Thread: The Sakura Cup 2011 - Report and Photos

The 3rd annual Sakura Cup @ Murasakizuka GC, Tochigi, Apri 9 2011

Well, I guess I’ve been getting too used to writing “it was a beautiful day for golf” so looking on the bright side, at least I get to write something different this time.

On Saturday, it was wet and cold and proceeded to get wetter and colder through the day. But despite the pretty nasty conditions, 39 Golfjins and friends braved the elements to compete in the 3rd annual Sakura Cup.

The Competitors:


Firstly, a massive thanks to the sponsors for this event. We had some very generous contributions all of which helped us raise money for Japan’s Red Cross.

Sponsors:

Philippe from Le Petit Tonneau
Todd from Orca Wine
Pacific Islands Club Saipan
Tom Fielding (PGA Pro)
John Parker from Good Field Golf Club
Evelyn Claude Jewelry
Murasakizuka Golf Club




Orca Wines Special offer:
Todd from Orca Wines is offering Golfjin members 30% off all orders before May 31!
Please check out his website as he has some excellent wines in his cellar: Orca International : Japan's Pacific Northwest Wine Leader

And thanks to everyone who helped organize this event:
Check in desk: Laura & Yasu
Charity Bananas: Yasu
Awards Party: Laura & Spike
Charity fund raising: Laura, Jason & Spike
Coach: Chris & Miwa

And thanks also to Moto, Kieron and the Murasakizuka staff for taking excellent care of us.

The Competition:
This year for the Sakura cup we played a strokeplay best net competition. Not an easy format to play in Saturday’s tough conditions and only 2 players managed to shoot under their handicaps.

Here’s a full list of results:



Congratulations to Laura who won with a net 69!

Winners list:
1st: Laura
2nd: Justin
3rd: Warren
4th: Tamas
5th: Greg
10th: Savuth
20th: Graham
30th: Hilmar
BB: Nick

Near Pin Winners: Tamas, Kolo, Stephen A & Jason
Long Drive Winners: Frank, Rei, Marcus & Jack

Best Male Gross Score: Marcus (82)
Best Female Gross Score: Laura (97)

Here are some photos from the day. No on course photos thanks to the miserable conditions!

The Winners:


Long Drive Winners: Frank, Jack, Rei & Marcus


Best Gross: Marcus (again ) 82


Best Female Gross: Laura (97)


BB: Nick who won a private lesson with Tom Fielding PGA Pro


30th place: Hilmar who won a private lesson with John Parker PGA Pro


20th place: Graham who won a bottle of wine donated by Jack


10th place: Savuth who won a bottle of wine donated by Orca


5th place: Greg who won a bottle of wine donated by Jack


4th place: Tamas who won a bottle of Wine donated by Orca


3rd place: Warren


2nd place: Justin who won some golf goodies donated by Murasakizuka GC



Sakura Cup 2011 Champion: Laura
Who won some Evelyn Claude Jewelry and dinner at Le Petit Tonneau

Charity raffle:

And a huge thanks to all the people who donated prizes for the charity and also to everyone who bought lots of tickets. Including the charity banana donations we managed to raise a superb ¥170,053!

Thanks everyone! I will make the transfer this week and post the receipt.

Some photos from the Charity raffle:


The number-reader-outerer (): Jason


















Kolo won a bottle of wine donated by Orca




JK won a golf lesson with Tom Fielding


Tamas won a golf lesson with John Parker

Thanks again everyone!
See you all soon at the next Golfjin event

And er....here's a photo from Fridays round when the weather was slightly better:



We were quite surprised by how much damage the earthquake caused Murasakizuka given how far it is from the coast. As you can see above, one of their toilet shacks on the course took a bit of a hit!

Too much rain, but a fun tournament none-the-less. Thanks to the everyone who helped organize it and volunteered.

Thanks again to Yasu for the bananas--it isn't a real Golfjin event without them!

Also, one correction--the "Villagolf" wine won by Greg, Graham and Rei was donated by me, not Orca. Any complaints about this wine should be directed my way!

Already looking forward to the Kouyou Cup.

Thanks for pointing that out Jack. Fixed the comments.

Wow we had lots of rain - soaking wet after the 1st hole! The pro shop guy loved me after buying 2 shirts and finally a totally waterproof jacket ...... had a great round though and played with a really fun team!

It was so good to see everyone and was glad I came up friday night - will spend the night again at the hotel - comfortable bed for a change!

Thanks to all that braved the weather and helped raise the charity funds that are so needed at this time! Will post some pics as soon as I return to solid ground in Ishikawa-ken!

Great event despite the floods!

That pro shop guy saw me coming too!

Sold me some Siberian ski team sauna pants so I could attend the awards party. It was either that or the pink summer hot pants!

Congrats to Laura (excellent round), Justin, etc. and thanks to the sponsors. The wine is in the fridge Jack!

Looking forward to the World Cup. Hopefully my partner the Brisbane Bandit will break 140 and we do more than capture the worst dressed prize!

Charity donation made to Japan's Red Cross

Thanks again to everyone who made donations and donated some prizes for the raffle



¥170,053 donated to Japan's Red Cross (ニホンセキジュウジシャ)

Some more photos - Thanks for these Laura