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!

[Lucasto23]

I'm happy with the dream team at Andigolds hotel.I would like one night away from the Buzzsaw so I can get a few hours uninterrupted sleep before I am woken by the roar of Shanks O'Flanagan...

I'm keen for the dream team again, monsters serrinaid is easy listening

[popper81]

They boys are back in town ....

[simmsy]

Unfortunately I am oot!

Sad Panda


Sorry to hear mate.

[LeftyHoges]

Unfortunately I am oot!

Sad Panda


Sorry to hear mate.

SUPER Sad Panda! Very sorry Hocko.

[Monsta]

I'm happy with the dream team at Andigolds hotel.

I would like one night away from the Buzzsaw so I can get a few hours uninterrupted sleep before I am woken by the roar of Shanks O'Flanagan...

WTF!!!! you had more sleep than everyone combined last year Spud,

I'm keen for the dream team again, monsters serrinaid is easy listening

Thanks Lucas

They boys are back in town ....

Oh yeah

[Bruce]

In. Friday-Sunday with Monday provisional.

If RM gets over subscribed I am happy to cede my spot to a visitor as I have been lucky enough to visit there a couple of times recently.

[LeftyHoges]

In. Friday-Sunday with Monday provisional.

If RM gets over subscribed I am happy to cede my spot to a visitor as I have been lucky enough to visit there a couple of times recently.

Champion Bruce, I knew you had it in ya!

What nights do you need accomm for? Any?

[Shadesy]

In. Friday-Sunday with Monday provisional.

If RM gets over subscribed I am happy to cede my spot to a visitor as I have been lucky enough to visit there a couple of times recently.

Thats amazingly kind Bruce.

[popper81]

In. Friday-Sunday with Monday provisional.

If RM gets over subscribed I am happy to cede my spot to a visitor as I have been lucky enough to visit there a couple of times recently.

I hope we get 33 players. I will sling Bruce $100 and he can just come walk with us.... BEST. COURSE GUIDE. EVER.

[Bruce]

I hope we get 33 players. I will sling Bruce $100 and he can just come walk with us.... BEST. COURSE GUIDE. EVER.

If it came down to that, I'd be happy to loop for someone. I know my way around the place fairly well.

No accomodation plans for me at this point other than my own bed.

[PeteyD]

I am in Bruce's group.

[LeftyHoges]

No accomodation plans for me at this point other than my own bed.

No problemo. Carts? (Sorry, forgot to ask)

[LeftyHoges]

Just drawing up some preliminary battle lines and it's actually working out really well:

Confederacy	Union
andigold	AndyP
BenM	Courty
BenM's Mate	Gammon
Bruce	Grumpy*
Buckets	Haysey
IanO	Iain
Johnny Canuck	KristianJ
Kev	Lucasto23
LarryLong	Marto65
LeftyHoges	NK*
monsta65	nudgee
muldude	Peppas
oncewasagolfer	Peter_rs
PeteThePilot	PeteyD
Rubin	Popper81
Shadesy	Shazza_rs
Simmsy	SMS316
Spanner039	Solarman
wbennett	Titleist
Yossarian	waddzy
20	20

Obviously this is barely even penciled onto balsa wood let alone set in stone, but not a bad line up for the Friday matches if everyone attends tat has expressed interest. Hopefully we get an even number of attendances / pullouts from each side.

Note: Yes, I am aware that traditionally the western states were Union in the real war but too frickin' bad. It wouldn't work any other way.

[Monsta]

Just drawing up some preliminary battle lines and it's actually working out really well:

Confederacy	Union
andigold	AndyP
BenM	Courty
BenM's Mate	Gammon
Bruce	Grumpy*
Buckets	Haysey
IanO	Iain
Johnny Canuck	KristianJ
Kev	Lucasto23
LarryLong	Marto65
LeftyHoges	NK*
monsta65	nudgee
muldude	Peppas
oncewasagolfer	Peter_rs
PeteThePilot	PeteyD
Rubin	Popper81
Shadesy	Shazza_rs
Simmsy	SMS316
Spanner039	Solarman
wbennett	Titleist
Yossarian	waddzy
20	20

Obviously this is barely even penciled onto balsa wood let alone set in stone, but not a bad line up for the Friday matches if everyone attends tat has expressed interest. Hopefully we get an even number of attendances / pullouts from each side.

Note: Yes, I am aware that traditionally the western states were Union in the real war but too frickin' bad. It wouldn't work any other way.

Looks good Captain Lefty, to quote a very mediocre Ozgolfer "Conferedate till we die"

[Peppas]

So how does the Union vs Confederate thing work?

[Monsta]

Benno here.

Captain Lefty, I paid my deposit last week.
And if we only have 32 spots, why do you have 40 names? You been on the ooooozo again?


Monsta is a spud.

[PeteyD]

There can be matches at course B if that eventuates

[Monsta]

My apologies for that Capt Lefty, spud posted on my PC for which I think he should be banned for life !!! Where are the mods?????

[PeteyD]

If you are too silly to log out the mods will not protect you from Spuds.

[LeftyHoges]

Benno here.

Hello Benno.

Captain Lefty, I paid my deposit last week.

Yep, and it only hit my bank on Tuesday. has now been updated.

And if we only have 32 spots, why do you have 40 names? You been on the ooooozo again?

Because this is a list of everyone who has expressed interest so far (except 2, who have just had a fleeting post, of which one each is also on either side). I'm not expecting all to attend, I'm just splitting them up evenly.

Monsta is a spud.

That'll never catch on. Another member here already has that nickname.

So how does the Union vs Confederate thing work?

Each person plays an individual matchplay round (played as stableford), plus a fourball matchplay round with a union or confederate team-mate and two opposition. So in total there will be 24 match points available, plus we'll probably do a mystery fireball round again to ensure an uneven number of points to fight for.

The winning team gets the delightful little trophy in my avatar.

My apologies for that Capt Lefty, spud posted on my PC for which I think he should be banned for life !!! Where are the mods?????

Pretty sure that's a bannable offence under the new rules.

There can be matches at course B if that eventuates

Yep, or hopefully we can get on with a couple of lots of reciprocals. Either way.

[PeteyD]

Next question. Is it worth renting a car (say XTrail or similar) for approx $350 from thurs - monday. Given we need to travel to a course every day, and it would keep my alcohol intact to acceptable lows.

What options do we have to get to Woodlands form the Airport otherwise? How much would a cabbage be?

[Shadesy]

I will sell my services to the team that pays me the most Beer.

All you need to know is i beat dc68 6/5 in this format. I also have a handicap that may be a little too high for my ability

The bidding starts at a 6 pack of Red Trolley Ale...

[LeftyHoges]

Next question. Is it worth renting a car (say XTrail or similar) for approx $350 from thurs - monday. Given we need to travel to a course every day, and it would keep my alcohol intact to acceptable lows.

What options do we have to get to Woodlands form the Airport otherwise? How much would a cabbage be?

Short answer, yes.

Long answer, plenty of VICS live around airports etc and will be capable of ferrying people around to and fro. At least most likely for the Thursday game anyway. I'll do up a thread in a couple of months time where people can detail how tbey are getting around, join up with others for hire cars etc, but probably not worth doing now unless you want to be SUPER-organised.

[Iain]

At this stage I am out....

[LeftyHoges]

I will sell my services to the team that pays me the most Beer.

All you need to know is i beat dc68 6/5 in this format. I also have a handicap that may be a little too high for my ability

The bidding starts at a 6 pack of Red Trolley Ale...

You may well become the "swingman" to shore up one side or the other if you wish to do that.

You Whore.