PIS 2010

Friday 13^th August 2010: The PIS 2010 tour started early for sixteen keen competitors with a Friday warm up game at Wirrina Cove south of Adelaide in sunny warm conditions (see photos of warm up round). It proved to be the perfect preparation for the twenty player Saturday and Sunday competitions to follow at McCracken Country Club and Victor Harbor Golf Club (except for the weather which threatened to be wet and miserable over the weekend in contrast to the lovely conditions on the Friday). Being the 10^th running of the PIS, there was real excitement in the air as competitors aaa nicko.jpg progressively arrived at the Grosvenor Hotel in Victor Harbour on the Friday night. And as was expected, all competitors were in bed by 8.00pm to get a good sleep before the competition in the morning – NOT (but what happens on tour, stays on tour).

Saturday 14^th PIS Part 1: The weather was shit as competitors arrived at McCracken CC on Saturday morning. The wind and rain appeared to have set in and even stronger winds were predicted for later in the day presenting some challenging playing conditions. Fortunately, few competitors really noticed the weather due in part to Tour Organiser Nicko’s compulsory shot of tawny port for all players prior to tee off (very nice – see photo right), in part due to the excitement and thrill of being on another PIS tour and in part due to the pre bed/sleep activity the night before (including lack of bed/sleep activity for some – see on course Saturday).

Now this report is not supposed to be a blow by blow account of the day’s golf. Suffice to say it was very wet and woolly for the first five holes or so before it cleared to windy but mainly dry day. In fact, conditions proved excellent for the purposes of competition and some great golf was on display (and some not so good golf but nobody let the golf get in the way). And at the end of the first day of competition there were six players under net 80 strokes including Greeny and Steve (net 79 strokes), Tony (net 78), Garry (net 75), Harry (net 74) and Rhett (net 72 strokes). But there was only one player under the Par and ACR for the course being Boz with a sensational net 68 strokes.

Diner 3.jpg A night to remember: There were twenty six tour members and blow ins seated at the huge ‘U’ shaped table in a private room leading straight on the balcony upstairs at the Grosvenor on the Saturday night. Everyone was there to enjoy the PIS 10^th anniversary dinner ably hosted by Tour Organiser Nicko. And what a night it was with sumptuous food for all (most would eat anything after a hard day on the golf course), fabulous wine (courtesy of Boz and Dewy as usual), a slide show projected onto the wall during the meal covering the entire history of the PIS since 2001 (complements of Nicko and Harry), inductions of Ricko and Jacko as PIS life members (both have attended every PIS since 2001), a parade of past PIS champions (...well sort of... their pictures were up on the wall and they all stood up together at one stage), and a lot of beer. As would be expected tour players were sensible with their consumption during the evening and most retired to bed at an appropriate hour – NOT (but what happens on tour, stays on tour – see photos of the dinner).

There was one story that should be told from that night which was when past PIS champions since 2001 were called on to stand up and be recognised by Nicko during the dinner. By sheer chance all past PIS winners happened to be sitting together and stood up as a group. The really eerie thing (..nana nana nana nana..) was that Boz was sitting between them as though he was a natural part of this group of champions. And there was a gap when they all stood up because Boz didn’t stand up. ‘It’s a sign... It’s a sign!” people were heard yelling from the floor which was a logical conclusion in light of Boz’s four stroke lead over Rhett (who couldn’t win because you can’t win the Green jacket on your first appearance) and six stroke lead over Harry and Garry in second and third place (who were both quite keen to win the PIS Green Jacket – see On course Day 1).

Sunday 15^th PIS Part 2: Personally, I was surprised at how many competitors actually made it to breakfast on the Sunday morning and was again surprised that every single competitor made it to the fabulous 1^st tee at Victor Harbor Golf Club and even more surprised that they all made it for a 10.am tee off (which implied that all had checked out of the hotel beforehand, which was true except that half the field had forgotten to hand in their room keys meaning someone had to go back to the hotel with a handful of keys after the game (and Ricko had lost On course day 1 - 24.jpg his mobile phone but that’s another story. He got it back by the way).

Again the weather looked menacing before the game with solid rain showers and a blustering wind as the tour left the hotel. And once again the gods shined on the tour because after some very fine mist on the first tee it was dry and sheltered for the rest of the round. Again Tour Organiser Nicko’s compulsory shot of tawny port for all players prior to tee off (very nice) put everyone in the mood for golf (although for some reason a number of players didn’t play quite as well as they hoped, in no way due to the pre-bed/sleep activity the night before but what happens on tour, stays on tour – see on course Sunday).

Boz becomes a PIS Head: The upshot of it all was that Bozzy eventually prevailed with a net 147 strokes over the two days of competition which was five strokes in front of Harry and Tony in equal second place (on 152 strokes - but no prizes for 2^nd), and seven plus strokes clear of the rest of the field (see results below). Hence, tour members loudly applauded the new holder of the ‘Green Jacket’ – BOZ as Nicko announced the results in the club house after the game.

Other award winners for PIS 2010 included Tony and Rhett who equally won the Gungagalunga Perpetual Trophy for Best-Off-The-Stick, Steve who won this year’s Bob Hope Fellowship Award, Fruity who won the Fertility Award, Harry who won the PIS Special 10^th Anniversary Fellowship Award, Rhett again, winner of the Patricia Isabel Encouragement Award (because it was noted that Tiger had a lot of things he could teach a young bloke like Rhett), and Dewy who won the NAGA 2010. Of particular note was Big A who won The Gleneagles Award for Extreme Ratbaggery which made history because it is the first time a non player (didn’t play golf either day) won an award at the PIS. You just can’t imagine what Big A did to earn this award and I would love to tell you but what happens on tour, stays on tour. It is true to say that Big A didn’t let the golf get in the way! – see winners and presentations.

The committee congratulates Tour Leader Nicko for running such a sensational event yet again. It also congratulates Boz who is clearly a worthy winner of the Green Jacket in 2010, and indeed all winners because everyone who attended the PIS 2010 was a winner. “Oh the smell of a texta pen in the afternoon” murmured Bozie as Nicko used a black texta pen to write this year’s date onto the Jacket.

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Detailed Results

Patricia Isabel Slape Memorial Golf Tournament (PIS), 2010

Course	Player	PIS HCP	Gross	Net	Gross	Net	Combined net	Prizes and awards
McCracken CC	Boz	38	106	68	117	79	147	Winner of Green Jacket 2010
McCracken CC	Harry	27	101	74	105	78	152	PIS Special 10^th Anniversary Fellowship Award
McCracken CC	Tony M	18	96	78	92	74	152	Equal winner - The Gungagalunga Perpetual Trophy for Best-Off-The-Stick
McCracken CC	Normie	33	115	82	106	73	155
McCracken CC	Garry	25	100	75	106	81	156
McCracken CC	Greeny	26	105	79	104	78	157
McCracken CC	Rhett	15	87	72	101	86	158	Equal winner - The Gungagalunga Perpetual Trophy for Best-Off-The-Stick and The Patricia Isabel Encouragement Award (because Tiger Woods had a lot of things he could teach a young bloke like Rhett).
McCracken CC	Steph	22	103	81	100	78	159
McCracken CC	Ricko	33	119	86	108	75	161	Awarded PIS life membership
McCracken CC	Steve	23	102	79	108	85	164	Bob Hope Fellowship Award
McCracken CC	Jacko	24	111	87	106	82	169	Awarded PIS life membership
McCracken CC	Christo	36	121	85	120	84	169
McCracken CC	Fruitcake	30	114	84	115	85	169	Fertility Award
McCracken CC	JB	38	127	89	119	81	170
McCracken CC	Cargs I	40	133	93	128	88	181
McCracken CC	Critey	31	135	104	110	79	183
McCracken CC	Boog	28	118	90	123	95	185
McCracken CC	Cargs G	40	151	111	135	95	206
McCracken CC	Beau	40	147	107	144	104	211
McCracken CC	Dewy	40	167	127	130	90	217	NAGA 2010

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Player groups Day 1

Player groups Day 2

On course Friday (warm up)

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This month’s competition: What did Big A do to win the Gleneagles Award for Extreme Ratbaggery?