1991 VASC Grand Slam of Golf

The first event of the VASC Grand Slam of Golf was held this weekend at the majestic Ponderosa Golf Club. Seated in the hills of western PA. it made a wonderful setting for the inaugural event of the VASC tour. Coming into the event Takeo 'The Golden Bear' Kanade and Dean 'The White Shark' Pomerleau were the odds-on favorites to take home the VASC Cup. Strong Challenges were sure to be mounted by Dirk 'Bernhardt' Langer and Dave 'Monster Driver' Simon. An untested rookie Ben 'I-haven't-played-golf-in-a-year-so-give-me-a-high- handicap' Brown also was expected to give the veterans a test. The round started out even but soon it came down to The Shark and The Bear. After a slow start, The Shark came on strong, but The Bear was no match for the less experienced water dweller. The Bear posted a seven stroke victory over The Shark and a nine stroke one over I.H.P.G.I.A.Y.S.G.M.A.H.H. Total for all players are as follows: 

                  Gross    Adj. Gross  Net
                  ------------------------
Takeo Kanade       85          85      85
Dean Pomerleau     92          91      91
Ben Brown          94          93      71
Keiichi Kemmotsu   97          97      87
Dave Simon         99          97      85
Dirk Langer        102         99      87
Katsushi Ikeuchi   103         103     86
Masao Kume         108         106     71
Todd Jochem        108         107     80
Eric Hoffman       118         115     83
Shigeru Aoki       119         116     77
Pradeep Khosla     119         116     89
Hunter Novak       119         118     91
Tetsuo Kiuchi      128         125     86
Carol Novak        159         157     115

The gross score is the total number of strokes, the adjusted gross is the subtraction of some magic number based on your consistency (devised by Takeo) from your gross score, and the net score is your hadicap relative to 88 subtracted from your adj. gross score.

Prizes and Awards

Low Gross, Longest Drive (10th hole), and Closest to the Pin: Takeo
High Gross: Carol
Closest to Pin: Dirk
Low Net: Ben
Second Longest Drive on 10th Hole: Katsu
Longest Drive still in Fairway (3rd Hole): Todd

The next stop on the VASC tour will be in early October. Hope to see ya at the Links.