2015 VIC Champs - Feb 5-9 official thread

[LeftyHoges]

Well ladies and gents, its the moment you've all been waiting for...

Thur & Sun night accomm: As usual we will be staying at the magnificent Chateau de Andigold, the Parkview Hotel, 562 St Kilda Rd. Options include 4 to a room, 2 to a room and the "Solarman single". Approx $60 per night.
Fri & Sat night accomm: BayPlay Lodge and Cottage, Blairgowrie. We have the lodge and Cottage, sleeping around 42 (I think, will confirm). We will have the whole complex to ourselves, pool included. Cost approx $70 a head per night, but the more we get the cheaper it becomes for everyone.

Now, the info you really care about:

Thurs golf: We head back to the #18 ranked course in Australia, Woodlands Golf Club. As per last year, tee-off will be shotgun start from around 4.00PM. Cost of $80 per head.
Friday golf: The Uncivil War III will be held at the venue of the 2014 Handa Australian Womens Open, and #11 ranked course in Aus, Victoria Golf Club. Cost is confirmed at $225 and includes a light lunch prior and drinks and a BBQ dinner after the match. Field is not limited. Be there before 11:00 am for team photos and lunch.
Sat golf: You loved it in 2013, so we had to put it back in the rota. St Andrews Beach, ranked #21 in Aus. We have 36 spots booked and 13 carts. $71 per walker, $89 per Carter. Tee off from 12:27pm.
Sun golf: The beautiful and picturesque RACV Cape Schanck Resort, for the great price of $45 for walkers and $68 for Carters. Again, 32 spots and 11 carts booked. Tee off from 8:12AM - 9:08AM. $5 pull carts available for hire.
Mon golf: We head back to the "mudbelt", but next door to last years venue. La Trobe GC. $50 a head, and tee-off from 8AM.

As per usual, please let me know in the thread what days you will be attending, what nights accommodation you will be needing and whether you need a cart for Saturday & Sunday.

More info will be posted as it comes to hand.

Bank details for payment:

 

BSB: 303-092
Acc number: 4959945
Acc name: Nicholas D Hoggan

Player

Thu golf

Fri golf

Sat golf

Sat cart

Sun golf

Sun cart

Mon golf

Thu acc

Fri acc

Sat acc

Sun acc

Paid

Owing

Comments

andigold

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

687

0

backintheswing

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

BenM

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

benno_r

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

524

0

Bruce

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

432

0

Bruces mate (Seb)

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

303

0

Courty

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

Daves

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

630

0

DCanto

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

327

0

Dotty

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

311

0

Eca

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

630

0

Gammon

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

502

0

GK

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

Grunt

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

hardboiled

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

314

0

Can t'sport 2 or 3 Saturday

Hux

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

543

0

Judge Smails

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

232

0

LarryLong

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

576

0

LeftyHoges

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

'13 & '14 Putting Champ & Mondays winner

LoveGolf2012

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Yx2

N

189

0

Lucasto23

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

matt 3 jab

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

589

0

matty

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

473

0

mint

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

328

0

Monsta

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

Champion trophy-maker

mrbluu

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

630

0

He's Excite!!!

NK

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

Nudgee

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

519

0

oldracer

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

Peppas

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

630

0

Peter_rs

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

460

0

'13 Champ

PeteyD

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

687

0

Ploppy Pat

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

N

519

0

Shadesy

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

87

0

shazza_rs

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

403

0

spanner039

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

547

0

Titleist

N

Y

?

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

502

0

'14 R.M Winner

wbennett

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

646

0

Total

24

34

35 /36

25

32

21

17

20

23

30

15

20080

0

$6800 paid to VIC GC, $3400 paid to BayPlay, $1935 paid to CS, $850 paid to Latrobe, $1920 paid to Woodlands GC, $2953 paid to St Andrews Beach

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Saturday Draw:

Group 1 mrbluu Ned Lucasto23 Spanner039	1	12:27
Group 2 Monsta peter_rs Grunt BenM	1	12:35
Group 3 shazza_rs andigold benno_r mint	1	12:43
Group 4 PeteyD Dotty LeftyHoges oldracer	1	12:51
Group 5 Courty Hardboiled GK matty	1	12:59
Group 6 backintheswing Hux Daves LoveGolf2012	1	13:07
Group 7 DCanto Eca LarryLong Peppas	1	13:15
Group 8 nudgee Bruce matt 3 jab Pingsta	1	13:23
Group 9 wbennett Ploppy Pat Seb Gammon Titleist

[PeteyD]

The blind shots are part of the layout? Not like they can get rid of them?

[WBennett]

I enjoyed the blind shots. Pick a point in the distance and go for it.

And make sure you read your course notes each tee!

[Captain Nemo]

The blind shots are part of the layout? Not like they can get rid of them?

I enjoyed the blind shots. Pick a point in the distance and go for it.

And make sure you read your course notes each tee!

I'm not good enough to know where most of my shots are going!

[WBennett]

The course notes were the key.

Read the notes, pick the spot and the distance

[PeteyD]

The course notes were the key.

Read the notes, pick the spot and the distance

And watch the pill sail away a mile offline

[LeftyHoges]

Yep, Portsea and Cape Schanck are on my never again list for Champs.

[WBennett]

Booooooo Lefty!

[LeftyHoges]

Booooooo Lefty!

All good mate, when I retire from organising I'm sure they'll be back!

[Hatchman]

Yep, Portsea and Cape Schanck are on my never again list for Champs.

Why the hate?

[Ned]

Yep, Portsea and Cape Schanck are on my never again list for Champs.

Some of The Pro Shop staff at Cape Schanck were so nice to you as well Lefty.......

[LarryLong]

I liked Portsea. I also liked Cape Schanck.

I'll probably like Eagle Ridge when we play it next year.

[Courty]

I liked Portsea. I'm glad we played Cape Schanck as I got to cross another course off my list, but I'm not in any rush to go back.

[Monsta]

I'm with Lefty and Courty, glad we played Cape Schanck, but not in a rush to go back………...

[WBennett]

Problem with CS is we played the awesome nine first. The front nine is very plain in comparison.

[Lucasto23]

I agree spud, experience would be completely different finishing on back 9

[PeteyD]

Yep. 14-16 outstanding. Even 17 and 18 are solid. And then you play 1 ...

[WBennett]

2, 3, 4 are way worse holes than 1. Not bad, but plain on plain land

[PeteyD]

It is more the change from the back nine. After 1 my expectations were low.

[LeftyHoges]

Really? I think 15 is a pretty poor hole. And I don't like the stoopid donkey drop par 3 14 either.

[PeteyD]

They are spectacular with the views, not necessarily great holes.

[Courty]

Really? I think 15 is a pretty poor hole. And I don't like the stoopid donkey drop par 3 14 either.

Is that because you didn't score well on either hole, or design/ layout issues? Serious question.

[mrbluu]

Really? I think 15 is a pretty poor hole. And I don't like the stoopid donkey drop par 3 14 either.

Is that because you didn't score well on either hole, or design/ layout issues? Serious question.

Yeah what's wrong with 15??? ( its the par 4 right?)

[LeftyHoges]

Is that because you didn't score well on either hole, or design/ layout issues? Serious question.

Yeah what's wrong with 15??? ( its the par 4 right?)

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Design / layout issues. I understand it's the no. 1 rated hole for a reason but I think it's bad design. You have a very narrow fairway, on a hole that will 90% of the time play into a strong breeze, with everything sloping down to OOB / certain death. So if you're playing it off the blacks (which is the way a course should be designed then other tees figured out from there) and there's any little bit of wind, you can't hit iron or hybrid as you won't make the fairway (it's 200m according to the course guide). So you're being forced to hit fairway wood or driver with virtually unplayable hill left, death right and if you manage to nail one you might still go into the kack due to a bad bounce off the slope.

My opinion, if you widened the fairway 5 metres and took some of the slope off the fairway to avoid any major bounce to the right it's still a tough hole that would be worthy of its no. 1 ranking, but not stupidly penal. From what I've heard our groups average on there would've been a point per player, and we played it off the damn whites!

[benno_r]

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Design / layout issues. I understand it's the no. 1 rated hole for a reason but I think it's bad design. You have a very narrow fairway, on a hole that will 90% of the time play into a strong breeze, with everything sloping down to OOB / certain death. So if you're playing it off the blacks (which is the way a course should be designed then other tees figured out from there) and there's any little bit of wind, you can't hit iron or hybrid as you won't make the fairway (it's 200m according to the course guide). So you're being forced to hit fairway wood or driver with virtually unplayable hill left, death right and if you manage to nail one you might still go into the kack due to a bad bounce off the slope.

My opinion, if you widened the fairway 5 metres and took some of the slope off the fairway to avoid any major bounce to the right it's still a tough hole that would be worthy of its no. 1 ranking, but not stupidly penal. From what I've heard our groups average on there would've been a point per player, and we played it off the damn whites!

I hit a 3w towards the left "bunker" (waste), that landed in the cack, but rolled down to the fairway then all the way across it.

I didn't like it either, I think a fairway that was flat would make it a great hole - there is just no shot you can play off the tee (if you can't carry it 260+) that will give you a decent result. Anything short of the corner rolls further away from the green.

I had 6i distance in - to a hole that wasn't much lower than the height my 6i goes!

[mrbluu]

It was baby 2iron to the corner and 5 iron in....not too hard.