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Triggered Major 1 - 2013

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Don Johnson 11^th March 2013 Waterford Valley Player groups TM1 - 2013 On course at the TM1 -2013 TM1 - 2013 presentations

Event Report:

‘The Don Does it Again’

March 11^th 2013: So it proved to be hot, seriously hot! And it was a warm day as well as the ten contenders stepped onto the tee to contest the first Triggered Major since 2011. The first group to front up was very impressive including The Bloke, Slugger and Rubber Man, followed by an equally impressive lot including Pup, Freddie Five Iron and Don Johnson. And to round out the tour in the third group were Stavros, The Hanging Judge, The Cardinal and the Tanunda Kid. Hence, the gallery were bursting with anticipation as the competition got underway (see TM 1 player groups).

Conditions took their toll: As everyone knows, nnomads Golf Club members are a hearty bunch and on that day they needed to be. This was because the game was played in 35 degree heat albeit on a Waterford Valley in fantastic condition with lightning fast greens. Most of the tour was walking making the round even more of a challenge. The exceptions to the rule were The Cardinal and The Tanunda Kid who decided to share a cart, a very sensible idea under the circumstances. “Someone had to carry the esky so in fact Nicko and I were providing a valuable service” explained The Cardinal later in the afternoon. The other notable point was the inappropriate dress of the Tanunda Kid for a 35 degree day. He turned up in a pair of corduroy overalls and a long sleeved flannelette shirt while the rest of the tour was in shorts and tee shirts. “Look I’m sensitive to the sun and the heat doesn’t bother we South Australians” the ‘Kid’ explained on the first tee. Despite this claim, the Kid was very quiet hardly saying anything for the entire round (see on course at the TM).

The Don does it again: But at the end of the day there were only a couple of better performers who got anywhere near even with the card. The standout was Don Johnson who ended up 5 strokes under the card (90,23,67) and 5 strokes in front of the next contender. “Yeah well when I saw that trophy I thought I want that for my mantelpiece” explained Don later during the presentations. The other standout, particularly in those conditions, was The Hanging Judge (96,24,72) who ended up even with the card and 4 strokes in front of The Bloke (95,20,75) in outright third. The Hanging Judge took out both NTPs (reinforcing an excellent performance), Slugger and Pup shared the longest drives and Rubber Man took out the Endeavour award.

A celebration of The Don: So as you can imagine the presentations back at the car park clubhouse were a true celebration of The Don’s sensational performance (see TM 1 Presentations). Again, the only South Australian player in the competition - The Tanunda Kid was very quiet throughout the proceedings albeit able to consume the available refreshments at a rapid rate (but understandable in the conditions).

The Club committee congratulates Don Johnson on his first win of 2013 and indeed all winners on the day. The committee notes that Slugger still leads the club championship in 2103 and needs some competition to make it interesting. The implications are clear – get out for the next major event – The ‘Blessed are the Big Nose’ cup on Good Friday. See you there.

Detailed Results

TRIGGERED MAJOR 1 - 2013

Player	Gross	HCP	Net	Prizes
Don Johnson	90	23	67	Winner on nnomads handicap
The Hanging Judge	96	24	72	2^nd on handicap and 2 x NTP
The Bloke	95	20	75	3^rd on handicap
Mark Vas	98	22	76	Equal Longest drive
Stavros	107	27	80
The Cardinal	106	26	80
Pup	109	20	89	Equal Longest drive and another Longest drive
Freddie Five Iron	127	36	91
Rubber Man	DNF			The Endeavour Award
The Tanunda Kid	DNF

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This month’s competition: Who wore a flannelette shirt and corduroy overalls on a 35 degree day?