50

 

 2014 Aki Cup Standings

	RANK	Best5		Kamo	Kazusa	Kodama	Shirosato	Murasakizuka
Savuth	1	1370		140	360	360		510
Jack	2	1083		175	255	155	230	268
Yasu	3	840		530	145			165
Stan	4	795		75		510	210
Asoh	5	770		230	255	205		80
Thy	6	735			510	115	110
Toshi	7	640			110		530
Aya	8	570		120	145	155		150
Chris	9	545		150	125	170		100
Alastair	10	513		145			130	238
Marcos	11	495		350				145
Araki	12	460			180	280
Spike	13	410		260			150
Peter	14	385			125		170	90
Genc	15	365		100		175	90
Bahreen	16	350					350
Bri	17	295		90		115	90
Hiroko	T18	248						248
Stephen A	T18	248						248
Steve N	20	245					120	125
Warren	21	210					210
Tomoko	22	145			145
Steve A	23	135			135
Joe	24	110		110
Matt	25	105						105
Kolo	T26	95						95
Takamichi	T26	95						95
Caro	28	65		65
Paul	T29	60						60
Kieron	T29	60						60
Andy	T31	50						50
Vincent	T31	50		50

 

The first group off the tee gets ready to ball.

Paul Braganza Tees off on the first hole of Saotome.

Steve Novosel drives the first hole.

Andy Cheek, Yasuo Asoh, Takamichi Uchinuma and Kolo ready to play.

Steve Anthony, Peter Gaydon, and Yasu Iwatani put on their game faces.

A little kouyou between the 4th and 5th holes of Saotome.

Chris Hurquin tees off on the par 3 Saotome 6th hole.

Andy Cheek watches his tee shot on the 6th hole of Ujiie.

Steve Anthony chips on the 9th at Ujiie.

Peter Gaydon with a birdie try.

The day was overcast with a some occasional drizzle.

Kieron Cashell bears down on his drive.