2014 Aki Cup Finale: Kodama GC Report

The second Aki Cup race came to a conclusion at Kodama GC yesterday and frontrunner Savuth Kong easily won the 2014 Aki Cup with 2,113 total points.  Savuth shot a 72 (gross 85) to take second place on the day and pick up 710 points.  Second place in the season went to Chris Hurquin who won the event yesterday. Chris shot a 68 (gross 91) to take 1,030 on the day and a total 1,635 points in the race.  As a reminder, the points for the Aki Cup finale are double the regular event points. Third place in the race went to 2014 Haru Cup winner Stan Filin with 1,450 total points.

Aki Cup #7: Narusawa GC Report

The beautiful Narusawa Golf Club at the base of Mount Fuji played host to the seventh leg of the 2014 Aki Cup race yesterday.  On another clear, fine autumn day,  Takamitsu Araki played equally fine golf to score his first Aki Cup victory and 510 points with a 71 (gross 103). 

Aki Cup #6: Windsor GC Report

Windsor Park GC in Ibaraki hosted the sixth event of the 2014 Aki Cup yesterday and the event was won by Ann A. with a score of 65 (gross 95). This was Ann's first time to play in an Aki Cup event and she made the most of it, winning by three strokes and scoring 500 points. There was a tie for second with two players at 68 and 310 Aki Cup points.  Steve Anthony, one of the second place finishers, recorded the low gross of the day with a 78.  The other second place finisher, Stan Filin, carded a gross 101 to score his net 68.   

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.

Aki Cup #4: Shirosato GC Report

The fourth leg of the 2014 Aki Cup came to Shirosato Golf Course in Ibaraki yesterday.  Toshimichi Kida had a great round shooting 69 (gross 91) to win the event and 530 points.  It was another fine autumn day for golf and Bahreen Hazeem took second place and 350 points with a score of 71 (gross 83).  Three players tied for third with 73 including Warren Arbuckle (gross 90) and Haru Cup winner Stan Filin (gross 106).

Aki Cup #3: Kodama GC Report

Kodama GC in Saitama hosted the third leg of the Aki Cup race last Saturday and Stanislav Filin won the event with a net 67 (gross 100).  On a beautiful autumn day, Stan won the event by nine strokes and picked up 510 points with the victory.  He seems to play this course well. This is the second time he has won an Aki or Haru Cup event on this course--he won the 2014 Haru Cup Finale here as well.

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.

Aki Cup #1: Kamo Golf Club Report

The 2014 Aki Cup got off to a nice start last Saturday at the beautiful and secluded Kamo Golf Club in Chiba.  16 Aki Cup golfers experienced a course with a nice variety of hole designs, excellent maintenance, challenging greens and beautiful golf holes tucked deep in the woods of Chiba's Boso Peninsula.  In the end, event organizer Yasu Iwatani took first place with a net 68 (gross 84).  He leads the race after the first event with 530 points.

Announcing the 2014 Aki Cup

The 9th hole at Nikko Premium Golf Club

Autumn is just about here and it’s time for golf—the 2014 Aki Cup is on!

It’s the second season of the Aki Cup, won by Jensen Junn last year. This year will include an additional event organizer, Yasu Iwatani, and several new courses on the schedule. Also, a few rule changes have been made: Each player’s top five events will be used for the point total, events with 6-9 players will now count as an event but with 75% of the regular point total, and there will be a small bonus for using a JGA or Golfshot handicap. (See below for details.)