Heat Fails To Deter SupplySide West Golfers

Heat Fails To Deter SupplySide West Golfers

A record 256 golfers braved Las Vegas 90+ degree weather toparticipate in the 7th Annual SupplySide West Golf Classic, sponsored byPharmachem Laboratories. Duffers were divided onto two courses at StallionMountain Country Club: Secretariat and Man O War. Following the tournament, alunch of hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad and other standard golf fare wasserved during the raffle and awards ceremony.

Dick Beitel, vice president of sales at Pharmachem Labs, drewtickets for the raffle, giving away such prizes as mens and ladies shirtsand shoes, a Titlist titanium driver, a Calloway golf bag and a Big Berthadriver. An Odyssey putter was awarded to Bharat Mehta, vice president of AlchemInternational Ltd., with which he attempted a 50-foot put for $5,000. While themoney went unclaimed, Mehta took home the putter.

Following the raffle, awards were given individually for eachcourse. In third place on the Secretariat course, with a score of 61, were LarryZahradnik, B&C Nutritional Products; Dean Baltzell, Merical Vita Pak Inc.;and Mike Fisher and Sam Wright, The Wright Group. In second place, with a scoreof 60, were Nick Barber, Gilita USA; Chris Gorski and Jason Gorski, ProteinProducts; and Richard Lugo, OC Lugo Co. And, in first place, with a score of 59,were Tony Lucia and Dave Barnes, ADM; Ty Akagi, Matsutani; and Greg Adams, AdamsConsulting.

Also on the Secretariat course, honors went to Linda Doyle,Roche Vitamins, for Ladies Closest to the Pin, and to Manuel Tabacinic, ArnetPharmaceutical, for Mens Closest to the Pin. Caroline Yeh, TPI, won LadiesLongest Drive, while Dan Parrott, Blue California, took home the trophy for theMens Longest Drive.

In third place on the Man OWar Course, with a score of 63,were Nelson Frewell and Michael Locke, Nutricia USA; and Qun Yi Zheng and GeneGlancy, Pure World Botanicals. In second place, with a score of 62, were DaveHuesgens, Reliv, and Dan Stauber, Shirley Rozenboom and Billie Tessendorf,Stauber Performance Ingredients. In first place, with a score of 60, were NedBecker, Nutritional Laboratories; David Menlove and Regan Miles, UnigenPharmaceuticals; and Jeff Zidachovski, Pharmanex.

As for individual prizes on the Man O War course, RussWebb, Arizona Nutritional Supplements, had the Mens Longest Drive, whileMollie Kober, Technical Sourcing, shot the Ladies Longest Drive. Kim Austin, Solgar, won Ladies Closest to the Pin, whileScott Close, Nutravail Tech., won the Mens Closest to the Pin.

Although the temperature was quite hot on the course, the7th Annual Golf Classic was the best ever with record-breaking participation,Beitel said. I believe everyone had lots of fun and a good chance to do a bitof networking at the same time. The hard work of the Virgo staff, along with the prizes, foodand hospitality extended to all by the Stallion Mountain professionals weretruly responsible for the success of this event and everyone is to be commendedon a job well done! It was a first for Pharmachem Labs to be a sponsor and, likemany of those who have been sponsors in the past, the growth of this golf outinghas snowballed to such a degree that it has become the most complementaryopening event to the No. 1 trade show in our industry.