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PeteyD
16th September 2018, 05:40 PM
Another OzGolf QLD Champs in the books.

Huge thanks the Benno for all the work he does organising these and keeping tabs on everything. Once again an awesome job done mate, and well done on the win.

I enjoyed the weekend, despite struggling with my golf, and having to pull out of Friday's round suddenly.

Many thanks to my playing partners - Bluu Lefty and Timah who I didn't get to play with on Thursday, Bushy Lucastro and Marcel on Friday, BITS Bushy and PeteRS yestarday and Matty3jab, 3puttpete and Courty today. Thanks for putting up with my crappy golf!

Looking forward to the next one!

Go the ugliest putter in the world!

AndyP
16th September 2018, 06:24 PM
The Champ - benno_r
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180916/10058f34b63d53174eff0a44810c4f1b.jpg

NAGA - SundayHack
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180916/0de1bba28770eaedc40caffe98d1389c.jpg

PeteyD
16th September 2018, 06:59 PM
In all this I think we missed that Benno_R has become the first person to win the QLD champs more than once (2015 - 2018).

Dcanto
16th September 2018, 07:14 PM
Congrats Benno, well done.

AndyP
16th September 2018, 07:15 PM
In all this I think we missed that Benno_R has become the first person to win the QLD champs more than once (2015 - 2018).
I was talking about it afterwards. 14 years was a long time without someone winning it twice.

Dotty
16th September 2018, 07:46 PM
Solarman has won NAGA half a dozen times (including a couple before he joined OzGolf). :)

Congratulations, BennoR

peter_rs
16th September 2018, 08:04 PM
Congrats Benno

damoocow
16th September 2018, 08:10 PM
Congrats Benno! - just wondering if I've missed any chair stacking shenanigans at the last couple of Champs?

Johnny Canuck
16th September 2018, 08:36 PM
Congrats Benno.

Did you win it with the clubs I sent over?

Sunday Hack, lives up to the name.

benno_r
16th September 2018, 09:32 PM
Congrats Benno.

Did you win it with the clubs I sent over?

Sunday Hack, lives up to the name.

Thanks mate.

The ie1's have been relegated for g30 at the moment (my iron play is shocking). Lucky my drives are so short I can hybrid into a lot of holes.

And being SundayHack is a rollercoaster. Naga, to champ, to Naga. It moves the needle!

benno_r
16th September 2018, 09:33 PM
Congrats Benno! - just wondering if I've missed any chair stacking shenanigans at the last couple of Champs?

No more chairs being stacked. But have you met Bushy?

Johnny Canuck
16th September 2018, 09:34 PM
Thanks mate.

The ie1's have been relegated for g30 at the moment (my iron play is shocking). Lucky my drives are so short I can hybrid into a lot of holes.

And being SundayHack is a rollercoaster. Naga, to champ, to Naga. It moves the needle!

I bought a gap wedge off Gumtree a couple weeks ago.

Arrived at the same house I picked your Irons from.

I’ve gone from blades to Mizuno MPH4s and I’m loving it.

benno_r
16th September 2018, 09:36 PM
I bought a gap wedge off Gumtree a couple weeks ago.

Arrived at the same house I picked your Irons from.

I’ve gone from blades to Mizuno MPH4s and I’m loving it.

Ha! That's quote the coincidence. My roster is killing my golf consistency at the moment though. I really want to go back to the ie1s though, they really work for me when my swing behaves.

Johnny Canuck
16th September 2018, 09:37 PM
They are beautiful sticks.

benno_r
16th September 2018, 09:47 PM
And to officialise this a little, scores from the weekend are as follows:

https://i.imgur.com/9TUJVTu.jpg

AndyP
17th September 2018, 05:39 AM
That Peppas one point nine!! Outstanding!!!

JoeS
17th September 2018, 05:49 AM
Well played Benno

henno
17th September 2018, 07:30 AM
Awesome weekend. Thanks to the guys that put up with my constant dribble over the four days, and extra thanks for putting up with what was some fairly ordinary golf at times.
Extra thanks for Benno for the hard work in organising it all; it was a top weekend that went off without a hitch.

Personal memorable moments:

- Bushy tipping a jug over his head on Friday night after wanting to wear it as a hat before saying "I forgot that was still full".
- Bushy humping my head and walking across the tables at the same bar.
- Bushy climbing in some random market person's van and sitting there like a lost kid.
- Getting up hungover on Saturday morning for some red-eyed Henno ClubTech for Jono who wanted a shaft for his M1.

Kooralbyn:
- Jono's hole-in-one, of course. It never looked like missing. Then again, nothing he hit looked bad all day. What a flusher.
- Having 24 putts.... on the back nine.
- Shooting 11 over across two holes.
- Raising the bat and having my second-worst score off the stick in history, but taking a 0.5 handicap chop.
- Being in good company in that regard, with 7 of our 19 starters raising the bat.

RQ:
- Almost completely missing the ball on the first tee and shooting it off the toe and onto the next fairway.
- Peppas three shanks in a row was a thing of beauty.
- My three cold tops in a row was equally beautiful.
- Jarred snapping his driver in the most unimpressive of ways. In his words "If I knew it was going to break, I would have snapped it over my knee."
- The greens were tough at RQ; Even full swung wedges nipped off the fairway were lucky to get any second-hop razz. I didn't repair a single pitch mark.

Pac Harbour:
- Watching Matt3Jab stripe everything only to live up to his namesake on the greens (even trying out Matt4Jab on one hole).
- Wiping a hole from 90m out in the middle of the fairway... three times.
- Both Matt and I smoking driver down the last (go the Burners) hitting an easy wedge on and taking birdie and par respectively, with shouts of "Pleeeaaaase!" as Matt's birdie putt rolled towards the hole, followed by high-fives as it dropped for our group's only bird for the day. I am sure the people watching from the bar probably thought both of us just shot 40-something points the way we carried on. Maybe if you added our scores together.
- Having both of our big drives down 18 absolutely dominated by Jarred who pumped his past us by a good 15-20m I reckon.

Brookwater:
- My cart partner Ferrins offering me a "coffee" on the first tee from a very suspicious looking thermos, then immediately after I knocked it back he turned and picked someone in the other cart (Marcel) as his partner in the bet.
- Thankfully the effects of the Rohypnol must have worn off after 15 holes and thecollective and I were able to come back from 2 down with 3 to play to take the bikkies on the 18th.
- Having two five-pointer putts very nearly go in, and having tap-in 4 pointers. 2-shot holes are robbery.
- Smoking my 20* hybrid off the tee (only hit driver 4 times I think) and really getting it out there a long way.
- Hitting 4 greens in a row (9, 10, 11, 12) and playing those holes 4 over par. Over holes 9 and 10 I had two tee shots, two approaches and seven putts. (and 41 putts for the day).
- On the very next hole after that debacle (13) I took par despite hitting a backwards shot 20m in the wrong direction out of a plugged lie in the fairway bunker. Ridiculousness.
- Smashing my approach too big to the very back of the green on 18, only to have thecollective say "Did you just hit 6-iron 175m to an elevated green?" In hindsight I should have hit the 7-iron in my other hand I was thinking about.
- Sliding that loooong downhill putt from the back of the green in front of the gallery that broke two ways, skimmed the edge and left me a tap in par and a win for the bet, which was a nice way to finish the day and weekend.


Can we do it all again next weekend?

Ron Burgundy
17th September 2018, 07:59 AM
Thanks for organizing it Benno. All were quality tracks (well, might wait until the reports come back of Nudgee today!) and everything went off pretty seamlessly.

Congrats also on winning the big dance. Turns out laying up to hybrid distance is the key to success.

I had a bloody great time from start to finish. Finally got to play RQ, somehow avoided NAGA, got a couple of kaakaas and got spotted in all sorts of unexpected places around town all weekend. I was gassed by the time the back 9 at a Brooky rolled around. Could be that I’m still shite and that run of wipes was always coming, but I prefer to think I was just hungry after that that kookaburra relieved me of half my sandwich.

Thanks to all my playing and drinking partners over the weekend. See you at the next one.

Captain Nemo
17th September 2018, 08:27 AM
That Peppas one point nine!! Outstanding!!! Quality golf right there!Typo?

henno
17th September 2018, 08:35 AM
Typo?

Nope.

Daves
17th September 2018, 08:43 AM
Peppas game relies on adjoining fairways, Brookwater has none.

SundayHack
17th September 2018, 09:55 AM
Benno, mate congrats on being the first to 2 time Qld champ. Also thanks for organising another top weekend.

Lefty, mate great defence of your title. After watching you hobble your way around RQ I thought it wouldn't be the last time we played over the weekend. Hence the reason for my stupid drunk bet to bet against you and back Matty. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BET AGAINST WINX.

To all the guys I played with sorry for putting up with my junk golf all weekend. I will be back next year and with early mail of a Mackay/Whitsunday champs on the radar, playing a few course in my backyard that I am familiar with I am planing a repeat my VIC Naga/Champ double with the QLD NAGA/Champ double. I think this weekend I was a bit like St George, peaked early and failed to fire when it mattered most. Playing of your lowest cap at these events is a tough gig.

To any one who hasn't been on one of these weekend and is thinking of "just do it". The only thing you will regret is not doing it sooner.

SundayHack
17th September 2018, 10:05 AM
And being SundayHack is a rollercoaster. Naga, to champ, to Naga. It moves the needle!

Im glad I move your needle Benno.

Captain Nemo
17th September 2018, 11:22 AM
Im glad I move your needle Benno.

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solarman
17th September 2018, 12:08 PM
Solarman has won NAGA half a dozen times (including a couple before he joined OzGolf). :)

Congratulations, BennoR

Yep.....funny as

Steve57
17th September 2018, 12:28 PM
Yep.....funny as It’s ok Bob, Sundayhack is well on the way to taking the Perpetual trophy off you!😉

solarman
17th September 2018, 01:44 PM
Did I hear someone say Mackay/Whitsunday Champs.
8 hour road trip coming up with designated driver Courty.
Stop at every pub that starts with "W"......Wedmonton, Wordonvale, Winnisfail, Wully, Wardwell, Wingham, Wownsville, Wayr, Wowen, Woserpine.

SundayHack
17th September 2018, 01:53 PM
Did I hear someone say Mackay/Whitsunday Champs.
8 hour road trip coming up with designated driver Courty.
Stop at every pub that starts with "W"......Wedmonton, Wordonvale, Winnisfail, Wully, Wardwell, Wingham, Wownsville, Wayr, Wowen, Woserpine.

You will be wasted by Wirlie Weach.

solarman
17th September 2018, 01:54 PM
You will be wasted by Wirlie Weach.
2 hour detour to Woranbah :)

Dotty
17th September 2018, 01:56 PM
And grab a couple of roadies from Wan Wurphy's.

Dcanto
17th September 2018, 02:20 PM
Did I hear someone say Mackay/Whitsunday Champs.8 hour road trip coming up with designated driver Courty.Stop at every pub that starts with "W"......Wedmonton, Wordonvale, Winnisfail, Wully, Wardwell, Wingham, Wownsville, Wayr, Wowen, Woserpine.I'll be in that.

BUSHY
17th September 2018, 04:56 PM
Did I hear someone say Mackay/Whitsunday Champs.
8 hour road trip coming up with designated driver Courty.
Stop at every pub that starts with "W"......Wedmonton, Wordonvale, Winnisfail, Wully, Wardwell, Wingham, Wownsville, Wayr, Wowen, Woserpine.

Oh dear god.




I’m in.

BUSHY
17th September 2018, 05:07 PM
What can I say? Benno, you are a superstar. Thanks for all your magnificent planning and of course lugging me around all week.

It should come as no surprise but I had the best time again at a Champs. To echo Hacks comments if you’re sitting on the fence with regard to playing in a Champs weekend the sooner you do it the better.

With that, i want to thank everyone that was there for making it the weekend it was.

shazza_rs
17th September 2018, 06:29 PM
Thanks to Benno for his great organisational skills. And through all of that he’s also managed to come out the Champ! Congratulations!

Had a great time despite my shite golf. Thanks to all the travellers who make these events happen. Always great to have a drink and a chinwag with you all.

Captain Nemo
17th September 2018, 06:31 PM
Well done Benno, another win for Ping!
#numberoneironsonozgolf

Captain Nemo
17th September 2018, 06:35 PM
Nope.
Geeezus!
:roll:

Toxic
17th September 2018, 06:37 PM
Is that the 1st ozgolf champs where no one has reached 36points in a round over the weekend?

henno
17th September 2018, 07:17 PM
Is that the 1st ozgolf champs where no one has reached 36points in a round over the weekend?

2014 was won by DaveS with 32 and 29.
2016 was won by BITS with 33 and 34.

EDIT: I just re-read what you wrote and my answers above add nothing to that.

benno_r
17th September 2018, 07:35 PM
Is that the 1st ozgolf champs where no one has reached 36points in a round over the weekend?

The upside is they DSR'd at 75 (Par 72) on Saturday, and 74 (Par 72) on Sunday. Probably the hardest tracks I have played in champs rounds yet.

Could possibly add 2014 NSW champs (Coffs), 2014 Qld (Sanc Cove), 2016 Qld (Sunshine Coast), and maybe 2017 SA Champs (Mt Osmond / RA).

backintheswing
17th September 2018, 07:40 PM
2014 was won by DaveS with 32 and 29.
2016 was won by BITS with 33 and 25.

EDIT: I just re-read what you wrote and my answers above add nothing to that.

I think I might have had 34 on Sunday in the tempest at twin waters

henno
17th September 2018, 08:04 PM
I think I might have had 34 on Sunday in the tempest at twin waters

Holy heck! That must have felt like 44 points.
My mistake in misreading the thread. I'll edit.

3Puttpete
18th September 2018, 09:05 AM
The upside is they DSR'd at 75 (Par 72) on Saturday, and 74 (Par 72) on Sunday. Probably the hardest tracks I have played in champs rounds yet.

Could possibly add 2014 NSW champs (Coffs), 2014 Qld (Sanc Cove), 2016 Qld (Sunshine Coast), and maybe 2017 SA Champs (Mt Osmond / RA).

I reckon there was a 36 at bonville

Jono
18th September 2018, 10:54 AM
Thanks Benno for organising the champs week. It takes time and organising skills to come up with a week like this and you did a top job mate! 👍

I’ve got a serious case of the champs withdrawals but life goes on. See you guys at the 2019 champs! 😎

Courty
18th September 2018, 03:58 PM
Massive thanks to Benno for the coordination of the whole she-bang, flawless once again!
Another massive thanks to Benno for being my taxi for the trip
Thanks to my playing partners for tolerating my continued Champs mediocrity (Benno_r, Bushy, LeftyHoges, Henno, Ploppy Pat, Jono, Matt3Jab, Nudgee, Shazza_rs, Marcel, Ferrins, 3PuttPete, PeteyD, TheCollective, Peppas)
Thanks to SundayHack for ensuring I was no chance of taking home the NAGA toad :mrgreen:
Thanks to the golfing Gods for allowing me to put together a decent Champs round (even if it was a Monday, and still wasn't enough for a win)

benno_r
18th September 2018, 04:05 PM
Massive thanks to Benno for the coordination of the whole she-bang, flawless once again!
Another massive thanks to Benno for being my taxi for the trip
Thanks to my playing partners for tolerating my continued Champs mediocrity (Benno_r, Bushy, LeftyHoges, Henno, Ploppy Pat, Jono, Matt3Jab, Nudgee, Shazza_rs, Marcel, Ferrins, 3PuttPete, PeteyD, TheCollective, Peppas)
Thanks to SundayHack for ensuring I was no chance of taking home the NAGA toad :mrgreen:
Thanks to the golfing Gods for allowing me to put together a decent Champs round (even if it was a Monday, and still wasn't enough for a win)
C'mon now courty, there were a few kakaa's, and plenty of buttery fadez....

benno_r
18th September 2018, 04:12 PM
And I'll add my little thing:

Thanks to the courses that hosted us. We had a little hiccup at Kooralbyn, and quite a big one at Nudgee, but everything went smoothly elsewhere. Despite the toughness, I was very happy with the presentation of the weekend courses. Also very happy to tick RQ off the list, even though the greens are brutal.

Thanks for everyone who makes the effort to attend - especially the out of towners and out of staters. This was the best represented QLD champs yet, so thanks again.

Also congrats to daily winners, and also to Jono for a Hole in One at Kooralbyn. By all accounts it was a sweet shot.

I must also thank Snell balls for giving us an excellent deal on the NTP/LD balls. I didnt win any, so anyone who did feel free to let us know how they are.

Thanks also to Pete and Shaz for assisting in balls/trophy pickups, PeteyD for scoring assistance, and Petey and Aaron for the birdy comp.

I was lucky to win at the end. Ron was playing out of his skin on the front 9 at Brooky, and Lefty was giving it a fair shake too. I really enjoyed playing with everyone I got to play with, so thanks to all.

Keep an eye out in the coming months for next years champs announcements. If you have ever wondered what it's like, it's great - you'll have a ball.

PeteyD
18th September 2018, 04:57 PM
Oh Birdie money - $210 for the bucket at Vic Champs!

mrbluu
18th September 2018, 06:00 PM
First of all a big thank you to Benno, PDiddy and anyone else who helped organised this, once again a great event!! Big thank you to my travel buddy and Timah for letting me crash at your place and finally got to meet the family!!!

Thank you to all my playing partners:

Kooralbyn
Lefty - Great to see an angry flusha at work
PDiddy (almost one hole) - Sorry you had to take off
Timah - Superflusha just a little out of form

Royal Queensland
Steve - Slightly older supaflusha slight out of form a well
Jono - I'll be giving you a few shots soon!!
Ferrins - Did you enjoy the boat

Pacific Harbour
Benno - Giving AndyP a run for is money on the bunting stacks
AndyP - Glad I only got to see you ice your groin for 1 round (not sure how this helped your dodgy hip but I'm not here to judge
JDoggle - You'll be off scratch soon mate

Brookwater
Ash - Maybe you should have started on the jimmy's on sat at pac harbour
SundayHack and Bushy - finally got to see the Kakaaaa bros in action and they didn't disappoint. Great Kakaaa in unison after a birdie!!

Most importantly thank you to everyone who attended event to make it what it is. It was great catching up with old friends and meeting new ones too!!

Big congratulations to Benno for taking out the event to become a 2 time winner, couldn't' have happen to a better bloke!!

Until the next champs, mrbluu signing out.

BUSHY
18th September 2018, 06:26 PM
Oh Birdie money - $210 for the bucket at Vic Champs!

Pretty good effort.

BUSHY
18th September 2018, 06:28 PM
SundayHack and Bushy - finally got to see the Kakaaaa bros in action and they didn't disappoint. Great Kakaaa in unison after a birdie!!

Was a bit like two graceful swans wasn’t it.

Captain Nemo
18th September 2018, 06:46 PM
Was a bit like two graceful swans wasn’t it.
Bwahahaha I bet!

PeteyD
18th September 2018, 07:24 PM
Was a bit like two graceful swans wasn’t it.

48365

AndyP
18th September 2018, 07:55 PM
AndyP - Glad I only got to see you ice your groin for 1 round (not sure how this helped your dodgy hip but I'm not here to judge

So much discussion about my groin on the weekend. What a topic! It's a pelvis injury, by the way.

As disappointing as it was to miss the RQ round, I think I made the right decision. I was struggling, in different ways and at different times, during both of the weekend rounds, so I can't see how I could have got through three rounds of that, especially if I was walking Friday.

That said, the pain was totally worth it. These weekends are awesome, and there is a reason that I haven't missed one yet.

Courty
19th September 2018, 07:53 AM
Some course pics I took during the trip:

Lakelands 14th
https://i.imgur.com/Fl4veEA.jpg

Tamborine Mountain 5th
https://i.imgur.com/FOIX22j.jpg

Kooralbyn Valley 5th
https://i.imgur.com/DhSRMaQ.jpg

Royal Queensland 5th
https://i.imgur.com/szUtcZM.jpg

Pacific Harbour 7th
https://i.imgur.com/acOuG2W.jpg

Brookwater 13th
https://i.imgur.com/ZllvM6u.jpg

thecollective
19th September 2018, 08:03 AM
had a great time @ my first QLD champs, good company and banter, a well organised event

All things being equal I will see you all again in late Feb

TC

benno_r
19th September 2018, 06:58 PM
Oh Birdie money - $210 for the bucket at Vic Champs!We had a couple of small organisational snafus at Kooralbyn, and Nudgee which lead to me collecting a little too much from everyone.

Consensus from the players on the day was to "chuck it in the tin". Since we aren't that organised, I have just made the donation to Beyond Blue. Big pat on the back for the participants who were happy to forgo their refunds.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180919/feee012c4e77f6f72d56249ed3ae69bc.jpg

PeteyD
19th September 2018, 07:01 PM
Awesome!

Matt 3 Jab
19th September 2018, 07:39 PM
Massive thanks to Benno for organising this.

Thankyou to all I played with. Hopefully I hit one good shot in front of you, and bought you a beer.

These trips are great fun

Anyone on the central coast NSW, hit me up for a game [emoji106][emoji106]