Forty-six golfers on twelve teams enjoyed comfortable weather and collegial camaraderie as they played their way around Veenker Memorial Golf Course to support the AASV Foundation on September 10.
The golfers hosted by Pharmgate Animal Health (Dakota Fiene, Daniel Fedders, Jeffery OKones, and Jason Hengeveld) topped the field with a score of 60, winning in a tiebreaker over the team from Iowa State University composed of Justin Brown, Scott Radke, Shawn Steverson, and Brian Yarborough. VRI golfers Ryan Saltzman, Joe Thomas, Rick Sibbel, and Ben Crawford made up the third-place team, finishing with a score of 66.
The liberal use of mulligans, which were sold to provide additional support to the foundation, contributed to many of the low scores recorded in the 18-hole best ball team contest. However, golfers were forced to rely on pure talent – or good luck – to prevail in the individual contests hosted by several of the golf hole sponsors, which included Agri-King, Aurora Pharmaceutical, Huvepharma, Insight Wealth Group, Kemin Animal Nutrition & Health, Metafarms, NPPC, and Veterinary Pharmaceutical Solutions.
Sponsors also helped keep the golfers well fed and hydrated throughout the day. Lunch was sponsored by Merck Animal Health, beverages were provided by Zoetis, and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health generously supported the concluding pork dinner.
Thanks to the enthusiastic participation of golfers and sponsors, the event raised support for the foundation’s many programs, including scholarships for students and graduate veterinarians, research grants, student debt relief, swine externship grants, travel stipends for students attending the AASV Annual Meeting, Heritage videos, and more.
As he has done for the past several years, Josh Ellingson coordinated the event for the foundation and announced the following team and individual contest winners:
First flight
- 1st place (score of 60), hosted by Pharmgate Animal Health: Dakota Fiene, Daniel Fedders, Jeffery OKones, Jason Hengeveld
- 2nd place (score of 60), hosted by ISU: Justin Brown, Scott Radke, Shawn Steverson, Brian Yarborough
- 3rd place (score of 66), hosted by VRI: Ryan Saltzman, Joe Thomas, Rick Sibbel, Ben Crawford
Second flight
- 1st place (score of 67), hosted by Merck Animal Health: Jack Creel, Michelle Sprague, Steve Sprague, Mike Bauer
- 2nd place (score of 69), hosted by Zoetis: Brian Roggow, Deb Roggow, James Kloeckner, Javen Holm
- 3rd place (score of 70), hosted by Pharmacosmos: Chris Olsen, Wesley Lyons, Chelsea Hamilton, Jacob Stratton
Third flight
- 1st place (score of 75), Individuals: Wayne Freese, Dan Rosener
- 2nd place (score of 76), hosted by Zoetis: Josh Ellingson, Dave Pyburn, Darran Miller, Ben Schmaling
- 3rd place (score of 76), hosted by Topigs Norsvin: Tyler Dick, Amber Stricker, Mitch Christensen, Brent Sexton
Individual Contests
- Hole #2, Chipping contest, sponsored by Kemin Animal Nutrition & Health: Shelby Ramirez, Jason Hengeveld, and Michelle Sprague
- Hole #4, Longest Putt: Dan Fedders
- Hole #10, Longest Drive: Chris Olsen
- Hole #11, Closest to the pin, tee shot, sponsored by Huvepharma: Shelby Ramirez
- Hole #17, Closest to the pin: Javen Holm
- Hole #18, Longest putt, sponsored by Aurora Pharmaceutical: Jason Hocker