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Pete (Pup) 29th December 2012 Growling Frog GC |
Event Report: ‘Pup takes back Decanter from Santa’ Saturday 29th December 2012: “Hey Pup! Why are we playing off the
blue tees and not the yellow tees?” asked a
bemused Cardinal during the
pre-game briefing. “Because we are nnomads” replied event sponsor Pup as he stepped onto the first tee to lead the twelve player
field away in the annual running of the Santa Decanter, this year being
played at the fabulous Growling Frog, which was in picture perfect condition
for the last major nnomads Golf Club event for
2012. Champs, chimps and chumps: And
so it was as the rest of the competitors in the first of the three groups
stepped up to join Pup including The Bloke, The Hanging Judge and Don Johnson (The champs). They were
closely followed by the second group containing The Cardinal, Rubber Man, Slugger and Thombei the Mist (The chimps) and finally the last group made up of Stavros, Markus Octavious,
Nurse Min and Freddie Five Iron
(The chumps). “I want to change the
name of our group” complained Nurse
Min at the last minute. “It should
be something like – ‘The challengers’ or something” he suggested. But it was too late as the
field moved off down the course psyching themselves up for a day of hard
fought competition (see Santa
Decanter 2012 player groups). On course for victory:
And as usual, the 6,185 metre Growling Frog championship
course didn’t disappoint as the clouds cleared into a beautiful sunny day
with perfect on-course conditions. And as you would expect, all players took
advantage of the fabulous opportunity, tearing up the course with only one
thing in mind, that is, getting their hands on the most sought after Santa
Decanter trophy, including its liquid contents – rumoured to be Jagermeister - a German 70-proof, 35%
digestive made with 56 herbs and spices or at least that’s what Wikipedia
says (see on course at the Santa
Decanter 2012). The course took its toll: Now
it should be said that the blue tees and the bunkers took their toll on many
players, exampled by the higher than normal scores at the end of the round.
And this became obvious as The Cardinal
placed the competitor names on the leader board as the final scores were read
out in the club house (car park) after the round. And when it came down to
the final three names, the gallery went quiet in anticipation only to find
out that Pup had won his own event
for the second time (99,22,77) by one stroke from the Bloke in second place (97,19,78) and Nurse Min in third (115,35,80). “A handicap of 22 strokes! That is ridiculous” moaned a
disappointed Bloke as he realised
he had been beaten once again by one of the best on the tour. “Quite justified” claimed Pup as last year’s champion Thombei the Mist stepped up to pass over the
fabulous Santa Decanter trophy to the worthy winner. “And because Pup doesn’t do it, I’ll do it for him” announced a
generous Thombei the Mist who subsequently skulled the
shot of Jagermeister normally destined for the
winner (see video of the Santa
Decanter presentations 2012 and I say ‘see’ the video because you certainly can’t hear it very well
because of the windy conditions during the presentations). A long list of winners: But of course everyone is a winner on a day like that
including Stavros, Slugger, Don Johnson
and The Hanging Judge who all won
an NTP and Stavros and Pup who both won a longest drive. And
as would be expected, Thombei the Mist handed out a shot of Jagermeister to every prize winner before starting on the
rest of the field making the presentations a somewhat long, laborious but
very enjoyable affair (see Santa
Decanter 2012 presentations). The Club committee congratulates Pup on another winning performance and indeed all other winners
on the day. And as we say every year, clearly the spirit of Christmas has
been the winner once again setting the scene for a new nnomads
Golf Club champion to be installed in a few days’ time – midnight the 31st
of December. And the nnomads Golf Club for 2012
will be Stavros, a first time and
most worthy winner. So be at the club championship presentations on the 26th
of January when the annual running of the Australian Masters Open Kup (AMOK) will be run, once again at the Growling Frog. |
Detailed Results
The Santa Decanter 2012
Player |
Gross |
HCP |
Net |
Prizes |
Pete |
99 |
22 |
77 |
Outright winner on nnomads
handicap and Longest drive |
Steph |
97 |
19 |
78 |
2nd
on nnomads handicap |
Min |
115 |
35 |
80 |
3rd
on nnomads handicap |
Mark V |
105 |
24 |
81 |
NTP |
Tom |
106 |
24 |
82 |
|
Steve |
107 |
24 |
83 |
|
Jack |
108 |
24 |
84 |
NTP |
Harry |
114 |
27 |
87 |
NTP
and Longest drive |
Fritz |
123 |
36 |
87 |
|
Shanksy |
109 |
21 |
88 |
NTP |
Fang |
114 |
26 |
88 |
|
Mark F |
122 |
31 |
91 |
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Video
of SD presentations 2012
This month’s competition: What
flew this time but didn’t fly last time?