CLUB CHAMPION 2004 - ‘Don Johnson’

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Club Champion 2004 – ‘Don Johnson’

2004 nnomads Club Champion Don Johnson	Welcome to the 2004 nnomads Golf Club Champion’s page In this area we celebrate our current nnomads Golf Club champion ‘Don Johnson who won the 2004 championship. See the latest articles, final results, the champion’s profile and pictorial records of the 2004 club championship). Congratulations to ‘Don Johnson’.	2004 final results
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XPAT WINS FROM AFAR

The final placing’s on the nnomads Golf Club 2004 league ladder have now been validated
by the committee and the result is not quite as controversial as it might have been.

There were 44 Members and Associates who made it onto the ladder this year (by submitting at least one score card from any game they played at any course anywhere in the world).

Cardinal and Stavros Led Early: The top position on the ladder changed a number of times during the year. 2004 started with The Cardinal dominating the early points. He maintained that lead until the football season kicked in (when golf becomes a lower priority for him). At that point Stavros the Greek started to catch him using his usual sheer quantity of cards method (You see you don’t have to win to get points on the ladder. Just submitting a card gets points and turning up to designated events gets event bonus points). Stavros hit the front in August but then pulled up lame (claimed to hurt his back or something) and was essentially out of the competition for two months. Meanwhile Do Johnson who is living in sunny California, discovers the controversial nnomads Golf Club rule that golf games played outside the country get a special bonus point per card if the scores are submitted from outside the country (must be submitted while out of the country). Thus Don essentially gets double points every time he plays. Where players in a local game get 1 point per 18 holes, Don gets 2 points per 18 holes. In addition he was playing 18 holes almost once per week.

Expat Takes the Lead Late in the Year: Well by early December Don was on top of the ladder without playing a single competition event during the calendar year [Note: The Club ladder competition is run from the 1^st of January to the 31^st of December each year.] At that time he had a 10 point lead over The Cardinal and Stavros but it was the lack of attendance in club competitions that really got the members murmuring. “I agree with The Cardinal. How do you win the cup without playing in a single event?” asked Stavros, knowing quite well that the rules allowed, almost encouraged, Expats to participate in the nnomads Golf Club competition from their overseas location. “Cricky, he will do it again if we don’t change the rules.” suggested Nurse Min. “And the cost of shipping the trophy over there and back every year would break the budget.” commented GMAC (who was wearing his Treasurer hat at the time). The concerns expressed by members forced the Club Committee to change the rules for the 2005 competition (see January update for new rules and handicap review outcomes).

Don Overcomes Member Concerns: But in the end Don Johnson surprised everyone by suddenly arriving in Australia in mid-December to play the nnomads Golf Club Festive Season circuit (a series of games and competitions run over the December / January period). The SHanksy Invitational Tournament was organised (See Article on Website) which was an official nnomads Golf Club competition event, thus attracting event bonus points. This meant that Don had played in at least one Club competition event. He then went on prove he was human by playing at Flinders, Croydon and the Growling Frog (where he was seen repeatedly hitting his ball into the same tree). “Funny, I tell you….. You should have seen the dint in the tree.” commented Thombei as he recalled the incident later. [NOTE: Thombei has produced a PowerPoint presentation (8 Mb) about Don’s Tour Down Under. It has a great sequence about The Tree! So contact Thombei for a copy if you are interested].

Did it easily in the end: So by the 31^st of December Don was on top of the ladder (73 points) with a 15 point lead over the next group of members including Stavros (58 points), The Cardinal (51.5 points) and Curtis (50.5 points). “It was a convincing win supported by all members. On behalf of the Club I am delighted to present you with the the nnomads Golf Club Perpetual Cup’ for 2005.” said Stavros as he handed Don a plastic bottle that had been cut in half and turned upside down to replicate the Perpetual Cup. [NOTE: Don was leaving for home in the US a few days into the New Year. Thus a hurried presentation ceremony was convened at the Manhattan Hotel after a game of golf at Ringwood. Unfortunately, the Club Cup wasn’t available (Cardinal. Please return the Cup!), for the occasion so a surrogate cup was used at the time (plastic bottle cut in half). “Think of it this way Don, it won’t blow your weight limit on the plane.” reassured Stavros after presenting the upside down half plastic bottle. The image at the top of the page has a photo of the cup superimposed to provide a more realistic look for the article (Not bad eh!). What we actually presented him with is shown to the left] “Well you couldn’t complain about it at the end could you?” asked GMAC at the presentations. “He did it well and deserves to win.” reinforced The Bloke as he ordered another beer. “Someone had to stop The Cardinal winning again.” explained Don when interviewed later by the media.

Top Female had Highest Strike Rate: Robyn 1 was top female in 2004 gaining 27.5 points and 6^th place on the ladder overall, a sensational performance. Her statistics are amazing. She only played 3 games but played in four separate Club competitions (as one game was both Callaway and handicap in one). She won all four competitions she entered, also winning a total of 8 balls. This gave her a strike rate of 200% or an average of winning 2 balls per competition game. “Now that is a great strike rate and particularly for someone who only plays twice per year. I need to play less golf based on that performance.” commented Thombei when discussing Robyn’s performance.

Honourable Mentions: Now there were a number of members who deserve mentions including Ro who ended up winning the junior title at the Ablaru Wave 2. This was enough to give him a strike rate of 150%. The committee congratulates Ro on a fine performance in 2005. “Yeah and I would have won that event if you had let people under 30 compete in the real event.” he said recently at a BBQ. Another member deserving of a mention was Billy Bob Thornton, who ended the year on a 100% strike rate. Now Billy Bob only played in three competition games this year but by winning the BIT again (two years in a row and where he gained 3 balls), it was enough for him to average winning 1 ball per competition event (which is a great performance in anyone’s language). The committee congratulates Billy Bob on a wonderful performance in 2004. Now Stavros is worth further mention because he is entered the highest number of score cards of any local member (62 x 9 hole cards) in 2004. He played in 32 competition games, more than any other member, and managed to win 8 of them, giving him a strike rate of 21%. He ended second on the ladder in 2005 with 58 points, a great all round performance. “Yeah and he paid out more money than anyone else too. He really subsidises those who win the balls.” said GMAC with a gleeful treasurer’s look. The committee congratulates Stavros on a great performance in 2004.Now The Cardinal also rates further mention (winner of last year’s competition). Of the 23 competition games he played, he won 13 balls (equal only with Curtis), giving him a strike rate of 57%. He was on top of the ladder for a good part of the year and ended up third at the end of the year on 51.5 points. This was despite not being available during the football season or the nnomads Golf Club Festive Season circuit. “Yeah well I lost interest there for a while but next year will be different. I’ll be back!” he said when interviewed for this article. “But someone has to tell the Cardinal to return the trophy. Its club property.” stated an unnamed committee member at the presentations.

Curttus Puts in a Quality Performance: Now the stand out player for 2005, other than Don Johnson of course, was Curtis. He submitted 29 cards, played in 12 competition games and maintained a strike rate of 108% by equalling The Cardinal and winning 13 balls. In fact there was no other member who put in such a consistent performance in 2004. He came home very strongly winning the SHanksy Invitational Tournament and the Growling Frog event within 2 weeks (including at least one NTP). He ended up 4^th on the ladder overall despite not playing in the competition for much of the year. The committee congratulates Curtis on a truly wonderful performance in 2004.

Stiff Competition Expected in 2005: The interesting thing readers, is that the 2005 competition is off and running, and low and behold Curtis is off to a brilliant start. But he is likely to have stiff competition in 2005 and particularly after the recent round of handicap adjustments (see January Update to be published soon). Members with significant potential in 2005 include The Bloke (great consistent form in recent times), Rubber Man (with a significant handicap adjustment), Pup (with a significant handicap adjustment), Thombei the Mist (with a handicap adjustment), and the Hanging Judge (with significant handicap adjustment). They will compete against the current top five (Don Johnson, Stavros the Greek, The Cardinal, Curtis and GMAC) breaking the competition wide open. And of course there are many other members who could be up in the rankings (not to mention Nurse Min, Freddie Five Iron, Billy Bob Thornton, The Captain, The Hanging Judge, Markus Octavious, Turbo T, Robyn 1, Andi, J, Robyn 2, Colac K, Colac J, King Billy just to name a few). That assumes they play a little golf and submit their score cards to the club

Robyn 1

Billy Bob Johnson

Stavros the Greek

The Cardinal

Curtis

FINAL Ladder 2004

Member	Cards	Comp Games	Event Bonus	Number of balls won				Strike Rate	Points
				1st	2nd	NTP	Total
Don Johnson	72	3	34	1			1	33%	73.0
Stavros the Greek	62	38	4	7		1	8	21%	58.0
The Cardinal	25	23	2	11		2	13	57%	51.5
Curtis	29	12	2	8	2	3	13	108%	50.5
GMAC	24	19	5	6	1	2	9	47%	41.0
The Bloke	33	14	3	2	1	2	5	36%	31.5
Robyn 1	3	4	2	8			8	200%	27.5
Nurse Min	20	16	3	2	1	3	6	38%	27.0
Rubber Man	19	7	2	3			3	43%	20.5
Thombei the Mist	17	12	3	2		1	3	25%	19.5
Freddie Five Iron	14	12	3	1	1	2	4	33%	19.0
Turbo T	21	8	1	1		2	3	38%	18.5
Pup	18	8	2		1	1	2	25%	15.0
Billy Bob Thornton	4	3	2	3			3	100%	13.0
Ro	1	2	1	3			3	150%	10.5
Peter M	15	3		1			1	33%	10.5
The Captain	9	7	4		1		1	14%	10.5
Cam	11	4	1	1			1	25%	9.5
Markus Octavious	9	6	1	1			1	17%	8.5
Clean Phil	2	3	2	1			1	33%	6.0
Maroon Breasted Warbler	2	2	1	1			1	50%	5.0
Hanging Judge	6	3	1				0	0%	4.0
Andi	3	3	2				0	0%	3.5
Iron Guts	1	1	3				0	0%	3.5
Colac K	3	4	2				0	0%	3.5
J	2	1	1				0	0%	2.0
King Billy	2	2	1				0	0%	2.0
Annie D	1	1	1				0	0%	1.5
Cinders	1	1	1				0	0%	1.5
Cath	1	2	1				0	0%	1.5
Ja	1	1	1				0	0%	1.5
Colac J	1	2	1				0	0%	1.5
Pat	1	1	1				0	0%	1.5
Robbie D	1	1	1				0	0%	1.5
Robyn 2	1	1	1				0	0%	1.5
Boog	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Critey	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Greenie	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Jacko	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Nicko	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Normie	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Pittman	2	0					0	0%	1.0
Pieter	1	1					0	0%	0.5

Top of the Ladder in 2004