2016 BC Results

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The 2016 Bushranger Cup Results

The 13th Bushranger Cup returned to the Mornington Peninsula and was played on three great golf courses on the weekend of March 18 - 20. This year we had nine teams of rabid and ferocious highwaymen line up to contest the greatest prize in Australian social golf. As is the tradition, the reigning champs are considered the most recent and infamous bushrangers, and so had the honour of competing as The Kelly Gang.

The event details were:

When: Friday, Saturday & Sunday March 18, 19 & 20 2016
Where: The Cups, Rosebud CC and Moonah Legends
What: 45 holes of mayhem over three days
How: Staying in Deluxe Villas at the Moonah Links Golf Academy.
Who: Mates playing & laughing in teams of four
Why: For loads of fun, trophies & prizes

This year we had another Bushranger Cup Champion join the 10-Cups Club as the great Gavan “The Rose” Doran saddled up for the 10th time. This means we have nine exclusive Bushrangers who have played 10 Cups or more. They are:

Arbeige, Boo, Crocko, Dee, Dubs, Kingo, Quigley, The Hominator & The Rose.

The 2016 Cup started in dramatic fashion on The Cups Course at the Dunes with a very windy day that saw gusts of up to 80 to 90 km/hour. Our Bushrangers hung tough to post some decent scores in very challenging conditions. Things were tight early with just nine shots between the top 8 teams and one straggler three shots further back. The Stringybark Creek Freaks & The Captain Melvilles shared the honours for the best first round score to hold a 4-shot lead over The Canvas Town Mob.

Saturday at The Rosebud Country Club was an intriguing day of golf with just one great round of 6-ounder 65 and all the rest of the field was packed tight with just 6 shots searating the other 15 pairs – all of them shooting between 68 and 74 on the par 71 layout. As it happened, for the second year running, The Captain Melvilles had two pairs that each scored well and they opened up a gap on the field after 54 holes with a four-shot lead over two teams in second place and another mob four more shots back in fourth. Last year an nine-shot lead was chased down, so there were still four teams clearly in contention going into the final day and the tournament was set up for a thrilling and dramatic finish.

On Sunday the sun was shining and the wind had died to a mere zephyr and all hell broke loose at Moonah Links. Every team made birdies and every team scored between 58 and 66. Moreover, two of the leading for teams shot 65 & 66 and opened the door forthe swoopers to make a late charge. When the scorer had set down his abacus there was 1 shot bwetween the top three teams and we had a tie for the first time in Bushranger Cup history with The Captain Melvilles and The Kelly Gang both locked on 265 and the The Harry Power Gang unlucky to be a single shot further back.

The rules of the Bushranger Cup state: Playoffs: In the event of a tie, a sudden-death playoff will be conducted. Teams play together as a foursome (taking alternate strokes playing one ball). Once established on the first hole, the order is continuous and carries over from one hole to the next until the playoff is decided. So it was time for sudden-death playoff and the greatest golf event in the universe went to another level.

With a large gallery in attandence, the eight courageous souls in the playoff saddled up for the ride of their life. In a tension-packed, knuckle-whitening, throat-tightening, jodhpur-stretching, fist-pumping, knee-rattling, bladder-squeezing tumlut of frenzied insanity, the playoff began. To follow every shot as it happened, go to the Bushranger Golf Facebook Album of the 2016 Bushranger Cup Playoff to see over 200 photos in sequence of every nerve-tingling moment of excitement.

The first hole was hlaved in bogies. The second hole was halved in double bogies and on the third hole of sudden death, a double-bogey from The Captain Melvilles was enough to clinch the win against a triple bogey from The Kelly Gang. Never have so many endured so much for so few and been so honoured. Everyone who was there will never forget it and the myth of The Bushranger Cup has been taken to an entirely new level. Thanks to all the teams who played, congrats to the teams who played well and enjoyed the spoils and we can’t wait to do it all again next year.

Above we see the new Kelly Gang (Sebastian Shand, Ian Crotty, Ian Steer & Gavan Doran) basking in the
glow of their mighty victory after receiving the greatest prize in Australian social golf - The Bushranger Cup.

Click here to see the 2016 Bushranger Cup Program.

Click here for the Bushranger Golf Facebook Photo Albums for all the 2016 pictures.

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The Tee times for Round One were:

Group 1 3:00pm	Group 2 3:08pm	Group 3 3:16pm	Group 4 3:24pm	Group 5 4:32pm
Shane Lawlor Darren Nelson Glen McGowan	M. Henderson Tomm Cassidy M. Eagleston Brett Simpson	Wayne Ball Joel Matthews Richard Mitchell Sebastian Shand	Leon Doyle A. Costello Nathan Smith G. Silvester	R. O’Donnell Nick Honey Greg Cousins Dave Warwick
Group 6 3:40pm	Group 7 3:48pm	Group 8 3:56pm	Group 9 4:04pm	Group 10 5:30pm
Michael David Matthew Pitt Ian Steer Richard Fellner	Dave Pollock Tim Holroyd Ivan Jones R. Moynihan	Ian Crotty Tom Tomlin Dan Gardner Martin Sheahan	Gav Doran Pete Russell W Stonehouse Phil Peacock	Mick Van Raay & N. Sutherland Pete Solomou

First Round Nett Scores

The Kelly Gang Mark Henderson Shane Lawlor Leon Doyle Wayne Ball	30 32 49 38	Aaron Sherritt Gang Tomm Cassidy Darren Nelson Ivan Jones Joel Matthews	36 40 35 37	The Harry Power Gang Nick Honey Richard Mitchell Richard Fellner Mick Van Raay	36 38 34 32
The Cpt Melvilles Ian Crotty Sebastian Shand Gavan Doran Ian Steer	30 43 32 33	Str/bark Creek Freaks Michael David Greg Cousins Tim Holroyd Brett Simpson	33 28 35 41	Ben Hall Gang Dave Warwick Phil Peacock Tom Tomlin Dave Pollock	37 46 42 43
Cpt Moonlite Gang Matthew Pitt Pete Russell Graeme Silvester Dan Gardner	35 37 35 43	Friends of MD Morgan Warwick Stonehouse Rodney Moynihan Andrew Costello Martin Sheahan	49 35 37 40	Canvas Town Mob Robbie O'Donnell Mark Eagleston Glen McGowan Nathan Smith	35 35 32 44

Second Round Nett Scores

The Kelly Gang Mark Henderson Shane Lawlor	65	Aaron Sherritt Gang Tomm Cassidy Darren Nelson	74	The Harry Power Gang Nick Honey Richard Mitchell	71
The Kelly Gang Leon Doyle Wayne Ball	71	Aaron Sherritt Gang Ivan Jones Joel Matthews	69	The Harry Power Gang Richard Fellner Mick Van Raay	69
The Cpt Melvilles Ian Crotty Sebastian Shand	69	Str/bark Creek Freaks Michael David Greg Cousins	74	Ben Hall Gang Dave Warwick Phil Peacock	68
The Cpt Melvilles Gavan Doran Ian Steer	68	Str/bark Creek Freaks Tim Holroyd Brett Simpson	73	Ben Hall Gang Tom Tomlin Dave Pollock	69
Cpt Moonlite Gang Matthew Pitt Pete Russell	72	Friends of MD Morgan Warwick Stonehouse Rodney Moynihan	72	Canvas Town Mob Robbie O'Donnell Mark Eagleston	69
Cpt Moonlite Gang Graeme Silvester Dan Gardner	73	Friends of MD Morgan Andrew Costello Martin Sheahan	70	Canvas Town Mob Glen McGowan Nathan Smith	68

Long Drive, NTP & Low Round Winners

	Singles	2-ball	4-ball
Longest Drive	Mr Lobbie (Canvas Town)	Rodney Moynihan (MD Morgan)	Mr Lobbie (Canvas Town)
Nearest the Pin	Pw Jones (Cpt Moonlite)	Martin Sheahan (MD Morgan)	Quigley (Harry Power)
Low Round	Str/bark Creek Freaks & The Captain Melvilles	The Kelly Gang	The Harry Power Gang

Final Championship Scores

Place	Gang	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Total	Par
1st	The Captain Melvilles	63	69	68	65	265	- 16
2nd	The Kelly Gang	68	65	71	61	265	- 16
3rd	The Harry Power Gang	68	71	69	58	266	- 15
4th	The Canvas Town Mob	67	69	68	66	270	- 11
5th	Stringybark Creek Freaks	63	74	73	61	271	- 10
6th	The Ben Hall Gang	80	68	69	59	276	- 5
7th	The Aaron Sherritt Gang	72	74	69	63	278	- 3
= 8	The Captain Moonlite Gang	72	72	73	62	279	- 2
= 8	Friends of Mad Dog Morgan	75	72	70	62	279	- 2

The Rounds

Round One: Friday afternoon from 3:00pm at The Cups at The Dunes.

Rounds Two & Three: Saturday afternoon 2-ball ambrose from 10:10am at Rosebud Country Club.

Round Four: Sunday morning 4-ball ambrose from 7:40am at Moonah Links Legends Course.