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WANADA Bulletin #20-03
May 19, 2003
2003 WANADA OPEN SPECIAL EDITION
Cool Breezes, Hot Golf, Big Prizes & Fun for All
Three Holes-In–One No Bean Balls
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id-May weather hereabouts is always unpredictable. But unlike last year’s torrential rain and tornados, the 2003 WANADA Open was enjoyed by
nearly 400 participants under cool, breezy, overcast
conditions that made for long drives, low scores – three
holes in one – and no bean balls!
As many will recall, broadcaster Johnny Holliday,
the well-known voice of the Maryland Terrapins (and
many dealer ads), caught an errant drive to the head at
last year’s Open. So this year, he was awarded a special
WANADA hard hat at the evening banquet and awards
celebration, which he again emceed in a typical lively
fashion. Holliday got a big laugh when he ribbed his
near assassin, John Crispeno of AutoTrader.com, for
“hitting a driver on a par 3” last year.
Out on the emerald green, lush from the April rain,
courses at Indian Spring Country Club yielded an enjoyable day of play for golfers. With a Shotgun Start
and Best Ball scoring, low team scores of 58 were
carded by the DARCARS 355 Toyota foursome on the
Chief course and the Sheehy Auto Stores team on the
Valley course. For the Sheehy team, it was a repeat of
their win on the Chief last year.
Clockwise: Indian Spring’s
Even more remarkable were three – yes, three! –
holes in one shots by Ed Offterdinger of Beers & Cut- courses were in top shape;
especially so for John Lehler, John Lehman of Fitzgerald Auto Malls, and Mike man who shows off his holeSundergill of B&R Associates. Unfortunately, none oc- in-one ball; while “Beat the
curred on the $10,000 Holes in one Contest greens
Pro” winner Doug Dugger dissponsored by Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Nonetheless, this plays new found cash; and
mighty trio will forever have their place in WANADA Johnny Holliday dons bean
ball proof hard hat.
Open lore.
Special guests at the cocktail reception and banquet
that evening included Anne Witt, the new acting director of the DC Department of Motor Vehicles, who made a
favorable impression on dealers with her stated commitment to improve DMV services.
With Holliday providing ample wit and a quick pace through all the prize giveaways, an evening highlight
was the “Beat the Pro” Contest with Bortie Twiford of B&R Associates officiating. The winner-take-all was
Doug Dugger of Ourisman Rockmont Chevrolet, who left with a whooping $1,520 in cash! There were also
mucho prizes and WANADA Open golf shirts for everyone. In short, there were no losers.
(See inside for full results.)
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Tournament, Contest, Prize Results
Tournament Winners
• Low Team Score, Chief Course: 58, DARCARS
355 Toyota foursome of Brandon Lim, Justin
Lim, Erik Peterson and Dave White.
• Second place team, Chief Course: 61, Chrysler
Financial team of Eric Garber, Rob Baltz, Andy
Heye and Rick Gay.
• Low Team Score, Valley Course: 58, Sheehy
Auto Stores team of Dan Wernitznig, Rodger
Clare, Earl Haynes and Jim Moloney.
• Second place team, Valley Course: 60, King
Automotive Group team of Charles McFee, Larry
Aschenbach, Chuck Brown and Mike
Benson.
Members of winning teams on both courses
received AMEX gift certificates of $100, while
second place teams were awarded $75 gift certificates
from the Indian Spring Pro Shop. All golfers received
WANADA Open golf shirts.
Special Golf Contests
Although there were a remarkable three holes-inone at this year’s Open, unfortunately none occurred
on the $10,000 Hole-in-one Contest holes (the 200+
yard Chief 2 and Valley 5) sponsored by Enterprise
Rent-A-Car. However, Ed Offterdinger of Beers &
Cutler did win a set of irons for scoring his hole-inone on the 13th hole of the Valley, and WANADA
will be looking to reward all future hole-in-oners.
The following winners received $75 gift checks
for the Indian Spring Pro Shop:
Chief Course:
• Closest-to-the-Pin: Gary Mendelson, King
Automotive Group.
Our• Longest Drive (men): Brandon Rippeon,
isman Rockmont Chevrolet.
• Longest Drive (women): Natalie Moore,
DARCARS Silver Spring Toyota.
• Straightest Drive: Efren Sangalang, Reed
Brothers Dodge
Valley Course:
• Closest-to-the-Pin: Kevin Hill, Enterprise RentA-Car.
• Longest Drive (men): James Kim, Jerry’s Ford
• Longest Drive (women): (no contestants)
• Straightest Drive: Tom Lynch, Ford Credit
Beat The Pro Contest
Sponsored by kindred-line member Bortie Twiford
of B&R Associates, Open players had an opportunity
to buy a chance for $5 to “Beat The Pro”; in this case,
Bortie and his B&R associate Mike Sundergill. For
those who did, their names were dropped in the hopper and three names were drawn for a chance to win.
All contestants were offered a ready $100 to cash in
their tickets and take a seat. None did. However,
Doug Dugger of Ourisman Rockmont Chevrolet
boldly bid $200 to replace one contestant and, in the
end, drew the lucky key to unlock a briefcase stuffed
with the grand prize of $1,520 in cash!
Dinner Prizes
In addition to the above prizes, the 2003
WANADA Open also offered attendees a chance to
win three “Luck-of-the-Draw” prizes, and for the
really lucky, seven grand prizes were awarded (two
of which were set aside for kindred-line members).
In all cases, the lucky ones had to be present to win.
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Luck-of-the-Draw
Titleist Golf Bag (Bank One): Bill Divine,
Ourisman Chrysler-Jeep
Putter & Driver (Shell Lubricants PennzoilQuaker State): Brandon Rippeon, Ourisman
Rockmont Chevrolet and Andrew Trasatti, East
West Lincoln-Mercury
Golf Umbrella & Titleist balls (Washington
Financial Group &Transamerica Retirement
Group): Rosalee Gibson, DARCARS ChryslerJeep, and Charlie Stringfellow, Brown
Automotive Group
Grand Prize Drawings
Silver:
• Sony 5 disc DVD/CD Home Theater System
(Bank of America): Jeffrey Linzey, WFS
Financial
• Sony 5 disc DVD/CD Home Theater System
(Chrysler Financial, LLC): Mark Zetlin,
American Service Center
Gold:
• Sony Digital Handycam (WANADA Ford/
Apprentice Program): Not Available
• Sony Digital Handycam (WANADA Employee
Benefits): Jim Stevens, Honda Finance
Platinum:
• 36-inch JVC Flat Screen Color TV
(AutoTrader.com): Bonnie Glover of Chase
Auto Finance
• 36-inch JVC Flat Screen Color TV (The
Washington Post): Marc Bortnick, Ron Bortnick
Ford.
WANADA Bulletin # 20-03
May 19, 2003
Clockwise from upper left are: Golfers warming up
for the Open (across the top), Ed Offterdinger of
Beers & Cutler (far right, in baseball cap) one of
three to score a hole in one; emcee Johnny Holliday
and Fred Fredrick survey the situation; while the
piper on the green at dusk calls in die hard competitors and announces the start of the reception.
And The Winners Were: Low Team Score on Valley Course went to the Sheehy Auto Stores Team (top,
from left) consisting of Earl Haynes, Dan Wernitznig,
Rodger Clare and Jim Moloney. Low Team Score on
the Chief Course was won by the DARCARS 355 Toyota foursome (directly above, from left) consisting of
Erik Peterson, Brandon Lim, Justin Lim, and Dave
White.
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WANADA Bulletin #20-03
Thanks to Our Partners & Sponsors
“There were any number of volunteers and sponsors who contributed generously of their time and resources to make this WANADA Open a great success.,” said emcee Johnny Holliday. WANADA offers
a special thanks to the following Open sponsors:
Event Sponsors:
• Indian Spring Country Club- coffee
& Danish
• Bank One & SunTrust Bank- cookout lunch
• Charapp, Deese & Weiss, E&G
Classics, The Washington Post Auto
Buyers Guide, & The Washington
Times- refreshment carts.
• Brackenbury & Audi and
Chesapeake Petroleum& Supplybeer, cheese and fruit.
• Universal Underwriters, Wachovia
Bank Dealer Financial Services &
The Washington Auto Showcocktails
• Beers & Cutler- driving range &
Sprocket the Robot
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car- $10,000
hole-in-one contest
• Hamilton & Hamilton-music
• AutoTrader.com- foursome photos
& bag drop
Golf Hole Sponsors:
American Fidelity Assurance Company
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
B&R Associates (Beat the Pro Contest)
Bank of America
Chrysler Financial Corporation
Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell
CVR – Computerized Vehicle
Registration
DentaQuest
DentMasters
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Hamilton & Hamilton
Kip Prahl & Associates
Pomerance & Associates
Transamerica Retirement Services
USLEC
Washington Financial Group
Washingtonpost.com
Yoffe Exposition Services
Grand Prize Donations:
AutoTrader.com
Bank One
Chrysler Financial
The Washington Post
WANADA/Ford Apprentice Program
WANADA Employee Benefits
The reception banquet (top)
featured
fine dining
and fellowship; wisecracking
Sprocket
the Robot
socializes
at the reception; Johnny Holliday (below, left) shows no hard feelings and kids with last year’s bean baller John Crispeno of
AutoTrader.com; and Dennis Rippeon chats with Anne
Witt (below, right), new acting director of the DC DMV.
Thought for the Week:
Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without
being good at it.
—Jimmy Demaret