Tuesday 10/22/2019 by Lemuria

RUNAWAY OPEN TOURNAMENT RESULTS

4RO PlayersThe Fourth Annual Runaway Open was held Saturday, August 31st, at Willis Case Golf Course in Denver, Colorado. From 84 registered players, we had 5 last-day cancellations and 3 no-shows - but 6 called-in from a waiting list and 1 walk-up, for a balance of 83 players on the course. Everyone had a great time raising thousands of dollars for music education, and we're finally reporting back on the tournament results.

4RO PlayersAll players received a gift bag with an event golf shirt plus items donated by fourteen sponsors, including Phish, LivePhish/Nugs.net, PhanArt, PunkYourFace, Surrender to the Flow, Tropicana Atlantic City, Roboworm, and 4imprint. Through systematic random drawings for player numbers and prize numbers, we also gave away 13 prizes donated by J2G Live, Stranahan's Whiskey, LivePhish, Vincent Romeo Rodriguez, and a Tennessee engraver whose grandfather was a music educator. In total, gifts and prizes averaged nearly $170 per player, not including on-course prizes - for an entry donation of only $150!

4RO PlayersThe top foursome* was Team Mimi, named in honor of a Fishman-signed drumstick donated by the Mimi Fishman Foundation. Each of players on Team Mimi - Michael Pryzbylski, Michael Shinkan, Charlie Whemhoff, and Kyle Desmarais - earned $80 in pro shop credit plus $170 in Merrell Money.

4RO PlayersMatt Zabka won the Closest to Pin Contest (on hole #17), just edging out Keegan Giannoni and Ash Patel, and getting $80 in pro shop credit plus a commemorative golfbag-shaped cooler from the previous year's event.

4RO PlayersColin Hall also got $80 in credit and a cooler, for winning the Longest Drive Contest (on hole #8) - which he's now done two years in a row. Colin is the only person to have played in all four Runaway Open events - and he placed first individually this year (the first year we've had prizes for individual placement). Brad Strode was second, and Aaron Pettine was third. Those three players pocketed pro shop credits of $100, $60, and $40, respectively.

4RO PlayersDozens of players took advantage of the offerings of mulligans, which raised an additional $280. On-course contests sponsored by Aurelius and Dixon (on holes #5 and 10, respectivey) had participation from 19 of 21 teams, raising an additional $536. And two silent auction items (donated by Tropicana Atlantic City, and Danny Clinch) raised an additional $235. Thanks again to all the players for helping boost the event's charitable proceeds, and congratulations to Aaron Pettine for winning the Dixon Challenge raffle, and to dozen or so players who won on-course contests for other prizes.

4RO PlayersWe're already planning for a Fifth Annual event. We may have to increase the entry fee a bit - and that mountain of returns justifies it, as do the charitable goals of the event. We hope to have perhaps 120 players, and hope to have you among them. Bribes to be on Colin's team may be donated to paypal@mbird.org - and will help benefit grants being announced around New Year's Eve, from among full proposals we just invited.

Hit 'em long and straight...

4RO Players* Runaway Open events are a modified shamble: Everyone plays the best (one) first ball, then plays their own ball to the hole (rather than playing the best ball on two or even all holes, which speeds things up but seems less inclusive and more lop-sided.) Then, each team totals the best two scores per hole for their course total (though individual scores are tracked as well, for those who want to.)

4RO Players

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Comments

, comment by 9MileSkid
9MileSkid Had a blast! Met some great folks! Definitely gonna do it again next year! Thanks Ellis!
, comment by Phireman
Phireman Incredible time .. can’t wait to do it again .. thank you to everyone who puts this together, it’s a lot of work and we all really appreciate everything you guys do .. see you in dec !!!
, comment by davludes
davludes Can’t wait to heckle next year!!
, comment by Lemuria
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