Ozgolf Championship Trophy

[Jono]

I'll run this poll for 5 days only since the Ozgolf Champs are less than 3 weeks away. I've chosen a few from the Metropolitan Trophies website that AndyP pointed me to.

Hopefully, the Ozgolf Championships will become an anual event and this trophy its coveted prize. This could be history in the making ...

This poll is open for all Ozgolfers, not just the guys coming to the Cool-Tweed event this year.

I was thinking of engraving "Ozgolf Champion" on the base of the trophy. Or "Ozgolf.net Champion". If you have any other suggestions, please post here.

Also, if you have any suggestion for the name of the trophy, please post here.

[McMw]

Best Nett = Champion
Best Gross
1 Longest drive
1 Nearest the pin
Possibly a Wooden Spoon Prize

A runner-up is only the first loser. They don't deserve anything.

NTP is a good idea...just make it on the shortest par3 to give everyone a chance...

Longest Drive isn't...you prob have only 3-5 guys in contention...

still think you'll need a runner-up prize for both...
if you want, you can insribe First Loser on the plate...

[Jarro]

i'm willing to donate a couple of movies from my "Collection" as prizes if anyone likes

[McMw]

okay....I've just read thru the 4 pages...

you guys need to also consider who's gonna be in charge (re: pay) for inscribing the name of the winners from year to year...





don't mind me....not that I'm gonna play or anything...just thought some (very late) feedback might be useful...

[AndyP]

NTP is a good idea...just make it on the shortest par3 to give everyone a chance...

Longest Drive isn't...you prob have only 3-5 guys in contention...

They still need to hit the fairway.

if you want, you can insribe First Loser on the plate...

No more trophies/medals/plaques will be ordered.
First Loser may get a prize though. (possibly donated by jarro )

you guys need to also consider who's gonna be in charge (re: pay) for inscribing the name of the winners from year to year...

Comp fee will cover this years, and a future "comp" fee can cover "future" years.

[McMw]

Longest Drive isn't...you prob have only 3-5 guys in contention...

They still need to hit the fairway.[/quote]

fair enuff - find the narrowest fairway on the course!!!

[AndyP]

Longest Drive isn't...you prob have only 3-5 guys in contention...

They still need to hit the fairway.

fair enuff - find the narrowest fairway on the course!!!

That's exactly what I was thinking, a nice narrow fairway.

g69, Blakey, you guys know the course. Can you think of any suitable holes?

[markTHEblake]

g69, Blakey, you guys know the course. Can you think of any suitable holes?

cant think of any better hole for a long drive than the 36th (480m or so par 5), for lots of reasons, one is that everybody who has finished can watch.

The NTP put on the 37th. about 170m Not a long walk back if the last group forgets to bring it in.

[Jarro]

The NTP put on the 37th. about 170m .

.. maybe a shorter par 3 would be better

one that most of us have a chance of hitting.

[AndyP]

g69, Blakey, you guys know the course. Can you think of any suitable holes?

The NTP put on the 37th. about 170m Not a long walk back if the last group forgets to bring it in.

37th?? Isn't it a 36 hole course?

[Jono]

My suggestions ... (I played each course once only)

NTP: 10th on the River Course is a short Par 3 that most people should be able to hit.

Longest Drive: Lot of doglegs on this course, so we need to pick a straight hole for the longest drive. 18th on the West Course. Long, straight, and relatively tight.

[markTHEblake]

Oops. I meant the 36th hole for the long drive, and its an identical hole to the 18th.

If we put it on the 18th, nobody will hang around to watch cos they will want to have lunch. But on the 36th hole there will be a nice gallery. There is no other hole that makes sense for a long drive.

The 10th on the River course (our 28th) is the shortest Par 3.

[drunken]

yeah 18th on the River Course for long drive & 10th on the River course for NTP sounds good to me.

[AndyP]

For those who don't already know, there were some complications with the trophies. The complications being that the guy I was dealing with was a slack-a*se w*nker. (Abbott & Sons Trophies, Bowen Hills, beware )

To summarise:
He ordered a trophy less than half the size of the trophy that we wanted (it seemed tiny in comparison, amusing in hindsight).
He failed to call me after finding this out on the Friday.
He took it upon himself to not engrave the medals, as he assumed I would want to sort out the trophy first.
He waited until I arrived at 3pm on Saturday, to pick them up on our way to the Gold Coast before telling me this.


Fortunately, he didn't get any money out of me (and won't be), and I had Tezza there to help me deal with the situation (I think I was in some sort of state of shock thinking about all the disappointed OZgolf members).

Now with time on our side, I will be able to suss out a few options and provide the trohies/medals retrospectively and fully engraved with the names. \/
Of course, if I don't those who have provided the comp fee so far, will hunt me down.

[AndyP]

Finally, finally, finally we have some retrospective trophies for the 2004 Champs, as well as our perpetual Cup.

Here is the cup:

Upgraded from our initial planned size to 38cm high (originally 21cm). It's no McLeod Cup, but it's a great looking trophy. It was hard to get a good photo of it, because it is so damn shiny.

"OZgolf.net Champion" has been sand blasted onto the cup face (apparently engraving can stuff up the silver plating).
Their are four winner badges per side, so we have room for 15 more Champs. If it goes beyond that (and let's hope it does), then we can remove the badges, and put all the past winners names on one big side plate, and start all over again with the badges. Alternatively you can add another base to the bottom.

Here is a piccie of last year's champion badge:


I also got 3 medallions, instead of the two initially planned. I thought that considering there were 19 of us, that the runner up probably deserved one (even though they 4 putted on the last).



Gold - "2004 OZgolf.net CHAMPION" - Iain
Silver - "2004 OZgolf.net RUNNER UP" - Choppa
Bronze - "2004 OZgolf.net GROSS WINNER" - Gazgolf

Now all I have to do is chase up the money owed. Come forward now, or an enforcer will be chasing you down.

[terryand]

How did you get a pic of my evil supersize twin

Terry.

[Onewood]

I was'nt there last year so what is it worth, I'll fix you up on Sunday :P

[AndyP]

How did you get a pic of my evil supersize twin

He's a mean one, isn't he?
That's at CTH, practice green just behind "him". I am in the same photo I cut it from, but just off to the left, completely unaware that a "happy" snap was being taken.

[terryand]

How did you get a pic of my evil supersize twin

He's a mean one, isn't he?
That's at CTH, practice green just behind "him". I am in the same photo I cut it from, but just off to the left, completely unaware that a "happy" snap was being taken.

It was before 6am from memory.

Oh yeah and there was those phone calls

Terry.

[shavey]

great photo and tag.. very funny...

[Trung]

It was before 6am from memory.

Oh yeah and there was those phone calls

Terry.

geeeeez, you can stop now


AP.. Great looking trophy mate....

[terryand]

It was before 6am from memory.

Oh yeah and there was those phone calls

Terry.

geeeeez, you can stop now


AP.. Great looking trophy mate....

Fellin a bit guilty there Trungie

I made no reference to who made the calls

Terry.

[Jarro]

I made no reference to who made the calls

.. but we all knew who it was anyway

didn't we

[Onewood]

I made no reference to who made the calls

.. but we all knew who it was anyway

didn't we

Sorry I wasn't there last year, so can someone fill me in, on what all this phone stuff is about

[Jarro]

I made no reference to who made the calls

.. but we all knew who it was anyway

didn't we

Sorry I wasn't there last year, so can someone fill me in, on what all this phone stuff is about

.. ask Trung

[Onewood]

I made no reference to who made the calls

.. but we all knew who it was anyway

didn't we

Sorry I wasn't there last year, so can someone fill me in, on what all this phone stuff is about

.. ask Trung

Trungy buddy whats all this about