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The SHanksy Invitational Tournament 2012

Winner on Handicap: Date: Course: Competitors: On course coverage: Prize winners:

Shags (Don Johnson) 1^st December 2012 Kingston Links Player groups SHiT 2012 On course at the SHiT 2012 SHiT presentations 2012

Event Report:

‘DJ does a SHiT’

Saturday 1^st December 2012: In the words of event sponsor Don Johnson, it was a good day for golf. The cloudy, humid weather gave way to a warm sun kissed afternoon as participants gathered at Kingston links for the chance to win a truly prestigious trophy ….. or something to that effect. But he was right because Kingston Links was in perfect condition and the weather was kind for the annual running of the Shanksy Invitational Tournament (SHiT).

Quality albeit depleted field: There were seven quality players in this year’s event including event sponsor Don Johnson, Stavros, The Cardinal and Freddie Five Iron in the first group, and Thombei The Mist, Rubber Man and Markus Octavious in the second and final group. Players could see the clear opportunities created by some notable absentees setting up a sensational day of competition (see SHiT 2012 player groups). “It’s a rare opportunity to win a major of this calibre” observed Don as he briefed the field on the first tee.

Fierce on-course competition: And once again, that’s what it turned out to be, a tough competition. In fact, you could feel the fierce inter-player rivalry as the competitors tore up the course, all hungry to get their names on the prestigious SHiT trophy. Great examples included Markus Octavious who got a par on a par five (earning him the ‘endeavour’ award), Rubber Man who was driving like you wouldn’t believe taking out both longest drives, The Cardinal who was consistently playing under his handicap and a real contender throughout, and event sponsor Don Johnson who was ‘pitch’ perfect taking out two nearest the pins (see on course at the SHiT 2012).

DJ Does a SHiT: As you can imagine, the atmosphere was palpable as players waited for the final results to be announced at the back of the Kingston Links car park after the game. And once again, there was a mix up with the results although this did not become apparent until the results were checked the following day. What was apparent as the ‘order of merit’ was slowly read out from backmarker to first place (see video highlights of ‘order of merit’ announcement – warning large file), was that Stavros had come in even with the card and in third place (100, 28, 72), The Cardinal had come in two under the card in second place (96, 26, 70) and Don Johnson had come in six under the card, easily taking out the SHiT championship for 2012. “I’d like to thank those who didn’t turn up today …” emphasized Don to the adoring crowd after presenting himself with the trophy. “A well organised event and a worthy winner” Don continued, obviously very happy at winning his own event for the first time (see video of SHiT 2012 winners speech, photos of 2012 SHiT presentations and a note from the sponsor).

Some controversy as usual: As you would expect, there was some controversy during and after the presentations driven in part by Thombei The Mist noticing there was a quorum present creating an opportunity to amend the nnomads Golf Club rules (which led to an hour long debate, multiple votes most of which were unsuccessful, and a new rule being introduced – see latest issue of Around the Traps), and in part by The Cardinal making a slight miscalculation on Freddie’s score (which resulted in Freddie being awarded a ball for equal third and Markus being given the ‘Pineapple’ award. The correct result was that Stavros was outright third, and Freddie should have got the ‘Pineapple’ award). “Now I know I have a history of scoring mistakes, but this time it was clearly The Cardinal’s fault” stated Stavros defensively to a media scrum while holding up the offending score care card (see offending score card illustrating The Cardinal’s mistake). “Have you ever heard of checking the scores Stavros?” retorted The Cardinal when approached by a reporter some days later?

The Club committee congratulates Don Johnson on winning his own event for the first time and of course all winners on the day. The Committee notes there is only one more opportunity to prevent Stavros winning the nnomads Golf Club championship for 2012 and that’s the Santa Decanter on the 29^th of December. So put the date in your diary and book early.

Detailed Results

The SHanksy Invitational Tournament 2012

Player	Gross	HCP	Net	Prizes
Don Johnson	90	24	66	Winner on nnomads GC handicap 2 x Nearest the pins
The Cardinal	96	26	70	2^nd on nnomads GC handicap
Stavros	100	28	72	3^rd on nnomads GC handicap
Thombei the Mist	99	24	75
Rubber Man	102	23	79	Longest drive x 2
Markus Octavious	111	31	80	Pineapple Award (but should have gone to Freddie) ‘Endeavour’ award
Freddie Five Iron	118	36	82	Presented as equal third prize but was a mistake. Should have got Pineapple award

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Player groups SHiT 2012

On course at the SHiT 2012

SHiT presentations 2012

Winner’s speech - Video

Announcing the Order of Merit – Video large

A note from the sponsor

This month’s competition: What was the final resolution?