Shock Surprise When One Of “The Brothers” Takes Out The Melbourne Cup
Cup Yet Again
|
Yarra Bend Bats
Calculating results
Relaxing after the game
Pup presenting the MCC 2003
trophy to Rubber Man |
On the first Tuesday in November,
as they have done for the last 8 years, the 'The Brothers” Rubber Man
and Pup invited a select group of privileged players to contest the
Melbourne Cup Cup at Yarra Bend Golf Course. Eleven
of a planned 12 players (where were you GMAC?) assembled on the 1st
tee at 7am where the 'The Brothers” provided the final briefing before tee
off. "No Milligan’s” said Rubber Man “And it’s a Callaway event
as usual.” Said Pup as the first group were directed on their way. Beautiful Conditions: It was a
beautiful crisp and sunny morning, with dew slowing down the first few tees
and the Flying Fox’s in full voice on the 2nd tee.
Curtis began very strongly with pars on the first 5 holes coming in
with 37 on the first nine. There was strong competition close behind with Pup
on 43, The Cardinal and The Bloke on 46 and Billy Bob Thornton on 48.
However, no player was able to break 50 on the second nine (yaaa Sustagen), and only four players gained sub 100
gross scores – Curtis (87), Pup (93), The Cardinal (97) and Rubber Man (99). Controversy over Results: But of
course, this was a Callaway event and the winner was determined according to
the Callaway scoring system. This year the results were calculated manually
as GMAC (who normally provides a computer calculation service) was indisposed
and didn’t arrive. Pup created a makeshift Callaway table; the
handicaps were calculated and the net scores were confirmed as the players
looked on. You could feel the tension and excitement in the air as the
totally unexpected winner was announced, Not! A Little Bit Of History: Readers, you have to understand that in the entire history of
this event, one of the “The Brothers” Rubber Man or Pup, always
wins this event. The single exception was the year that GMAC won it. Now
there are a number of versions of that story. Version 1) It was when GMAC’s
new computer Callaway scoring program was used for the first time. On that
occasion GMAC won the event. There was some debate about how well the program
handled the task at the time but it has since been proven to up to the task.
Version 2) GMAC actually won under a manually calculated scoring system
before the computer was introduced. “Under
the shelter in the car park near the eighteenth. “The Brothers” did the
calculation. They used a book. Shane was there. It was before the computer
scoring system was introduced.” said GMAC when interviewed on the matter.
[Editor’s Note: The Callaway computer program was written on Now it should also be said that
the scores have since been checked by GMC’s validated Callaway scoring
program and proved close enough to not change the order of placing’s at all
and confirming that the manual scoring approach was accurate enough on the
day. Rubber Man Sneaks in By A Stroke: So low and behold, Rubber Man comes up with a handicap of 25
(what a gift) and a net score of 74 to pip Curtis at the post with a handicap
of 12 and a net score of 75. A Group of Five within Two Strokes: One stroke away on 76 were Pup (17/93), Freddie Five Iron
(25/101) and Billy Bob (27/103) with The Cardinal (20/97) and Nurse Min
(36/113) a further stroke behind on 77. You Need A Balance to Win: “You have to get a
balanced portfolio of birdies, pars and ‘off to the pubs’ and on the right
holes to max out the handicap. But I’m surprised, genuinely surprised!” Rubber Man said as Pup presented him with this year’s
magnificent and much envied trophy. “Really,
really I am genuinely surprised although I am not sure where it will fit on
the mantelpiece.” Cam gets the NTP & The Rest Had a Great Day: Cam was absolutely delighted to win a ball on his first outing
at the Melbourne Cup Cup. “I got a birdie and a ball. You can’t complain about that can you.”
he said as he pocketed the prize. Cam doesn’t know it but he picked up
another ball courtesy of The Cardinal (See Fang Gets The
League Points On Handicap). Overall, it was another great event that once again
perfectly set up the rest of the day. All agreed that “The Brothers” had done
it again. A very smoothly run event with a quality field and a great outcome
albeit a somewhat predictable one. |
Thick dew on the 1st
fairway
More relaxing
Cam contemplating what could
have been
Another one – How sweet it is! |
Winner Overall: Winner By Callaway Results
|
Course |
Date |
Player |
Out |
In |
Score |
Net Score |
Cal HCP |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Rubber Man |
47 |
52 |
99 |
74 |
25 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Curtis |
37 |
50 |
87 |
75 |
12 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Pup |
43 |
50 |
93 |
76 |
17 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Freddie Five Iron |
51 |
50 |
101 |
76 |
25 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Billy Bob Thornton |
48 |
55 |
103 |
76 |
27 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
The Cardinal |
46 |
51 |
97 |
77 |
20 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Nurse Min |
55 |
58 |
113 |
77 |
36 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Stavros the Greek |
53 |
57 |
110 |
78 |
32 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
|
62 |
62 |
124 |
78 |
46 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Cinders |
56 |
68 |
124 |
79 |
45 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
The Bloke |
46 |
55 |
101 |
80 |
21 |
Player Statistics
|
Course |
Date |
Player |
Birdie |
Pars |
Bogie |
Dbl Bogie |
Give up |
Off to Pub |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Rubber Man |
1 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Curtis |
0 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Pup |
0 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Freddie Five Iron |
0 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Billy Bob Thornton |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
The Cardinal |
0 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Nurse Min |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Stavros the Greek |
0 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
Cinders |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
Yarra Bend |
|
The Bloke |
0 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
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