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The AUSTRALIA MASTERS OPEN KUP 2011

 

 

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Winner on Handicap:

Date:

Course:

Competitors:

On course coverage:

Prize winners:

 

Steph (Bloke)

26th January 2011

Growling Frog GC

Player groups AMOK 2011

On course at the AMOK 2011

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Event Report:

‘Bloke Runs AMOK at Growling Frog’

January 26th 2011: The 6,185 metre, ACR 73, with water hazards full, rough back with a vengeance; Growling Frog was in a beautiful condition for the annual running of the Australia Masters Open Kup. There were two full groups of four talented contenders confirmed at 5.00pm the night before competition. However, by tee off time the field had shrunk to a huge field of five challengers. “Fools are they, all the more chance of taking home the trophy”, sniggered the Hanging Judge as the news came through before the game.

There was a slight delay to the tee off, due in part to the course running late because of fog earlier that morning, and due in part to the arguing and voting (or attempts to), going on between competitors mulling around the tee. Fortunately, there wasn’t a quorum present to vote in the suggestion that the nnomads Golf Club changes its name to the nnomads Bowling Club, and that members take up lawn bowls instead of golf. The suggestion was based on the premise that more members might be able to turn up to events, members like Curtis with his bung wrist, The Mist with his gammy knee, Shags with his dicky knee, Freddie with his missing finger, Octavious with his tennis elbow, Bull with his tunnel vision, BC with his failing hip, Afheed with his faltering back and that’s just to name a few. “It would have to be the ‘crawling’ club because none of those boys are in a fit state to play lawn bowls either”, observed the Cardinal. And of course he was right which sort of took the wind out of the argument and motivation to vote on anything.

It was around this point that they finally called up the first group consisting of The Bloke, current Club Champion Pup and The Hanging Judge. They were closely followed by the second group consisting of Teflon and The Cardinal (see AMOK player groups 2011). Group 2 were joined by two hack players, one with a handicap of four and the other with a handicap of ten, but that another story..... apart from the fact that the guy off four strokes broke his handicap, coming in two strokes after that round. Wow, that man could really drive a ball... but back to the story..... Hence, the scene was set for an extremely competitive game in near perfect conditions.

And that was exactly what happened over the course of the day (see on course at the AMOK 2011); It evolved into an extremely competitive and close competition that came right down to the wire. Minutes after the final group walked off the 18th green, the referee called for a play off between the reigning nnomads golf club champion Pup (96,18,78) and reigning BIT champion The Bloke (98,20,78), who ended up tied at the top of the leader board on net 78 strokes. Well you can imagine the scene; yes the gallery went wild as these recognised champions walked back to the first tee for the play off. And you could feel the tension building as Pub drubbed it off the tee thirty meters and the Bloke put it down the middle. Then the club champion did it again, yes, drubbed it again. “It’s all over red rover..” announced the Cardinal who was doing television commentary at the time. And he was pretty much right, apart from one extreme opportunity for Pup to pitch it in from 40 metres to tie the hole, but he missed (see the long version or the short version of the television coverage of the AMOK playoff 2011).

This of course set the scene for an exciting set of presentations at which The Bloke was presented with his AMOK trophy, Pup was presented with prizes for second place, the Hanging judge was presented with prizes for winning the Longest Drive and one NTP and Pup was presented with prizes for winning the remaining NTP for the day (see AMOK 2011 presentations). The presentations were all the more exciting because Pup was also presented with his nnomads Golf Club championship trophy for 2010, making it a really glamorous affair (see club championship presentations including interview with the newly crowned champion). As you can imagine, the press had a field day!

The Club committee congratulates Steph on his convincing win in the first major of 2011 and indeed all winners on the day. The committee also reminds members that you too can get all this kudos and recognition but only if you compete. So make sure you book for the next nnomads Golf Club major event, the ‘Blessed are the Big Nose’ Cup to be played on Good Friday. See you there.

Detailed Results

The AUSTRALIA MASTERS OPEN KUP 2011

Player

Gross

HCP

Net

Prizes

AMOK 2011 Champ 11 3.jpgSteph

98

20

78

1st on handicap

Pete S

96

18

78

2nd on handicap and 1 x NTP

Fang

108

24

84

Jack

108

20

88

1 x LD and 1 x  NTP

Harry

121

24

97

 

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Player groups AMOK 2011

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