BRG Handicap Day - May 4 2008 - Gallery & Results
The third Bushranger Golf Handicap Day for 2008 was held at the Growling Frog Golf Course in overcast conditions with the breeze getting up on the back nine. With a svelt display of ball-striking, new member Wade Jones put on an absolute clinic and took the bikkies with a powerhouse display that left the rest of the field in his wake. He racked up 44 stableford points on a day when many well-credentialled Bushrangers struggled to post competitive totals and nerly all players struggled to master the challenging putting surfaces at The Frog. Tt was daylight in second place, closely follwed by another new member, Peter Fox, on 37 points and BRG Player of the Year leader David Regespurger rounding out the podium with 35 points. The final results are below and the standings for the BRG POY have been updated.
Placing
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Player
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S/ford Pts
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Placing
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Player
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S/ford Pts
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1st
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Wade Jones
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44
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= 13th
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Maurice Belcher
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26
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2nd
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Peter Fox
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37
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= 13th
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Wayne Schimmelbusch
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26
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3rd
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David Regenspurger
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35
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= 13th
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Gary Reid
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26
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4th
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Andrew Jennings
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34
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16th
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Jean-Max Joly
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24
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= 5th
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Richard Fellner
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32
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17th
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Greg Cairncross
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17
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= 5th
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Paul Toll
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32
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18th
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Ron Francis
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13
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= 5th
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David McAdam
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32
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19th
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Doug Francis
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12
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= 5th
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Patrick Newport
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32
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Social
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Robert Hall
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34
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9th
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Mick Van Raay
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30
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Social
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Matthew Thomas
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33
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= 10th
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Roger Brown
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29
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Social
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Louise Tornérhielm
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27
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= 10th
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Steve Cross
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29
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Social
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Stuart MacNamara
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25
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12th
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Pablo Armes
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28
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Social
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Rob Lugton
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17
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Nearest the Pin: 5th hole
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Pablo Armes
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Nearest the Pin: 12th hole
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David Regespurger
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Longest Drive: 11th hole
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Maurice Belcher
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Nearest the Pin: 12th hole
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Richard Fellner
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1st Place Prizes:
A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz
3 Bushranger Golf balls
A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher |
2nd Place Prizes:
A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz
2 Bushranger Golf balls
A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher |
3rd Place Prizes:
A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz
Bushranger Golf ball
A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher |
Nearest the Pin & Longest Drive Prizes:
A Bushranger Golf ball
A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher |
The next BRG event will be the 5th Handicap Day for the year at Goonawarra Golf Club in Sunbury on Sunday May 25. For more info, watch out for news items and keep an eye on the Event Schedule and the Handicap Day page. Below is a small gallery of images with some of the special highlights of the day at Growling Frog - the venue for the first round of the 2008 Victorian Social Golf Club Championships.
Matt, Mick, Richard and Roger get the big dogs lined up on the first tee.
Louise gets ready to blast her drive down the first at The Frog.
Big Mick sends his divots flying from the right-hand rough as he approaches the first green.
The fourth group (Dave, Rob, Louise & Pablo) on the first green.
Matt watches as his monster triple-breaker on the fourth green takes its final roll into the cup!
View of the third fairway from near near the fourth green.
Our winner Wade lines up his putt on the fourth. Gary, Peter and Wayne can't bring themselves to look.
Matt clears the hips and looks in good shape as he approaches the moment of truth on the tee of the par 3 fourth.
The final group, Paul, Stuart, David and Rob, basking in the sunshine at the fourth green.
Big Mick takes his putt on the fifth green as a can looks on.
The second group, Patrick, Maurice, Andrew and Jean-Max on the tee of the long par 4 sixth hole.
Big Mick lines up his drive between the big red guns flanking the sixth fairway.
Quigley watches as Arbeige makes a beautiful splash out of the sand greenside on the difficult sixth hole.
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