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    Default Favourite VIC Champs venue

    I've had some discussions recently with a few VIC Champs regulars about favourite venue, and have subsequently decided to throw it to the people. I've devised a 'March Madness' style knockout tournament to get this done:
    • I listed out all of the Thursday-Sunday official courses.
    • Due to some duplicates I was short a few, so I threw in a couple of the better-attended Monday venues and a special 'wild-card' to round it out to 32 courses.
    • They were then seeded based on their 2020 Top 100 ranking, with the unranked courses in random order.
    • I have a table with all of the matches which will be posted here shortly.
    I'll provide a link to a Strawpoll each day, which will end at 7pm the following night (I've allowed an extra day for the first poll). The first match will go a bit longer. The results will go up in this thread/ post, and the next link will be provided. I'll update this post with anything else I've forgotten.

    Now, the important stuff... your vote should be for your 'favourite' Champs venue. It has nothing to do with the best architecture or conditioning. The Top 100 rankings already does that for us.

    Which course invokes the best memories, where did you feel like you were in golfing heaven on earth, which course suited your game better, where did you have the most fun etc? That is the sort of thing you should consider in casting your vote.

    To jog some dusty memories, here is a quick summary of the courses and related info:





    Round 1
    Match 1: https://strawpoll.com/d7p9dy93
    Match 2: https://strawpoll.com/s74hr799
    Match 3: https://strawpoll.com/6b99ek8e
    Match 4: https://strawpoll.com/k76g49ss
    Match 5: https://strawpoll.com/6r2efhb8
    Match 6: https://strawpoll.com/2ywpff39
    Match 7: https://strawpoll.com/xre5zec3
    Match 8: https://strawpoll.com/ck4gpf45
    Match 9: https://strawpoll.com/313a7sr2
    Match 10: https://strawpoll.com/w6p74g5d
    Match 11: https://strawpoll.com/f8e66a7b
    Match 12: https://strawpoll.com/p4wwg369
    Match 13: https://strawpoll.com/xrr8ghcb
    Match 14: https://strawpoll.com/y3fkdyya
    Match 15: https://strawpoll.com/82aaf24e
    Match 16: https://strawpoll.com/w6xr546k

    Round 2
    Match 17: https://strawpoll.com/chh7keh7
    Match 18: https://strawpoll.com/wk9f29k8
    Match 19: https://strawpoll.com/2d198ppe
    Match 20: https://strawpoll.com/p7pfsfza
    Match 21: https://strawpoll.com/4ge41x78
    Match 22: https://strawpoll.com/pf927e77
    Match 23: https://strawpoll.com/zzghh3x3
    Match 24: https://strawpoll.com/fgz747fs

    Round 3
    Match 25: https://strawpoll.com/s9brgy6y
    Match 26: https://strawpoll.com/1xz94kp8
    Match 27: https://strawpoll.com/6rgrhyd2
    Match 28: https://strawpoll.com/cg2w34be

    Semi Final
    Match 29: https://strawpoll.com/awse5rrb
    Match 30: https://strawpoll.com/8cer86yr

    Finals
    Match 31 (3rd/ 4th final): https://strawpoll.com/ba8bcag3
    Match 32: Grand Final: https://strawpoll.com/5g6g6gba
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    Vic for me but not for the obvious reason, the ambiance of the clubhouse, the meal was spectacular, my first ever matchplay at a revered venue, just awesome





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    Quote Originally Posted by oldracer View Post
    Vic for me but not for the obvious reason, the ambiance of the clubhouse, the meal was spectacular, my first ever matchplay at a revered venue, just awesome
    Stick to the poll, oldracer. It is currently Barny Dunes versus Heritage St John.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldracer View Post
    Vic for me but not for the obvious reason, the ambiance of the clubhouse, the meal was spectacular, my first ever matchplay at a revered venue, just awesome
    Not a fan or reading opening posts in a thread mate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3puttpete View Post
    Not a fan or reading opening posts in a thread mate?
    Tapatalk probably ****ed it up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3puttpete View Post
    Not a fan or reading opening posts in a thread mate?
    Not a fan of proof reading your posts before hitting submit, champ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    17% of people aren't taking this seriously.
    Should have been against #27, would have been 110% ...





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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    Stick to the poll, oldracer. It is currently Barny Dunes versus Heritage St John.
    This will be another white wash. Unless there’s cheating going on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BUSHY View Post
    This will be another white wash. Unless there’s cheating going on?
    C'mon mate, Barny Dunes isn't THAT bad. Should get a few votes from the numpties.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BUSHY View Post
    This will be another white wash. Unless there’s cheating going on?
    Sheep. Sheep everywhere

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Not a fan of proof reading your posts before hitting submit, champ?
    Boom!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    17% of people aren't taking this seriously.
    RMW is probably my least favourite Vic Champs day

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3puttpete View Post
    RMW is probably my least favourite Vic Champs day
    Because you weren't there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Because you weren't there?
    Correct

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    Bwahahaha.
    it was the end of Hocko as we knew him!

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    Match 2 was won by Barny Dunes with 88% of the vote.

    Match 3 is now in the OP.
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    Match 3. Tough one. Drinking a carton of Jimmy cans with Pete_rs and winning the day vs lovers v haters at Lost Farm with Lefty, 3pp and Bushy. Both are in my top 5 funnest vic champs rounds. Hmmmm

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    Quote Originally Posted by SundayHack View Post
    Match 3. Tough one. Drinking a carton of Jimmy cans with Pete_rs and winning the day vs lovers v haters at Lost Farm with Lefty, 3pp and Bushy. Both are in my top 5 funnest vic champs rounds. Hmmmm
    An absolute crying shame, this one.

    Waterford was a very pleasant surprise, and a course I would go back to in a heartbeat.

    But the pleasantness of LF, a well-designed sensible course, making best use of land without being ****ing stupid, together with the Lovers v Haters match, it has to go to LF.

    THAT is how you build a course in sand dunes. Having BD next door is like having QLD or VIC and some stupid prick putting SA or NSW over your back fence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    An absolute crying shame, this one.Waterford was a very pleasant surprise, and a course I would go back to in a heartbeat.But the pleasantness of LF, a well-designed sensible course, making best use of land without being ****ing stupid, together with the Lovers v Haters match, it has to go to LF.THAT is how you build a course in sand dunes. Having BD next door is like having QLD or VIC and some stupid prick putting SA or NSW over your back fence.
    Waterford very underrated.Off the stones it's bloody good

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    Quote Originally Posted by SundayHack View Post
    Match 3. Tough one. Drinking a carton of Jimmy cans with Pete_rs and winning the day vs lovers v haters at Lost Farm with Lefty, 3pp and Bushy. Both are in my top 5 funnest vic champs rounds. Hmmmm
    Easy win I don’t like lost LF until after 8




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    Quote Originally Posted by SundayHack View Post
    Match 3. Tough one. Drinking a carton of Jimmy cans with Pete_rs and winning the day vs lovers v haters at Lost Farm with Lefty, 3pp and Bushy. Both are in my top 5 funnest vic champs rounds. Hmmmm
    LF was one of my favs too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peter_rs View Post
    Easy win I don’t like lost LF until after 8
    Absolute madness, 3-6 is the best consecutive 4 hole stretch on the course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Absolute madness, 3-6 is the best consecutive 4 hole stretch on the course.
    After walking off 2nd green I’m struggling to find something to dislike the entire way home.

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    Getting old can't remember one LF hole.

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    However can remember every Kingston Beach one, go figure.

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    Did we play Lost Farm.....?


 

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