The 10th Annual Runaway Open charity golf tournament was held April 27th at DeBell Golf Club in Burbank, as a fundraiser for Pasedena Rosebud Academy, which burned down in the Eaton Fire last January. We had a field of 39 this outing, and the results are finally ready! Top prize details are above the fold; click "read more" for full details, including this event's first hole-in-one, this year's lyrics riddle, and the complete scoreboard.

The top three golfers were Jason Rubio, Stephen Whithers, and Kurt Vile, in a three-way tie for first - with honorable mention to Jeremy Sova, at 4th place but only one stroke behind. The top foursome (show below) was the Mondegreen team featuring (L-R) Seth Caswell, Kurt Vile, Joshua Kinne, and Aaron Rohr. (All 10 teams were named after Phish festivals - everything from Amy's Farm to Mondegreen, excluding Coventry, Curveball, and IT.)

No one won the $10,000 hole-in-one contest on hole #7, an opportunity made possible by the Schwartz Planning Group, and thanks to volunteer observers Esther Eaton and Beej Gefsky. However, Zack Stoff did hit a hole-in-one on hole #12, a first for a Runaway Open! (He's pictured below with DeBell tournament marshall Jon Ritner, who joined Zack's foursome to fill a cancellation.) Zack thereby won the closest-to-pin contest. The longest drive contest was won by Vick Ehrmann. (There was a rule ambiguity we'll resolve for next year, but Vick was the only entry.)

This year's lyrics riddle was solved in a close tie between Joshua Kinne and Jeremy Sova. Of the 17 sponsor signs, 15 (all but Phunky Threads and Phunk Your Face, not shown) had a date in the bottom right corner, of a show that had a single Phish debut. The initials of those songs, in hole order, spelled a Phish lyric. We deeply appreciate the amazing support of all of our sponsors, and invite you to solve the riddle if you can:

We look forward to seeing even more of you next year at the 11th annual. Meanwhile, here's the scoreboard for the 10th:

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