‘Fait De Complete’ As
Quality Field: And it was a high quality
group of contestants as the final result showed. The first group off the tee
included Pete (co host and past winner multiple times), Brendan, Tim and
Steph. Close behind in the 2nd
group were Tom, Min and Mark and rounding out the field of Ten in the third
group were Harry, Steve (co host and past winner multiple times including last
year), and Gordon (the only non family past winner in existence),. See Group Photos. The Swing
Analysis photos may provide some insights into the performance of the
various players (but I suspect not).
Perfect Conditions: Anyway, as usual there was lingering dew on
the ground as the first group teed off at
Records Were Set: So
what is all the fuss about? What fuss you may ask? … Well I know this was a
Callaway event but the off the stick
scores are really worth considering.
Five of the ten players in the event broke the 100 (including Tom - 94
and Steve S - 96) and three of those broke 90 (Brendan - 87, Steph - 89 and
Pete - 80). Now I will say that again…..
Pete shot an 80 off the stick, that is 10 under his handicap (resulting in it
coming in by 4.6.strokes) and setting a new benchmark for the event. “Now I
want that card Gordon. I don’t do this that often.” Pete smarted as
he reached for his score card after the presentations.
Par-fect Pete Stole The Day: Ok so this was a famously Callaway event
requiring a Callaway handicap to be calculated at the end of the day based on
your score on the day. In other words it is a somewhat
unpredictable scoring method that on many occasions presents unlikely players
as the eventual winners. But not in this
case. In 2005 the outcome was crystal clear. Pete shot 10 pars, 6 bogies and 2
double bogies giving him a Callaway handicap of ‘8’ and a net score of 72. This winning performance was three strokes
better than Steph and Tom who were next on a net 75 with Tim, Gordon, Min and
Mark a further 3 strokes behind them on net 78.
In other words Pete just played so well that he creamed the Callaway and
deservedly won the Melbourne Cup Cup for 2005.
And The Outcome Was Nothing Surprising: There was quite some tension in the air as
Harry and Gordon slowly put the scores into Gordon’s computer. No one knew who
was going to win at this stage. All the while the contestants refreshed
themselves under some trees in the middle of the Yarra Bend golf course car
park (because someone else was using our normal shelter so we had to do with
the trees – which were fine as it was) …
the nibbles were delectable and the atmosphere relaxed (See 2005 Presentations). Finally the results were
announced and while Pete’s performance was brilliant on the day, the crowd was not
in the least bit surprised to find that one of the brothers as usual, in this case Pete of course, had won The
Melbourne Cup Cup for 2005. That made it eight out of nine years for the brothers. “And
the tradition continues!“ spouted Pete as he paraded the 2005 trophy. “Every year you have a 50:50 chance of
guessing the winner of this event. Steve or Pete!” observed Tom and most of
those around at the time agreed.
And
so it was for another year. Another
great event had been completed and the worthy winner on the day rewarded. The committee
congratulates Pete on his great game and reminds all members who were not there
- Fools you were. It was a great event.
Put it in the diary for next year, Melbourne Cup Day, and hope you get an
invitation.
See
results, player statistics and Odd Photo Gallery
below:
Results: Melbourne Cup Cup 2005
(A Callaway Event)
Course |
Player |
Out |
In |
Score |
Cal HCP |
Net Score |
Yarrabend |
Pete S |
42 |
38 |
80 |
8 |
72 |
Yarrabend |
Steph |
43 |
46 |
89 |
14 |
75 |
Yarrabend |
Tom |
47 |
47 |
94 |
19 |
75 |
Yarrabend |
Brendan |
44 |
43 |
87 |
11 |
76 |
Yarrabend |
Tim B |
52 |
50 |
102 |
24 |
78 |
Yarrabend |
Gordon |
50 |
53 |
103 |
25 |
78 |
Yarrabend |
Min |
53 |
54 |
107 |
29 |
78 |
Yarrabend |
Mark F |
53 |
59 |
112 |
34 |
78 |
Yarrabend |
Steve S |
47 |
49 |
96 |
17 |
79 |
Yarrabend |
Harry |
54 |
58 |
112 |
33 |
79 |
Player Statistics: Melbourne Cup Cup
2005
Course |
Player |
Birdie |
Pars |
Bogie |
Dbl Bogie |
Give up |
Off to Pub |
Yarrabend |
Pete S |
0 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Yarrabend |
Steph |
0 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Yarrabend |
Tom |
0 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
Yarrabend |
Brendan |
1 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Yarrabend |
Tim B |
0 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
Yarrabend |
Gordon |
0 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
Yarrabend |
Min |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
Yarrabend |
Mark F |
0 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Yarrabend |
Steve S |
0 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
Yarrabend |
Harry |
0 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |