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The SHanksy Invitational Tournament 2010

 

 

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Prize winners:

 

Pete (Pup)

11th December 2010

Kingston Links

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On course at the SHiT 2010

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Event Report:

‘Pup backs up with another SHiT’

Saturday 11th December 2010: So there was a select group of seven celebrities that fronted up at Kingston Links for the annual running of the prestigious SHanksy Invitational Tournament including event sponsor SHanksy, the Cardinal, Slugger, Bull, Telfon, Timbo and the Pup (see SHiT 2010 player groups). The 5,682 metre ACR 73 course was in superb condition and the weather sublime, setting up the perfect conditions for a predictably hard fought competition.

“Everyone’s a winner in this event” encouraged Shanksy as he led the tour away on the first and that’s what it turned out to be. In fact a number of players showed some promising form including The Cardinal who was in the running for much of the game, Bull who was in the running for most of the game, Telfon who was in the running until he decided to go swimming on the 15th(or at least his golf bag and buggy did), Pup who played the role of Mr Consistent all day, Shanksy who just looked dangerous all day or at least until the last few holes, Timbo who while suffering jet lag was in it to the end and Slugger who was going strongly until he got the taste of pineapple. Hence, it was anybody’s game for much of the afternoon (see on course at the SHiT 2010).

But there can only be one winner in an event like this and that person normally has to rise above the pack to take the coveted SHiT trophy. And that is exactly what happened when Pete maintained his superb form while the rest of the field slowly fell away one by one. In fact Pup had played an impressive round at the end of the afternoon shooting 90 strokes off the stick giving him a net 71 strokes (after his bandit handicap of 19). This was one stroke under the card and two strokes under the ACR, a sensational performance in anyone language. It was all the more impressive when his winning margin is considered, a full three strokes ahead of Teflon (100, 26, 74) and Bull (94, 20, 74) in equal second place (although Shanksy miscalculated the scores putting Bull in third place, which deprived him of a ball at the presentations but not a Cape Schanck pin). “It’s not about the balls. It’s about the thrill of the chase and I recon my Cape Schanck pin is a better colour than Harry’s anyway” suggested Bull to the media when the controversy hit the airwaves the following day.

As was expected, Shanksy was true to his promise that everyone was a winner on the day. He personally took out one NTP and the longest drive, the Cardinal took out the other NTP, Slugger won the pineapple award and Timbo won the Australian Cricketers award for not winning anything...but he did in the end (see 2010 SHiT presentations).

But there was nothing that could undermine Pete’s remarkable achievement, particularly when one realises this was a back to back win (yes Pup won the event last year too). In fact it is years and years since someone won back to back SHiT trophies, the last one being Curtis in 2004 and 2005. “And it couldn’t happen to a nicer, more deserving guy” added Curtis by text message using his good arm when the news broke later that day. It was all the more impressive when you consider that Pete slashed his handicap (down by another stroke), regained the lead in the club championship, regained the lead on the 2010 Bladder and took the lead in the 2010 strike rate (see members area for details). “You can only dream of having back to back SHiTs” stated a delighted Pup as the trophy was handed to him for another year.

The Club committee congratulates Pete on his sensational performance and all other winners on the day (everyone). Special thanks event sponsor SHanksy for putting on such a brilliant event. The committee once again reminds all members that there is only one way to stop Pup from achieving a clean sweep in 2010 and that’s to contest the last major event for 2010, the Santa Decanter, on the 28th of December, so book now and see you there!

Detailed Results

The SHanksy Invitational Tournament 2010

Player

Gross

HCP

Net

Prizes

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Pete S

90

19

71

Winner on handicap

Harry

100

26

74

Equal 2nd

Steve

94

20

74

Equal 2nd

Shanksy

98

19

79

NTP and Longest drive

Fang

105

24

81

NTP

Tim

115

31

84

Australian cricketer’s award

Mark V

112

21

91

Pineapple award

 

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