The 2020 Bushranger Cup Results
The 17th Bushranger Cup returned to the Mornington Peninsula and was played on three great golf courses. After three false starts due to covid interruptions, we finally teed off on the weekend of December 11 – 13. This year we had eight 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 Dec 11, 12 & 13
Where: The Cups, Moonah Legends & Open
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
We have 12 exclusive Bushrangers who have played 10 Cups or more:
Arbeige, Bastros, Boo, Crocko, Dee, Diesal, Dubs,
Kingo, Simmo, Quigley, The Hominator & The Rose.
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The 2020 Cup started in classic fashion at The Cups Course at The Dunes Golf Links with a superb sunny afternoon and the golf course in great condition with fast greens. Things were tight early with just ten shots between first and 7th place and The Aaron Sherritt Gang holding a one shot lead over The Kelly Gang & The Canvas Town Mob and nearly everyone else close, except The Captain Melvilles who blew up and were 13 shots behind the leaders.
Saturday on the Legends Course at Moonah Links was an intriguing day with blustery conditions and all hell broke loose on the scoreboard. Nearly every team had a good and bad score, except The Aaron Sherritt Gang (1st) & The Canvas Town Mob (+2nd) who had two shabby rounds and The Captain Melvilles (last place) who had the two best rounds of the day to vault into equal first place after 54 holes! When the dust had settled, there was more mayhem with just three shots separating the top four teams and just nine shots between first and last! This set up for yet another crazy last day ever at the BR Cup with these six teams all very much in contention going into the final day and the tournament.
On Sunday the wind got up a bit, the skies were overcast and threatening,.and then all hell broke loose at Moonah Links. Every team made some birdies (but not many!) and every team had their chances but no one took control and we were heading for another blanket finish, until Arbeige stepped onto the tee of the challenging uphill par four 12th hole.
The Kelly Gang had been very wobbly with 10 straight up and downs to save par and the wheels were looking like coming off the bandwagon any second, when Beige smashed one down 12 and then holed out for eagle with his short-iron second shot. Then Ho went coast-to-coast birdie on the Par three 13th, a boring par on 14, another eagle on the par five 15th and birdie on the long par four 16th and the Kelly Gang racked up 6 under par in 5 holes to blow things wide open and march off with the Cup.
There was some history made with this being the first time a team with the same four Bushrangers have won the Cup back-to-back. But for Mikey Dee, it was back-to-back-to-back having won in 2018 with The Stringybark Creek Freaks. 2021 will be interesting with the first ever attempt at a three-peat and Dee going for a personal fourth in a row! 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 (Nick Honey, Matthew Pitt, Roger Brown & Michael David) basking
in the glow of their mighty victory after receiving the greatest prize in Australian golf - The Bushranger Cup.
Click here to see the 2020 Bushranger Cup Program.
Click here for the Bushranger Golf Facebook Photo Albums for all the 2020 pictures.
Click here to check out all the Old-School BRG Picasa Galleries (up to 2014).
Click here for the Bushranger Golf Facebook Page.
The Tee times for Round One were:
Group 1
3:45pm
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Group 2
3:54pm
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Group 3
4:03pm
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Group 4
4:12pm
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Nick Honey
Richard Fellner
Sebastian Shand
Joel Matthews
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Matt Thomas
Paul White
Shane Lawlor
Phil Peacock
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Gav Doran
Michael David
Brett Simpson
Mark Henderson
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Rob Lugton
Darren Nelson
Ian Steer
Wayne Ball
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Group 5
4:21pm
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Group 6
4:30pm
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Group 7
4:39pm
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Group 8
4:48pm
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Atholl Johnstone
Kirk Hayward
Dave Pollock
Dean Mitchell
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Tom Tomlin
Mick Van Raay
Roger Brown
Martin Bayliss
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Matthew Pitt
Leon Doyle
Greg Cousins
Ian Crotty
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Liam Anderson
Dave Warwick
Tim Holroyd
Peter Calverley
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First Round Nett Scores
The Kelly Gang
Matthew Pitt
Nick Honey
Roger Brown
Michael David
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32
35
36
27
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Str/bark Creek Freaks
Brett Simpson
Martin Bayliss
Greg Cousins
Tim Holroyd
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39
29
35
39
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The Cpt Melvilles
Ian Crotty
Sebastian Shand
Liam Anderson
Mick Van Raay
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34
40
36
44 |
Aaron Sherritt Gang
Dave Warwick
Dave Pollock
Tom Tomlin
Phil Peacock
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35
25
37
36 |
Canvas Town Mob
Gav Doran
Peter Calverley
Ian Steer
Paul White
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41
31
30
32
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Ben Hall Gang
Mark Henderson
Leon Doyle
Wayne Ball
Shane Lawlor
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32
41
35
34
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
Richard Fellner
Atholl Johnstone
Darren Nelson
Dean Mitchell
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36
33
29
37
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The Harry Power Gang
Rob Lugton
Matthew Thomas
Joel Matthews
Kirk Hayward
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43
38
33
35
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Second Round Nett Scores
The Kelly Gang
Matthew Pitt
Nick Honey
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72
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Str/bark Creek Freaks
Tim Holroyd
Brett Simpson
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67
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The Kelly Gang
Roger Brown
Michael David
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66
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Str/bark Creek Freaks
Greg Cousins
Martin Bayliss
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73
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The Cpt Melvilles
Ian Crotty
Sebastian Shand
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62
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Aaron Sherritt Gang
Dave Warwick
Dave Pollock
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71
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The Cpt Melvilles
Liam Anderson
Mick Van Raay
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64
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Aaron Sherritt Gang
Tom Tomlin
Phil Peacock
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71
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Canvas Town Mob
Gav Doran
Peter Calverley |
73
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Ben Hall Gang
Mark Henderson
Leon Doyle
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72
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Canvas Town Mob
Ian Steer
Paul White |
71
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Ben Hall Gang
Wayne Ball
Shane Lawlor
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67
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
Richard Fellner
Atholl Johnstone
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66
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The Harry Power Gang
Rob Lugton
Matthew Thomas |
67
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
Darren Nelson
Dean Mitchell
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70
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The Harry Power Gang
Joel Matthews
Kirk Hayward |
71
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Long Drive, NTP & Low Round Winners
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Singles
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2-ball
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4-ball
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Longest Drive
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Covid!
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Covid!
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Covid!
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Nearest the Pin
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Covid!
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Covid!
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Covid!
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Low Round
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Aaron Sherritt Gang
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The Cpt Melvilles
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The Kelly Gang
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Final Championship Scores
Place
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Gang
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Rnd 1
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Rnd 2
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Rnd 3
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Rnd 4
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Total
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Par
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1st
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The Kelly Gang
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62
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72
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66
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60
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260
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- 22
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2nd
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The Captain Melvilles
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74
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62
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64
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66
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266
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- 16
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3rd
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Captain Moonlite Gang |
65
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66
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70
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68
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269
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- 13
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= 4th
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The Harry Power Gang |
71
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67
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71
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61
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270
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- 12
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= 4th
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The Ben Hall Gang |
67
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72
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67
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64
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270
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- 12
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= 4th
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The Aaron Sherritt Gang |
61
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71
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71
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67
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270
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- 12
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7th
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The Canvas Town Mob
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62
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73
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71
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67
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273
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- 9
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8th
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Stringybark Creek Freaks |
68 |
67 |
73 |
66 |
274 |
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The Rounds
Round One: Friday afternoon from 3:45pm at The Cups Course at The Dunes Golf Links.
Rounds Two & Three: Saturday arvo 2-ball ambrose from 11:40am at Moonah Links Legends Course.
Round Four: Sunday morning 4-ball ambrose from 9:40am at Moonah Links Open Course.
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