Official VIC champs thread - Feb 15-18, Melbourne

[LeftyHoges]

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Please double check the table in post#1 to make sure your accomm and golf details are right.

Thur, Fri, Sun accomm: andigolds Park View Hotel on St Kilda Rd. He's supplied us the very generous rate of $62.50 per person twin share, with option for people to room up as 4's for below $50 a head. An absolute steal to be so cheap so close to the CBD. No prepayment required, one person in each room to put up a credit card on check in & then just pay on checkout. 10 days before for final numbers is enough notice.

Sat accomm: Here. 15 people officially booked in for Sat accomm. $70 a head.

Fri golf: Southern GC. $60, carts are an extra $45, pull carts $5 hire. We have the last 5 groups booked from approximately 12:30 onwards. Should give interstaters arriving that morning a bit of time to get to the hotel, or straight to the club and have a quick meal or drink. Daylight no issue for any of these times as Daylight savings will be in full swing.

Sat golf: 6 tee times, 12:00PM onwards at St Andrews Beach. Cost will be $85 & includes cart or $69-50 without. Please note if you decide prior you don't want a cart but then want one on the day they will be $40.

Sun golf: Confirmed, 5 slots, 9:20AM to 10AM at Moonah Links Legends Course. Cost of $95 & includes cart.

Mon golf: Spring Valley GC - 7:56AM hitoff. Cost of $82.50, no cart.

So, a total of $200 for golf on Saturday & Sunday, with $20 going towards prizes. Or if you wish, please pay the full $342.50 for all four rounds golf, or the full payment for whatever rounds you are playing + $20 for prizes. Full payment preferred but instalments OK too. Final payment by 22nd Jan 2013.

Meals / activities:

Thurs night: Had in Lime restaurant @ Parkview Hotel. Chicken was magnificent but the Lamb Wellington is still my choice here.

Fri night: BBQ and salad had. Some regurgitated. Andy has provided a conference room for "activities". They will be good fun and include the all important BYO alcohol (which some should steer clear of next year!).

Sat night: BBQ at St Andrews Beach Golf Club. Drinks must be purchased from the club but we can bring whatever else we like. FG can get hold of some meat (stop sniggering you lot!) and salads. Need to know final numbers a week or so before. Probably around $10 a head to cover costs.

Sun night: Was the awesome idea of Chinatown with beers @ Young & Jacksons hotel.

Player	Thu score	Fri score	Sat score	Sun score	Mon score	Total (avg)
LeftyHoges	35	35	31	29	38	168 (33.6)
Kev	26	25	28	33	23	135 (27)
Iain	-	35	37	37	19	128 (32)
Popper81	28	32	26	39	26	151 (30.2)
LarryLong	-	30	29	35	-	95 (31.7)
Courty	26	29	34	29	26	144 (28.8
Marto65	-	30	35	38	-	103 (34.3)
FlowerGirl	-	-	NCR	-	-	NCR
JohnnyBoy	-	-	26	-	-	26 (26)
andigold	-	34	26	32	22	114 (28.5)
Bruce	-	-	28	40	-	68 (34)
Bruce Snr	-	-	24	24	-	48 (24)
Peter_rs	21	30	35	42	33	161 (32.2)
BenM	26	29	34	31	21	141 (28.2)
HCC	-	30	-	-	-	30 (30)
Muldude	-	-	33	35	-	68 (34)
IanO	-	-	32	-	-	32 (32)
wbennett	-	35	25	36	28	124 (31)
oncewasagolfer	-	-	32	25	-	57 (28.5)
AndyP	-	36	34	30	28	128 (32)
Lucasto23	-	21	25	40	30	116 (29)
Monsta65	-	25	32	27	22	106 (26.5)
Grumpy	-	31	23	34	23	111 (27.7)
Spanner039	24	-	24	-	24	72 (24)
Firey	-	-	-	25	-	25 (25)
Total	186 (26.6)	485 (30.3)	653 (29.7)	661 (33.1)	363 (25.9)	2351 (29.59)

Day	Winner	R/UP	NTP	NTP	NTP	NTP	Long Drive
Friday *	AndyP (36)	LeftyHoges (35)	3rd	5th	12th	16th	14th
			Peter_rs	Popper81	LarryLong	BenM	LeftyHoges
Saturday	Iain (37)	Peter_rs (35)	4th	6th	11th	16th	13th
			Peter_rs?	Marto65	IanO	No-one	LeftyHoges
Sunday	Peter_rs (42)	Bruce (40)	3rd	5th	10th	16th	6th
			muldude	Lucasto23	?	oncewasagolfer	Popper81
Monday	LeftyHoges (38 )	Peter_rs (33)	3rd	5th	10th	14th	12th
			Lucasto23	Iain	Spanner039	kev	wbennett

*wbennett (35) received a 3rd place prize on Friday due to the generosity of Southern GC in donating prizes.

[BenM]

I checked around the room first to make sure there were none before getting that drunk!



And yet we only drank Carlton Draught...

Yeah I regretted that too. They had some interesting looking beers on tap, no idea why I went with draught. Too knackered to think straight.

[AndyP]

The beer snob in me just cringed.

[LeftyHoges]

The beer snob in me just cringed.

Funnily enough the beer snob in me didn't mind at the time. It was cold, wet and decent enough to keep down.

[popper81]

decent enough to keep down.

Unlike dinner on Friday? Andigold went to a lot of trouble....

[AndyP]

I saw enough on tap in there to make it very hard to walk out.

Next year.....

[BenM]

I saw enough on tap in there to make it very had to walk out.

Next year.....

Good thing you didn't even walk in then

[AndyP]

I came in and said goodbye, so I had a really good look. Twice.

[BenM]

I must've already been at the bar ordering swill draughts.

There were some good special beers on the blackboard too IIRC - which was right between the NAB cup and the women's cricket. It was like heaven for a beer drinking sports watcher.

[AndyP]

FFS!

[LeftyHoges]

Unlike dinner on Friday? Andigold went to a lot of trouble....

Yeah, poor bugger. Maybe if I'd eaten more than 2 sausages it would've been easier to keep down.

(Pfft, who am I kidding? )

[IanO]

Lefty ... is there a full run-down of all the winners and prizes on a day by day basis?

[LeftyHoges]

Lefty ... is there a full run-down of all the winners and prizes on a day by day basis?

Slowly working on it Ian. Will be in the original post (or the post shown at the top of every page). There's a few gaps to fill where my memory is a little fuzzy.

[WBennett]

There's a few gaps to fill where my memory is a little fuzzy.

Lefty's memory ended at 11pm Friday and started again on Sunday evening...

[LeftyHoges]

Lefty's memory ended at 11pm Friday and started again on Sunday evening...

Like all good golf trips!

Wish I had have remembered to play half decent golf those two days in between though!

[AndyP]

I had the best score on Friday despite being told of the death of my lawn trimmer just prior to tee off.

I did it for you, Whippy.

[popper81]

I had the best score on Friday despite being told of the death of my lawn trimmer just prior to tee off.

I did it for you, Whippy.

Well played..... Pity you didn't win.

[BenM]

RIP Whippy. I don't know how you managed to cope.

[Monsta]

You should have said something AndyP, we could have had a whip around for a new one

[AndyP]

Well played..... Pity you didn't win.

I just wish that I had a soft interstate opponent to slaughter for Whippy, like some others did.

[popper81]

I just wish that I had a soft interstate opponent to slaughter for Whippy, like some others did.

That is funny on SOOOOO many levels.

[BenM]

Pfffft. Popper got lucky

[WBennett]

I just wish that I had a soft interstate opponent to slaughter for Whippy, like some others did.

Weren't you three up after 5 or something like that?

It all went pear shaped for you on 17 when you missed the fairway by 80 metres and ended up in the 14th's greenside bunker!

[kev]

He semi-threw it Benno. Didn't want to destroy his non-losing streak, but didn't want to win for a team that didn't really want him.

#nottakinganythingawayfromyourcomeback

[popper81]

Pfffft. Popper got lucky

Lucky???? You're funny.


You're lucky you didn't lose 10 & 8.

[AndyP]

Weren't you three up after 5 or something like that?

It all went pear shaped for you on 17 when you missed the fairway by 80 metres and ended up in the 14th's greenside bunker!

I think you are over-rating that lead in handicap match play.
I wouldn't call that a winning lead when the opponent has only used one shot hole of the 8 given. I certainly reminded myself of that on the 6th tee.

The 17th made little difference, since he had a shot; I would have had to birdie it. Two shots in the bunker on 14 are my regret from the match.

Plus what Kevin said.