Sixty-eight golfers on seventeen teams gathered in Ames last week for the fifteenth annual AASV Foundation Golf Outing. Veenker Memorial Golf Course hosted the event on Thursday, August 22. The outing coordinator, Dr. Ron White, made a slight change in the rules from previous years, requiring teams to make use of each team member’s drive at least four times during the 18-hole round. Merck Animal Health’s team, composed of Dave Bomgaars, Dave Iverson, Catherine Van Der Weide, and Curtis Bomgaars, rose to the challenge, taking the event’s top honors with a team score of 60 – five strokes ahead of the second-place team.
The annual fundraiser provides support for AASV Foundation programs including veterinary-student scholarships, travel stipends to assist students attending the AASV annual meeting, research grants, swine externship grants, distinguished member videos, and more.
The generous support of sponsors ensured the fundraiser’s financial success and also enhanced the event for all participants. Zoetis sponsored the awards dinner held after the golfing, giving attendees the opportunity to enjoy pork that had been raised using Improvest®. PharmGate Animal Health provided the on-course lunches for all golfers. Golf-hole sponsor Harrisvaccines supplied the golfers with coozies and golf tees while Insight Wealth Group took photos of each team on the course. Alltech, AVMA PLIT, and Zoetis also lent their support to the foundation by sponsoring a golf hole.
To conclude the event, the following team and individual contest winners were announced: Championship Flight
First place team hosted by Merck Animal Health (score 60): Dave Iverson, Catherine Van Der Weide, Curtis Bomgaars, and Dave Bomgaars
Second place team with players from Norbrook and PharmGate Animal Health (score 65): Chip Whitlow, Mick Kent, Dan Rosener, Gene Spellman
Third-place team hosted by Phibro Animal Health (score 66): Doug Weiss, Mark Rooney, Dan McManus, Lynn Garrels
First Flight
First place team hosted by Boehringer Ingelheim (score 67): Jeff OKones, Adam Schelkopf, John Kolb, Maddie Kolb
Second place team hosted by Elanco Animal Health (score 68): Eric Christianson, Tom Marsteller, Craig Boelling, Matt Anderson
Third place team hosted by Zoetis (score 70): Ron White, Steve Sornsen, Jeff Zimmerman, Kent Schwartz
Second Flight
First place team hosted by Merck Animal Health (score 71): Steve Hall, Shamus Brown, Jon Van Blarcom, Dale Mechler
Second place team hosted by Zoetis (score 71): Rick Swalla, Eric Greiner, Alan Whiley, Ian Levis
Third place team hosted by Zoetis (score 72): Tim Stuart, Steve Schmitz, Michelle Sprague, Paul Knoernschild
Third Flight
First place team hosted by Zoetis (score 73): Kelly Coulson, Doug King, Mark Brinkman, Al Frischmeyer
Second place team hosted by GlobalVetLINK (score 73): Cliff Smith, Connie Schmidt, Judy Schmidt, Brian Steffen
Third place team hosted by Merck Animal Health (score 76): Warren Wilson, Steve Menke, Mike O’Neal, Randy Leete
Individual Contests
Longest drive, men (hole #4): Brady White
Closest to the pin, men (hole #6): Jeff Zimmerman
Longest putt, men (hole #9): John Kolb
Straightest drive, men (hole #10): Gene Spellman
Closest to the pin, men (hole #13): Chad Grouwinkel
Longest putt, men (hole #15): Dale Mechler
Longest drive, men (hole #18): Curtis Bomgaars
Straightest drive, women (hole #1): Catherine Van Der Weide
Closest to the pin, women (hole #8): Judy Schmidt
Longest putt, women (hole #12): Judy Schmidt
Longest drive, women (hole #16): Catherine Van Der Weide