SMERGS 2024 Mountains Invitational Tour
(rejuvenating the historic Carlos Road Cup)
13 to 15 November 2024
TD and Organiser Neil McLaren
2024 Event and results
Wednesday Golf at Wentworth Falls
Tee time: 11:30 noon
Social round, NO loss of stroke, SMERGS handicaps (no adjustments), 1 ball in
each
Team result: 1st 6: best 2 added; 2nd 6: best 2 multiplied; 3rd 6: all 3 added.
Winning team: 2 balls each
Individual winner of 18: 8 balls
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Team |
Player |
H'cap |
Front 9 S’ford |
Back 9 S‘ford |
Total S’ford |
|
1 |
Nick Hillyard |
21 |
13 |
14 |
27 |
|
78 points |
Ken Miller |
21 |
21 |
15 |
36 |
|
|
Steve Figgis |
32 |
9 |
7 |
16 |
|
|
Peter Thornton |
24 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
|
2 |
Rick Butler |
12 |
9 |
10 |
19 |
|
67 points |
Peter Byrnes |
23 |
11 |
14 |
25 |
|
|
Rob Lowndes |
30 |
11 |
16 |
27 |
|
|
Tim Becker |
26 |
10 |
9 |
19 |
Team Winners: Nick Hillyard, Ken Miller, Steve Figgis and Peter Thornton
Individual Winner: Ken Miller (by a good margin)
Wednesday Evening: Pre-dinner drinks and cheese at
Glenella
Dinner: 6:15pm at Ates Restaurant
Thursday Golf at Blackheath (Mountains Invitational 2024)
Played on a misty mountain day with the fairway and greens often
obscured
Tee time: 11:00am
A major! 2 balls in each, and loss of strokes
Stableford round, SMERGS handicaps, no slope adjustment
Team result: usual Sunday team average (add together and divide by 4). Winners
- 2 balls each (no loss of stroke)
Individual:
Winner of front 9 - 4 balls, and loss of 1 stroke
Winner of back 9 - 4 balls, and loss of 1 stroke
Overall Winner - 12 balls, Mountains Invitational Trophy, and loss of 2 strokes
(can't win front or back 9)
NTP: 17th Hole; Longest Drive: 9th Hole
|
Team |
Player |
H'cap |
Front 9 S’ford |
Back 9 S‘ford |
Total S’ford |
|
1 |
Nick Hillyard |
21 |
16 |
10 |
26 |
|
26 points |
Tim Becker |
26 |
16 |
14 |
30 |
|
|
Peter Thornton |
24 |
10 |
9 |
19 |
|
|
Rob Lowndes |
30 |
20 |
9 |
29 |
|
2 |
Rick Butler |
12 |
14 |
12 |
26 |
|
25.75 points |
Ken Miller |
21 |
18 |
11 |
29 |
|
|
Peter Byrnes |
23 |
16 |
5 |
21 |
|
|
Steve Figgis |
31 |
17 |
10 |
27 |
The Prizes:
|
Best Individual |
Tim Becker - 30 |
Best Front 9 |
Rob Lowndes - 20 |
|
Best Back 9 |
Rick Butler - 12 |
Longest Drive on 9th |
Steve Figgis |
|
Best Team |
Team 1: NH, TB, PT, RL |
NTP on 17th |
Rick Butler |
Thursday Evening:
Pre-dinner drinks and cheese at Glenella
Dinner at New Ivanhoe Hotel
Post dinner drinks at the Vinyl Bar with Japanese Whisky in front of the fire back at Glenella
The Photos
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The Blackheath fog clears a little |
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The TD hands over the trophy |
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He'll be back next year when he can see |
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Afters at the Vinyl Bar |
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