2014 VIC OZgolf Champs - Feb 7 - 10

[LeftyHoges]

Thur, Fri, Sun accomm: andigolds Park View Hotel on St Kilda Rd. A very generous rate (again!) of $62.50 pp twin share, can to room up as 4's for below $50 a head. No prepayment required, one person in each room to put up a credit card on check in & then pay on checkout. 10 days prior for final numbers. Please add a review here.

Sat accomm: Nepean Country Club. 6 Two Bedroom Split Level apartments, sleeping 6 each at $350 a night. $60 a head if we fill the rooms, $72 a head max if we don't.

Thurs 6th golf: Woodlands Golf Club. $80 (member-guest rate and a very good price for a very good course) 3:45 to 4:00PM hit-off. Probable self-cooked BBQ tea afterwards, just awaiting confirmation of this. Cost of dinner TBA. Course guide here.

Fri 7th golf: An exceptional course last year in Southern GC. This year we're not just going one better, we're going 92 better (according to Golf Digests 2006 top 100 list). ROYAL MELBOURNE GC - West Course! Cost of $245 a head and includes a light lunch, drinks on course (non-alcoholic, I assume will still cost), finger food afterwards. Unfortunately no golf-only option (Club Captains Decision) and CAPPED AT 32 PLAYERS! Sorry guys, we tried to fight for more spots but no can do. If we want to play at RM we play by RM's rules. As a matter of interest we are the only corporate / social group in 2+ years to have got on to play RM on a Friday so we are very, very lucky. 1:30PM tee-off. Course guide here.

Sat 8th golf: The Dunes Links. 10 groups @ $55 a head with 29+ players. $60 with less. $42 carts. 2 tee start > 12:16 onwards. 10 carts booked. $5 pull carts.

Sun 9th golf: Portsea Links. 10 groups @ $50 per head with 33+ players, $55 with less. $45 carts. 2 tee start, 8:19 off 10th, 8:33 off 1st. 10 carts booked. $5 pull carts. $15 electric buggies. Obviously with seedings this may make things difficult with carts but I will try to juggle people around as best I can.

Mon 10th golf: Kew GC. 8AM hitoff. $75 per player. Download Course Guide here.

So, $105 for golf on Sat & Sun, with an additional $25 going towards prizes. All four official days $465 (includes $25 for prizes). Pre payment instalments available as per last year. Final payment by 10th January please.

Meals / activities:

Thurs night: Grab a few quick frothies at Woodlands, then head to the TapHouse on Carlisle St for more brewskies. Dinner from somewhere on the street.

Fri night: Buffet style with curry and slow roasted meat of some variety. Andy provided a conference room for "activities". They were great fun and included all important BYO alcohol. I urge all to attend this.

Sat night: Pizza's delivered. BYO alcohol. Unfortunately no personal games room but we have free use of it, mini golf course is under lights. Indoor tennis courts, basketball.

Sun night: STEAK NIGHT!!!

RESULTS:

Thursday, Woodlands (due to not being an 'official' round we only had a few things):
Winner:
Simmsy - 38pts
Long Drive - Jmac

Friday, Royal Melbourne

NTP's
5th wbennett
7th gammon
13th Spanner039
16th BenM
LD Shazza_rs

Winner:
Titleist 37pts
Runner-up:
Shazza_rs 35pts

Better scores:
LeftyHoges 34pts
Marto65 34pts
FoxGolf 33pts
Nudgee 33pts
Shadesy 33pts

Confederates V Union, Uncivil War
Confederate victory 16-8 (the first ever official team Vic Champs double of any sort)

Saturday, The Dunes

Putting Comp winner
LeftyHoges in a playoff from Marto65 (the first ever official individual Vic Champs double of any sort)
NTP's
3rd FoxGolf
6th PeteyD
13th LeftyHoges
17th Titleist
LD FoxGolf

Winner:
NK 43pts (on countback)
Runner-up:
Titleist 43pts

Better Scores:
AndyP 40pts
Spanner039 40pts
Hux 40pts
Gammon 30pts
Marto65 39pts

Saturday night, Nepean Country Club

The mini-golf by iPhone light championships
AndyP in a playoff from Courty, with a hole-in-one on the first playoff hole

The great snore-off
Monsta65 easily covered the field and was getting quite a wind-up going, despite our best efforts to be noisy and dribble as much shit as possible. Or was that just Jmac?

Sunday, Portsea

NTP's
2nd PeteyD
7th Senior Sgt Piddles
13th AndyP
16th Simmsy
LD BillyBaub

Winner:
Chappy1970 40pts
Runner-up:
Peter_rs 37pts

Better scores:
AndyP 36pts
Andigold 36pts
LeftyHoges 36pts

Monday, Kew

NTP's
4th andigold
11th Peter_rs
14th Peter_rs
18th LarryLong
LD LeftyHoges

Winner:
LeftyHoges 38pts (on a countback)
Runner-up:
IDGolfGuy 38pts
Better Scores:
andigold 37pts
BenM 37pts

Overall VIC Champs placings for two round competitors:
1. AndyP 40 + 36 - 76
2. Hux 40 + 35 - 75
3. andigold 36 + 36 - 72
T4. LeftyHoges 35 + 36 - 71
T4. Shadesy 36 + 35 - 71
T6. Marto65 39 + 31 - 70
T6. IDGolfGuy 35 + 35 - 70
8. NK 43 + 26 - 69
T9. Courty 35 + 32 - 67
T9. PeteyD 32 + 35 - 67
T10. Titleist 43 + 23 - 66
T10. Spanner039 40 + 26 - 66
T10. Gammon 39 + 27 - 66
T10. Nudgee 36 + 30 - 66
T10. Jmac 32 + 34 - 66
T10. Grumpy 32 + 34 - 66
T10. Peter_rs 29 + 37 - 66
18. Simmsy 32 + 33 - 65
19. Waddzy 30 + 34 - 64
T20. Foxgolf 35 + 26 - 61
T20. Bruce 32 + 29 - 61
22. Monsta65 35 + 24 - 59
T23. Shazza_rs 36 + 22 - 58
T23. Peppas 28 + 30 - 58
T25. GK 32 + 25 - 57
T25. Kev 31 + 26 - 57
27. Billybaub 30 + 25 - 55
T28. LarryLong 30 + 24 - 54
T28. BenM 30 + 24 - 54
T28. wbennett 26 + 28 - 54
T31. Solarman 31 + 22 - 53
T31. Haysey 28 + 25 - 53
33. Oncewasagolfer 27 + 18 – 45

Gross Prize: LeftyHoges - 154
Gross Runner-Up: AndyP - 158
Shanks Award: FoxGolf - Lots
NAGA: Oncewasagolfer - Lots or not many, depending on which way you look at it

Ironman (because of the number of players spread over the varying days we decided it was from all ‘official’ rounds, with best 3 counting)
LeftyHoges and Andigold tied on 109 points

Calcutta winner
Paying the relatively measly price (in comparison to some) of $30, Solarman was the winner of the first OZgolf Calcutta, which raised over $220 for BeyondBlue.
4 of the eventual top 5 went for relatively cheap prices with Shadesy being the only "high priced" player there.

Best Dressed
I’m giving this gong to LarryLong. When all of his outfits looked superb for less than the price of a Family Pack at KFC, you can’t go past it.

Thanks

I can’t say enough for all the OZgolfers who helped me out with these champs. You’ve all contributed in one way or another to what is now rumoured (I’m hearing whispers everywhere) to be THE OZgolf Champs.
Special thanks of course must go to andigold for his accommodation again and for arranging games at Woodlands and Royal Melbourne, monsta65 for his fantastic works with the trophies (I’m sure you’ll get a very confusing text message on the night that I polish off that bottle of Ouzo, and I’m sorry that it was my thing that nearly made you lose your thumb!), Simmsy for organising everyones handicaps for the week as the new slope system made things interesting straight up, Shadesy for organising dinner on Saturday night especially under the ultimate irony of him HATING that every WA champs he gets asked “Whats for dinner?”, PeteyD for his assistance with scores over the weekend, Bruce for being the consummate professional with his MC role and providing water for the guys at the Dunes, Marto65 for his work with gamebook it does keep things interesting and the multi-round feature will be great once up and running properly, and I didn’t mention them previously but Spanner & Kev, thanks for your chauffeur work over the champs.

Sorry if I’ve missed anyone, but another thanks must go to you all for your generosity with the auction and Calcutta. Total monies raised for BeyondBlue stands at $1,143-30. Well done guys!

Thanks all, much love!

[popper81]

Boys, Thursday's round was a great adjustment to Melbourne conditions. The only interstaters to win on Friday this year flew in Thursday (not that it helped Courty)

[shazza_rs]

And might I add the champs winner was the Naga from Thursday!

[LeftyHoges]

I'm firming.

I bet you say that to all the ladies...

[Waddzy]

Planted the seed also with the misses last night.. Mixed emotions came back at me. I think it may be a trap when she said I dont mind, if you can afford to do that go for it. It sounded more like go on I dare you... see what happens.

Im sure ill find out all about it in the coming weeks and let you know lefty , flights seem decent enough and after looking up the courses planned it would be a great weekend.

[LeftyHoges]

Planted the seed also with the misses last night.. Mixed emotions came back at me. I think it may be a trap when she said I dont mind, if you can afford to do that go for it. It sounded more like go on I dare you... see what happens.

Gotta love that, don't ya?

Im sure ill find out all about it in the coming weeks and let you know lefty , flights seem decent enough and after looking up the courses planned it would be a great weekend.

It definitely was last year Waddzy, and the courses have stepped up another notch this year, as well as the Saturday night "entertainment". Should be awesome. Friday night may be a little more on the tame side for some this year!

[BenM]

Planted the seed also with the misses last night.. Mixed emotions came back at me. I think it may be a trap when she said I dont mind, if you can afford to do that go for it. It sounded more like go on I dare you... see what happens.

I am by no means an expert with the ladies, but sometimes I can translate their strange dialect.

I believe this one means 'if you can afford to go, then you can afford to buy me some expensive shiny things before you go to sweeten me up'.

[rubin]

I am by no means an expert with the ladies, but sometimes I can translate their strange dialect.

I believe this one means 'if you can afford to go, then you can afford to buy me some expensive shiny things before you go to sweeten me up'.

funny - thats exactly what my GF said as well.....

maybe this is a question for SMS......

[sms316]

I am by no means an expert with the ladies, but sometimes I can translate their strange dialect.

I believe this one means 'if you can afford to go, then you can afford to buy me some expensive shiny things before you go to sweeten me up'.

Vacuum cleaners and irons are shiny. Try those.

[Marto65]

So are fridges ... and you can put beer in them ...

[Waddzy]

I am by no means an expert with the ladies, but sometimes I can translate their strange dialect.

I believe this one means 'if you can afford to go, then you can afford to buy me some expensive shiny things before you go to sweeten me up'.

Im pretty sure shes hoping the next shiny thing I buy her comes with a question, I do like SMS's idea my shirts are rather crinkly , a new iron could be in order.

[IanO]

Im pretty sure shes hoping the next shiny thing I buy her comes with a question, I do like SMS's idea my shirts are rather crinkly , a new iron could be in order.

Can I be around to watch when you give her an iron?

[WBennett]

% chance of Queensland so 100% in for Melbourne.

Will start my payment plan from next month.

[BenM]

% chance of Queensland so 100% in for Melbourne.

Will start my payment plan from next month.

Zero percent without the zero? Shame. But if it means we are graced with your orange tinted presence in Feb, their sacrifice will be worth it

[WBennett]

Royal Melbourne was the turning point

I am planning a new range of crazy colours for 2014. Anyone up for a coloured glove/borat mankini group buy?


NIIIIIICE

[LarryLong]

Sexy time!

Forgot to sign up here. I think I'll try for five rounds this year Lefty. No need for carts because carts are for wimps. I'll probably miss the accom until the peninsula night, but I might change those plans as we get closer to the event. My wagon will be at your disposal for picking up choppers from the airport if required.

Interesting moral dilemma for Waddsy - is a game at Royal Melbourne worth accelerating your engagement plans (or non-plans)?

[Waddzy]

Sexy time!

Forgot to sign up here. I think I'll try for five rounds this year Lefty. No need for carts because carts are for wimps. I'll probably miss the accom until the peninsula night, but I might change those plans as we get closer to the event. My wagon will be at your disposal for picking up choppers from the airport if required.

Interesting moral dilemma for Waddsy - is a game at Royal Melbourne worth accelerating your engagement plans (or non-plans)?

I may have worked myself around this , Im about 75% chance atm Lefty may just be having a holiday from the Tuesday-Friday in Melb after the champs with the missus.. she cant give up the opportunity to go shopping down there

[LeftyHoges]

I may have worked myself around this , Im about 75% chance atm Lefty may just be having a holiday from the Tuesday-Friday in Melb after the champs with the missus.. she cant give up the opportunity to go shopping down there

Not a bad negotiation Waddzy. Not bad at all.

[Waddzy]

I must admit ill be scared to know what will cost me more , the 5 days of golf/accomm etc or the 3 days with the missus...although I do beleieve I already know

[LeftyHoges]

I must admit ill be scared to know what will cost me more , the 5 days of golf/accomm etc or the 3 days with the missus...although I do beleieve I already know

I think we ALL know the answer to that one mate!

[LeftyHoges]

No announcement about Thursday's location yet Lefty??

We're all set for Thursdays round gents. We will be playing at:

Woodlands Golf Club. Currently ranked no. 19 in Australia and a fantastic course.

Cost not confirmed yet but something around about the $100 mark should be pretty close. 3:45 - 4:00PM tee-off. We'll have to play reasonably quick to beat the dark but 4.5 hours should mean we're A-OK.

[PeteyD]

OK so fly down on Thursday would need to arrive at the airport about when to get there on time?

[LeftyHoges]

OK so fly down on Thursday would need to arrive at the airport about when to get there on time?

If you're happy to go straight from Airport to golf course you're looking at 1 hour via the Toll Roads or 1hr 20min via Bell St / Hoddle St / Nepean Highway. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Toll roads (only about $10 for the trip) for this one. You would want to be in the car leaving the airport at 2:30 ABSOLUTE LATEST.

[PeteyD]

Anyone interested in flying down on Wednesday and staying the extra night in the hotel?

[LeftyHoges]

Anyone interested in flying down on Wednesday and staying the extra night in the hotel?

Not a bad plan either Pete. I'm sure andigold will look after whoever does.

[LoveGolf2012]

If you're happy to go straight from Airport to golf course you're looking at 1 hour via the Toll Roads or 1hr 20min via Bell St / Hoddle St / Nepean Highway. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Toll roads (only about $10 for the trip) for this one. You would want to be in the car leaving the airport at 2:30 ABSOLUTE LATEST.

Lefty,

Airport,tolls to Woodlands in 1 hour 20 right on near peak hour traffic?That might be a close call mate....be safe,say 2pm.......my opinion only.but its in a c..t of a spot to be honest Woodlands in peak hourish traffic!