2014 NSW Champs - Bonville & Coffs - Winner: benno_r

[matty]

Time to get these NSW Champs happening!

SAT 7 JUNE - Day 1 of Champs
Coffs Harbour GC, 11am - 5 Groups, $43/person includes comp, green fees, & cart.
Course Overview-: http://www.coffsharbourgolfclub.com.au/cms/

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SUN 8 JUNE - Day 2 of Champs
Bonville GC, 9.30am - 5Groups, $95/person (minus group deposit), includes green fees and cart.
Champs presentation held on terrace overlooking 18th green with late lunch provided. Weather depicted in pic below has been requested.
Course Overview-: http://www.bonvillegolf.com.au/
1st Hole
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18th Hole
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ACCOMMODATION
http://www.motelaquajet.com

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
On Friday night we have a table for 20 booked at the Hoey Moey for dinner at 7pm. We all order whatever we want then.
http://www.hoeymoey.com.au/

BREAKFAST
For Aquajet people, Saturday morning breakfast is a sort yourself out affair. For Aquajet people on Sunday morning we are doing our own cook up in the bbq area at 7.30am. Bacon, eggs, toast, cereals, juice, coffee, will all be laid out for us. We cook and indulge ourselves. $15/head. Pay for this upon check in.

PRIZES
1st -: $410 cash + $90 Ozgolf Dollars + Choice of Pure Performance Golf Lab Driver or Putter Fitting
2nd-: $255 cash + $45 Ozgolf Dollars + Either Pure Performance Golf Lab Driver or Putter Fitting (Which ever he Champ doesn't select)
3rd-: $120 cash + $15 Ozgolf Dollars
2 x Nearest The Pin Trophies, 2 x Long Drive Trophies, 2 x Drive and Pitch Trophies, 1 x wall mounted antique putter as putting prize.

Rankings
Benno_r (CHAMP)
DC68 (2nd)
Dotty (3rd)
Davepuppies
TS
Liptout
JimandR
KristianJ
Megawatty
Daves
3puttpete
SMS316
Rqrox
Haystacks
Matty
Lagerlover
Peppas
PeterRS
Lucasto
Anfield

Putting Champ-: KristianJ
Drive & Pitches-: Matty & Daves
Long Drives-: Matty & Matty
NTP's-: KristianJ & Rqrox

[3Puttpete]

Sounds like the NSW Champs could eventually be the Ozgolf Champs?

Is that because only 55% of participants were from NSW?

[Captain Nemo]

Better than 45%?

[rqrox]

Well.. got home had a beer and then went to sleep!

What a cracking weekend of golf and beer and bloody hell was I the only one to see that lead singer on Friday!!

BIG THANKS TO MATTY, another well planned/ organised event and now I have massive man love of Bonville and Pete's attire!!

Thanks to the guys that had to put up with me in Dotty, Pep's, Daves and Davepuppies had a great time.
Do I get a merit bar for closest to the pin??

Oh,, and huge congrats to benno on the win. Tough weather conditions to shoot that kind of score I guess it helps staying off the cans...Bloody Queenslanders .

[benno_r]

In hindsight I should have made more of an effort to work out where things stood on 18...maybe we could have had a clear winner if Benno and DC knew the state of play.

This point is something I have been thinking about over the last 24hrs, and I agree that getting some form of leader board running. After dropping one in the water on 17 I was sure I was dead and buried. Not just from someone in our group, but after the way we all played, I thought someone before us might have snatched it.

On top of all that, my approach into 18, and the fear of a 3 putt in front of everyone, really gots the nerves jumping. Actually knowing I was in with a chance would have really cranked that up. I think it would have really added an extra "something" to an already great weekend.

[3Puttpete]

Better than 45%?

Was that Vic? Maybe that's the Ozgolf champs...

[KristianJ]

I had round updates going up until the 12th for the round, but in the midst of the drama I lost track of things. Plus a few dead spots around the course as well when it came to phone reception.

Gamebook in the hands of enough people who know how to use it is great (worked well last year in Qld), but a better way of keeping score updates ticking along is something I'll look into for next year.

[Captain Nemo]

Was that Vic? Maybe that's the Ozgolf champs...

Course wise, I'd vote yes....

[Lagerlover]

On top of all that, my approach into 18, and the fear of a 3 putt in front of everyone, really gots the nerves jumping.

Wouldn't have been in front of everyone anyway mate, which was disappointing.

[Dotty]

Panthers logo to make an appearance tonight.

Do you happen to have a breakdown of the putting comp results like you did last year? I'd like to add it to the OP (not for mere personal satisfaction, of course...)

Qualifying position was based on number of putts sunk from a tee placed 1m, 2m and 4m. Countbacks were determined on aggregate distance from hole of missed putts.

Qualifying ...
KJ put early runs on the board with 2 putts and missed the last by 14cm.
Davepuppies closed his eyes for 2 putts and 34cm.
Haystacks just hanging in there with 1 putt, 20cm and 35cm.
Matty was looking a chance with 1 putt, 12cm and 5cm.

Enter The Fave. Sunk his first, missed the second 22cm, but brought the crowd to their feet canning the long one. (CUL8R Haystacks)
Then very last qualifier Megawatty cans the first two, to dash the hopes of anyone only making one putt, and leaves the last 33cm away to jump to Q3.

2v3 Semi.
DC68 scotthoch'ed the 1m putt by 34cm. (The crowd groaned.) Then sunk the next 2. (The crowd roars.)
Megawatty sinks the first, and misses the next by 21cm. A miss from 4m would be a loss. Sinking it will be 2 putts all and beat DC on a countback.
And he sunk it.

1v4 Semi.
Under the pressure, KJ misses all three putts by 30cm, 34cm and 16cm (for a total of 80cm).
DP matches this with misses by 65cm (it was a slick green) and 50cm. Sinking the 4m putt would be a win, but Cinderella stories don't happen in real life.

Final.
KJ re-groups to sink the first, and leave the next ones 17cm and an impressive 1cm away from the holes.
MW returns fire with sinking the first and leaving the second 5cm away.
State-of-play is MW sink the last (or leave it within 13cm) to win.
And it slid past the hole to 27cm.

Congratulations, KristianJ.

[Dotty]

My Saturday long drive had more hang time than the whole putting comp

Do I get a merit bar for closest to the pin??

Can I get two merit bars for hitting a driver on Bonville's 8th to nearest the pin?

[rqrox]

Can I get two merit bars for hitting a driver on Bonville's 8th to nearest the pin?

That is definitely worth a merit bar!

[KristianJ]

Can I get two merit bars for hitting a driver on Bonville's 8th to nearest the pin?

mike can knock a replica one up for you when he has a spare few minutes.

[mike]

I'll see what I can do, Dotty.

[Lagerlover]

That's not what Lager tells me.

He got the last Sao..

[PerryGroves]

Can I get two merit bars for hitting a driver on Bonville's 8th to nearest the pin?

Not if you bounced it off the path on the left.

I hit 4 iron to 4ft with a back left pin to be beaten by one of the boys, 3 wood, glanced the tree, off the path, off the hill to 6 inches.

[MegaWatty]

Anyone notice a large amount of balls on the fairways with peculiar markings on them?

[Daves]

Anyone notice a large amount of balls on the fairways with peculiar markings on them?

Do you mean after both of your bags fell off the cart? All the the others we just ignored. Did you bruise the Coq?

[MegaWatty]

Do you mean after both of your bags fell off the cart? All the the others we just ignored. Did you bruise the Coq?

The ego was bruised. The Coq was a tad muddy near the tip.

[liptout]

The ego was bruised. The Coq was a tad muddy near the tip.

Should this be in the 'sometimes slow play is ok' thread??

[Peppas]

Probably need a new thread, "When Tow mode goes wrong!"

[Haystacks]

Anyone notice a large amount of balls on the fairways with peculiar markings on them?

Now that you mention it, yes I did...very peculiar markings indeed.

[Haystacks]

The ego was bruised. The Coq was a tad muddy near the tip.

I also noticed the brown coq...

[coalesce]

I also noticed the brown coq...

That can happen on the back 9...

[MegaWatty]

I also noticed the brown coq...

Sore Coq.

[Haystacks]

Sore Coq.

Did you give your coq a thorough clean? Soap and water and a vigorous rub usually works.